Let's talk about Xavi's replacement (2024)

Xavi replacement v3


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Nazario1985

Senior Member
Nobody is as undisciplined as Xavi is infront of the media and on the sidelines

Xavi is more of a modern day Mourinho than any other manager out there. Tuchel is miles away from that.

TITANIUM Thomas beat Pep Guardiola in a CL final playing Kai Havertz as a #9. That overshadows any accomplishment that Flick has had,

Guardiola lost to himself in that Final like he lost to himself against Jose in 2010 : too much thinking when he clearly have the squad to trash his opponent.

Anyway Tuchel or Flick tit for tat. we'll see

Xavi it is for now
 

M3ls

Well-known member
Xavi - behind La Masia, Van Gaal, Pep, Enrique.
Yes, there are complaints about him, but the person, at least, has a good theoretical basis. He has had several interviews before joining Barcelona and it is clear that he understands football well at a tactical level. The practical part is lame, and for a moment I had the feeling that he was just a good theorist.

But with Flick, nothing is clear.

Let's take his full season in 2021-2022.

Yes, there was a history of injuries, but Xavi had similar problems this season.

So, first place in the championship. 34 games, 24 wins, 6 draws, 4 losses.

99 goals scored, 44 missed.

Let's take a look at more advanced numbers.

xG - 76
xGa - 39
xPTS - 67

These are the numbers from the understat site, you can refer to the more accurate fbref resource, but the numbers are not much different.
Let's take a look at the TOP 6.




Yes, xG statics are not a panacea, for example, you can create a very dangerous moment that will not end with a shot, or your goal may have a similar situation, but at the moment this statistics is the best we have. Yes, it would be better if someone sat down and analyzed each match and then looked at such statistics, but none of us will do that now.

And so, these are Bayern's statistics for the 2020-2021 season, when Flick was at the helm of the team as head coach.

Now we look at our shitty season in La Liga, where the level of opposition is definitely not lower, but even higher.



*** When assessing xG and xGa, keep in mind that La Liga has 4 more rounds than the Bundesliga.
 
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Windhook

Well-known member
I'll never get tired of Hansi comments, saying he got lucky to be the right guy at the right time during COVID stricken football. Since then his CV has two sackings in a conservative football culture, which is Germany.

Klopp mentioned in one of his recent farewell clips that he's thinking about the next chapter of his life. I doubt it has anything to do with football.

If you want a German for fucks sake then it's Tuchel.
 

Nazario1985

Senior Member
I'll never get tired of Hansi comments, saying he got lucky to be the right guy at the right time during COVID stricken football. Since then his CV has two sackings in a conservative football culture, which is Germany.

Klopp mentioned in one of his recent farewell clips that he's thinking about the next chapter of his life. I doubt it has anything to do with football.

If you want a German for fucks sake then it's Tuchel.

yeah Bayern start doing really great after him
 

Birdy

Senior Member
Hansi "Ponzi" Flick is about the biggest gamble of a manager one could make.

He wont a Covid Sextuple with 3 of those trophies being automated in Bayernliga, facing Sevilla in the UEFA Supercup and facing Tigres UANL in FIFA Club World Cup.

The champions league is to his credit but again these were glorified friendly matches played behind closed doors with no fans and many players coming down with covid. The whole tournament was a mess.

Even when the doors were open, Hansi 'Ponzi' was blazing past likes of Spurs and Chelsea away with 5 and 7 goals

It's all to his credit that he constructed an attacking juggernaut crumbling down all opposition.
Only Barca 10/11 and Barca 14/15 had such an overwhelming dominance in a season in Europe against any opposition whatsoever
 

Don Juan Laporta Estruch

Well-known member
It depresses me greatly that, considering they want a German coach, they haven't considered one that has been the 3rd best manager in Europe this season ( Sebastien Hoeness ) and instead consider two managers who have done unbelievably poorly in their last two jobs. ( Tuchel and Flick )

Stuttgart have been unreal this season, quick, fast attacking football, scoring loads of goals and putting a lot of games to bed by half time. And none of their players are particularly recognisable.

Our general scouting, not only on managers, but players as well, is so so unoriginal. Same mediocre, safe options that are destined to underwhelme.

We would not be imaginative enough to go for a, Arne Slot, for example, like Liverpool just have.
 

Birdy

Senior Member
It depresses me greatly that, considering they want a German coach, they haven't considered one that has been the 3rd best manager in Europe this season ( Sebastien Hoeness ) and instead consider two managers who have done unbelievably poorly in their last two jobs. ( Tuchel and Flick )

Stuttgart have been unreal this season, quick, fast attacking football, scoring loads of goals and putting a lot of games to bed by half time. And none of their players are particularly recognisable.

Our general scouting, not only on managers, but players as well, is so so unoriginal. Same mediocre, safe options that are destined to underwhelme.

We would not be imaginative enough to go for a, Arne Slot, for example, like Liverpool just have.

Sebastien Hoeness rejected Bayern some weeks ago.
He doesn't want to leave Stuttgart this summer for any club.
Like Alonso, he wants to continue his project and play CL with his team
 

fergus90

Senior Member
Let’s be honest if it’s not Xavi it’ll be Marquez.

The club is looking way too turbulent off the pitch for any top manager to want to sign on for career suicide.
 

KingLeo10

Senior Member
Nobody is as undisciplined as Xavi is infront of the media and on the sidelines

Xavi is more of a modern day Mourinho than any other manager out there. Tuchel is miles away from that.

TITANIUM Thomas beat Pep Guardiola in a CL final playing Kai Havertz as a #9. That overshadows any accomplishment that Flick has had,
You were calling him Tiny Tommy Tuchel like a year ago. Calma :lol:
 

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