Hans-Dieter Flick

[serghei]

Maybe we got a bit carried away after the great start. Madrid were favorites for the league before the season started and they might get back in the lead despite the Clasico humiliation. If we don't wake the fuck up.

 

[Porque]

It's a reality check to keep working hard
for sure.

We are in a weird state where we need to rotate the 11 but the subs like Gavi and Frenkie are still in their pre seasons. And in the case of Frenkie, does not look 100%.

Still yesterday's game, you just can't lose a 5 minute lead with 5 minutes left. So the result is an anomaly. But also a warning sign.

 

[Messigician]

He only won 1 point out of 9 without Lamine

Worrying stat

 

[Messigician]

He only won 1 point out of 9 without Lamine

Worrying stat

 

[BusiTheKing]

We need another wide option. Was the same against Sociedad. They crowd us in the middle and isolate our midfielders. And we have no answer to it, no way to exploit the wide spaces left open. Olmo isn't that type of winger.

We have a good thing going but you just need those essential pieces to be a world beating team.

 

[Messi983]

So he wants to sign FBs.

But but I thought he's happy to work with the team he has and won't demand signings, lol.

 

[Porque]

So he wants to sign FBs.

But but I thought he's happy to work with the team he has and won't demand signings, lol.

You see the game bro. Martin from accounting should have seen Red in the first 45.

First goal comes from a Jules creaming, second goal from a Font leak.

 

[serghei]

I think we will bounce back, but this will be a recurrent theme of the season if Flick doesn't change something. Even in Pep days at our peak, we didn't run like crazy for 90 mins every week engaging in end to end affairs. We would score the goals, and then proceed to mainly keep the ball at our leisure letting the opponent exhaust themselves by trying to chase it. We knew how to use our ball retaining skills to our advantage as also a defensive and energy saving tactic. We're losing this threat in our game for sure.

I get the squad problems, hell... I've been saying it for years myself, but there is also something lacking in terms of overall approach to mitigate the squad issues.

For example, is the team even physically able to cope with the intensity Flick expects for over 50 games a season? And if not, what is his plan to counter the run of games where intensity drops? Just come in the press room and say we played badly? How does that impact things beyond a superficial level? There are many questions he needs to provide an answer for.

Sure, if we'd have a great squad and you see Kounde, Cubarsi and Pedri for example have a drop in form putting up an stinker, you move them on the bench and let the other top players prove themselves. They are expecting exactly that, their chance to take over. Buf if the squad is short and you are low on options, the manager has to come up with the solutions.

 

[serghei]

So he wants to sign FBs.

But but I thought he's happy to work with the team he has and won't demand signings, lol.

Everyone is happy and positive when things are running smoothly. Wanna see if a couple has a future together? Wait for the first fights.

 

[ajnotkeith]

So he wants to sign FBs.

But but I thought he's happy to work with the team he has and won't demand signings, lol.

Signing to replace Martin/Fort is a fair justification.

 

[serghei]

I still trust Flick. He showed in the CL final vs PSG that he can also set up in a more pragmatic and realistic way. Which leads us to his 2nd problem, the realization that La Liga is a much harder league and you will constantly face much more adversity in Spain than you did in the happy-go-lucky German league. Couple that with the limitations of his own team, and the response should be quite straightforward. A progress to a more grounded and realistic approach, that is also tailored to the opponent. What fans here usually call boring football basically. I quite like boring, secure wins in bad days. Those bring league titles.

Flick can help us progress, but the club and the league can also improve him as a manager. We need to reach a symbiosis of some sort.

 

[malvolio]

It's not that the league is much harder it's just the context that's different. He had an OP team, that was clearly ahead of its rivals. Current Barca is not in any way comparable to that Bayern team he took over.

Some players clearly overachieved and eventually you get found out when there are gaps in the squad that you patch with Barca B players. Remains to be seen how and if Flick turns it around. But I'm not convinced his football philosophy is one for the long run. Good for cups, where things are decided by moments. For leagues? I don't know.

 

[Loki]

Yesterday's game has absolutely nothing to do with Flick. The team made more mistakes than in the last 5 games combined. The players were just mentally exhausted, which resulted in bad passes and game losing mistakes, nothing really more to it. It happens to any team throughout the season.

 

[iniestaGOAT]

Yesterday's game has absolutely nothing to do with Flick. The team made more mistakes than in the last 5 games combined. The players were just mentally exhausted, which resulted in bad passes and game losing mistakes, nothing really more to it. It happens to any team throughout the season.

Delusional take

 

[Messi983]

Signing to replace Martin/Fort is a fair justification.

Not my point at all.