Are Barcelona in crisis AGAIN? | Breakdown of their FAILING attack & defence

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FC Barcelona were fantastic in LaLiga last season. Their assured defence coupled with plenty of goals in the attack lead to Barca winning the league fairly comfortably ahead of Real Madrid. However, despite a strong start this season, they have recently had quite the wobble. Robert Lewandowski looks a shadow of himself, and the statistics point to this as well. Their defence, which was one of their strongest points last season, sees them make schoolyard mistakes on the regular recently. Xavi is under pressure, but is it fair to him? Barcelona lead the league in expected goals, pointing to great chance generation, but if the players don’t take their chances, can Xavi be blamed?
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  • @djovani98
    @djovani986 ай бұрын

    Man, my calculator was ready...😭

  • @TheOnlyTaps

    @TheOnlyTaps

    6 ай бұрын

    😭😭😭

  • @kkpw12

    @kkpw12

    6 ай бұрын

    😝😝😝

  • @Justrandomguyontheinternet

    @Justrandomguyontheinternet

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @sayanmandal2246

    @sayanmandal2246

    6 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @engtea9633

    @engtea9633

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣

  • @-basir8699
    @-basir86996 ай бұрын

    I'd say Xavi is great for Barca. Fans and media make it look like everything is over the whole club is doomed when a has bad form. Financially thing are positive, and sportingly we're getting there

  • @marianap.h3961

    @marianap.h3961

    6 ай бұрын

    No

  • @leemont909

    @leemont909

    6 ай бұрын

    agree as a madrid fani have respect for him, he should be given a lifetime contract

  • @leemont909

    @leemont909

    6 ай бұрын

    agree as a madrid fan i have respect for him, he should be given a lifetime contract

  • @juanarellano3580

    @juanarellano3580

    6 ай бұрын

    Give him a lifetime contract if it’s on me😂 so much tactical inexperience from Xavi, I’m surprised so many Barca fans back him

  • @stefanoraffo5096

    @stefanoraffo5096

    6 ай бұрын

    Financially Barca is getting a lot worse. They need too many levers

  • @akunwanneprosper7016
    @akunwanneprosper70166 ай бұрын

    Messi and Ronaldo made us feel like 30+ attackers should be forever consistent 😂 😂 😂 Lewandowski is 35

  • @yassinenajar4369

    @yassinenajar4369

    6 ай бұрын

    harry kane too

  • @jdanje

    @jdanje

    5 ай бұрын

    @@yassinenajar4369barca need s reality check cause they don’t have player for the bug stage

  • @VilladsBk

    @VilladsBk

    5 ай бұрын

    @@yassinenajar4369bro Harry kane just turned 30 💀not to say Harry Kane isn’t doing amazing for his age but lewan was instrumental to a Bayern treble win at age 32

  • @therealdrk01

    @therealdrk01

    2 ай бұрын

    @@VilladsBk yeah but not compared to messi or kane who were legit CARRYING their teams

  • @bugsy8071
    @bugsy80716 ай бұрын

    I knew this season would be a problem when Xavi complained about Arsenal’s intensity during a friendly game in the summer.

  • @20vitorneves
    @20vitorneves6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for having a balanced look and opinion on the current situation of Barcelona. As a Barça fan, it feels like most neutrals and/or media just likes to blow everything out of proportion when it comes to Barça. There are problems, yes. There are standards that are not currently being met, also yes. But considering the financial, injury, and honestly the outside-pressure-put-on-players contexts, I believe things WILL eventually start clicking consistently with Xavi at the helm

  • @Allardje10ifly
    @Allardje10ifly6 ай бұрын

    I would love to see a video about PSV Eindhoven! Having won every single game in the Eredivisie and progressing in the Champions League after having sold Madueke and Sangaré

  • @farazshahzad9650
    @farazshahzad96506 ай бұрын

    Personally I don’t think Barcelona are in crisis, the recruitment has just been a bit poor. They’re still going in a better direction but yeah, didnt make much sense to spend 45M on an aging Lewandowski, 50M on an unproven Ferran, and worst of all 70M on Raphinha. It would be easy to brush off for most other top clubs but the financial situation makes it so they kind of have to keep playing them. I wouldn’t say crisis, just more mismanagement.

  • @RabonaTV

    @RabonaTV

    6 ай бұрын

    I would agree! Also, I went over a few things regarding attacking and defending in the video that just so happen to be failing at the same time. The pressure on Xavi is a bit strange to me...

