What On Earth Are Barcelona Thinking?

Following a humiliating 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League, Barcelona sacked manager Quique Setien and terminated the contract of their sporting director Eric Abidal.
In Setien's place, Barca have appointed the Netherlands boss Ronald Koeman, who was most recently sacked by Everton within the club game, with the Toffees in a relegation scrap despite significant investment.
As such, some people are wondering why Barcelona's unpopular president Josep Bartomeu has appointed Koeman, what impact it might have on where Lionel Messi plays next season, and what it means for the future of the La Liga giants.
In this video, HITC Sevens examines all of those questions, and attempts to understand what Barcelona's rationale might be.

[@geojoshi7448]

Barça are changing everything expect the root of all problems. The board.

[@Frozenpizzareviewer]

Reminds me of Man Utd

[@paulmartin9070]

*except

[@lersuscummings1904]

The board are changing everything at barca except themselves!!

[@augustopoliche8908]

The board is leaving starting next years

[@Justchill-yq8zh]

They can’t because an election is held to decide the President. Nobody can remove him from his position until his time runs out.

[@CookieGal-]

Bayern Munich's starting XI against Barca cost €35,000,000 less than Antoine Griezmann. Antoine Greizmann started on the bench.

[@jacobsun1564]

bayern has an insane transfer record, no player has flopped other than maybe lucas hernandez but that's because he was injured

[@vindicare9636]

@@jacobsun1564 Lucas played acceptable when he played our only big flop was Renato Sanchez

[@dankid8856]

@@vindicare9636 tolisso?

[@bri1085]

@@vindicare9636 Sule is meh

[@vindicare9636]

@@dankid8856 Tolisso is a workhorse that can score goals out of nothing

[@Alan-eb6zi]

When he referred to zlatan as being born before the dinosaurs. I was like ‘bruh....’😂😂😂😂😂

[@aquilakhtar5300]

And then zlatan said let there be light...

[@ernestodeh6464]

@@aquilakhtar5300 And there was light but zlatan said 'Its not good, its not zlatan'

[@jujuju948]

mPky1 way to kill a joke m8

[@morre6894]

@mPky1 If you know Zlatan he has always been a globetrotter and tries to spread his brand as far as possible. The only club who dropped him and not the other way around was Barca and he wasn´t even that bad there as most suggest, the fall out with Pep was the key factor.

[@morre6894]

@mPky1 If you know Zlatan he has always been a globetrotter and tries to spread his brand as far as possible. The only club who dropped him and not the other way around was Barca and he wasn´t even that bad there as most suggest, the fall out with Pep was the key factor.

[@Ianfitnessgoat]

To sum up the video: they aren’t thinking

[@ahyan14]

Ianfitnessgoat I think you are right

[@archstanton6102]

Short term immediate gratification rather than medium to long term planning. 70% of all Barcelona revenue is currently spent on wages. This restricts selling on older players on long contracts and means new blood won't come in

[@farouq7107]

You mean Barcelona can think?!

[@anotherwowman]

@@farouq7107 Well, before Bartomeu happened.

[@danworld23]

they are thinking of under the table money...they arent stupid, they are doing for their own personal gains... all their transfers, they get undertable money, the bigger the amount involved the higher they get, messi transfer fees and the subsequent spending of those money is their last pay day before they handover the ruins to a new board. La masia has become a money spinner where youth are selected based on how much they can bring in as admission fees yes unofficially... the world isnt as straightforward as it seems, it has a lot of behind the scenes and ulterior motives which we good people dont know or has no idea about.. there is a whole dark world there ...

[@sidiyer841]

Don't get where you've got that Xavi is a talented young coach when he's not really done much in Qatar or anywhere in particular. Not every young coach is automatically talented. Also Koeman's been class for the Netherlands, bearing in mind that this same team didn't even qualify for the World Cup and soon after he took over, they reached the Nations League final. The Koeman hate needs to stop

[@lillexus5589]

Koeman is lucky the Dutch team finally got a decent player for every position, something we have been struggling for a long time. Not much of his contribution, just lucky timing and that's coming from a dutchy.

[@dimitarkaloyanov9188]

@@lillexus5589 Portugal still easily beat them though. It was 1:0 but the game could've easily ended 3 or 4:0. Failing to win the Nation's league hardly is an achievement worthy enough to land him the coaching spot. Truth is, Barca just hopes he will bring that La Massiah tiki-taka magic back out of his sleeve. Next season will be interesting.

[@simonfurman8007]

www.espn.com/soccer/barcelona/story/4163417/barcelonas-koeman-added-nothing-to-my-career-at-everton-deulofeu

[@jaewon679]

Koeman also did a great job at Southampton. I wouldn't put it past him to do the business at Barca. The main problem Barca have is the decline of Messi

[@SuperKILLINGMASTER]

Koeman wasn't even good enough to coach Benfica

[@12thMandalorian]

Neymar’s sale destabilised the club, that’s when they started to make dreadful financial decisions to replace him.

[@someguynamedmike4766]

Still shocked when I heard that news 3 years ago, still can't believe it was real & he left but Sunday's result may well justify his decision even tho I think it's Bayern's to lose

[@JubalBed]

No lol. The transfer of Neymar to Barcelona was a huge mess itself. The amount of broken relationships with other clubs and players that the board made is simply incredible. We were on bad terms with so many including the law before Neymar left.

[@samking5101]

Neymar’s sale destabilised the entire transfer market. Barca starting overpaying for players like Griezman and Dembele. Next thing you know Athletico Madrid are paying £100m for Joao Felix who had one good season in Portugal

[@aloshyreji4313]

The rot is in Tiki Taka...when Bayern pressed them out in 2014 .. Mild resurgence happened under Enrique...but, resorting back to tiki taka killed it

[@JubalBed]

@@aloshyreji4313 We haven't played "tiki taka" since Luis Enrique left. Valverde was defensive and low intensity.

[@JubalBed]

It's incredible how fast Bartomeu and his board of clowns ran Barcelona and La Masia into the ground.

