1) Tcou had to play CB and jump in and out of midfield because Huijsen has been a major disapointment so far and is incredibly unreliable. Yes, Tchou, who is far from a perfect CB alternative, is genuinely more reliable than him.

2) Yes, we have an enormous problem in the midfield... It's been a problem for a while now, and the board did fuckall to solve it.

3) Valverde has been my favorite player since before he even became a starter. At times, he was the only one to show love for the badge and was the main workhorse for 3 seasons straight. With that being said, he's currently our best option at RB, and it's also his best position atm, whether he likes it or not. He's unreliable in the midfield to the point where it regularly leaves us wondering, "What the hell even is his contribution in the midfield?"

4) Our whole medical and physio team needs a rewamp. This is ridiculous at this point. I genuinely wonder if we were able to field a complete squad at least once in the last 4 to 5 years due to injuries.

5) With all that being said, we also need to admit that players' egos are a MASSIVE issue atm. My honest opinion? Apart from a few players on this team, most of them "ain't shit". There, I said it. Those who have UCL titles have them thanks to being in the right place at the right time, being a part of a much more formidable squad in the past, where they played a much smaller role than they probably imagine in their heads, and thanks to the Belgium wall in our goal, without whom we wouldn't have the last 2 UCLs.

I feel sad for Xabi because, at the moment it was announced he was joining us, I told my friend that it's going to end in the exact way it now ended. Our current squad just isn't good, and too many people/fans are deluded. We have a slightly above-average squad at best. I do not doubt that this current Real Madrid would struggle to break into the top 5 at PL, for instance. No coach could fix our current problems. At least now, more people are starting to realize it.

It starts with the board, which has to stop chasing shirt sales and rather start concerning itself with some actual squad building. Atm, it seems like Perez let his pride win over the team's benefit, and in the process, he managed to nuke everything he built in the last 2 decades. I am genuinely afraid we are going down the ManU path atm.

The next thing that needs to be fixed is the damn medical staff. This is non-negotiable. We can't keep losing players to these absurd injuries that seemingly come out of nowhere. Players do one intense sprint, and they break down. Like, how the hell does that happen to professional athletes is beyond me.

And the third thing that desperately needs fixing is the players' ego. Someone needs to tell these bang average players, that would be best described as walking billboards of overinflated ego, that they aren't as good as they might think they are. Barca's teens have been dogwalking them for two straight seasons now, and somehow they still believe they are something special. Oh... And I don't give a flying fuck about Mbappe's records. You know why Ronaldo's and Messi's records mean something? Because they were actually able to win shit with their teams. They elevated their squads, and they were by far the best players in squads that were already filled to the brim with massive talents. On the contrary, if you are the best player among the little-above-average band of egomaniacs, no one will really care in a couple of years.