  • @farazshahzad9650

    @farazshahzad9650

    6 ай бұрын

    @@RabonaTVYes exactly, looking at how Barca are the team with most big chances missed across Europe. Can’t really blame that on Xavi when the players just aren’t clinical enough. However, you can also look at the flip side and question his decision to always start Lewandowski, rather than trusting the youth like Marc Guiu. Weird situation to be in as a fan but honestly still think they’ll end up sacking him if they don’t get past at least UCL quarter finals

  • @lahavzaken6638

    @lahavzaken6638

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@RabonaTVI think part of the reason some Barcelona fans don't like Xavi right now is that he has seemed pretty clueless. This season, it hasn't felt like he's had a clear philosophy or approach as to how the team will score goals. He also hasn't really impacted games with his subs, sometimes playing players out of position and also keeps playing Romeu despite the fact that he isn't very good.

  • @WillMill03

    @WillMill03

    6 ай бұрын

    I think Raphinha is the most sensible signing. He legit carried Leeds on his back and secured premier league spot before his departure.

  • @ronald3836

    @ronald3836

    6 ай бұрын

    The question is if they can ever get their finances in order again, which is far from clear.

  • @goffperu
    @goffperu6 ай бұрын

    Fair critique. I wonder if you can figure out what has happened to Kounde. He seemed like one of the best in the world earlier in the season. Is it lingering effects of his injury?

  • @Joshi431-13

    @Joshi431-13

    6 ай бұрын

    Kounde has lost a bit of edge since his injury at the start of the season but I think after the break, he should be back on track

  • @fugaziishime

    @fugaziishime

    6 ай бұрын

    Wtf are you on about? The guy plays at a very good level. He has been the best defender till now. Dont you watch any games?

  • @goffperu

    @goffperu

    6 ай бұрын

    @@fugaziishime I watch all the matches. Kounde has dropped off a lot. Prior to his injury he was looking better than Araujo, and the two of them were a wall. I have hope he will get back to that level, but he has been poor lately.

  • @fate91583
    @fate915836 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the jazzy music in the background, man. It really makes the video more enjoyable.

  • @enriqueramirez2554
    @enriqueramirez25546 ай бұрын

    Here I was thinking that having a RB this season would mean Barca’s defense was gonna be impenetrable lol. On a serious note tho, I can’t even begin to understand how the defensive back line fell off so hard compared to last season. Was Busquets really the only thing holding them together? He’s the only player we lost that I think could have any impact on how the defenders perform.But then you look at how many silly mistakes they have been making throughout the season and it makes me doubt that losing Busquets is the reason. Kounde hasnt been great for a couple of games now, and I think he performs better when he’s at the RB position.

  • @juanarellano3580

    @juanarellano3580

    6 ай бұрын

    High press bro. Xavi doesn’t see it or organize it and your team gets sliced through like butter

  • @CarlosRojas-hr6ms

    @CarlosRojas-hr6ms

    6 ай бұрын

    My friend who watches a lot of la liga kept telling me that the other teams were missing tons of clear chances last year. Maybe just a correction of that

  • @phanthomzm

    @phanthomzm

    6 ай бұрын

    @@CarlosRojas-hr6mster stegen was pulling off some impossible saves as well last year

  • @Joshi431-13

    @Joshi431-13

    6 ай бұрын

    You need to give things time. Barca is playing well just that the forwards aren't converting. Its a matter of time that it willstart to happen again. Moreover they might have conceded more goals in comparsion to last season but I think Xavi has been doing a great job. Coach can't convert chances and score a goal. His job is to make the create goal opportunities which he's doing very well , it just a matter of time things will be back on track. In Xavi we trust.

  • @Joshi431-13

    @Joshi431-13

    6 ай бұрын

    Its the other day round actually. Barca has created and missed most of the chances across Europe.@@CarlosRojas-hr6ms

  • @jayjay210197
    @jayjay2101976 ай бұрын

    I LOLed at that dembele comment. The issue is very player specific. Every single one of our forwards are playing like crap along with kounde. Where I will blame xavi is with him not benching whoever is playing like shit consistently

  • @wingedhussar1453

    @wingedhussar1453

    6 ай бұрын

    Not true. I think they need a good strong wingers. The ones like raphinha are to selfish

  • @UIMGodzilla
    @UIMGodzilla6 ай бұрын

    As a Real Madrid fan, no they are not, they seem to be getting their finances in order finally, as well as La Masia finally seems to be producing again. Short term does not make a crisis, long term does, they'll be back competing for titles in a couple years.

