That is only one way of looking at it.
I will pull another analogy.
Majority of guys here on a forum want Barca's DNA football.
You have your own brains, ideas, eyes.
Now imagine when someone (me, for example) comes and say that our football is outdated and dead.
will you guys here follow me and my ideas or will you say: you are an idiot etc?
Well, you are amigos in this case.
Why aren't you open to my ideas?
= because you have your own taste, preferences and ideas.
About Messi and players, they play for 15 years.
They have seen a lot of players and coaches in ttheir careers.
They have their own opinion what is good, what is bad and what is questionable.
You guys just don't want to open the doors to ideas that EV and amigos maybe shared the same views on football.
But due to player's age, that was our limit.
And now we have a rookie coach who might be totally lost in estimations how much our players can run, whether some ideas can be achieved with a current rooster etc.
I don't know what you do for living in a real life, but you have probably met guys at your work for whom you could say: this guy is a genious, this guy is ok and this guy doesn't understand anything.
People here are so blinded by their hate towards EV that they think that surely: EV was wrong in everything and that Setien is probably better (since no one can be worse than EV). And in this case, you assume that players are surely a problem.
And you aren't opening doors to an option: there is a strong reason why Setien was fired from the last two midtable clubs and why he was working with cows on his farm until 2 weeks ago.
I mean, what if he has totally wrong, shitty or outdated ideas and players can see that?
But no, Serghei will reply: players have to listen to a coach.
I mean, Barto hired EV.
So, Barto is not too bright.
Barto almost hired Unzue 3 years ago.
Barto had Roberto, Braida, Segura and Abidal as sporting directors.
Barto gave long contracts to Suarez, Busi, Raki and co.
Are you sure that Barto is competent?
And there isn't a possibility that Setien is just a hortible misfit with wrong or totally outdated tactics?
You mentioned Valverde loserball.
What if players and EV talked and agreed about their flaws and together decided that a lower intensity tactics with less movement is the only way to go with our old players?
And a new coach comes and says: you will run like 20 years old kids.
But mister, we are not 20 years old kids...
Or about tactics and positions: Messi played under Rijkaard, Pep, Tito, Tata, Lucho, EV, Setien. 7 Barca's coaches with different ideas.
He (and Busi, Pique) have a nice sample of coaches already.
Don't you think that they are allowed to say and think: wow, this is weird or feels wrong, we suck in this formation...
I mean, for years fans used to say: EV hates Dembele.
Yet, Dembele was probably dumb as fuck on training grounds and there was a reason why a coach and some players gave up on him.
Now, what if a coach is equally as wrong or bad as Dembele?
You guys started with an idea that he is surely way better than EV.
Do you have ANY proofs that he is any good and better than anyone or EV?
All we know about him is that he had a mediocre midtable coaching career, outdated coaching ideas and that Barca is probably too big job for him.
For example, Kovac at Bayern.
Did president and some players turned a back on him because they were spoiled or because he is not good enough for Bayern and everyone, including players have realized that he is lost and clueless at the highest level?
There is so much wrong about this comment, you actually believe that manager or coach run the show ? Management will always favor the players want. Managers doesn't sell shoes,shirts and why people watching the game it's the players. Kobe and LeBron are a good example how they will show and act if they dislike the coach tactics. Messi too with Lucho's first year, there is a reason people called him lil dictator 😂There's so much wrong about this comment I don't even know where to begin . When you name a manager, you do your research and if you name him, you give him the authority of his rank. There is no job in the world that comes with only objectives, but no tools to reach those objectives. The only tool a manager has is the authority of his position in the team. He outranks any player. The manager is the head of the team.
It is the professional obligation of the players to implement the vision of the manager. And if that vision doesn't work, the manager will be evaluated by those who hired him, i.e. the board. And fired if they decide he has failed to reach expectations. What you write there is a toxic way of viewing things for any football club.
You're basically encouraging a club ran by what the players want and feel like. I'm even surprised you're not proposing to not name a manager at all. After all, the players know best what they can do or what they can't do. Just let them manage themselves. Pique, Messi, Suarez, they should set when they train and when they relax, and they should run the team basically. Which is sort of what happened during Valverde probably.
