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Aug 13 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Isi is a fantastic player! And Iraola destined to coach a top 6 LaLiga team (or, more probably, Athletic Bilbao). The work rate of their 2 forwards, harassing the 2 CBs + Busquets, is immense. Also how fast they track back & stay compact if that 1st line is bypassed. #barcaRayo
Incredible high pressure from Rayo. Intense & effective. Needs Frenkie's conducción or Ter Stegen holding onto the ball a bit longer and attracting the press or advancing with it out of the box and pushing the team block higher. #barcaRayo #HT
If the fullbacks perform at the level we're seeing today for the rest of the season, pretty sure the context may force Xavi to switch to a back 3....
Well, that was earlier than expected.. 😂

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Aug 13
I don't know who that midfielder is but Mbappé is gonna sack him
Always found it funny that the defender breaking the offside line is usually the first one to raise his hand asking the ref for an offside Image
Goes without saying: not in a million years would Mbappé have done that at a club like Real Madrid, Barça or Liverpool. Football heritage, historic institutions bigger than him. Which shows how he truly views his relationship w/ PSG (Despite his statements. Actions speak louder).
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Aug 10
It's not personal.
Just business.
No manager succeeded at a corporate turnaround without being ruthless. You think a man who was ruthless with Messi will back down when it comes to other players ? You gotta do what you have to do to get out of a financial mess. That's the only thing history will remember.
For the past weeks there's always someone in my mentions talking abt Barça gambling their future. As if they had some kind of superior financial wisdom we're deprived of! You think we don't know there's risk involved in playing all-in instead of a conservative approach??
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Jul 19
Some quick notes about Lewandowski, Xavi, Laporta and Barça's Future. In no particular order.

👉🏾 thecaptn.substack.com/p/lewandowski-…
When Núñez was reluctant to invest in transfers, Cruyff made (yet another) one of his famous comments :

"el dinero en el campo, no en el banco" = the money has to be on the pitch, not at the bank.

Another proof that Laporta is definitely the most Cruyffian of us all 😉
Too much focus on Barça's investments, too little on the potential sporting/financial returns. In finance you assess RISK.

Risk of seeing Barça out of Top 2 in LaLiga is low. Out of Top 4, even lower. Reaching at least UCL QF, very probable. Out of group stage, low probability.
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Jun 5
IMHO if a player wants a team to be built around him and be the boss and demand things, he first has to consistently perform at a hight level, *irrespective from the context*. I mean he has to be able to compensate & bypass the team's limits through his individual skills.
Iniesta played WELL as CM, DM, winger, even wing back at times, in his first years. Xavi in double pivots. Puyol in all spots of back 4. And don't get me started on Luis Enrique or Cocu...

Even if Barça was dysfunctional & they played out of position, they drop 8/10 performance
2nd thing : this debate abt if system should adapt to the players or the other way around.

Obviously there should be a bit of adaptation from both sides, while keeping in mind that the system is paramount.
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Sep 22, 2019
A little follow up to this post ()

Stressing the same idea now after the game vs Granada. It looks like Valverde is stuck halfway. 👇🏽
Some of the main requirements in terms of leadership & group management are clarity of vision/ideas, persuasion skills & consistency of choices.

Valverde isn't showing these so far. It's like he wants to make a change, but doesn't go all in. And that hesitation has consequences.
2 elements I keep wondering about :

1 - Why would you bet on wide wingers & give a key role to your interiors during ALL friendlies & LaLiga games... then suddenly hint at going back to last year's model (Messi as fake RW & a sacrificed RCM) ?
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