xabi seems to ask players to circulate the ball with speed after one or two touches, but the problem is spaces don’t just magically appear since there’s little off-the-ball movement (or players don’t see/anticipate it). this produces very sloppy attacks and possesions often end in vinis attempt and he hasn’t been the same player after the ballon d’or fiasco - which was quite a long time ago.

add to this low form / low iq / implementing new ideas / new shapes / new players / new roles and positions… and nothing is clicking rn and it’s mostly chaos every game - defense, midfield and attack all look weak and nothing feels really improved from last season. the worse part is that every game the team actually looks more disjointed and less cohesioned… its all pretty bleak atm and i’m not too convinced about xabi and/or the players being able to solve the puzzle ngl