Xavi Hernández

[Javier Zanetti - fraud]

Xavi is such a football icon yet has millions of haters. Shows everything that's wrong with football really.

 

[Javier Zanetti - fraud]

@Horatio post above

 

[Andresito]

Players like Cancelo, Balde and Frenkie really need their minutes carefully managed. Such a huge drop in quality if their respective backups need to be relied upon in biggest games.

 

[Andresito]

Champagne football

 

[jamrock]

All abroad the Xavi train, bandwagon will be full soon lol

 

[Givenchy]

Not on the train but credit where it's due, was a great watch today

 

[soul24rage]

Missed the 433. Hope Xavi keeps this.

 

[jamrock]

When pedri comes back, with cancelo, we're gonna be cooking down that right hand side.

 

[Javier Zanetti - fraud]

When pedri comes back, with cancelo, we're gonna be cooking down that right hand side.

Cooking better than Jesse Pinkman

 

[Andresito]

Pick an XI (bums not included). Xavi won't have it easy when all players are fit, especially in attack.

RB: Cancelo/Araujo/Kounde
CB: Araujo/Kounde/Christensen/Inigo
LB: Balde/Cancelo

DM: Romeu/Frenkie/Gundo
CM: Frenkie/Gundo/Gavi/Pedri

RW: Ferran/Yamal/Raphinha
CF: Lewy/Ferran
LW: Felix/Ferran/Gavi/Gundo

 

[jamrock]

With all the quality we now have in the squad, I'm thinking this will be our big game XI, if the opposition has a fast winger.

Mats

Aruajo.. Kounde.. Christensen.. Cancelo

............ De jong... Gundogan

............Pedri.............Gavi/Felix

...... Raphinha..... Lewa.

Slight tweaks of adding Balde depending on the opposition and going with two FB and switching the position of gavi and Gundogan, oriol will start in the tough games but maybe not the elite ones.

 

[JamDav1982]

There is absolutely no width on left in that line up so cant see it.

 

[BJJ]

Beating a poor Betus side and everyone is excited. Let's face the big guns in Europe first. We've been dire in Europe under Xavi. We've improved the squad, we have an easy group. There are no excuses left for Xavi.

 

[te amo barca]

Beating a poor Betus side and everyone is excited. Let's face the big guns in Europe first. We've been dire in Europe under Xavi. We've improved the squad, we have an easy group. There are no excuses left for Xavi.

We will easily top the group. Last year we've been fucked by injuries, ref decisions and Xavi's selection (like dropping Balde for Alonso). And 2 years ago when Xavi came we had a meme squad with injuries as well.

 

[Porque]

Betis will be seen as a good win come end of season.

Their not as bad as the score line suggests and are a side currently below their potential.

Xavi has a cracking group of players which solves most of the problems he had last season.

-Rightback? Got Joao who needs no adaption

-Creative offensive forward/mid ala Bernardo or Lo Celso. Has Felix.

Hell, La Masia even gave him an instant Dembele replacement.

Tons of potential to work with, and Xavi himself is showing signs of growth.

And this is without even touching if he manages to unlock Fermin and make him a squad option who sticks.