All right dummies, I'm going to give you my time and explain why you kids are clueless.
First thing first dummies, comparing Koeman's results to Valverde's or Setien's makes absolutely no sense. Those 2 cowards didn't hesitate one second to sacrifice every aspect of what makes Barcelona's game so special. They denied the culture of this club just in hope of getting results, and still failed miserably on the biggest stage.
Guys criticizing Koeman and pretending that he's worse than Valverde are shameless resultadistas who should get the fuck away from this club. In this club, we play good football because we're convinced that this is the best path to success.
Koeman also got rid of old players, thus destroyed the old rubbish system. That old system was a coward approach, a shame for a club like Barca, but still it was more or less effective in la Liga. Koeman came and unlike Setien, he had the balls to put that system in its place which is a garbage bag.
Koeman started the rebuilding of this whole club from scratch. Guess what dummies ? A rebuilding will always take time, but it's worth it and it should be done here cause almost all our starters were bad and old, even if they had the experience in la Liga. Now the dutchman is building a team that will be competitive in a few months, maybe few years, but we have to go through this, especially after Barto destroyed this club and didn't prepare the future.
And somehow he could bench Rakitic/Vidal.
Rakitic, Vidal passed their best but still better than Alena. At least with Rakitic - Vidal you won 1-0 at Bernabeu in 2019 Clasico, can not say same thing with Alena.
He could bench Rakitic and Vidal because it didn't take prime Xavi to bench those guys, they were absolute trash from 2018 on. Most of midfielders from top 10 la Liga teams could have benched Rakitic and Vidal. Proof is that Rakitic isn't even good enough for Sevilla, a top 5 or top 10 team in La Liga. Alena wouldn't have been worse than those guys, once again they were absolute trash, but a coward will always select them above Alena cause that's what cowards do. Koeman has balls, that's why he gets rid of Vidal, Rakitic, Suarez and makes 17yo kids Ansu and Pedri his starters.
"Alena didn't prove anything" guess what until you give a youngster a chance he won't prove anything, that's physically impossible. If Valverde was still the coach, you'd say "Pedri didn't prove anything, Vidal starting ahead of him is normal". Bullshit.
Ultimately I agree Alena seems too light to be a Barca starter, but when you have 2 donkeys starting every game, sure Alena could only do better.
If Koeman would be first in la liga, nobody would say anything about the Puig-drama even though it would be a strange act from Koeman but no, we are far away from the title so of course barca fans are furious if we dont play with our best players and Puig is one of them.
Here we have a resultadista by definition, somebody that doesn't give shit about anything except the results. I have news for you: you're not following the right club. Koeman's Barca is miles better than Valverde's if we look at the football displayed, and it's an important factor here. You don't seem to be interested by that so you should look for a new club. Also this season we're in a rebuilding process. In such seasons, you don't win trophies but they're essential for the future success of the club.
Right, let's pretend Valverde didn't come to Barca almost 4 years ago when Rakitic was 29. And even if forget that bit of info, you're still wrong. As Rakitic was a better player than Alena back than, and still is. And not just Alena. Irrationally hating on a guy because he didn't have youngsters in his squad who could perform nearly as well as players you don't like.. what to say
Oh yeah genius ? Please tell me who blamed Valverde for not starting Alena ahead of Rakitic in 2017 ? People started to blame him for starting Rakitic in that 2018-2019 season where the croat was awful, a shame for a club like Barca, and still started every freaking game. I mentioned the times when Valverde's starting midfield had Rakitic and Vidal in it, this wasn't 4 years ago, it was 2 years ago.
Man STFU! What pisses me off is another idiot takes my comment out of context and write an essay about it.
My comment was a reply to Cowman's comment when he compared Puig to Konrad's playing time. And what I said is true, Konrad is not even a first team player to be compared with Puig or compete with him for first team playing time.
I actually praised Cowman yesterday in his thread, I just say it as I see it and don't have hate agenda like some here do against certain players. Puig played a good game, yet the usual haters try to play it down. One of the haters who keeps posting here bashing Puig everyday, completely disappeared from this thread for few weeks after Puig's Juve performance. Now he is back when he found two other stooges backing him up.
And I said it before, I don't have agenda against Cowman, actually I think he is way better than Fraudverde and I said it many times I will back him once he implement meritocracy meaning players like Griezmann, Coutinho, Busquets etc should be dropped when they underperform, and players like Puig should be given a chance if he performs well.
Fair enough for most part.
Meanwhile, watch your language young dummy. And learn to spell right Ronald Koeman's name, guy is a huge legend of a club you support, you should show some respect.
Almost everyone wanted him to be sacked few weeks ago, and funny I wasn't one of them. I said he should continue until the end of this season. And now after few good games, they think he is the next Pep, and some actually want him to continue beyond this season.
His real test will be UCL KOs.
His real test won't be shit. Once again we're in a REBUILDING PROCESS ! Team has no obligation to bring home crazy results this season, as the main goal is to build the structure for the following years and Koeman is already succeeding in doing that. Last team that played as well or better than right now was in 2016. Last time team played so well with 5 teenagers in the starting 11 was I don't know when, probably never happened before. Koeman is our best coach since Pep and Lucho, you guys should shut your mouth and thank God that we finally have a coach with balls who plays Barca style.
Now let's address the Riqui Puig situation.
Last year under Setien, he became a starter and team was still shit. This year under Koeman, he's not a starter and the team is doing great.
From this point, if I had to choose between Koeman and Puig right now, I'd choose Koeman. As a coach who fits Barcelona's style, he's way more important than ONE freaking player. You kids should learn how football works or should work at least. The coach decides, and the coach has the authority. You have to trust your coach, especially when he's the right person for your club at a given point.
I like Riqui Puig a lot myself, and of course I'd be happy if Koeman played him more often. But am I gonna trash Koeman for not playing him ? Of course not.
It's pretty clear that these 2 guys have a problem, or at least used to have one. What exactly is the problem ? No clue. Some say Puig is a snitch, that he tried to put pressure on Koeman. If that's true, Koeman is 100% right to punish him and teach him a lesson. I don't care how talented the kid is. Coach has the authority, and it's the player's job to convince his coach. We already know that Koeman has no problem with youngsters, he loves them and I don't recall one single previous coach who trusted as much youngsters as Koeman does. Even Pep didn't start this much youngsters. Koeman is no Valverde, Ernesto loved old veterans and hated youngsters. So what might be Koeman's reason to not give more playing time to Puig if it's not his youth ? Something personal between them probably, be it snitching or lacking intensity/seriousness in training. Can't blame Koeman in this instance.
Now let's pretend Koeman doesn't like Riqui for no reason. Well it's unfortunate, but most managers have or had problems with players for no reason. Pep tried to get rid of Eto'o, our best 9 ever probably, and did get rid of him eventually. Pep also got rid of Yaya Toure. Both those guys were 10 times the players Riqui is right now.
It might end up being a bad choice from Koeman, but if he still manages to rebuild a beautiful and winning team despite that, it won't be a big deal.
Also, Riqui Puig is an offensive midfielder, or a central one. Both those positions are occupied by Frenkie and Pedri, and Puig can't bench any of them. Him not being a starter is normal. Pjanic is a very good experienced midfielder, even he has to sit on the bench. And the club brought him for 60 millions euros.
So y'all should stop crying every 3 days and trust the guy who's doing a good job after the previous 2 bums we had at the head of the team.