[@iknown0thing]

The "fans" have a lot of fault. These fans that watch casually only care for results and dont see Luis Enrique was right in 2016; the players didnt want to do the work. We haven't been the same since guardiola left. We've been playing without the necessary intensity since 2016, Luis Enrique tried but the players just kept complaining. It has led to this. They LOVED Valverde with him giving them 4 days off weekly and pique sleeping only 4 hours. Lockeroom controlling sporting things. When L. Enrique was coach and we lost it was s his fault according to players. With Valverde when we lost it was players fault according to players. They ruin the club. They don't understand they'll leave but us barca fans will still have to be here with the desert they leave.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

It happened with the dream team as well. Stoichkov and Romario left in the same 6 month period and it was over. They had nothing behind them until Ronaldo showed up and carried the team.

[@xprime1054]

@@iknown0thing you're absolutely correct

[@BigPurp9]

Here’s hoping they run it even further into the ground! Despise that club

[@TheTennesseeFistMachine]

"Koeman has done a decent job in rebuilding the Dutch national team" A decent job? He turned them from being a fallen Titan into contenders again,so that's a silly comment.

[@jayrodm643]

That Dutch team is decent, not as good as where they were 10 years ago. And they have good enough players, so he did do what was expected of them

[@martijnprinzen7124]

I am Dutch and although not the biggest fan of Koeman as a person, he has been an excellent coach for all the teams he managed in Holland (except for AZ maybe). But at Ajax, PSV, Vitesse and Feyenoord he's been great. Also everyone here thought he was doing an excellent job at the usually heavily criticized job of national coach. Going from Southampton to Everton was seen as a promotion and even at Everton he was pretty good at the start. I don't know where all the Koeman hate in this video comes from and why HITC thinks that an unproven coach like Xavi will do miles better than an experienced former football great that knows the club philosophy through and through.

[@joe972]

Jayrod M slayer forever!!

[@joe972]

Flex Rumblecrunch I don’t think that was his responsibility I think that Ajax having a potential golden generation helps definitely

[@rishoo700]

@@martijnprinzen7124 well they didn't exactly say he would do better they meant that Barca have brought him in to steady the ship while getting rid of the old guard and forming a young core so that when he leaves or is sacked xavi can replace him and build a team around them

[@Ali-fb5km]

Imagine having one of the greatest players of all time, yet still on the decline.

[@assasink1686]

that's what happens if you have a board who are incompetent and a clown as president. they are lucky that messi was brought up in la masia so loyalty still remains like those other great players who came from there. or else he would have left long time ago.

[@bernardobastos5996]

Football is played by eleven players.

[@blessedjaravani2260]

One player can’t play for 10 players

[@random2370]

Ronaldo doesn't play for barca?

[@ethanwood5460]

Lingard doesn’t play for Barcelona

[@PieEater163]

Bit harsh on Koeman. I noticed you skipped over the great job he did at Southampton getting us in the Europa League two years in a row. I'm not saying that makes him Barca standard, in fact I mostly agree with what you said but it was a bit weird how you missed out his most successful managerial stint in one of Europe's top 5 leagues.

[@RS-zp1we]

He did way more than that. But we all know hitc7 is focused on the top 5 leagues. Southampton, Feyenoord and the Dutch squad were all successful projects only Everton wasn't as successful but you can't blame all of that on koeman. Very weak reasoning by hitc7

[@PieEater163]

Yeah Everton is a poisoned chalice, even a proven world class manager like Ancelotti is struggling.

[@winkbrace]

@@RS-zp1we Exactly. He has proven in the past 5 years to be able to take a team in trouble and make it shine. I think he's the perfect fit for this Barcelona that requires to use own youth this season because of the huge financial problems due to the corona crisis

[@boratsagdiyev1586]

yeah what a clown, plus look how he rebuild the Dutch squad, from 2 missed big tournaments to the finals of the nations league with an unfortunate loss against portugal.

[@somekindofaperson]

@@RS-zp1we not only everton. when koeman was at benfica, we did reached the champions league quarter finals, but koeman was awful in the championship. we would win against man utd and then tie against naval primeiro de maio, a small portuguese club. he never cared about the championship, he only wanted us to perform well in the champions league in order to promote himself as a manager. the truth is: we didn't play nothing special, besides being a more counter attack team in the champons, and i don't understand why on earth such a mediocre coach reaches barcelona. i prefer 100 times the coach we have at benfica now, jorge jesus. and if koeman was the option,i would prefer to keep setien lol. koeman is there because of his name, nothing else.

[@Eainessabodega]

To be honest, I think Koeman is one of the most sensible choices they have made lately

[@7bombarie]

And he has Barcelona in his veins too.

[@kun490]

There are rumours of him wanting to bring in Wijnaldum & Van De Beek. Van de Beek seems nice but Wijnaldum? He's 29 already... Another addition in club's ageing squad.

[@codwawgamerzz]

@@kun490 they are called rumours for a reason. There is literally no evidence that he wants to bring them in.

[@davidl.8722]

that’s not very hard to do

[@daveduck4315]

Sacked by Everton!!!!!

[@laurenstichelaar3889]

The disrespect to Koeman is huge for some reason...

[@thefanuccicrimefamily]

People from the UK only watch PremierLeague I guess, dont know sh#t about Koeman

[@melodiclogic9904]

@@thefanuccicrimefamily that’s a stupid assumption to make

[@jdjphotographynl]

Koeman manages just fine when he has a good team on his hands. Just look at his first season at Everton in which he came in 5th (mostly with thanks to Lukaku being on fire that season), or otherwise during his time at Southampton in which he had a fine team with which he qualified for Europa League. And Koeman did well at the Dutch national team because he was lucky enough that lads like Frenkie de Jong and De Ligt broke through, Virgil van Dijk and Wijnaldum are at the peak of their games, and even Memphis Depay isn't entirely useless from time to time. Things do tend to get troublesome for Koeman whenever he actually has to build up a team though, that alone I believe makes his move to Barcelona a disaster waiting to happen. Let alone whatever may happen after those presidential elections have happened next year, when Bartomeu's successor will surely have his own preferences of who needs to manage the team. But Koeman has passed on Barcelona once before, and he probably was afraid that if he would pass on Barcelona again, they would never come back. And Barcelona probably knew Koeman was desperate enough to take the job, even though things are currently far from perfect over there. Anyway, I am not particularly well known for my sheer optimism, but I'd be highly surprised if Koeman actually makes it to the end of next season.