  • @davidedwards8365

    @davidedwards8365

    6 ай бұрын

    Respect for a well-considered comment sir 🙌

  • @dragon_ball_sucks_video

    @dragon_ball_sucks_video

    6 ай бұрын

    Then you're uninformed

  • @PhilipTrouble

    @PhilipTrouble

    6 ай бұрын

    As a Barca Fan I wish that was true but Barca sold everything they had for short term success. Now the club has lost its broadcasting rights and with that its largest source of revenue, completely banking on the hope that titles will get that money back. If that never comes, Barca won't be around in a couple of years anymore

  • @EliasRoy

    @EliasRoy

    5 ай бұрын

    Why are these bloody Real Madrid dogs barking around here

  • @bipinmaharjan4090
    @bipinmaharjan40906 ай бұрын

    I think the winter world cup and the risk of injury has hit a mentally to these players. I hope, In January they get the much needed rest. Also gavi injury also increased the fear of injury. 😢

  • @romieshahrom5388
    @romieshahrom53886 ай бұрын

    Oh man. I only just noticed the kit you're wearing. It's Geylang International from Singapore!! That's so cool. Proud Singaporean moment here. Haha.

  • @_osvaldo___5529
    @_osvaldo___55296 ай бұрын

    Xavi is the man, sir Alex said to stick with the manager when times get tough and thats what we gotta do. It also helps Xavi already has credibility, sure, the argument can be made to sack him if he had came in and not even place barca in the top 4 but that has not been the case at all

  • @leslienarcisse2268
    @leslienarcisse22685 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know the instrumental that he is using at the start of this video?

  • @makro11
    @makro116 ай бұрын

    The players should've come out and apologized after the Valencia game. And one issue with Barcelona is, the Media are very quick to turn on anyone that is not performing. Barca fans need to show some patience at least until the season and then evaluate

  • @sergiojrguerra
    @sergiojrguerra6 ай бұрын

    Another thing, look at their xG against compared to last season. Last season, all of their opponents were underperforming and missing chances, now it has normalized.

  • @imilyashina7701
    @imilyashina77016 ай бұрын

    Honestly disappointed that Adrian advertised BetterHelp. The organisation is potentially dangerous and has been warned against by the FTC. Great video but this part is really a downer for me.

  • @Cbobley

    @Cbobley

    6 ай бұрын

    Was looking for this

  • @louisarroyo5255
    @louisarroyo52555 ай бұрын

    I believe the issue may be that they don’t have a Busquets level player for CDM. He was an important aspect of arguably all the Barça since Pep brought him up. Look at Pep who has been missing Rodri it’s been tough. Only other possible replacement is Kimmich unless someone knows of another player I may not have in my radar. Kimmich wants to stay at Bayern. Offensively as you mentioned they are not clicking making it even worse. Only time will tell what will happen. I believe the defense will click eventually as they have before well I’m hoping it does.

  • @jordanford9320
    @jordanford93206 ай бұрын

    Seeing how real Madrid have more injuries and more points, injuries is definitely a fucking excuse

  • @EmsionProductions
    @EmsionProductions6 ай бұрын

    Chill vibes and football chat? Ayy, Rabona TV!

  • @macktang4314
    @macktang43146 ай бұрын

    Adrian with the Geylang International FC kit, nice. Singapore represent!

  • @barca-vibe
    @barca-vibe6 ай бұрын

    Great analysis

  • @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT
    @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT6 ай бұрын

    Araujo drop off might be because of the injury he’s been playing with since llorente and kounde too miraculous recovered from that accident with Gavi🤔

  • @diegogonzalezvazq

    @diegogonzalezvazq

    6 ай бұрын

    He hasn’t really even dropped off, he just gets relied on to hold the entire defensive setup together. His performance against Girona was poor but other than that hasn’t been bad at all

  • @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT

    @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT

    6 ай бұрын

    @@diegogonzalezvazq no his standards were just so high you don’t expect his position to be weird! It has been ever since his cheekbone fracture

  • @diegogonzalezvazq

    @diegogonzalezvazq

    6 ай бұрын

    @@JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT he played badly like one game lmao. Youre being reactionary

  • @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT

    @JohanCruyff-the-Dutch-GOAT

    6 ай бұрын

    @@diegogonzalezvazq nope! The way he was just standing around in the Valencia goal and the Girona game and the fact that since the injury in the Atletico game many chances fell for Atletico Madrid

  • @JPL454
    @JPL4546 ай бұрын

    Merry Christmas ;)

  • @vincenttayag5189
    @vincenttayag51896 ай бұрын

    For a second, I thought Adrian was wearing a Sporting shirt lol

  • @ghostlucas7
    @ghostlucas76 ай бұрын

    Ngl when I watch Kounde at the back defending I sometimes wonder what happened with the Kounde we saw in his last year at Sevilla we don’t have that Kounde who was buff asf yk and he sometimes makes mistakes that shouldn’t happen like dawg 😭

  • @kkpw12
    @kkpw126 ай бұрын

    I am surprised you didn’t talk e rough about Raphiana situation.

