Xavi Hernández

[Barcaman]

And yeah, as others have said; fat waiter outcoached Barca with worst Celta in years.

 

[serghei]

Tactically outmatched my ass.

 

[Barcaman]

Barca media been posting posts about Xavi the mastermind after Antwerp. Teenage girl level posts.

Whata joke. Fat waiter outcoached him to such a degree our goalkeeper was man of the match.

 

[serghei]

We played like shit for 70 mins or so, slow and lethargic, then woke up later in the game and smashed them. 3 points and on to the tough game at Mallorca.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Tactically outmatched my ass.

So what would you call that game?
This is the problem with you. Its hard to argue in good faith from someone who thinks Xavi can do no wrong and anything bad that happens is the players fault and everything good that happens is Xavi.
He got it wrong today but team spirit pulled through and we got the win.

 

[Horatio]

Tactically outmatched my ass.

Bro I support xavi but come on…don’t die on that hill.

 

[serghei]

So what would you call that game?

Pretty standard in terms of tactics. Barca had to go all out for the win, left spaces in the back, Celta are a dangerous side on the break. Recovered in time, put pressure on Celta, and eventually won the match with 3 great goals.

The fact that our players had a shit day until late in the game doesn't mean anyone was tactically outmatched.

 

[mc_lovin]

Tactics are overrated for the most part. Literally every coach says that.

Low block with a five men defence. That’s hard to crack for any setup especially when complacancy sets in.

 

[serghei]

Tactics are overrated for the most part. Literally every coach says that.

Low block with a five men defence. That’s hard to crack for any setup especially when complacancy sets in.

That's about it. We played too slow and made too many passing errors. Xavi made the right changes in due time, with Romeu and Alonso out at HT and better players brought in.

Celta lost the game basically because we had far better players that came in.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Pretty standard in terms of tactics. Barca had to go all out for the win, left spaces in the back, Celta are a dangerous side on the break. Recovered in time, put pressure on Celta, and eventually won the match with 3 great goals.

The fact that our players had a shit day until late in the game doesn't mean anyone was tactically outmatched.

There you go... 'our players had a shit day'.
Any bad performances never due to the manager, always due to the players.
But if we win 5-0 it will be all Xavi and how fantastic his tactics are despite how you just said tactics are overrated.

 

[serghei]

There you go... 'our players had a shit day'.
Any bad performances never due to the manager, always due to the players.
But if we win 5-0 it will be all Xavi and how fantastic his tactics are despite how you just said tactics are overrated.

Same as a single win. Manager bears responsibility of overall results.

 

[ajnotkeith]

Same as a single win. Manager bears responsability of overall results.

Fair.

As long as this standard holds when bad results occur.

 

[Barcaman]

Same as a single win. Manager bears responsibility of overall results.

When you're ready to wake up you'll see Barca goalkeeper was man of the match.

 

[mc_lovin]

When you are ready to wake up he will have another League title. Make of that what you will.

 

[Porque]

Great when you can attempt to tweak some things, they fail horribly and you can still turn it around and win.

In theory Cancelo has characteristics to play in midfield but today it failed horribly. Hopefully it never returns.

Marcos Alonso and Oriol are quite quickly turning into end of squad rotation options. Alonso moreso than Oriol.

Dropoff between Balde and Alonso is so big.