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I think this is 100% right. He is relying on players that know the style. He's been very vocal about his surprise that many of the players in the squad don't know the simple automatisms that is crucial to his style of play. I'm guessing it's also why Busquets is still playing every game. He...

Of course he's going to say that to the press. Do you want him to say that Ter Stegen is awful and needs to leave? Might make you feel good about things but it's not going to help us win games. It's called man management.

I didn't say anything about FDJ to be fair. I also agree with you but the quality of individual players, whether bad or good, doesn't make a good TEAM. It's how the players perform as a team and we obviously haven't been performing good enough which is why Koeman got sacked and we're not in...

Well, Koeman certainly put us behind the 8 ball with what he did the first part of the season. And the value of the players that we have doesn't really matter at the end of the day. Look at Coutinho, his transfer was more then probably the majority of what the squads in the league are worth...

I think it's a long shot that we finish top 4 but it won't be Xavi's fault. The players aren't good enough and we're relying on teenagers to win us games. This entire mess is the fault of the previous president and is going to take a couple of years to fix.

I think you guys have it wrong. I don't think he's blaming La Masia at all. In fact, he's relying on those players who have come through La Masai at the moment. I think he's talking about the players that have been brought in through transfers over the past few years and the managers that...

We pretty much have to give Xavi a pass on this year and really judge him on what happens next year. It’s unlikely that we’ll be back to the top next year but he’ll need to make big strides including phasing out the likes of Pique, Alba, Ter Stegen, etc

Of course, you have to have the players in order to do it. And, I’ll concede that Pep is one of the best in the business. Has anyone who’s managed one of the best clubs in the world tried to play like Pep has his teams play, at least in recent times?

Is this a joke or are you being serious. Barto ruined this club.

You can play with his ideal style and still play with intensity. Pep has no problem playing that way at City so there is no reason why Xavi can't get Barcelona playing that way at Barcelona. It's just going to take time to get the quality of players in. The state of the squad is shocking and...

In the post I quoted, you already questioned whether he understands football. I'd say your mind is already made up.

Everyone blaming Xavi for the state of the squad when he's been in charge for a month. It takes time to build up players fitness levels and that's in pre-season when you aren't playing games every 3 days.

Good post in a sea of bad posts. The players just aren't there to compete at the top level. It's amazing how Messi, even at the age he is now, carried us the past few years while everything was crumbling around him. It's going to take 3-4 years before we are back to competing at the top...

You could give him more then a few weeks in the job before you make a statement like this. Think about the state of the team right now and the players that are available. It’s going to take a long time to right this ship.

Of course that's what's happening here. Exactly the same as they did with the shirt sponsor.

That's a shocking number to be honest.

Anyone know the gross debt of the club?

The guy has no shame

?Barca is the top sporting brand in the world,? Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu proudly told a group of distinguished Catalan politicians and businessmen on February 12. ?We?ve had our difficult moments. But this year our revenues will pass the ?1 billion mark. Great work has been done...

Barcelona: the richest club in the world struggling to make ends meet It's shocking how poorly run this club is.