A question:
If Setien will lose against Napoli, how will you rate that defeat:
The same as Roma/Liverpool?
Less bad since he didn't lose 3:0 advantage?
More bad because we lost in 1/8 stage against a no name team?
I have a feeling that losing to a best team in the world (Liverpool) will still be worse than a possible exit to a mighty Napoli, right?
Or imagine: losing to Napoli and losing La Liga.
Will EV still be worse and a cancer?
I mean, we didn't score against 11 men for 2 La liga matches in a row, we could have conceded 5-6 goals, almost lost to Ibiza, defense is a joke, we have no wingers, attack is chaotic and half of a team play out of position.
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But look at it in this way: imagine that you have 11 Busquets in a team.
In 2011, they could run to some extent, pass, press, dominate.
In 2015, it was at 80% since he got old.
In 2019 those 11 Busquets are at 50% of their previous pace, stamina, pressing, defending.
Now, if you were a coach of those 11 Busquets' in 2020:
1. Would you ask them to play and run as in 2011?
2. Or would you adjust a game according to their current strengths, and play a lower intensity football, which is not good enough for a CL, but still good enough for La Liga?
What if EV was actually smart, if he has identified our flaws and decided (together with players) that Eernieball is the only way to squeeze 3-4 more La ligas from this dying team?
Then you will say: if players are old or bad, why didn't he replace them with younger ones?
= because new signings were Dumbele, Cou, Griezz, Semedo and kids like average Alena, Munir, Deulofeu and Riki
So, the only options were:
1. Play a low intensity, granny football with amigos and win 2-3 more La ligas in a smart way
2. Play with youngsters and end as 4th in La liga
3. Or try to replicate Pep's football in intensity with old grannies, misfits (Dembe, Cou, Griezz) and bad La Masia kids
What you guys on a forum want is=a good play, running and CL results.
What if those are more or less impossible with these team and EV actually has played safe and logical way, since he knew limitations of our old players.
And then, if this is true, imagine if Setien came with unrealistic ideas (you will run at 120%) and imploying some extremely weird tactics since he doesn't have any top level experience?
I know, we are complacent, amigos are old, we can't run, we don't have leaders.
But are you 100% sure that is impossible that Setien is totally lost and out of his depth in coaching superstars and declined players?
Have you never seen similar cases that players turn their backs to a coach if his ideas are questionable and results are bad?
You will now say: let's give him time, we don't need titles, blah blah.
Well, Messi obviously want La Liga title and thinks that we can win it. But he thinks that a coach is doing everything wrong and that there is no way to win anything that way.
You will now say: Ev was the same.
EV won 2 La ligas and was still on top in this season, so in this moment, EV and Setien are not the same.
Further, a question to consider: what if we will lose all titles this season under Setien with horrible, chaotic tactics and if players, fans and media start to fight with eachother, and if situation becomes were bad and painful and if Messi decides: that's it, I am done and if he leaves a club at the end of a season (which he can do).
Imagine that twist:
1. People were attacking EV for everything, calling him retardo and a cancer, and drinking champagne when he was sacked
2. Imagine that his sub loses all titles, brings zero improvements and causes Messi to leave a club, lol
Just saying. It isn't THAT impossible.
Lmao to that insider news that players do not understand what setien wants. We had similar situation in january when enrique was in charge after the sociedad defeat.
But then we had xavi in dressing room who could tell those spoiled divas what they needed to hear, with nothing to hold back against anyone, including messi.
They exactly know what setien wants from them, but they became lazy cockroaches under ev and that cant change over night.
Setien could be a quality coach, but he doesnt have authority over older guard. Even klopp would struggle, only xavi or pep could do something in terms of motivation and slapping them without those divas turning back on them.
Xavi would have problem as well. He is their friend. It's tough to take your friends so seriously. It would hurt him.
Xavi is authority, when he talks they listen. But thats my opinion