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Barca have been at the crossroads. For a while now.Bad financial planning, boardroom scuffles, bad governance, Covid and the slow retirement of a once in lifetime generation of players who made them the best club in the world for a while.

The latest in the same series is Xavi resigning. Barca's 8th coach in 12 years. Laporta's second coming surely hasn't been as successful as his first one but it's also true that the situation he inherited is a lot more complex than last time and given the enormity of the task, he should be measured in different parameters.

As we look towards an immediate future where we will probably end up trophy less , without a coach and also no financial muscle to get a replacement elite manager, where should Barca fans focus?

How should they manage their expectations?

What can be a realistic future?

Join me and Dom as we discuss.

The overwhelming question is why did this happen? But what if the question was "Was it supposed to be any different"?

This season has mostly been forgettable for most Barca fans. The transfer window was at best opportunistic but still felt exciting with players like Gundogan, Felix and Cancelo coming in. Fast forward to December, Barca has mostly been unrecognisable with pockets of good performance and hours of hair splitting frustration. In this episode we talk about a few of the most discussed topics among the Barca fanbase. What happened to Oriol Romeu? What is Cancelo's best position? Should Barca rather keep or sell Frenkie and more.

Give a listen:)

Girona are flying. Number two in the league table , 38 points, six wins away and six wins at home, Michel's team will be a hard test for Barca.

There is of course a lot at stake. Barca lose, Girona go top of table and maybe it becomes a lot more serious to think of them as actual title contenders. A miracle, but yet possible.

Barca win, they cut their deficit to two points from the top and maybe create a turning point for their season with an easier fixture of games coming up to solidify their position in the league.

But it won't be easy. With Michel's attacking brand of football and a team that is incredibly well coached, Girona have what it takes to defeat Barca who are. still a bit all over the place. They have the players, the hunger and the motivation.

So will Girona go top of table or can Barca halt their progress?

Dom and I discuss

What is Balde's long term future? Should we keep Felix for next season? Should Xavi use Cancelo and Frenkie in a box midfield and why are Barca struggling? This and much more in this week's podcast where we take on questions from Barca fans, in a decisive week where we face Porto followed by Atleti and Girona.

Find out more as Dom and I share our thoughts on some of these questions and talk about some of the most pertinent questions in cilerverse at this moment . As always thanks for sharing your questions. Feedback is welcome and hope you enjoy.

There is nothing more infuriating for die hard football fans than the dreaded International break.

But then there are these rare instances, when they provide a welcome relief, especially if the team is not in a good place..

For Barca especially, this international break could not have come at a better time after the painful ordeal of being outplayed by Shakhtar, La Real and Alaves in consecutive games

There has been a palpable sigh of relief, to gather hopes as well as rosaries and wish that somehow things turn for the better.

In this episode, we discuss if Xavi needs to return to his box midfield, if Marc Guiu can give this forward line a burst of much needed oxygen after the winter break along with Vitor Roque and if it's a coaching issue or a flaw in team building that is causing Barca its blushes this season.

Barca Athletied their way to a League title last season. Purists anguished, realists justified, but there was no denying the fact that Barca were no longer playing eye pleasing elite football. It was often messy, often riding on luck and often just grinding things out.

This season, things have continued on that downhill trend. At Anoeta against La Real and at Hamburg against Shakthar, Barca looked more similar to a college football team than an elite football club.

Bereft of ideas, bereft of identity and bereft of solutions Barca look susceptible to defeat against any team in the domestic league, but whats even worse, Barca seem to be in a place where they don't know what their identity should be.

We discuss in this episode.

This is the launch episode of "FullBack," a podcast that covers topics related to FC Barcelona from the team at BarcaFutbol.

Dom and I discuss various topics including the team's current performance, responses to fan questions on players like Romeo and Felix, and the future potential of Balde and Gavi.

We also discuss strategies, formation changes, and the way a defensive midfield position should be set up.

Listen in, give us your feedback and send us your questions every week, since we will be answering them in every single episode.

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