[@matthewbarone9088]

I reckon Koeman is already in a sinking ship.

[@bentatham8272]

he came 7th with Everton but agreed

[@archstanton6102]

He will make it to end of next season but then Barca will bring Xavi in

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

In my opinion, Koeman must finish his job with the Dutch national side. He is taking a job ready to fail even before is has started.

[@St3volution]

I'd say he did some building with the Dutch national team. Yes he had the luck of the breakthrough of De Jong and De Ligt, but he made De Jong important early on which was a risk. Also, the Dutch team still do not have much talent in front which is woefully different from all Dutch national teams since, let's say, mid-'80s. For the Dutch not to have the creativity of Van Basten, Gullit, Bergkamp, Kluivert, Van Persie, Robben and Sneijder requires a more realistic approach to the game which Koeman incorporated very well. That being said, working with a national team is so different from working on club level. Koemans results with Oranje do not guarantee anything about how he will be doing at Barcelona, I agree.

[@jayanths1221]

Are we forgetting the fact that Koeman finished 6th with Southampton not too long ago. SIXTH. With SOUTHAMPTON. That was 2 places above Liverpool who bought pretty much all of Southampton's best player only the season before. Yes, he didn't do well in his second season at Everton but neither did Roberto Martinez or Marco Silva and Carlo Ancelotti's not been able to save Everton either. Koeman definitely deserves the benefit of the doubt here..

[@longislandishim]

the period from now until august 2021 might be the most important period for Barca in recent memory. Barca have to drastically rebuild their team, convince Messi to extend his contract, vote a new president (hopefully either Font or Laporta), give their young players time on the pitch (Puig, Fati, Trincao, Pedri & Araujo + hopefully Jandro). During all of that they also have to remain respectable and win at least the Copa del Rey or La Liga.

[@Andysw6]

On the face of it Koeman’s appointment looks like a knee-jerk reaction. But to give Koeman credit he did a good job at S’hamton and has restored the Dutch national team after years in the international wilderness.

[@michaelk4896]

Exactly, he was a key part in Cruyff's Barca side that made Pep the manager he is today. Koeman understands the philosophy exactly and he's going to replicate that with young blood CB/CDM/ST.

[@danworld23]

@@michaelk4896 i seriously doubt koeman is cut from the same piece of cloth as pep

[@firedoesnotdiscriminate]

@@danworld23 Pep is a very good manager but he got given an extraordinary bunch of players to work with, none of these players were past their best, they had their best years ahead of them, Koeman has the opposite to work with which is a much, much harder job, if Pep was starting out now and given the Barca job now he would not have the same success he did before and would most likely fail.

[@WritingGeekNL]

@@danworld23 True, Koeman is better. He just has a huge language barrier, I think. What I'm talking about is that Koeman is very succesful when most of his team is Dutch. Many people here do not even mention the fact that he already saved a big national club, and that is Feyenoord.

[@eltora4160]

Basically, just a completely biased video against Koeman just cuz he did bad in his last year at Everton, mind you he didn't sign all of those players (The club did) and thats why he asked Barcelona to give him control of their summer transfers. At Southampton he was amazing. He overperformed massively with that team and brought the likes of VVD to the prem. At Everton he did great in his first season, it went bad once the board decided they needed 5 attacking mids and even Carlo fucking Ancelotti is struggling to perform with the Everton board. The Netherlands failed to qualify for the European Championship 2016 and the World Cup 2018 so for him to come in and finish second in the Nations League and qualify for the European Championship 2020 is huge! I think hes gonna do a decent job at Barcelona. He knows how to get the best out of Frenkie De Jong, who is quite frankly the future of that Barcelona Midfield and he has the respect of the players since he is a legend for Barcelona. I feel like you guys are being overly critical of Koeman, without actually looking at what he HAS achieved.

[@firstnamelastname-ye4rf]

The dutch have literally had a sort of golden generation having 2 of the worlds best centre backs a brilliant cdm and one of the most high rated attacking midfielder in van de beek not to mention a in form de pay..if you aren't a contender with those players than you shouldn't come 10 miles near a football pitch don't act like he's a cruyff regen

[@hazers6850]

@@firstnamelastname-ye4rf well Koeman has actually gotten success with some clubs like PSV and AJAX. Bringing in Xavi is arguably worse, since he has 0 experience with managing big clubs or national teams. I believe it was always the plan to bring in Koeman this summer, because Setien felt like a weird choice, and rumours of koeman going to barca started when valverde got sacked. Also, your argument that the dutch squad just has good players is a bit silly, seeing as barcelona has good players and plays terrible. Proving that even when you have good players u need a good manager to handle them. At least give him a chance. - he played for barca under Cruyf and knows the club - He has managed big clubs before, and had succes in big games with both clubs and the national team - has a fiery passion both on and off the pitch

[@firstnamelastname-ye4rf]

@@hazers6850 You conveniently forgot to mention him absolutely losing the plot in valencia and his dysmal spell at Everton where he somehow wasted 100 million on stupid transfers and basically had limp dick for a attack..this sounds familiar to you? You should have gotten poch or allegri Koeman dosent even play a cruyff style he's way more pragmatic.But he's a legend and it seems like he's cutting out the dead wood but barca won't be anywhere near the top until the board quits

[@Hyde_Hill]

@David Clinging Feyenoord and Vitesse and to lesser extent PSV and Ajax. Plus Everton second season wasn't his fault (board made terrible transfers he had no say in), Valencia he got the most out of a terrible situation as club was imploding around him. Alkmaar I will give you although he had to follow up LVG which is always hard to do. Benfica dunno.