  • @rinaldosogliuzzi2426
    @rinaldosogliuzzi24266 ай бұрын

    Top notch content as always Adrian! Don't let the bad comments get in your head, everyone has an opinion and you're never gonna be everyone's cup of tea. Know your worth my man!!

  • @amirfarhan7290
    @amirfarhan72906 ай бұрын

    I see you w that Geylang International kit 👀 should get some Malaysian kits as well 😮‍💨 js ❤❤

  • @Juanlsmerio
    @Juanlsmerio5 ай бұрын

    This video was great from you adrien glad someone wasn’t blindly blaming Xavi for everything like most people that don’t analyze everything enough.

  • @johanjonsson2190
    @johanjonsson21906 ай бұрын

    I thought for a moment that you were rocking a Sporting Lisboa t-shirt

  • @chariskadosh2715
    @chariskadosh27156 ай бұрын

    They should get a consultant like Puyol to work with the defence. Teach them positioning, transitioning, composure and alertness.

  • @dianastc3710
    @dianastc37106 ай бұрын

    You should do a Benfica video, everything feels weird this season

  • @noober101lol2
    @noober101lol26 ай бұрын

    I think barca needs to get someone who sends the ball to lewa like he has track backed too much to receive balls at times when he should be high up I mean yes he has declined but wont say its entirely him or even xavi i would rather say its on the entire team more than 1 player or the manager

  • @softxchange1529
    @softxchange15296 ай бұрын

    It really goes back to The end of last season

  • @SilverWolfXIII
    @SilverWolfXIII6 ай бұрын

    If this is what it takes to get Barca back on track then so be it. Barca losing i can take. What i can't take is their financial situation ruining them so i really hope they can get it solved while keeping this great if underperforming team together. Xavi has a long time at his disposal to get to Pep's level i just hope he can do it at Barca. Really hoping they're gonna show patience with him

  • @anabolicchicken4115
    @anabolicchicken41156 ай бұрын

    The goal average is tricky though, they scored 5 against Betis and some other team, and a lot of their goals have arrived in the end of games which is good, but not a position you want to be in, especially when they play tougher teams in the champions league.

  • @ximengtang6731
    @ximengtang67316 ай бұрын

    If every player on the team is not performing up to expectation (maybe with the exception of Dejong), then of course it’s the manager’s problem. Why spare the manager?

  • @seyamrahman6722
    @seyamrahman67226 ай бұрын

    does betterhelp still sell their data to facebook? surprised with the choice of sponsor given their track record

  • @Couldnt_choose_a_handle
    @Couldnt_choose_a_handle6 ай бұрын

    The only match where I think Xavi was tactically outclassed was against Girona the rest are on the players.

  • @meronelilyas7107
    @meronelilyas71076 ай бұрын

    CL r16 reaction n prediction my brother 🙏🏾

  • @BruceWayne-rt3su
    @BruceWayne-rt3su6 ай бұрын

    Bring a Barcelona fan is like being a marvel fan these days. There is always a crisis video around the corner

  • @ramkrishan_sahu
    @ramkrishan_sahu6 ай бұрын

    Clearly missing the Best CDM Busquets. His defensive positioning was just at the next level. 😢

  • @bouzoukiman5000
    @bouzoukiman50006 ай бұрын

    A big problem with defense is Araujo's broken cheek bone which as you can see he will not challenge for headers and that's on Xavi for playing him

  • @Crispy_DAWG
    @Crispy_DAWG6 ай бұрын

    Kounde at CB has been abysmal. He got his position and he’s been the biggest liability along with Araujo and Christensen’s drop in form. Maybe it was him playing RB all season, but man he looks a shadow of his former self.

