Coach after coach will leave because coming on terms with these big boys in Barcelona dressing room is very difficult. So many powerhouses at the club. A man like Luis Enrique can only keep a check on these big boys. https://twitter.com/barcacenler/status/1277494445059891201
Players like Messi, Pique, Suarez and Alba have so much of a say in the club's decisions. They can get any coach fired. They won't follow the coach's tactics. They have their own friendships to follow. And, this exactly is the reason why club hasn't won a CL in last 5 years.
Valverde was a man manager. He never had the tactics to make Barca play like Barcelona DNA. But, he understood the big boys and surely kept the dressing room in control. For instance, Messi had no positional discipline on the pitch under Valverde. Messi was happy and when he is
happy, his sheer talent can win matches. Rest of the folks just support. But, just Messi's talent alone can't win CL against very good teams. You need tactics and proper system. Barcelona have failed to have a system post Enrique. And hence, no CL under Valverde too.
These big boys never wanted Valverde to leave. But the results forced the club to take a decision and he was sacked. Messi and his boys would have to adjust to a new coach or say tell the coach that this is their club and the coach needs to change tactics accordingly.
You watch Barcelona and you understand what is wrong at the club. LIONEL Messi doesn't trust Griezmann or lets just put it like this - He doesn't pass the ball to anyone else except Suarez. Even though he has Semedo free in the right side, he will still pass it to Alba.
Arthur made comments on Messi post the Brazil Arg friendly. Arthur, who is about to peak, is being sold for a 30 year old. Can you comprehend this transfer? No. This is Lionel Messi's club and he does whatever he wants.
All round the season players are taught to pass to Messi and he will deliver. That has been the tactics for so long now. And in CL, Messi won't be given space of course by good teams, and that is when we blame the other players for not turning up.
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