[@WritingGeekNL]

@@firstnamelastname-ye4rf Good to know that Guus Hiddink shouldn't come 10 miles near a pitch. Or Danny Blind, but to be fair, that dude is terrible. Our current generation isn't golden btw, 70s, 80s, 90s and 10s were all better. People really like to overhype our current team. But Koeman already saved Feyenoord, so you seem to have a lack of knowledge about Koeman's career as manager.

[@noahhomes5243]

Who else prefers these to the top 7s

[@joe972]

Noah Homes can’t believe I’m agreeing with a unionist on this one issue

[@noahhomes5243]

@@joe972 Me too with a separatist but hey if it creates better videos

[@Andre-rq9mb]

Damn football really does bring people together lol

[@noahhomes5243]

@@arihandikshit7044 Class

[@noahhomes5243]

@@arihandikshit7044 U sure can't find it

[@mustafa_alomary]

This video aged like milk

[@princenkansah5966]

It's not "Coman" it's "Koe-man" pronounced Kuu-man.

[@SantomPh]

The only thing keeping Barcelona in the top 2 is the skewed TV rights money that favors them and Real. If La Liga adopt the collective approach of the PL, we'd be seeing Atletico Madrid, Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla and Valencia suddenly contending

[@brushark9090]

I'd just change Valencia for Villarreal considering the forme have been through a disastrous period because of Peter Lim, proof of that is how cheaply Villarreal managed to snatch two key players from them (Parejo and Coquelin)

[@tobiuiterwaal4827]

You haven't done your homework on Koeman, did you? The guy helped rebuilding Feyenoord to a good Dutch team and he did really well with Southampton as well. Rebuilding the national team is one of his greatest achievements as a coach, but if he stayed at the Netherlands I truly believe that he would be a title contender for Euro 2020. He's gonna do great by Barcelona just you wait.

[@justsomeguy4087]

Feyenoord would be nothing now if it wasn't for Koeman. He has rebuild an entire squad from nothing before so I'm certain he could do it again, IF he will be given a proper chance and enough time at Barça though.

[@wouterlevering4296]

Saying Koeman did a decent job at rebuilding the Dutch national team is the understatement of the year... For instance: Memphis was not doing great before Koeman was appionted. He build a great relationship with him and Depay became important for the Dutch team again. In the process, he also played incredible at Lyon again and even became captain there.

[@Tris2000]

I'd love to see your analysis of the crisis currently happening in Valencia (my team), who have gone through so many managers in the past years and are being run by complete idiots.

[@mydogiscalledoscar]

Idea: all time Premier League 11 from a single country. All Italians, French, Irish eg.

[@samgruzinskiy]

Michael McGhee Sancho? Trippier?

[@moop.3549]

Michael McGhee he’s probably not

[@twomangame4170]

I wouldn’t write off Koeman so quickly

[@giovannireyes9455]

Love the title of the video 😂 this has been a thought I have battled with for a couple of years now.

[@pianomerchant1830]

He might not be a quality coach but you are massively overlooking his successes at Southampton and the Dutch National team you called "decent".

[@Hyde_Hill]

And his first year at Everton, (second year wasn't his fault as board did abysmal transfers which he had no say in), his spell at Feyenoord especially where he helped rebuild a broken team. Relative succes at Ajax, PSV and Vitesse as well. Valencia is also being undersold here by the poster as the club had pretty much imploded when he came in, outside of his control, and he still managed to get a cup.

[@williammcintosh5204]

Koeman brought through about no youngsters through during his spell at Southampton so I wouldn’t have much confidence in him developing the youngsters at Barca

[@thunderfromdownunder5600]

william mcintosh Barca’s academy is much stronger and promising

[@samhill-morriss5400]

Yea some people were happy that he left because he did so little with the youth team

[@samhill-morriss5400]

@@thunderfromdownunder5600 southampton have one of the best youth academy's in england

[@moonisusman4072]

@@thunderfromdownunder5600 but it isn't like Southampton's is bad. It's actually quite good.

[@dankid8856]

@@thunderfromdownunder5600 southampton academy is good

[@android1617]

1:12 Even when Messi is closest to the camera and aided by perspective, he still looks tiny

[@glassopint5848]

Did you kill Goku yet?

[@SantomPh]

He is about 5"7, standing next to Pique he would need a stool

[@prachiranade8259]

With the arrival of Koeman I am not expecting treble/double for the next year but I am just hoping him to lay down a system which the club can follow in the near future. It's just like a Business...where the top mgm is responsible to check whether the set parameters are working or not and appropriate changes must be made.(TQM theory) . Hope the new board is professional enough to understand this.....

[@Torero2901]

16/17 year olds "not ready for the Champions League", *cough* Clarence Seedorf, Haaland and Sancho... I think Koeman is able to bring back the glory. Like he did with the Dutch national team with not even the best squad of the last 20 years.

[@sasheelkarthiksathyamurthy5283]

Sign the greatest defender of all time.. Phil Jones

[@alfieewles2383]

Sign Drinkwater n they will be sorted

[@WarDogYtPersonal]

Your on drugs Danny Drinkwater would collapse if they buy him 😂😂😂😂😂

[@alfieewles2383]

@@WarDogYtPersonal not sure you quite understood... this is sarcastic

[@belfigue]

Using this same analysis, Lopetegui’s work at Sevilla this season is amazing

[@sadequeali949]

Great doc👌

[@phoneboxchicken4108]

It started going wrong when they became another corporation club like Franco Madrid, or PSG and started paying £100m for big name midfielders and forwards. And they ignored the central defence.

[@michealyakubu5007]

Day 53: every scorer of the 2014 World Cup group stages, where are they now?

[@itatube7594]

Yeetus Meeletus they don’t care about fans unless they are patreons.. They are money hungry.

[@tedomwega8044]

@Yeetus Meeletus, well messi just got clapped 8-2 so i can't imagine other WC 2014 group stage goalscorer's are doing too well

[@michealyakubu5007]

Ted Omwega I think Neymar is doing fine...