  • @eazzieable
    @eazzieable6 ай бұрын

    Need that Girona video Adrian

  • @thump6095
    @thump60956 ай бұрын

    Seeing you in green and white hoops is jarring

  • @bryanmoreira2721
    @bryanmoreira27216 ай бұрын

    As a Barca fan the pressure for any manager coming into the job is immense. We as fans demand to dominate and win titles (hanging on the nostalgia of the days of Pep and Lucho) but there’s only a handful of clubs in the world who has fan expectations sky high; and after 2020 it’s been mediocre after mediocre seasons where we had a squad to win (I’m not going to mention our failures in Europe) but I will always have praise for Xavi for bringing in my opinion is the worst Barca squad I’ve ever seen in my life from 9th or 10th all the way to 2nd. Then followed it up with a win over madrid in the super copa that I won’t lie it brought me back to the good old days the way we played that day, and a la liga title. Where I can blame Xavi is the final games after winning la liga las season we were poor like he didn’t maintain the standard after we won the title, making questionable starting line up choices and substitutes, in a couple of games the team played mediocre, and the defense this season even keeping the same players that made a wall last season, and in a couple of post press conferences he claims we played well in games where we did not (again I won’t even go into his record in Europe) but I won’t blame Xavi for the attacker’s failure to convert incredible chances or individual mistakes that lead to goal. I still believe in Xavi as the manager to lead this team but I’ll be a realistic to compete for every competition we are in especially in the UCL well take time; as much as I want for season upon season we compete and win everything football isn’t like that and like Xavi said this isn’t prime Barca from 2010 this will take time.

  • @jackcowan3960
    @jackcowan39606 ай бұрын

    Barca fan here! I think we have went backwards this season. Party due to Xavi I believe. He seems stubborn on the system that clearly isn't working and we seem to have a mentality issue where we can't seem to play as winners. There are also lots of basic coaching mistakes. How can we win the league and somehow go backwards??? The club/board/staff have also lied to us when they told us in the summer this squad will compete on all fronts. It was pretty clear we were lacking in certain areas. We're seeing that clearly right now...

  • @89josemagana89
    @89josemagana896 ай бұрын

    They never left their crisis

  • @jun1art
    @jun1art6 ай бұрын

    crisis phase ? as far as I remember, november and decwmber is xavi lowest form, so yeah its just temporary before they switch some players and win comfortably in la liga.

  • @AD744
    @AD7446 ай бұрын

    I think he should try benching Lewa though.

  • @richherbert2567
    @richherbert25676 ай бұрын

    You said everything perfectly bro🙌

  • @lovremilat6000
    @lovremilat60006 ай бұрын

    Could you maybe do a video on what is going on at BVB? Fans want the manager gone and players are apparently having a mutiny against Terzic. In short everthing has gone to shit lol.

  • @unilife4603
    @unilife46036 ай бұрын

    As a Barca fan, I want Xavi to stay. So many of our fans are rushing to the Xavi out rhetoric but forget he brought us the La Liga title last season, our first in 4 years. Being a club with so many problems, we need stability more than ever and I'd rather temporarily sacrifice achievements for Xavi to stay than for the board to sack him without any real plan. Just look at Chelsea and Sevilla for examples of a manager getting sacked without proper planning.

  • @edsonmawalla4203

    @edsonmawalla4203

    6 ай бұрын

    The problem is that the board realistically has only one year left until elections is called which means that by the time elections is called xavi will have given Barcelona zero trophies, the board will be questioned on how they hired and inexperienced manager in the first place

  • @Highonwater3X

    @Highonwater3X

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@edsonmawalla4203I'm assuming you mean specifically zero trophies this season, given that they won La Liga last season.

  • @D7E876
    @D7E8766 ай бұрын

    I think Xavi deserves time but with all the levers Barcelona has pulled their sadly in a win now mode

  • @RainbowAceOfSpades
    @RainbowAceOfSpades6 ай бұрын

    I wonder if Lewandowski would have this drop off if he stayed at Bayern. I didn't think joining Barca was the best move for him but I guess he is getting what he wanted, a challenge but at a cost for his form.

  • @escape2nirvana

    @escape2nirvana

    6 ай бұрын

    I mean that’s why Bayern didn’t give him a multiple year contract. You got to remember every player drops off at that age. Even Messi. But Barca was too eager to have a star signing and against the club that brutalized them of course Barca jumped at it. Just shows how dumb Laporta really is

  • @RainbowAceOfSpades

    @RainbowAceOfSpades

    6 ай бұрын

    @@escape2nirvana I think not offering a multiple year contract is just Bayern's policy with older players, not really a reflection of their belief of him to drop off. They did the same with Muller and Neuer. His 1st season at Barca was in people's mind's a success. I'm sure he would have done the same or even better than his 1st season at Barca if he chose to stay at Bayern. Bayern would have done better too. I do agree that Barca signing him isn't the most wise decision but it was understandable, Barca's attack has been inconsistent ever since Neymar left and they needed someone to bring more consistency and Lewy was definitely the epitome of that at the time.

