So you want to settle for the 'safe' La Liga with Rakitic and Busquets while acknowledging they have NO shot in the CL (we've already seen them fail twice v Roma and Liverpool).
Meanwhile, Arthur and FDJ could also win us La Liga (since Messi is the one actually winning it, midfield doesn't matter) and they may be a gamble in the CL that either pays off or it doesn't. We don't know because we haven't seen them in the CL KO stage together yet.
Let me summarize you:
You want a 'safe' La Liga while accepting a CL humiliation with a 30+ midfield with no legs.
No wonder you love EV and the board, lmao. I don't want to hear you talk about CL again. Only ambitious teams deserve CL. And you're essentially arguing for the opposite.
Also makes sense why you like Juve, Atletico, and Chelsea. CL losers who've won 3 in 13 finals combined.
EDIT: And yet another gem of hypocrisy:
Writing about how we don't run like Pool and then wanting a midfield fo 30+ geriatrics. LMAO.
There is one problem with your post.
Yes, we agree:
1. Raki-Busi-Suarez-Bob will win LA Liga
2. they will play 7/10 or 8/10 good.
Not perfect but good enough.
3. also, they probably won't win a CL.
Here is a problem:
You guys always assume: we could win La Liga with any other lineup.
But: how come that before Leganes matche when EV returned to Busi-Raki-Bob-Messi-Suarez, we had 3 wins out of 8 away matches this season?
1. we were a total shit away this season, unlike in first 2 EV's seasons with Busi-Raki
2. we were on a verge of being KOd in group stage of a CL, the first time since 2000s.
3. we weren't that good on the eye test either
So, you don't have any proofs that we could win La Liga with hipster lineups.
We don't know what would happen.
All that we know is that we had the worst start to a season since 2000s, right?
And we were on a verge of being KOd in a group stage?
Luckily, EV returned to basics.
Look, I am for changes.
But only if they are bringing results.
You know my opinion: I don't think that Frenkie-Arthur will work longterm, so why even bother with forcing them now and losing La Ligas?
The difference is:
You believe: Frenkie-Arthur (Semedo, etc) are the answer: we just need to give them lots of time.
If they will deliver right away=awesome.
If they won't deliver right away, the problem is NOT in THEM, but obviously on EV, as always.
So, basically, you would be ok with us losing this season, since it can't be on a bad chemistry between some players or their profiles being a bad match up.
Then, you would sack a coach and see how would they play with a new guy.
If we would have Koeman, and if that duo would still play meh, you would say: Koeman is EV no2, since again=it can't be on Frenkie-Arthur combo, it HAS to be something else.
For me:
Well, that duo had a chance and it isn't convincing.
They are too similar with similar virtues and flaws, which I have explained lots of times:
They both suck in attack.
They are both good in bringing the ball from deep.
And both of them are too funky in defense.
Arthur can't play defense more or less, and Frenkie ventures into the attack.
So, no matter how you pair those two, defense will suck and attack will be lethal.
If you bench Arthur and play Alena or a CAM, defense will still suck, but at least the attack will be better.
if you bench Arthur and play Rakitic, then the attack will suck (even though we will have chemistry and some automatism in attack), and at least defense will be better and more balanced.
To some extent, playing Frenkie and Arthur together is like playing Messi and Griezmann in the same area.
Or when we played Iniesta and Coutinho on the same side.
Iniesta always clicked better with Rakitic than with Cou or Rafinha because they are too similar.
Also, I have asked you guys 100s of times: write your own lineup with Frenkie and Arthur.
No matter what you do, we will be flawed and all over the place.
Yet you will reply: you don't understand the importance of a good coach.
That magician will fix those problems and make those two compatible to each other.
I doubt it.
The same as how Messi, Dybala and Griezz won't be compatible.
Or the second alibi answer: they could be similar to Xavi and Iniesta.
Again, those were the 2 best midfielders ever.
Iniesta was a dribbler and a natural guy with vision and playmaking.
And Xavi was good in all areas.
And then you have Arthur-Frenkie, a midfield duo for Barca where none of them is natural and comfortable in attacking phase.
And they both have issues in defending.
But in your heads, that is a duo for the next 10 years, and everything else is broken except that duo.
Frenkie will be here for long.
About Arthur, feel free to quote me: I don't see him in the future.
He will always be on a verge of a starter/squad player.
So, we have different point of view:
1. you think that with new players, you are moving into a right directions, and that you are improving our team
2. I think: that a new duo is even worse than Busi-Raki. They already click bad, and there isn't too much hope that they will click better in the future if you take their set of skills into a consideration.
For me, you are basically investing time and hope into something which isn't working even now nor will work in the future.
But, you have set your hopes in your head that it is a perfect duo for the future and it will take a long time to open your eyes and have less anger towards a manager who has realized that way before you.
