Hans-Dieter Flick

Hansi Flick - how do we rate him?

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Maradona37

Maradona37

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Barcaman said:
Already have Supercopa, which was magnificent. La Liga is realistic. Would be more than happy with these 2 while playing this football and with these set of players.
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Yeah true. I just tend to think of trophies as being La Liga, CDR and CL. Other trophies like Supercopa and Euro Super Cups are more extras on top.
 
MonteCuler

MonteCuler

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jamrock said:
He's a goal scoring machine.

He'll never stop Xaviball defense though lol
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He can't make us a defensive machine without minimalizing our most powerful weapon, the offensive output. We have improved a lot defensively since last year. There still are flaws but it comes at the cost of being able to put 3 or 4 goals past opponent of any magnitude.
 
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ajnotkeith

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MonteCuler said:
He can't make us a defensive machine without minimalizing our most powerful weapon, the offensive output. We have improved a lot defensively since last year. There still are flaws but it comes at the cost of being able to put 3 or 4 goals past opponent of any magnitude.
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Attack is the best form of defense.

Playing keepaway ball and conservative slow buildup gets you hammered by the top sides. That only works against teams that can't challenge you for possession.

Football has changed, its quick, its fast, its physical, and this is the style that dominates games now.
 
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ajnotkeith

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JamDav1982 said:
He doesnt want to.

Xavi was not some top defensive coach either. Not by a long long way.

Took some absolute hammerings in Europe and from Real Madrid.
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It was pointed out so many times here, by the same people, me included, that our goals conceded rate at that time was not sustainable and would not hold against better opposition.

We benefitted from opponents missing clear chances (which happens, sure) but more importantly, when teams started to hack it, we really struggled. Towards the end it started to become evident that Barcelona were not pushing for goals and were vulnerable if challenged for possession.

The game against United is a good example. We took an early lead, tried to hold it conservatively and recycle possession repeatedly, and they overran us and took advantage of how cautious we were. Once teams lost that "respect" for our threat in attack we started to tumble under Xavi.

With Flick we win that game by multiple goals.
 
Kul_z

Kul_z

Senior Member
JamDav1982 said:
He doesnt want to.

Xavi was not some top defensive coach either. Not by a long long way.

Took some absolute hammerings in Europe and from Real Madrid.
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Xavi in 2 full seasons in cl:
34:26 in 16 games.
Gd against bayern, inter, napoli, qsg
11:17
XaVI DeFensiVe Masterclass
 
Barcaman

Barcaman

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Had we kept Cancelo and Gundogan I think we'd be even stronger. They were rarely injured and think both would perform well under Flick. Balde and Kounde wouldn't have to play this much and Balde could play as winger sometimes.

Saying this as Olmo fan.
 
serghei

serghei

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Nah. Gundogan was too old to play this fast high intensity football. Cancelo would've been ok as a squad player, but not instead of Balde.
 
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