Xavi Hernández

[Rory]

Ernesto ball was better simply because he had far better players at his disposal. We had some games that could be considered wonderful when compared to what the current team can produce.

Is that true? We have a stronger defence now and better set of midfielders to choose from. Messi and Suarez were better than what we currently have of course but already made the point about Messi

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Ernesto had 2019 against Liverpool in midfield: Arturo Vidal - Rakitic - Busquets - Coutinho

Bench: The legendary Arthur

Is it possible to get a worse midfield?

 

[Messi983]

Feeling bad now that there are no amigos to blame anymore?

Nope, I'm glad they're gone.

We'll be fine in a year or two. Would be in even better position if they would leave sooner.

 

[JamDav1982]

No one loved taking scuddings with amigos more than Malvolio.

Gets raging to this day that Barca won league without Messi/Pique etc last season.

 

[Blanco]

Ernesto had 2019 against Liverpool in midfield: Arturo Vidal - Rakitic - Busquets - Coutinho

Bench: The legendary Arthur

Is it possible to get a worse midfield?

Busquets alone is better than your current midfield.

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

Glad to see the back of the Amigos on the whole, bar Messi of course.

Have to say Pique is slightly hard down by due to being poor in his last few years, but thought he was exceptional until around 2019.

Jordi Alba was the one that was done dirty by the fans. Constant double digit assists per season is not easy to achieve from full back. We are seeing more than ever how much the team misses with the lack of attacking threat / final ball from advancing full backs. It's one of the main reasons that the team is so turgid in attack and seems to gets glossed over a fair bit.

 

[Barcaman]

Watching some of the past Clasicos made me nostalgic. Not only about Messi. Old ones as well. 5-0 win with Romario etc.
Style was always there and eventhough we did look chaotic during some of those years I can't remember us being so uninspiring as we are now. Maybe some short stints in early 2000s and then the knives were out.

 

[Iniesta Ultra]

Feeling bad now that there are no amigos to blame anymore?

Enemigo Xavi's done more damage than all the amigos combined.

 

[Birdy]

Deco (sporting director): "I have no doubt that Xavi is the best coach for Barça. He is the best coach for this project that was started a few years ago. He accepted the challenge of coming at an important moment and is the perfect coach to rebuild everything we are trying to rebuild."
@ferrancorreas
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@tjuanmarti


With such a stupid SD department the club will never move forward

 

[Messigician]

Balde is no longer a starter at Barcelona.

— @sport

 

[Don Juan Laporta Estruch]

Deco (sporting director): "I have no doubt that Xavi is the best coach for Barça. He is the best coach for this project that was started a few years ago. He accepted the challenge of coming at an important moment and is the perfect coach to rebuild everything we are trying to rebuild."
@ferrancorreas
,
@tjuanmarti


With such a stupid SD department the club will never move forward

When has a SD come out and attacked the manager at any club? Especially when they are friends and there is no personal agenda? Can't ever remember it happening.

Deco is always going to back Xavi publicly. We have no idea what he really thinks of him as a manager though and attacking him based on a standard PR answer is incredibly harsh.

He's been a breath of fresh air so far.

 

[El Gato]

Ernesto ball was better simply because he had far better players at his disposal. We had some games that could be considered wonderful when compared to what the current team can produce.

Dude had an old ass core and old ass front line, most of whom were impossible to bench. No comparison

EV never really was the biggest issue as proven by choices he made at Bilbao and how well drilled they were in years past despite having not one proper forward

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Dude had an old ass core and old ass front line, most of whom were impossible to bench. No comparison

EV never really was the biggest issue as proven by choices he made at Bilbao and how well drilled they were in years past despite having not one proper forward

Worldclass statement!

There was a reason why Real Madrid fans feared EV Barac even more than Pep barca....

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

No one loved taking scuddings with amigos more than Malvolio.

Gets raging to this day that Barca won league without Messi/Pique etc last season.

Malvi and Amigos =

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Ernesto had 2019 against Liverpool in midfield: Arturo Vidal - Rakitic - Busquets - Coutinho

Bench: The legendary Arthur

Is it possible to get a worse midfield?

Seeing this midfield again im stunned how this team has reached cl semifinal? With a way better midfield we failed to survive the cl groupstage 2 times.

This EV guy is something else