Respekt_III
Anti-everything
Well we are known for our style of football, aren't we?
Of course there are more pragmatic approaches that can be implemented, but we are meant to play beautiful football.
Xavi will want to bring the right mentality and will have the respect of the players, fans, media and board.
I don't want pragmatic approaches to be the norm; there are also different types of attacking football. To be clear I just want tactical flexibility from a coach, I have to wake up at awkward times to watch us play so the last thing i want is more sleep inducing football eg athletico/juve etc on a regular basis.
Xavi seem to have played different systems in Qatar(yes I know it's Qatar lol but still) so I don't get where this "rigidness" argument is coming from.
From his comments when he was a player? His comments about certain players because he doesn't want to badmouth Barca or any of their players?
Do people believe Xavi want some slow possession based style of play where the ball is circulated sideways 24/7? Have they not watched him play?
His statements recently and in the past, so yeah pretty much.
Not sure if i mentioned it before but we also don't have the players for it to be an effective strategy at this point in time so if he persists with that type of play style he's destined to fail.
As for your last sentence, players don't necessarily make good coaches or analysts.