[@TwoMorningPoops]

53 days, shit you could have done the video yourself by now

[@michealyakubu5007]

Nelson Ortiz probably

[@abrarmuhtasiim6612]

Thanks for making this video mate

[@m0nchh]

Great stuff as usual

[@carwyngregory9446]

Day 1: top 7 most expensive players of all time adjusted for inflation

[@TehPhillips]

What inflation to you adjust by though CPI and RPI are just weighted increases in the price of a designated basket of goods, which doesn't include football players. Should you adjust by CPI/RPI to compare the price of football players relative to all other goods in the economy. Or should you great a specific football player inflation index, by perhaps just looking at the change in the average amount the football players change hands for year on year? Thus comparing footballer to footballer.

[@JoelCastro5206]

Honestly though i think another thing people need to realize is with Real Madrid having a big problem without Ramos too, without him they have collapsed in several games losing 4-1 to Ajax, 4-2 on agg to city, getting destroyed 3-0 against Barcelona, still a fantastic defender but I think they need to find his replacement and soon they look lifeless without him Oh also Barca are a sh*thole but it seems like Barca and Real take turns being terrible every other year

[@basothoexpress]

Real Madrid are able to win la liga games without Ramos as seen this season when zidane had to rotate. Real looked like barcelona last season when ronaldo left as their team was clearly declining and in need of a fresh mindset and some newer blood to actually challenge the first team like valverde and mendy.

[@JoelCastro5206]

@@basothoexpress Valverde was already at the club when Ronaldo left and I hardly believe a left back changed everything for them with Mendy, but Ramos who scored 13 goals in la liga was their second highest goal scorer remember he is a center back that's a problem no one else other than him and Benzema got double digits in the league, and sure they won some games without him against crap teams, but without him they look lifeless and the defence apart from Courtouis look leaderless and lost

[@centurion722]

@@JoelCastro5206 Ramos is definitely a great CB, probably the greatest spanish CB of all time along with Puyol and he is gonna be hard to replace. But I think they have found a good ball playing CB in Eder Militao. Militao is very good on the ball and press resistant. He is also very young and will develop his skills better. Ofc nobody can replace Ramos' leadership, just like nobody could replace Puyol, but I still think Real Madrid are on the right path, altho far from complete.

[@sankarsarath2194]

It's not his skills they miss on the pitch. It's his presence and leadership skill. Ramos could have all the talent of david luiz and still be indispensible to Real Madrid

[@paulio_decartis]

Font is continuously saying he will sack Koeman and appoint Xavi. Koeman is a well proven coach. What does make him think that Xavi will win everything for Barca? His team isn't even that dominant in Qatar's league.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

I just don't understand the obsession with bringing in Xavi as soon as possible. He's a newbie manager who's only ever managed in the Qatar league. Expecting him to steer a shipwreck to glory is utter insanity.

[@bertieclayton4865]

not only that but he did a poor job in qatar

[@cb7365]

they should give Xavi the Barcelona B job like they did with Pep and eventually bring him into the main team job

[@moonisusman4072]

I know. He was a phenomenal football player but the issue is that he's still learning and isn't that good right now and this whole mantra of knowing the club is useless if you can't win trophies at a club with a stature like Barcelona.

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@cb7365 That would be perfect imo.

[@Otoskire]

This man can see the future

[@superslayerguy]

Didn't really take a lot to see Koeman was set up for failure at Barca

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Ronald Koeman getting hired is like taking over as captain of the Titanic right after it hit the iceberg.

[@huzaifabala6757]

Possibly a Video on the Wigan athletic bankruptcy scandal?

[@paulodili8204]

In the Bartomeu era the decline has been horrendous. No vision, no competence and terribly weak. The restructuring of Barca should have started four years ago but Bartomeu is a weakling which accounts for the present debacle. .

[@johnbakker4828]

Seems a bit harsh on Koeman. Sure, he was underwhelming at Everton, Valencia and Benfica, but he performed anywhere between acceptable and great at Vitesse, Ajax, PSV, Feyenoord, AZ, Southampton and the Dutch national team. I do have to say though, if Barcelona are expecting him to get better results than Setien, they might get them, but if they are hoping for adventurous attacking play, they are likely to be sorely disappointed. Despite having worked for many years with Johan Cruyff, and being very close to him off the pitch too, he has a much more 'Mourinho-esque' approach to the game than most other Dutch managers. It could still work out well for all parties, with Koeman getting better results with a more conservative style initially, until that becomes unacceptable, at which point Xavi can step in.

[@MovieInTheMix]

Xavi hasn't proved anything, expect being a good soccer player...

[@Ninja-gt3zi]

So he only performs for dutch teams except southampton

[@MovieInTheMix]

@@Ninja-gt3zi Everton first year...

[@gg_fireland216]

Valvarde : Destroyed Barca DNA and their playing style. Setien : Tried to add his own playing style but failed miserably.

[@thefanuccicrimefamily]

Koeman: come to restore (Dutch) tikitaka football

[@davidcarter7337]

He knows what he's doing! He won Barcelona their first European Cup & he's won titles with Barcelona & scored over 100 goals for them in all competitions! He will get the best out of them! Guardiola & Enrique didn't have what it takes to stay at one club the way Sir Alex did at United because they lacked commitment!

[@nachtmuis4776]

When Koeman was coach of Ajax, he had Sneijder and Zlatan in his team. Good ol'days. :)

[@kingjomar00]

everyone doesnt trust koe man(don’t think he would do well), but everyone but when setien took his job, every one was hyping him up. I think koeman is going to prove everyone wrong

[@Hyde_Hill]

Setien is still good he just blinked, so was unfit for that high level/time. Tried to implement his philosophy, the players balked and he adapted instead of pressing on. Koeman won't blink. And agree he is being very unfairly criticized here.

[@debadrimishra4741]

When he mentioned lord Alex Jones 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@lewl284]

50th on trending great to see the channel growing❤️❤️

[@abhaagrawal5780]

Thank you for this

[@eliasvandebeek8680]

Since 69 years Me: HeheBoi

[@XBR4Da]

*the sex number!*

[@sajupop7336]

Nice

[@ayushjain729]

Nice.