  • @escape2nirvana

    @escape2nirvana

    6 ай бұрын

    @@RainbowAceOfSpades it’s a policy same as Madrid. I’m not saying it to reflect on him but it shows that Bayern cared more about a reasonable decision than Lewa who was prideful or Barca that was just foolish

  • @wingedhussar1453

    @wingedhussar1453

    6 ай бұрын

    It's not lewa lndowski. It's the players around him.watch the wingers all selfish running into box with zero though or reason then shoot into the air

  • @avikellerman4539
    @avikellerman45396 ай бұрын

    Lots of people screaming about the players, but personally I put most of the blame on Xavi. It's the manager's job to get the best out of his players and to set up a system that fits his personnel. It would be one thing if the team was playing great with a couple of players under performing. But this whole team has been a mess this season. From both an attacking and defensive point of view. Almost every player has regressed under Xavi. Especially this season. Lewandowski came in off the back of 7 straight 40+ goal seasons. And while a gradual decline was to be expected for him in particular due to his age....It doesn't explain the drop off of all the other players. Gundogan, Raphina, Kounde, Lewy...All of these guys were among the most sought after and if form players in world football before they arrived. Lewandowski and Gundogan in particular. Now people are whining about "poor recruitment". But it's not just their recent signings that have taken a step back....Players like Pedri and Araujo have also regressed massively this season. As has Balde, Ferran and Romeu. At a certain point you have to look at the manager. They are the person responsible for results. This is why clubs sack managers and not players. The idea that Barcelona doesn't have the players to be playing better than they are is absurd. Look at clubs like Girona, Leverkusen, Aston Villa, etc....Do they have more talented squads? Of course not. But they all have an identity, and play smart football, practical football, with confidence and belief. Their coaches are squeezing out every last bit of potential from their teams. As much I rate Xavi as a player and what he achieved in the game for me he is a mediocre manager. I wouldn't say he's bad per se. But he's definitely not a great manager. And at a club with the size and aspirations of Barcelona mediocrity simply isn't going to cut the mustard. We've seen most of their players playing amazing elite level football not long ago. Now suddenly they are all putting in stinkers left, right and center. The longer they stick by Xavi the longer they will be plagued by mediocrity.

  • @MiguelGarcia-ro7fs
    @MiguelGarcia-ro7fs6 ай бұрын

    Adrian you look good in green and white 😉

  • @lifetechniques32
    @lifetechniques326 ай бұрын

    Busquets 😢

  • @Dre3010
    @Dre30106 ай бұрын

    The problem with Lewandowski isn’t only his lack of goals, it’s his pitiful all-around play. The man seemingly can’t do anything well with the ball and for some goddamn reason he thinks he’s Benzema so he sometimes drops down to help with the build up, but since he isn’t Benzema he usually fucks up or does a back pass. I’m tired of him already and the fact that Xavi refuses to bench him. I’m done watching matches in which he and Raphinha start because I simply can’t take it anymore

  • @wingedhussar1453

    @wingedhussar1453

    6 ай бұрын

    Not true .someone like lewandowksi is great but u need players around him .wingers in barca are to selfish

  • @ximengtang6731

    @ximengtang6731

    6 ай бұрын

    You haven’t watched the recent games, just commenting from bias. Also Lewandowski is not getting passes in the box, what you want him to do? Being frozen there and getting a cold?

  • @Dre3010

    @Dre3010

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ximengtang6731 mf he had basically a tap-in with his head against girona to tie the fucking game and he missed it

  • @mohamedkoblawi4175
    @mohamedkoblawi41756 ай бұрын

    I get it about having patience but it's his 3rd season and it's not like it's been promising. They crashed out of the UCL twice. This was basically unheard of before him

  • @truechaosmulala3831

    @truechaosmulala3831

    6 ай бұрын

    Yea but Barcelona have been a financial crisis since the start and the loss of Messi is a huge deal he was Barcelona

  • @rayyanahmedyahaya6366

    @rayyanahmedyahaya6366

    6 ай бұрын

    Yh but u can argue the first ICL Barca was already out before xavi came 😂

  • @obijuan7003
    @obijuan70036 ай бұрын

    Xavi wasnt ready for the position, but now thats hes there, there has to be patience.

  • @pedrovskidantini2324
    @pedrovskidantini23246 ай бұрын

    Barca fans cry so much. Anyone pointing fingers at Xavi is just dumb. Lewa is playinb below his actual level and Pedri, their best player, is still suffering from the 75 games season. I hope barca actually learns from that and stops ruining their younger players physiques.

  • @deborahluck539
    @deborahluck5396 ай бұрын

    😮 Confused with Barca 😮

  • @gandalfgreyhame3425
    @gandalfgreyhame34256 ай бұрын

    Hehehe. It's easy to see what the problem is. Barcelons got themselves a bunch of centerbacks that are TERRIBLE at playing defense. Just look up the Fbref stats and rankings for Ronald Araujo and Jules Kounde and Andreas Christensen.

  • @Skoopyghost
    @Skoopyghost6 ай бұрын

    As a dyscalculic. I am happy there's no math today.

