Sumlit, I generally agree with you and It's been clear for some time now that the team needs reinforcements but even our current crop of players should be able to do better than they're doing now. For weeks now (even months, some would argue), the players have not played up to their usual standard, they have looked unmotivated and have made little effort to turn matches around, they have moved very little off the ball and looked so uninspired that they resorted to playing long balls too often; all of which the coach is to blame for, at least in part...
Alarcon, I don't claim Martino is the answer and the future. I simply don't know this. However IMO, this should not be about the Manager changing tactics slightly (because that is what he has done, at the core, Barca still wants to play like they've always done), or motivating players more or less. This is about the players no longer being the same.
They can no longer be as consistently above the competition as before. The difference in talent and form is just not there. A well drilled and motivated team like Valladolid can indeed beat a lethargic and under-performing Barcelona, table positions notwithstanding.
The players are professionals. They should not need a manager to light a fire under them and resort to gimmicks to motivate them. What is Martino supposed to do? Scream at players like Xavi? Busquets? Pique? That is not realistic. Bench them? And play whom? Song and Roberto?
He's really out of options.
IMO this team needs to fix other problems first, before turning their guns on the coach. That is the easy way out, and solves no problems.
If it's only about motivation we might as well get a life coach to be our manager. Is Billy Beane from Moneyball available? 