[@shuvam6952]

NO ONE UPVOTE!! Edit: Dammit it's past 69 now :/

[@aryamanachanta]

epic reddit keanu chungus moment 420 69 wholesome 100

[@michaeladoasi3830]

How is a Real Madrid team that won 10 games in a row to be crowned champions not inspired?

[@morti8845]

You were so right about Koeman being a transitional manager wow

[@yassinabdelrazek7269]

Re watching this towards the tail end of the season now. Koeman won a copa del rey, barcelona will most probably place 3rd in the league, and I think he hasn't done too bad. He has given lots of chances to youngsters, and some players who were deemed as flops like dembele and griezmann are doing relatively well compared to last season. The highlight of it all for me was that de jong is absolutely stellar under koeman, and is probably having his best season

[@yassinabdelrazek7269]

Barcelona were close to making another remontada against psg if it weren't for some bad luck and even worse finishing from the players. I think he deserves to stay and have this next transfer window to try to sign the players he wants within the current budget

[@P45K141N3N]

That Blackadder reference earned you my thumb up.

[@snorrelarsen7500]

As a Barcelona-fan, this is what we supporters also feel, well done analyze!

[@kyletucker3811]

This video is extremely accurate one year later. Aside from the Lampard part.

[@martijnschutten6310]

Koeman also revived a Feyenoord side that almost got relegated under their previous manager by guiding them to the European spots with excellent style of play and made Southhampton compete in the Europa League whereas Hassenhütl is struggling to get them out of the relegation zone. Not saying that Koeman has had some manegerial flops but I don't think signing him was a big mistake

[@tomwright3599]

Barca are going to have a hard season in 2021, I mean, when there competing with top teams like celta Vigo and Real Valladolid it’s gonna be hard to stay up

[@AlixandButtons]

Celta Vigo drew with both Real Madrid and Barcelona. Valladolid drew with Real Madrid.

[@tomwright3599]

AlixandButtons what’s your point

[@AlixandButtons]

@@tomwright3599 the point is that the teams you mentioned do actually take points off the big teams

[@tomwright3599]

AlixandButtons Watford beat Man Utd and Liverpool but they aren’t good, so you don’t have a point

[@audemars_piguet13]

Braithwaite will come through, watch 😎

[@notorious9316]

Between 2008-2019 FC Barcelona went on winning astonishing “29 trophies” including 2 trebles and 1 sixtuple. Barcelona’s golden era might just have come to an end. But don’t forget the end if one thing is just the beginning of another. Hopefully they will come back stronger next season with this rebuilding phase. #bartomeuout

[@RobertK-hr8gg]

What the world perceives as the "Barca style of play" and still think we play that way we haven't done that since Pep left. Enrique focused on MSN and how to get ball to them as fast as possible but it was still nice to watch. Since Enrique left our style of play has been all but nice to watch.

[@notorious9316]

DIEGO F.L. Bro you are absoluteeeeeeeeeeeely nothing but just a football kid who started watching football 1 year or 2😂

[@notorious9316]

DIEGO F.L. Kid ! Who has the most titles in Spanish football history !Stop getting stats from your ass and dont compare your UCL titiles which your ancestors has won which weren’t even UCL .After 2002 how many UCL did real won til 2014 yeahhh 0 past 15 years both has won equal number of UCL and hell Madrid dont even comes close to matching LaLiga titles.

[@notorious9316]

DIEGO F.L. Mate !shut your M O U T H I dont give a damn whether you started watching football from 2000 or 2020 The one thing that i know is you are little Real Vardrid fan boy full of insecurities! That who you are!

[@a.silveira645]

I don't usually suggest video ideas, but since PSG are going to face Bayern Munich in the UCL final in a couple of days, I think it would be fitting to make a Top 7 Best PSG players before the Qatari takeover (Ronaldinho, Makelele, Pauleta, etc.) (Also, really enjoyed your analysis of the Barça situation, I think you got it spot on)

[@ActionCloud]

We need Ted Lasso

[@franckln10]

Have you followed the development at the Netherlands national team? Ronald Koeman was crucial for us and I think he can turn things around at Barca.

[@noelrockz1]

He did say that the club and international game is different

[@franckln10]

Noel Manuel It absolutely is, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take in into your decision as Barcelona. He really has developed as a manager.

[@SantomPh]

The Dutch national team is filled with excellent players, most of whom do not play for Barcelona.

[@Teddy12648]

Day 93: XI of most own goals scored since 2010/of all time/this season

[@CookieGal-]

93?! Really?

[@Teddy12648]

@@CookieGal- Yep and he has never replied

[@stonecold6521]

@@Teddy12648 Day 93 and never replied? Maybe you should give up.

[@tedomwega8044]

THE LEGEND PHIL JONES TOPS ALL OF THOSE STATS, HE'S A GOD

[@tobiasandersson6307]

@@tedomwega8044 ur a comedian

[@mr.talldarkandhandsome4111]

Former players becoming the team's manager seem to be in right now.

[@SlingstoneGiantKiller]

Here in 2023 after Messi has been through PSG and now plays for Inter Miami. How the wheel turns...

[@peytondagenais479]

As soon as they talked about Koeman, I just thought "Everton Manager".

[@Berserk-vj8kz]

Best team of the last 15 years? They did nothing major outside of Spain for half a decade except being the biggest bottlers in the ucl every year😂

[@audemars_piguet13]

Sit down little boy, no other team has won 6 titles in one season, they have more doubles and triplets in the past 15 years more than any team in europe. The years you speak of that have exposed the internal problems of Barcelona starting from the president and the board to the players not having footballing chemistry whatsoever for reason we might not get to know, i mean who in their right minds would sign Braithwaite out of all strikers bruh???! It's almost too obvios. Anyways, yeah there's plenty of footage that WILL SHOW YOU that Barcelona is in fact the best team of the century during those years he mentioned in the video commentary, even Messi won best player of the year 3 years in the row broski. It's crazy because ronaldo is having the best ending to his career but Messi is struggling. Class dismissed

[@johnny8416]

such a good explanation

[@55yroldlawyer-fan10]

kudos to HITC Sevens! you have broken down the problems of barcelona and the consequences of paliative solutions which will just make it worse. You hit it in the nail that the basic problem for barcelona is Bartomeu. #BartomeuOut. I concur with your assessment of messi's deep loyalty to barca and i believe and agree with you that messi may only stay in barca if bartomeu is out and messi may be willing to sacrifice his ambitions to help the transition. But with the appointment of Koeman and bartomeu without any scruples still insists on staying, the chances that messi will stay in barcelona is now very slim.

