TheStig
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I actually do think they need to upgrade the GK urgently.
For next season they need a veteran GK who is "good with his feet", is German and injured at the moment.
I actually do think they need to upgrade the GK urgently.
I know this is Barca forum, but I am still not convinced by Flick. I just don't rate him much as a coach (I don't rate Xavi either before you say that). I think Atletico or Real will win the league and Barca will falter somewhere in the CL too. Hope I am wrong but I tend to take @malvolio's pessimistic approach here. Barca are way too inconsistent with performances from game to game. You also don't play attractive football every game - some Barca games have been horrid to watch. Plus Lewandowski's all-round game is mostly horrific and WILL cost Barca at some point, if it hasn't already.I remember some claiming that the reason why Xavi couldn’t implement attractive and attacking oriented football was because he didn’t have the squad to do so. Fast forward a few months and we are playing some of the most attractive football under Flick with an identical squad plus an injured Olmo.
Similarly, Steven Gerrard was in charge of AV in 21/22 and finished 14th. Prior to that, in 19/20 and 20/21, Aston Villa finished in 17th and 11th place, respectively. Emery took over in 22/23 midseason and finished in 7th place. Last season, he managed to clinch the EPL 4th spot and is currently 5th in the Champion’s League.
What exactly changed between 22/23 and 23/24 beyond, perhaps, a few new player acquisitions? A great manager took over, one of the very best. Suddenly results improved drastically. And I mean, he took a team which was in the Championship a few years prior to the Champion’s League essentially overnight. To insinuate that Manchester United’s squad couldn’t improve if it had the right manager in charge is a take I just cannot agree with.
Before Emery took over, people were probably defending Gerrard’s poor league results using that very argument: the squad isn’t good enough to perform better.
Point is, great managers can quickly improve on performance and results. With the right man in charge, players suddenly improve markedly. Heck, even under Flick we’ve seen how many of our own players are performing significantly better than they did under Xavi now that we have a tactically astute manager in charge.
@Messi983 @CatalinR10 lol arsneal red
damn…Galatasaray robbed me of a 262x parlay after the 3-3 vs Dinamo Kiev.
They led with 2-0 and 3-1 during the game.
PAIN.