And people who are aware of that are unfortunately branded as Valverde fanboys here. Sad state.
Goes both ways. Those against Valverde are labelled as plain haters where some have stated lengthy reasons why he is not up to par, whereas those who defend him only look at results. Yet, when results are not in their favour they come up with excuses like players, squad, pitch, conditions are not good enough. Or simply blame our opposition for being too good. Some even wanted Dembele sold because EV was right about him not being good enough for Barca. Last season, he decided to put more faith in Gomes than Dembele and look where has it gotten him? People believed more in balance than talent, and then what happened? We still conceded so much goals. It's ironic. So don't always push it to others to make it seem like one side is the victim here.
People said Valverde need time and will change since last season, and then what happened? Still forcing Roberto, Rakitic and Busquets into the lineup no matter what.
The club themselves want change, not the fans. They want to be known in European stages again. Players are all motivated. Then you have EV not even setting his priorities right, not even preserving their energies for all competitions. So how will these help the motivated players in any way?
Truth be told, EV isnt a very smart lad, a simple guy picking his 11 every week. If they aint playing well, take them off! Was first Dembele and now Coutinho. I mean, it's such a simple thing to do, who cares about developing players right? I'm sure they wouldn't come into good use. He's digging his own grave with little to zero experimentations, minimal rotation policy.
So what about him has changed except more injuries and better depth this year? Practically nothing has changed. So instead of Barcelona moving forward, proclaiming they want something to change, we are back to square one. I really don't think we should be doing worse in any way with 500M splashed by the board to improving our depth. Of course, once you settle for mediocrity, everything seems "too demanding". I honestly couldn't be bothered to be raising concerns if that's what Bartomeu, Valverde and co. are heading for, but clearly the club knows they have been shamefully bad in the CL. They promise something, but their actions say otherwise.
Fans should lie to themselves and be happy what they are witnessing, because this is after all what Barcelona has built for years and decades. It has all come down to this, hasn't it?
You can have personal preferences at that point. 