  • @Crispy_DAWG
    @Crispy_DAWG6 ай бұрын

    I don’t think Xavi should be dropped like so many Barca fans cry out right now. I’ve seen positives that have been hindered by drop in form and yes some tactical errors on his part. I just think he needs to improve and reform his vision tactically. Hopefully his admittance that there will never be a Barca team like the one he had will show him that his vision needs to change.

  • @parthtambi2006
    @parthtambi20066 ай бұрын

    Barca were not good last season as well, it was just Her Stegen was in ridiculous form. compare actual expected goals against to actual goals against.

  • @umfister3562
    @umfister35626 ай бұрын

    Xavi should start with Felix Guiu Yamal and not with Lewandowski Torres Raphinha

  • @Hypocrisy.Allergic
    @Hypocrisy.Allergic6 ай бұрын

    30 second of content 1 minute ad My kind of content

  • @RabonaTV

    @RabonaTV

    6 ай бұрын

    The video continues after that. For quite some time as well!🙂

  • @JamailvanWestering
    @JamailvanWestering6 ай бұрын

    Of course From the top down there’s a lack of vision for the club and it’s overall strategy. Barca had that wonder period primarily because of Cruyff, not Laporta. People screaming for Xavi to return clearly had no idea what the problems were at the time and were just a bunch of clueless idiots. The issues were always deeper than that.

  • @BlaugranaEverything
    @BlaugranaEverything6 ай бұрын

    To be fair, you should have held off on this upload until after tonights match against Almeria because tonight's game has all the makings of a classic Barca bottle job 😅

  • @akunwanneprosper7016
    @akunwanneprosper70166 ай бұрын

    Was never a match winning striker, lol especially in big games

  • @raketensven3127
    @raketensven31276 ай бұрын

    And here I am, watching a RabonaTV video about Barca and there's no Joao Felix apology in it! *My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.*

  • @saulbadman744
    @saulbadman7446 ай бұрын

    How did u get a geylang international fc shirt 😂, coming from a singaporean

  • @RabonaTV

    @RabonaTV

    6 ай бұрын

    A site called Sangalo!

  • @NDakovic
    @NDakovic6 ай бұрын

    Their pittiful defense is weak now because opponents just steamroll through their midfield.

  • @cheangizzz
    @cheangizzz6 ай бұрын

    No they're not

  • @BlaugranaEverything
    @BlaugranaEverything6 ай бұрын

    Well thank you for not going down the Xavi should be sacked route as I feel like calling for managers to be sacked in situations as nuanced as the one Xavi, Ten Hag or Pochettino are in is a sign of laziness and disingenuous-ness on the part of pundits, journalists and fans alike. Having said that, I'm not absolving Xavi of all blame here as I think that he has made decisions certain times, that have exacerbated the situation. For example in matches against Granada, Valencia and Mallorca where Barca was chasing a goal, Xavi had the option of throwing on Marc Guiu for the final 5 or so minutes to get the goal that could have won him those games. The two times he has taken a chance on Guiu the kid delivered so you wonder why Xavi was reluctant in those other instances, secondly his team selection has on quite a few occasions been questionable Alaves and Villarreal the most glaring examples. But all that aside it's important to look at Xavis job in the full context of what this Barca team was and has been since he took over. He has had to work with over 42 different players, only a handful of the squad he had on day 1 of his job is still around today. He has never gone into a season knowing which players will be registered and available for him not until at least 1 hour after transfer deadline day and he rarely knows his strongest starting 11 because every now and then one or two of his key players gets injured. On top of all that, Xavi has never actually had a proper preseason with all his players fit and available to him, I mean right now 3 of his starters didn't even take part in any preseason action with Barca (the 2 Joaos and Inigo) so for sure Xavi has had his work cut out. Of course, like Adrian pointed out Madrid have had mad injuries too but the difference is Madrid is managed by someone with over 20 years of experience at the top level, Xavi is in only his 2nd full season at the highest level. Also I think let's not underrated the kind of effect injuries to vital players can have on a team, just look how even Pep is struggling at City coz of injuries to 2 or 3 players, prior to the loss to Madrid, Barca had 8 first team players out injured lol. Anyway, as a Barca fan I think that if Xavi can get like 2 or 3 weeks to work on training these players during the winter break and keep his squad fit, Barca could still have enough to win at least defend their Super Copa and win Copa Del Rey with a decent UCL showing because they definitely have the quality of players to do that...but then again when you're finishing like this lot are rn 😅

  • @zaakirkarodiya7712
    @zaakirkarodiya77126 ай бұрын

    Someone said Barca took second job to make the ends meet with the friendly matches. Naah that’s too funny

  • @treacheroustiger5571
    @treacheroustiger55716 ай бұрын

    Having Pena in goal isn't helping them at all.

