Xavi has been a victim of his own success. He won 2 🏆 in one year and suddenly we were asking for more. It should have been more gradual and now that things are taking the right shape in reconstruction we ask for his head. Good discussion Dan❤

@vivian3921

2 ай бұрын

What's worse was some people knew before this season itself that the win was a combination of a lot of things not just xavi and still put him to a higher standard. There are people who still criticized him even tho they knew he couldn't hold that standard from the beginning

From a Dye-hard Barca fan. I always listen and rarely comment. Been listening to your podcast for over a year now. Mate, you are doing a great job and a favour to Barca fans. Great info, deep opinion, calm and well-explained always.🙏

My biggest concern is Gavi and Pedri still don't have solidified positions. There should be a huge discussion in where they should be positioned long term and where/how their skills would thrive the most. Is Gavi a CM or DM? Is Pedri a 10 or a 6?

@drewhannoush2216

2 ай бұрын

They’re both versatile, but in an ideal world both would operate as right and left interiors in a traditional 4-3-3 with a busquets-like pivot, weather it’s zubimendi or rodri

I think Xavi has been largely unfortunate this season because he built a system from last where Dembele was so integral as well as busquets in the pivot position. Losing Dembele and Busquets has been catastrophic to the system because the club is not adequately resourced to go onto the market and get better players in their position. Lately Christensen and Lamine have been producing performances close to Dembele and Busquets and the results are there for everyone to see. Xavi have not been bad but unlucky. That's my honest opinion.

@barca-vibe

2 ай бұрын

Exactly this year the team was supposed to perform on the base from last year..but so many important players left and so many important injuries

@barca-vibe

2 ай бұрын

Also with the financial conditions being so fragile makes it even more difficult Xavi screamed for a good dm Even with no rbs he asked for a good dm a priority with busquet leaving The board gave him romeu 😅

@BIazy

2 ай бұрын

In the beginning of the season Barça was fantastic, why? Gavi...

@BIazy

2 ай бұрын

the pivot position is so important for the type of position football they so desperately want to play. Crazy how the Barça board still doesn't understand this. Barça's real problem isn't Xavi, it's defensive stability, aka not leaving acres of space during counterattacks.

@zabdi5710

2 ай бұрын

well imagine madrid losing vini and kroos for example. what would happened? we lost our best winger and only cdm and replaced them with mediocre players.

Should Xavi stay yes My reason, I don’t feel like he’s been given a fair chance to succeed financial wise, look at pep and man city the money they spent and it took him years before he won a single CL title, I would love to see Xavi stay get a bit of money and a few transfer windows to work his magic and if that doesn’t work then Ig he can go, it makes no sense for us to put down a manager who bleeds the Barca DNA and passion

@ciscog9109

2 ай бұрын

He had no CDM. We lost dembele. We don’t have a LW. Ter Stegen was injured for a while. Gavi and balde are injured. It’s not Xavi’s fault

“he’s dead to me, move on” 👏🏼 that’s how u do it. thanks for speaking on this and making space for it on the show, Dan

What is guy talking about? He has no idea about barca style and barca dna Pep literally plays with Barca dna So is arsenal So is leverkusen Pro football attacking football We dont play anti football no matter what We have set those precedents Now every club is looking for a similar identity

@ranakghosh9033

2 ай бұрын

You are right he doesn't know any ball

yes he should stay. to learn and grow. become better. atletico keep their coach through good and bad times... i don't see why not more club stick with them... because there is the other problem... not any better options available!

Best guest ever really honest

Cubarsi (future best centre back on the ball) and Mika Faye (future best centre back off the ball) with a leader in Araujo inbetween them.....I don't think we'll ever concede.

@drewhannoush2216

2 ай бұрын

Faye left back, araujo right back, cubarsi center center back with Christensen as a libaro/false cb would be ideal

Excellent discussion, guys, specially on Fermin's industry and the need to give him more time off the bench. Gundogan does tend to fade away as the second half progresses. Pedri seems to be superfluous at the moment with de Jong higher up the pitch - however, can't always rely on de Jong always playing there. Especially with a high press from an opponent. Interesting days ahead!

@paulwoodfall2359

2 ай бұрын

Btw: loved the traffic cone allusion!

gavi and fermin are very similar in terms of their pressing and desire to win the ball. last season barca had one of the best presses in europe because gavi played as a lw and pressed to cover for lewa. fermin is not as physically gifted as gavi but he shows the same disire

In my opinion Xavi is the right manager. Barcelona before this season were doing really good because we had Busquets, Dembele, Jordi alba, and they were assisting Lewandowski. The problem is the departures of Dembele, Busquets and the injury of Gavi and Lewandowski not performing well, really have cost us a lot. Not replacing Busquets, Dembele, with top players in those positions really is dragging this squad, and I do agree playing a high line without a CDM is Xavi’s fault. I really think if xavi is backed with a good LW and a top pivot like Zubi then we could really see the best version of this squad. Raphinha and Lamine Yamal should really be rotated in order to prevent burn out/ injury, Lamine Yamal in my opinion is really good to be sitting on the bench nor not playing.

Im not saying xavi should stay but all these people talking shit you think to lose a guy who have been holding the midfied for over 15 years is gonna be easy? Then to lose his best winger and havent replace them i see pep struggle so much when de bruyne doesn't play

Seal has a massive point on needing athletes in your squad. Football is way faster and physical than 5 years ago and Real Madrid understand this best. With all their centre backs and other key players out, they're still really difficult to beat because they work the hardest itw.....maybe that's why they've been suffering with the most injuries. Can't keep up.

