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https://www.lavanguardia.com/deportes/fc-barcelona/20231004/9273601/gavi-yo-barca-haria-lo-que-fuese.amp.html I really like this interview. He sounds a lot more intelligent and thoughtful than he comes off as as a player and clearly recognises his faults. Good kid inside and just wants to do the...

Criminal cases aren't made without any evidence except some guy claiming that they were bribed. If he provided evidence showing payments from Madrid to any refereeing official who was active 100% a criminal case would be formed.

Its important to note that before this investigation was public the Tax Agency 'charged' Barca with false accounting and falsification of invoices (to Negreira), and we agreed to pay the fine of a million rather than send documents of reports that were made. After examining the accounts they...

Rosell's defense is actually far better than Laporta's if everything he's saying is true. Laporta sounded guilty and had a shaky story.

Total rubbish.

Any manager does at a top club. However, he doesnt have near as much as there would be usually. Being grouped from CL and KO'd from EL both twice in a row would get you instantly sacked from other top clubs really even if won LaLiga. That is mostly being written off due to people recognising...

Some comments here that Xavi is dealing with a lot of pressure from the club environment when not really true other than a handful of disgruntled fans.

In general the media is not after Xavi like they were Valverde or Koeman at all. Koeman was getting torn to shreds by the media for complaining about the squad and saying it needed investment. Notably, Xavi doing the same thing was responded to by investment. Koeman didn't produce the results to...

Huge fan of this manager. Genuinely think he's amazing. Their 5 at the back is beautiful to watch. It totally reinvents the idea of 5 at the back being defensive.

I agree. But that's because Pep is the GOAT.

Yes but the statement needs to be backed up with evidence, not just, Arsenal didnt hold their lead so it must mean Arteta specifically cant handle pressure. What did he do that leads you to think he couldnt handle it? Any specific decisions taken? Line up choices? As I said the most likely...

Barca had players like Ter Stegen, Kounde, Alba, De Jong, Christensen, Lewandowski, Dembele, Kessie, Busquets etc that they have more top level experience in their pinky fingers than the whole Arsenal team. A lot of young players were there but also a lot of experience.

Thats absolutely untrue. The squad last year was 100x more experienced than Arsenal's. Xavi is doing a good job though and gets too much flak at times.

This idea of managers 'not handling pressure' is an overused trope. Unless its theorised how Arteta cracked under pressure, for example by bad tactical changes, it doesnt really mean anything. Most likely, Arsenal just fell apart due to having a worse less experienced squad, not because of...

Xavi doesnt manage Arsenal and he doesnt manage in the Prem either. Liverpool have put up two 97 point seasons in which they did not win the title. Competing with Pep's City is not the same as any other challenge in the world right now. Its almost impossible to beat them to a title. For sure...

The thing is that management is not only tactics. In terms of pure tactics Xavi isn't that strong. His main qualities are man management/motivation/discipline, the social skills, which is half of being a manager. Having a manager who the players believe in and will work for is important. Someone...

Koeman isnt better than Xavi.

He gets huge points mainly because he is getting top6 results with a group of mid table or worse players. If they were 14th or 15th like they should be you would be hearing little about them.

This is always said though and reality is that its not always possible to bring in guaranteed results. No manager except Pep or Klopp is guaranteed anything. Some of them may be a lot better or a lot worse than Xavi. Requires detailed evaluation of style of play, fit to the squad, fit to the...

I would be interested in Inzaghi and Nagelsmann as replacements, the 1st may not be available, 2nd probably would be. Arteta from Arsenal maybe. Then you have the class of managers like Michel/De Zerbi/Postecoglu/ETH/Howe that are more of gambles and not guaranteed improvements.