Ronald koeman . New barca manager.

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Weird thing is he is making the same mistakes as he did at Everton. 3 number 10s occupying the same space. Hes substituted Rooney, Klassen and Siggurdson for Messi, Griezman and Coutinho.
Followed by freezing out one of the more talented players, for Barkley read Puig.
Wait til he signs Depay!
 
The players we were excited about in Martinez all bombed out during Koeman
I know Deulofeu had some massive limitations with fitness and not really caring about anything on the defensive side of the game but we have that now with James. Not comparing them at all but, man, I'd love to have him back as he had some amazing passes and assists. Just don't get, at all, what anyone saw in him. Should have gone from Martinez to someone like Favre, not basically blow the whole thing up and hire a dullard like Koeman.
 
Read this quote by Sid Lowe in the Guardian, brought back fond memories of 2017 lol

This 4-2-3-1, with its overload of No 10s, exposes the middle two and squeezes the men ahead of them, everyone turning inside into heavy traffic, the same spaces occupied by many footballers largely getting in each other’s way. Chase a result and it gets even more crowded, every attacker thrown on. There’s a predictability to their play, sterile and vulnerable.
 
I know Deulofeu had some massive limitations with fitness and not really caring about anything on the defensive side of the game but we have that now with James. Not comparing them at all but, man, I'd love to have him back as he had some amazing passes and assists. Just don't get, at all, what anyone saw in him. Should have gone from Martinez to someone like Favre, not basically blow the whole thing up and hire a dullard like Koeman.
People thought, wrongly, that he was doing great work taking Saints to the top half. In reality Saints had an amazing squad that should have easily finished there.
 
People thought, wrongly, that he was doing great work taking Saints to the top half. In reality Saints had an amazing squad that should have easily finished there.

It’s clear he benefited from Pochettino’s work and had Mane up top. Meanwhile with us he just utterly destroyed our squad selling off Stones Barkley and Lukaku and replacing them with Williams/Keane, Sigurdsson, and Sandro.
 
It’s clear he benefited from Pochettino’s work and had Mane up top. Meanwhile with us he just utterly destroyed our squad selling off Stones Barkley and Lukaku and replacing them with Williams/Keane, Sigurdsson, and Sandro.
His most used CB combos were Fonte and Alderweireld one year and Fonte and Van Dijk the next. Tadic, Pelle and Wanyama were all very solid players too. Those squads easily had Europe level quality. He didn't do much considering.
 
His most used CB combos were Fonte and Alderweireld one year and Fonte and Van Dijk the next. Tadic, Pelle and Wanyama were all very solid players too. Those squads easily had Europe level quality. He didn't do much considering.
TBF, and I'm no fan of his, he did sign some of those good players.
 
I know Deulofeu had some massive limitations with fitness. Not comparing them at all but, man, I'd love to have him back as he had some amazing passes and assists.
The lad was an absolute joke. Couldn’t complete 90mins, totally ineffective against most sides and utterly heartless.

His only positive attribute was a bit of speed to use as a sub against a tiring team, even then he didn’t do much.

If he was any good he wouldn’t have ended up at relegation-fodder Watford.
 
Font or Laporta will win the election. I think the trigger for whether Koeman is replaced subsequent to that will be what decision Messi takes. If he stays, I would expect Xavi to take over else he would arrive in June
 
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