Lionel Messi - v7

[FinBarcelonafan]

This is getting ridiculous. Giant club, but joke management.

And spoiled players running the club

 

[malvolio]

And spoiled players running the club

It all comes down to management in the end. They hold the keys and make the decisions

 

[Xaviniesta]

Messi is mad about firing EV...Messi is mad about not signing Neymar...Messi is (probably) mad at the thought of Suarez being benched...

This is getting more and more irrational of him

And he wants abidal to give names of players who weren’t satisified...pretty immature post. captain should know better

 

[Devils]

Abidal shouldn't have publicly said that the training sessions weren't intense and that some players had dropped their level.

That being said, Messi is way off the mark in expecting Abidal to give names. It would just be even more of a shit show. Win as a team and lose as a team.

When Abidal puts out a statement like that, it no longer becomes a team issue, it becomes an issue of each player having the right to defend their own reputation from slandering and defamation.

I don't blame Messi for that statement, he has the right to come out and defend himself if Abidal puts ambiguous statement like that to the media.

Can you blame Messi? He's usually the first one who gets hammered his name dragged through the mud when things go bad at Barca.

 

[Sultan]

Messi and the old gang might not be saints in this but the Board are fully responsible for this shitshow. Had they fired EV after Liverpool/Valencia, none of this would’ve happened.

Besides that, the Neymar transfer fiasco in the summer should’ve been handled differently. It is clear the gang wanted him back and the board were less than genuine in their efforts to sign him.

After firing EV they should’ve kept their mouths shut.

Now it is time to drain the swam completely this summer. The board needs to go, Some of the Senior players need to go, other’s powers need to be limit. Begin planning for the nee decade.

 

[bismp]

I get you, but no other club comes out and explain why they sacked a manager in great details. It's usually a very general statement.

I think the specifics as to why a manager got sacked should be kept internal to the club.

We all know Rafa Benitez and Lopetegui got sacked from getting hammered in the Clasico...but nobody form Real Madrid came out and said "He's getting sacked for the Clasico result"

There's just no need for it imo.

Abidal needs to be netural, general in his statement and take responsibility for it.

You are right,Abi was wrong to go into details,but what he said is what 90% of Barcaforum has been saying for the past year.So,I can’t really blame him.

Either way,Messi shouldn’t have criticized Abidal(and in other words the whole board) so publicly and so openly(as well as publicly implying that the sporting direction is doing shit.Which is true,but still),just because he dissed the Amigos’ darling,EV.

I would be ok with this if Leo was publicly expressing his honest opinions about the tea more often.But choosing to be unprofessional in this exact moment of all moments,leaves me speechless.

 

[BarcaGirl]

I'm behind Abidal ...I'm really starting to believe this 'Club de Amigos' shit is real ...

 

[Sultan]

Ratomeu does what he does best : fire technical directors. That didn't take long
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I am hoping he resigns and goes public on everything.

 

[Neymessi]

He isn't just blaming Abidal for being vague. Nothing Abidal said was worth being called out. Players act entitled and complacent especially the senior ones and when someone kind of points it out this happens.

Best player in the world but I really don't know what goes on in his head. Don't forget he defended EV after Anfield. People will defend him because he is Messi and Abidal wasn't 100% right either but these comments from Messi were totally not necessary.

 

[tacticvarium]

Milan 2.0 incoming.
Also Barça seriously needs to move on from Messi era ASAP.
This is why RM is always one step ahead in terms of club management.

 

[JamDav1982]

Calma Calma.

JamDav is back for a day to sort it all out.

 

[Xaviniesta]

I am hoping he resigns and goes public on everything.

Doubt he will give out names though, especially since most amigos are his former teammates

 

[te amo barca]

Calma Calma.

JamDav is back for a day to sort it all out.

This is the end of the world


i hoped you would come back

 

[Devils]

Calma Calma.

JamDav is back for a day to sort it all out.

Fix Dembele plz.

 

[FC433]

If I get Abidal comments right, then Messi isn't even defending EV.
Abidal says that he fired EV because of the players who didn't like him, doesn't it mean that players were aligned against our coach? In order to get him fired?
If this is the case, then Abidal is a coward and idiot. You fired the coach -whom you never supported since you were hired- and put the blame on the players without even mentioning them.
Say something PC like it was time to change, or this is how foitball work etc
PS: can someone bring Abidal interview in English

"A lot of players were not happy and did not work much and there was also a problem with internal communication," he told the newspaper.
"The relationship between the coach and dressing room was always good, but there are things that as an ex-player I can sense. I told the club what I thought and we had to make a decision."

I agree with you. A bit messy, I am happy regardless.