Hans-Dieter Flick

[Devils]

Laporta and co need to back him in the upcoming transfer windows with signing or risk seeing this team fizzle out.

Team has a great core but it’s clear there are areas that need desperate reinforcements.

Should be building the team based off of the successes of last season and not let it regress like it looks to have this season.

Should be looking at players like Olmo and Araujo as potential sales and getting Lewa’s massive wages off the books.

 

[serghei]

PSG drew versus Lille at the weekend. They tried rotating the squad and it didn't work out.

Brought on the likes of Vintinha and Ruiz but didn't help.

Mbappe got the Lille goal to ad a nice little caveat.

Suggests two things
1) yes they have the luxury to rotate in Ligue1 but at this stage of the campaign it doesn't help. And side note, Lille played Europa League Thursday.

2) Our game also took a physical chunk out of them too.

Yeah, totally. Lille also had a tough one at Roma away, not some piss easy home game vs some EL cannon fodder.

 

[Gaudi]

Yestreday game saddens not because we lost, that happens, but because we didn't, and obviously won't, learn anything. We will try and die by our style which some may think is smart but i think truly smart decision is not to be stubborn as a mule.
Our typical game, if we don't dominate, it's not we are loosing it it's save us for not getting 5 or more in our net. We refuse to suffer sometimes, grind, play deeper, weather the storm and try to win ugly from time to time. No, if our players are tired, sick, missing, whatever we will play the same game.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Laporta and co need to back him in the upcoming transfer windows with signing or risk seeing this team fizzle out.

Team has a great core but it’s clear there are areas that need desperate reinforcements.

Should be building the team based off of the successes of last season and not let it regress like it looks to have this season.

Should be looking at players like Olmo and Araujo as potential sales and getting Lewa’s massive wages off the books.

I agree. Time for a cleaning. Some players who don't work with the team needs to go.

 

[ajnotkeith]

It has nothing to do with Inigo mr genius

Hansi said in his last presser that the high line can't work if there is NO pressure on the ball.
Show it against PSG, show it tonight as well

Our players are not trying

I wrote this at the start of the season but we are not in struggle mode anymore, that is, the players are starting to see themselves as superstars again. When you have your back against the wall its easier to work. It is harder to keep going once you achieved your fame, a big contract etc.

As such it is down to Flick also to start reminding them that your spot is not guaranteed if you don't run. The club is too permissive with some discipline issues from players, like coming late or silly fights over girlfriends.

 

[serghei]

If our high line can't work when there is no or poor pressure on the ball, then why are we seeing it?

 

[serghei]

I wrote this at the start of the season but we are not in struggle mode anymore, that is, the players are starting to see themselves as superstars again. When you have your back against the wall its easier to work. It is harder to keep going once you achieved your fame, a big contract etc.

As such it is down to Flick also to start reminding them that your spot is not guaranteed if you don't run. The club is too permissive with some discipline issues from players, like coming late or silly fights over girlfriends.

We outran PSG by 3km though last Wednesday, 117.5 vs 114.6, not running enough is not the big problem. Lack of effort is not why we lost.

 

[ajnotkeith]

We outran PSG by 3km though last Wednesday, 117.5 vs 114.6, not running enough is not the big problem.

It's not even specifically about running, its about discipline in general, like passing to teammates when they have an open goal, holding your position, sharing the ball etc.

There are a lot of signs of greed from our attack specifically.

 

[serghei]

It's not even specifically about running, its about discipline in general, like passing to teammates when they have an open goal, holding your position, sharing the ball etc.

There are a lot of signs of greed from our attack specifically.

True that, we need a firmer hand a bit. Seen quite a few selfish actions from Yamal and Raphinha both. We started the season with head in the clouds a bit, talks about BD, shit like that.

 

[RedxMAK]

Still think it's a motivation issue too. These players just won't press or be as disciplined in the second season. Also, let's be honest, our back four is mediocre compared to most top clubs. Only Kounde would be a starter on other top CL teams.

These players are insane scumbags once they win the league. I have seen this before the commitment in 23/24 was no where near half the commitment in 22/23. And also the commitment of 25/26 is not even a quarter of the commitment of 24/25. These players have a fundamental problem of being too complacent quickly and also I have to be honest this has to be a club culture problem since I saw many examples of this like the 2006-08 drought period after 2 LaLiga titles and 1 UCL as well as the post March period of the 2015-16 period where we almost lost the league. It is a historical problem that probably looks like it will never be solved.

 

[serghei]

Motivation or lack of effort doesn't explain how we outran PSG by a fair amount. It's something else. Back in the Amigos day it was motivation and effort, but the numbers verified it.

 

[Porque]

Motivation or lack of effort doesn't explain how we outran PSG by a fair amount. It's something else. Back in the Amigos day it was motivation and effort, but the numbers verified it.

You run more when your chasing the ball. I think the second half PSG had something like 64% of the possession.

So this comes down to tactical structure and systematic pressure, which I think you pointed out previously to be fair.

Take Nuno Mendes for example. I think, again you, pointed out that he "only" run 9.something km despite giving the appearance of being everywhere.

That's probably the best example of systematic pressure, positioning and acceleration/speed to be exactly where you need to do, without energy wastage.

 

[serghei]

If we want to stick with Flick (actually even if we don't), all signings in the future will need to have a big physical component irrespective of position. Fast, athletic players, able to carry physically demanding play style for full season.

 

[serghei]

You run more when your chasing the ball. I think the second half PSG had something like 64% of the possession.

So this comes down to tactical structure and systematic pressure, which I think you pointed out previously to be fair.

Take Nuno Mendes for example. I think, again you, pointed out that he "only" run 9.something kmh despite giving the appearance of being everywhere.

That's probably the best example of systematic pressure, positioning and acceleration/speed to be exactly where you need to do, without energy wastage.

Of course. But we still put in those kms. So it's not like we played with complacency.

 

[serghei]

Lucho hit the sweet spot of having his players knowing and understanding when and why you do what you do. Our players by comparison seem to run like a dog after a bone. Almost on comand, in a predefined, robotic way.