@mickie001

2 ай бұрын

Inter is another great example.

@viscabarca4082

2 ай бұрын

"But we're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazzzzaaaaayyy"

@mickie001

2 ай бұрын

@@viscabarca4082 you again.....

@viscabarca4082

2 ай бұрын

@@mickie001 These hot-takes are insane . Yeah, football is so much more faster and physical than 2019 🤣😆🤡. Had too many again Mc? 🍺🍺🍺

Holy Hell, this episode was so hard to get through, Kevin sounds like he gets his opinions from Twitter replies, 0 analysis skills, or nuance to his thoughts.

We can play Cancelo as a false winger in a 3 5 2 Lewy Yamal Cancelo Gundo Christensen Frenkie Raphinha Araujo Cubarsi Kounde

One of your better discussions on this pod. Kevin is a guy who makes you think differently about the club and everything surrounding it.

Dan, Ronaldo and Rivaldo are ALLOWED to have their political preferences. That's what true representative democracy allows for. Just because they are brown, they should not be expected to be herded into a partisan plantation as occurs with black and brown people in the United States. Just because they don't conform to your politics or the politics that is demanded of black and brown people by the militant left does not mean they should be thought less of. Political CHOICE for everyone is anethma to a one-party autocracy. Also, the diatribe about Alves was way to preachy and virtue signaling. People can be BOTH good and bad. They can do great things and horrible things. Remember when Dani ate the banana thrown at him? That was a great thing. It is a great thing still. People are good and bad, and adults know this. What he did was horrible, detestable, and he has been judged for that unconscionable failing. "hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love. this is the eternal rule" -guatama buddha

Guys, simple statement and question in the end.....We sell Alonso/Romeu/S.Roberto/Rapinha/Christiansen/Lenglet/Dest/Eric Garcia and buy Cancelo, we loan Felix for one more year (or not), get WORLD CLASS pivot in Zubimendi or Kimmich or myb defensive mid. like Onana and one GOOD left winger(we don't know who) and our loanies come back Riad/J.Araujo/Valle/Torre......now tell me...whit THIS SQUAD would you keep Xavi? Yes or No??? 🤔

@ciscog9109

2 ай бұрын

No felix. We need a real LW

Thanks for bringing on Kevin. He can be heavy handed in his conclusions but his analysis of the coaching and players is excellent. Too many Cules are polarized to either defend or dismiss Xavi without thought. I see this in English and Spanish media.

@osamasuleiman7925

2 ай бұрын

the man has 0 analysis skills

He can laugh at Puig all he wants, because he is small and scrawny, but there is no denying how he took control of that Inter-Miami match. Sure, Busquets and Alba are older and slower, but he mowed them both down and robbed them blind. Even poked one or two from Messi. Nobody on today's Barca can pass like he does. NOBODY.

Hey Dan, don't bring half-sensible half-stupid politicians on pod again. It's too boring.

no

I really wanted to check out this episode but your guest is unbearable to listen to. I don’t want to offend anyone so I will leave it at that. Looking forward to some good collabs.

@chariskadosh2715

2 ай бұрын

If you were keen enough, you'd have noticed that he has a speech disability. I don't know which part of the world you come from. I believe in most cultures, it's uncourteous to deride one's natural disability.

@user-xt9sh5kz2x

2 ай бұрын

@@chariskadosh2715I think he’s referring to his ridiculous takes, rather than anything speech related

Enjoying this episode and especially Kevin’s analysis. Like some others have said, I think he’s a bit hyperbolic in his criticisms but I appreciated the majority of what he said on the topic at hand. Looking at those same topics, I couldn’t disagree more that irrespective of results that Xavi has been bad. Every manager struggles without their top players and it’s no coincidence that when Busi left and Gavi and MATS go down, we look so bad defensively. Dembele leaves and we can’t attack space. Lewy misses chance after chance? We lose/draw. He scores? We win. Not enough responsibility and nuance has been given to the players’ performance in these conversations imo.

Your point on Dani alves make 0 sense why Barca would condemn people because they go to prison Nelson Mandela went to prison Dani alves is a rapist Ronaldinho used a fake passport and rivaldo vote for someone how can you compare that

What are you talking about, he doesn't know anything about barca dna. Do you even see football?

Xavi should stay only if we Beat Napoli and keep pace with Real matching results and finish in 2nd. No matter what Dani did off field, never forget what he did on it.. Im sorry but stop smoking the crack, did the last 10 years teach you nothing? Yamal is not our best winger nor is Cubarsi our best cb. We cant spare their legs till their 23 either.. Raphina right now, is better than Yamal.

@edsonmawalla4203

2 ай бұрын

please mention one thing that raphinha does better than yamal and I hope you won't mention dribbling

@nirvana10111

2 ай бұрын

Anyone looking into Kobe's case would know he too was a rapist. Not only that, he was an active young player at the time, and arguably way bigger spotlight. Somehow he 'got away with it' as far as media treatment goes and did not seem to have tarnished his reputation.

@edsonmawalla4203

2 ай бұрын

@@nirvana10111 the first rule in criminal law is: never speak or think without evidence

I went to through the comments to be certain it's not just me. Your guest isn't it. Wrong metaphors, obvious race favouritism. Wo, no biko. Nope. Shouldn't be brought back. Worse co-host, not by a mile though. But, definitely the worst.

@user-xt9sh5kz2x

2 ай бұрын

I thought I was the only one. Over the top negative words to describe players and situations, obvious race favoritism as you said