[@billibob313]

Every English player that made the ballon d’or podium ranked

[@TheToadSage95]

2 year deal for Koeman. 1 full year in charge, 1 for compensation. Xavi to take over after 1 year and new presidential election. Simple.

[@jackjerram3550]

Ronald Koeman proved at my team Southampton that he is a great coach. He brought players like Mane, Van Dijk, Tadic and Alderwerild to the Premier League and look where they are now. He's good at spotting and developing young talent. It's his dream job and he was probably the best candidate as Pochettino didn't want the job and we're not sure if Allegri would either.

[@mp5k9mm1]

So, we need a sequel of this video...

[@GregorySpikeMD]

I feel like you are severely underestimating Barcelona's squad. You say Real had great players, and Chelsea too, but they needed a coach to make it work. Well, this is exactly the same situation at Barca: Griezzman, Ter Stegen, Pique, De Jong, Coutinho, Dembele, Fati, Puig, Semedo, Alba, Sergi, Trincao. Sure there are too many aging players, they need to offload a few. Sure there are some young players, but I for one do think they are a good fit for the first team. Imagine telling a 16 year old Messi he is too young for the first team. No, the truth is Barca have a good squad, which they should fill with prospects and youth players, so the transfer policy should be better. And they need a new president. I seriously think you can and should be more optimistic when there is a new influx of young players in this squad with a Barca legend as Koeman as coach.

[@lalboimanlun1230]

"still sharp Luis Suarez up front" Lol 😂

[@HITCSevens]

Third to Messi and Benzema in terms of goals and assists in La Liga this season despite a lengthy lay-off.

[@RobertK-hr8gg]

@@HITCSevens Man I watched every Barca game this season and Suarez in last 3-4 years has not been the same. Age has gotten to him. He still has a very good finishing ability and chemistry with Messi but he's dribbling, agility, first touch, speed and passing has been terrible. Watch any game of Luis in Valverdes second season you will be baffled. He's no where close to old Suarez. His last good year was in 2015 and after that everything has gone down hill. He loses soo many balls durimg the game because hes delusional and thinks he can beat a player. Goals are there but he ruins a lot of plays. Whole team is shit. Its not only Luis. Frenkie is played out of position he and Busi should rotate. Busi doesn't have competent midfield around him. Only source of creativity is Messi. We need Iniesta lime player to ease the burden Messi has. Since Ney left we didn't have a proper winger at all. Dembele is more injured then Bale, Fati still needs time to develop and only having 2 wingers is ridiculous. Koeman is not here to stay if Font is elected Xavi will be new manager after next season ends. Board needs to go go go. What Bartomeu has done to our club is a disgrace he should be burned at the stakes. Incompetent clown. Socis are not duing anything to change this. They are soo easily fooled by Bartomeus theatrics. Paulinho scores few goals and everything is fine, buy griezmann and fool them for another year. Socis had a chance to remove this incompetent board when Benedito invoked vote of no confidence but they decided not to. Our club is in this state because of actions of Bartomeu and inactions of socis.

[@yourdadhasadogfilter2505]

He can still fool people with his numbers but if you watch him, he's a bit sluggish

[@quantum3672]

@@RobertK-hr8gg wdym last three four years? Four years ago Suarez was lifting a golden boot.

[@RobertK-hr8gg]

@@quantum3672 Goals are not everything expecially in Barca, when he's on the ball it's really hard to watch. He's game awareness is still world-class but his technique and physical ability are terrible.

[@Summer-rj9ms]

People overstate the job Moyes had to do at United. No one was expectin' a title straight away but to be 7th after 30 odd games with the same team that won the previous seasons title by 12 points is a disgrace

[@mebansharaisantasticokhong7312]

5:05 😂😂 oh I remember Boldrick, childhood memories

[@eugenamb6534]

Blackadder lol

[@johnandrews8590]

Baldrick.

[@stephendelacruzone]

Yup... they've lost their marbles... as in they've lost their minds! 🤯

[@JosB1991]

"Mediocre team" They won the La Liga just last season hahaha.

[@tacituskilgore288]

La liga is nothing for Barca

[@waismajid7317]

The two seasons we bottled against roma and liv were actually brilliant seasons otherwise. Just those two matches fucking hell.

[@dudewheresmycar12ism]

2020 is such a weird year

[@WERTYUIO821]

Well having their best player of their first Champions League become a manager is not the weirdest thing

[@rayenveerman2276]

‘Even klopp would struggle with that rebuild’ I’m pretty sure klopp built this entire Liverpool team from scratch

[@scrumptiousbisquitz1140]

yeah but klopp had a good board backing him and he wasnt expected to win trophies every season

[@RobertK-hr8gg]

@@scrumptiousbisquitz1140 Exactly Klopp had good board backing him up and that's the same thing Pep had when he came in. Great board behind him, excellent staff in youth academy and great knowledge about the players in it because he was the youth coach as well.

[@SantomPh]

Klopp had a patient board and owners who backed him and protected the core of his squad. They also did not force a philosophy on him and let him impose his own. We can say that Klopp is the Liverpool manager. Setien and now Koeman are just people working for Bartomeou and his lackeys.

