Iniesta Ultra
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He probably made a deal with Fatporta that he'd give up next season's wages only if he got to stay through June.
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Nazario1985
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200millions spent and we have an attack that can't function & a defense full of holes.
He is 100% inheriting ruins.
Iniesta Ultra
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I assume NDAs are allowed so that if Fatporta does have to fire Xavi because we start losing even more than current that Xavi won't be smeared in public?
jamrock
Senior Member
Well damn I miss one game.
I did say before a ball was kicked this season that if we didn't win the league it's on him, improvements need to be shown from last season..
And we obviously aren't going to win the league, so their must be consequences.
He has a lot of injuries and is basically playing with 10 men on the field and the missing one, is in the most important position in the game, so we are just letting in goals for fun.
Though tbh we were letting them in with Mats too.
His biggest fault as a coach is that he needs too overly reliant on very specific players to implement what he has in his head on the field, if he had zubi in midfield and a fully fit XI, things would probably look a bit different now.
But that is true for all coaches, but with him it's do or that regards to that.
sometimes you have to learn to adapt to what you have.
Still I'm grateful for the league title last season, as a team we needed to get back to winning things, winning was the most important thing, hopefully he moves on learns the craft a bit more and show what he's about in the near future.
I did say before a ball was kicked this season that if we didn't win the league it's on him, improvements need to be shown from last season..
And we obviously aren't going to win the league, so their must be consequences.
He has a lot of injuries and is basically playing with 10 men on the field and the missing one, is in the most important position in the game, so we are just letting in goals for fun.
Though tbh we were letting them in with Mats too.
His biggest fault as a coach is that he needs too overly reliant on very specific players to implement what he has in his head on the field, if he had zubi in midfield and a fully fit XI, things would probably look a bit different now.
But that is true for all coaches, but with him it's do or that regards to that.
sometimes you have to learn to adapt to what you have.
Still I'm grateful for the league title last season, as a team we needed to get back to winning things, winning was the most important thing, hopefully he moves on learns the craft a bit more and show what he's about in the near future.
Iniesta Ultra
Senior Member
you're insane to think that's possible
Windhook
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It's been coming for weeks. I said, a couple of weeks ago, that Xavi looks resigned and lethargic during games. I'm reading today he made this decision around Christmas, but was stopped by family. Sounds like some tabloid shit.
Should've resigned immediately or kept his mouth shut. This announcement serves none of the parties any good (anti or pro-Xavi). Laporta cannot sack him due to compensation money and also being his choice (although during elections wasn't his candidate). Some political motivation behind this. It's nerve wrecking to know that I will be watching this agony until June. 1000% sure it won't motivate the team to play better, either.
Should've resigned immediately or kept his mouth shut. This announcement serves none of the parties any good (anti or pro-Xavi). Laporta cannot sack him due to compensation money and also being his choice (although during elections wasn't his candidate). Some political motivation behind this. It's nerve wrecking to know that I will be watching this agony until June. 1000% sure it won't motivate the team to play better, either.
serghei
Senior Member
What the fuck are you talking about. This is 2024. 300m for a full squad is shite. Barca spends on players as much as Nothingham Forrest. Squad cost atm is 400m. Half of Madrid. I'm not talking about wages, but transfer fees.
Back when Xavi came squad was trimmed to shit. Only solid expensive signing Barto made that made an impact for Laporta era was De Jong, that's it. And Dembele for 4 months, until the fucker left. Might as well disregard him completely, just as he flowered a bit under Xavi, he moved his ass to PSG.
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Devils
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This is more on Laporta for giving Xavi full power to make signings.
Lewandowski, Raphinha, Torres, Romeu, Felix, Martinez, Kessie, Alonso, Bellerin, Kounde - all atrocious
Christensen, Gundogan and Auba are ones you can consider to be "successful".
Atrocious squad planning and weak management by Laporta.
Raphinha and Torres have got to be the worst recruitments I have ever seen at a top club. How these fools came here when Dembele, who has been ridden with injuries during his time at Barca was the only player with pace and acceleration on the wings and then decided to sign Raphinha and Torres for big money to address that is stupidity beyond the most extreme thresholds.
To top this off, they go and sign Felix who is the Portuguese equivalent to these bums a year later.
Nazario1985
Senior Member
Brain dead troll this is la liga not EPL !!!
Not even Madrid can can keep up with them ..
serghei
Senior Member
Madrid kept up fine even vs Liverpool. Check their record vs Klopp. Their squad cost roughly 700m. Close to Liverpool.
Barca are on 19th position. Try again.
Windhook
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Real Madrid are the richest club in the world according to financial editions.
It's the inequality in TV rights money that concerns non-English clubs. The long term analysis show that under current terms even Madrid will have to sell percentage of their studios, rights, assets to stay competitive with even Luton Town, who receive mindblowing amount just to fight relegation.
That's all the Super League fuzz is about. Not some romantic beauty of the game narrative. It's about money.
Real Madrid took 400m loan in October just to finish the renovation of Santiago Bernabeu.
It's the inequality in TV rights money that concerns non-English clubs. The long term analysis show that under current terms even Madrid will have to sell percentage of their studios, rights, assets to stay competitive with even Luton Town, who receive mindblowing amount just to fight relegation.
That's all the Super League fuzz is about. Not some romantic beauty of the game narrative. It's about money.Real Madrid took 400m loan in October just to finish the renovation of Santiago Bernabeu.
serghei
Senior Member
Real Madrid are the richest club in the world according to financial editions.
It's the inequality in TV rights money that concerns non-English clubs. The long term analysis show that under current terms even Madrid will have to sell percentage of their studios, rights, assets to stay competitive with even Luton Town, who receive mindblowing amount just to fight relegation.
Real Madrid took 400m loan in October just to finish the renovation of Santiago Bernabeu.
Exactly. Madrid have been kept afloat by their greatest president ever. Just wait to see the shitshow after Florentino is gone and Caledron 2.0 is elected. That guy was a crook like Barto and Rosell.
Between 1st and 2nd Florentino eras, Madrid was a joke. Their President even embarassed himself on Romanian TV in 2006, absolute clown the guy was.
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