No logical person will say that it can't get worse than EV. When people say that, it's in the spirit of satire, in order to show how bad they want EV out. I hope..
I think that majority are dead serious when they say that it can't get worse than EV...
1. we had Rivaldo, Ballon D Or from 1999
2. the thing is that we had Van Gaal in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
He won La Ligas in 98 and 99 and finished 2nd in 2000.
But fans and media were never pleased with him due to his personality and because his football was somewhat cold, too tactical and without "Joga Bonita" and free-fun-football.
Results were awesome, but our football was too complicated, too tactical and too robotic for fans back then.
It can't get worse than that is quite similar to a current era.
** Van Gaal was also horrible in a CL, being KOd 2 times in 3 seasons in a group stage due to playing too attacking in Europe.
So, we changed a very good (but not perfect coach for Barca) who had very good results, but his football was NOT FUN for fans.
And we traded him for: "what if" options.
And then we had: Ferrer, Rexach, Antic, 3 seasons of misery where: "it can't be worse than this" options turned into=it actually got way worse than this.
I am not for keeping EV.
But I am for a new coach when a new coach will make at least some sense.
Options till now are:
1. Xavi who is horrible at Quatar, who is obsessed with possession and who said that Riki Puig would be a starter, lol. 1000s of red flags.
2. Gallardo, who has zero European experience and who is good only at knockout competitions for now.
3. Henry, who was horrible till now.
** Before someone mentions Pep or Rijkaard:
Rijkaard was Dutch NT coach at Euro 2000, and they played the best football on that tournament and lost in semis to Italy (after pens) after Netherlands missed 2 penalty kicks in the first 120 minutes.
Pep was an extreme case, but still: he was a captain of Barca and always talked and gave directions to players even when he was a coach.
Pep as a player looked way more as a future coach than Xavi, for example.
Pep was one of those "annoying" guys who talk and give instructions to teammates all the time.
So, when you sum it all: all current options are more likely to end as a Titanic than as: it can't get worse than this.
If we could hire Pep, Klopp or Ten Haag, fine.
But if options are Henry, Gallardo and Xavi, please: let's keep EV then. Since it will get way, way worse than this.