  • @ti3mpo618
    @ti3mpo6186 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. I pray someone at Barça watches this because they cannot take accountability to save their lives

  • @mxo.
    @mxo.6 ай бұрын

    Hard to believe it was almost 10 years ago when Barca were considered the best team in the world

  • @xelawiebeats4924

    @xelawiebeats4924

    6 ай бұрын

    10 years ago, they were smashed by Bayern.

  • @Dannymisfits010110
    @Dannymisfits0101106 ай бұрын

    Better help did not help me. I work and have so much going on and the last thing I need is to spend even more on therapist than I do with my car payments and insurance. Don’t recommend. I’ll keep looking for someone to talk to

  • @plant.more.trees.
    @plant.more.trees.6 ай бұрын

    We are not that bad! What they don’t want is Barca to gain a stable long term project. But we do. Forca Barca!

  • @12thMandalorian
    @12thMandalorian6 ай бұрын

    I feel we need to stop seeing Arteta as proof you should trust the process, he was a very rare example

  • @TheTerroklamar
    @TheTerroklamar6 ай бұрын

    Even for Bayern Lewandowski wasn´t the match winning striker.

  • @bythecliff
    @bythecliff6 ай бұрын

    All this xG is fine but have you actually seen how they play? Players take up a whole day to decide whom to pass. It means that the attacking moves are not well drilled in training. Compare it to Arsenal and you will see the difference. Coming back to xG, i get where all the xG is coming from - crosses. Raphinha, a 75m winger takes 3 touches before crossing the ball. If that counts towards xG then obviously that number would go up. There aren't any real chances created. No through balls, no cut backs, nobody cares to take on a defender. Your stats cannot tell the full story. I don't want Xavi sacked but I know he is not the one who can lead Barca to trophies. Last season was an anomaly.

  • @InspiredGainsTV
    @InspiredGainsTV6 ай бұрын

    Geylang United!!

  • @PhilipTrouble
    @PhilipTrouble6 ай бұрын

    I'm sorry but you can't apply the standard of "every other team" to Barca this year. Xavi simply doesn't have five seasons and five billion to build a reliably competitive squad. Barca sold everything they had for one shot at recovery, and there, every game needs to be on the mark. Add to that the fact you have Felix and Cancelo, who were crucial in the matches Barca did end up winning, being here on loan, with their time running out, and it becomes even more apparent why you need to make Barca work NOW. Xavi is STILL experimenting with the squad, halfway through the second season, to find the sweet spot. But the thing is, if he doesn't figure it out soon there will be no Barca to lead to victory

  • @Aspiepilled
    @Aspiepilled6 ай бұрын

    La liga just isn't what it used to be

  • @leero9
    @leero96 ай бұрын

    Barca is finally back to their best

  • @orionpacks
    @orionpacks6 ай бұрын

    i blame Disney

  • @seenakudel
    @seenakudel3 ай бұрын

    it's funny how barca start to fall since VAR introduce 😏

  • @xpertd1962
    @xpertd19626 ай бұрын

    I've lost trust in Xavier not because of this season, but also for the last. We've had a terrible attack for the whole of 2023 and yet nothing has been done to change it. Last year at least our defense was impenetrable, this season it isn't even halfway there.

  • @_osvaldo___5529

    @_osvaldo___5529

    6 ай бұрын

    Didn’t even watch the video

  • @xpertd1962

    @xpertd1962

    6 ай бұрын

    @_osvaldo___5529 defo did, that's why I said I started losing trust from last season. It's not bcz I don't think he can win, just cuz I don't think he can ever win everything. At barça I want someone who has the potential to win a treble someday. Can't see Xavi doing that.

  • @ahmadag1820

    @ahmadag1820

    6 ай бұрын

    @@xpertd1962 but look at what he has to deal with even guardiola or cruj would struggle the situation is hideous

  • @xpertd1962

    @xpertd1962

    6 ай бұрын

    @@ahmadag1820 I don't agree, but I do respect your opinion. What I think about Xavi is that he isn't innovative, he follows what others do, he doesn't reinvent or invent.

  • @JJJS-mu9hj
    @JJJS-mu9hj6 ай бұрын

    Rabona sold out to Better Help sad day 😢

  • @thacrypt223
    @thacrypt2236 ай бұрын

    Oh!? So it is not about money? 😂

  • @IvanGarcia-ln8hb
    @IvanGarcia-ln8hb5 ай бұрын

    Club América played sick against them! You should take a look at them and the season they just had! America could’ve won the champions 😉

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