[@justhuy7960]

Remember Klopp first 3 seasons were trophyless, and that is already too much when you're Barcelona coach, maybe 2 seasons without trophy already get ass kicked

[@RobertK-hr8gg]

@@justhuy7960 Klopp had a lot worse team than Pep had when he started. I can't remember but Salah, Van Dijk, Mane, Firmino, Ox, Keita, Fabinho weren't bought in his first season but over the course of few seasons and also Trent and Robertson came on later into the team. Pep had a lot of big stars in the team which he sold and used the money to buy other players and also we have to remember he was a coach in La Masia before becoming manager of first-team so he already had a clear idea which players had a lot of talent in the academy and he already worked with them. He promoted a lot of players from the academy into the first team. Both teams had a lot of problems which they had to solve, but Klopp had a worse team and obviously, he didn't have Messi. I still think Pep is a better manager than Klopp, but they both managed to create great teams out of teams that struggled.

[@sjef822]

I strongly disagree. I definetely feel like you either underanalysed Ronald Koeman, or you decided to leave out information about Koeman to make your statement seem stronger. Koeman was a great succes at Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV, the Dutch national squad and Southampton where he worked with talents such as VVD and Mané. Koeman does not have a certain way of playing (like Simeone) but tries to analyse what works well and what doesn’t work well. This way he got the Dutch national squad (who all the Dutch people thought became hopeless) running again by debuting both exciting talents (De Jong, Dilrosun etc.) as well as refounding players that seemed to have lost it for the Dutch team (Memphis to striker with overlapping wingers, Babel who was written off, Marten de Roon). Also, when Koeman took charge of Feyenoord, Feyenoord was in a horrible situation. Feyenoord lost the season before 10-0 to PSV and ended with a disappointing 10th place. Feyenoord had no budget to attract new players when Koeman took charge, but Koeman, once again, managed to re-invent players and finished in the top 3 for his 3 years at Feyenoord (I think even 2nd twice). I think this goes to show Koeman is the right man for the job when a team with (relatively) little budget to rebuild (due to corona), needs to re-invent theirselves and rebuild their squad. Furthermore, Koeman is a club legend, (having scored 88 goals as a defender!! Including in the final at Wembley) Koeman was part of the Total Football Dutch Team which went on to win both the hearts of fans, as well the 1988 European Championship and was a student of Johan Cruyff. Koeman speaks fluent Spanish and already owns a house in Barcelona. I think he is the right man for the job and will do very well. But only time will tell. Usually I enjoy your content and facts, but I think this analysis was very short-sightened and you did a poor job informing you viewers about Ronald Koeman!

[@Rizgn]

Probably the best fit. Barca are in shambles though so I wouldn't be surprised if they sack him after a season lol

[@sjef822]

ping pongelstein it’s difficult to see an overview when you’re typing on your phone. Doesn’t change my opinion though

[@shawnmason5551]

Had Zizou managed MUFC in 2013, instead of Moyes, he wouldn’t be at WHU now, he’d be at Nancy.

[@jayc4133]

Very Good piece that Just wish he’d change his narrative voice at the end of EVERY SINGLE sentence 😭

[@Rodrigo14_]

To know Barça's problems, you need to deep understand their internal political problems, Laporta and Cruyff x Rosell and Bartomeu, football philosofy and identidy.

[@CharlesOffdensen]

I hope Messi retires at Newell's. Maybe latter, after 2-3 years.

[@dh42157]

As a dutch guy I really don’t think helll fit the job but the one of the reason they took him is because of his low value and because in his contract with the Dutch national team he made a clause which lets him leave the National only for Barcelona. That’s a open love letter to Barcelona and they took advantage of this

[@ayokunlesowemimo2135]

Yes martin I'm looking at you😂😂

[@kennethwepiaakibate8724]

Barca’s issues really are more simple than its being made to look. Firstly, Bartomeu should leave. Now, and not in March. Next offload some of our old high earners. Not all of them, but surely the Rakitics and Vidals of the squad. Then bring in a manager with a clear plan/vision, style of play, and one that trusts can put trust in the youth, I’d say someone like Ten Hag or Ten Hag himself. And finally, communicate with the fans that we’re in a transition sry period, we all know it but it seems t he board doesn’t. And the sooner they stop chasing big name for quick success, the better. I’d gladly wait 3 trophy-less seasons to see Barcelona play exciting positive football and and show some semblance of the 2011 team. And I’m pretty sure Messi would too, not like I asked him 😅

[@Zlowpoke]

Yeah but how exactly are you getting rid of your high earners? So many of them are on upwards of 300k or even 400k wages (if not more), players like Alba is on a 5-year deal... Which club in the world in their right minds will be willing to offer these "deadwood" players the wages they're currently earning in Barca to take them off Barca's hands?

[@stevehaire6324]

Although I agree with the majority of what you're saying - 3 straight seasons without a trophy for a team like Barcelona would be financially devastating.

[@Anindyatejo]

That's sounds very complicated 😅

[@kennethwepiaakibate8724]

Chung Ming Zen some will have to go for free🤷🏿‍♂️ Just like with the Ramsey to Juve deal, teams are more willing to pay obscene wagers if they aren’t paying a transfer fee

[@kennethwepiaakibate8724]

Steve Haire true, very true. But I’m sure “minor” trophies like the Copa Del Rey and qualifying for the champions league can hold it down for a bit. In all honesty, we are beginning to lose more and more now but we’re paying wages a kin to that of a champions league winning side, and for 3 straight seasons we’ve bought single players for north of 120m. I don’t think things would be that much more financially devastating. + it’ll be smarting sporting-wise, and what’s best for the team is best for the business

[@anthonyonyedika5110]

I'm surprised this page hasn't got up to 1million subscribers

[@infinitepegasus3296]

love the quality of this channel it really goes into depth and is informative

[@scray2394]

To be honest, I think Koeman can do the job. He took over Feyenoord after they finished 10th(!) in the Eredivisie and got battered 10-0 away at PSV. The season he took over, he started a rebuilding process, finishing second in his first year with a squad of youth players and players who, in all honesty, were not good enough for second place. He drilled the players and brought back discipline within the squad. The two seasons after that they finished 3rd and 2nd. I do believe he can rebuild the squad.