ajnotkeith
Senior Member
Almost none of the current XI were involved in us being 9th before he was appointed.Yes, Xavi AND the players. You never get it do you?
There is no logic in the world that would let you blame the manager and not the players for results for a club in Barca's situation.
Your logic would've worked if these Barca players would have made some top results in CL and La Liga before Xavi, and now Xavi is ruinning then, but when Xavi signed on they were like 9th in La Liga. And now under Xavi they are La Liga winners. It's obviously a natural, and great progress in the timeframe at hand.
However great you think these players are, I can assure you they are not and it's still some long way to go.
Christensen, Kounde, Aubameyang, Ferran, Dembele, Pedri, Lewandowski, Raphinha, Kessie did not play during that time period. The team was completely different due to injuries and new signings coming after.
So no, they did not 'go from 9th to LaLiga winners', they weren't even there when that happened.