A Liga trophy followed eight months later, one that restored winning ways but papered over some clear cracks in his side. Yes, Barca were good enough defensively to win the league, but their attacking quality was lacking. This was not the La Masia-bred, Cruyffian, Pep Guardiola football that Xavi had promised. This was a Jose Mourinho-esque side that grinded out results.
What do you expect him to do, he is keeping Barcelona competitive with the money he’s allowed to spend, while Barcelona gave him scraps Real Madrid have been spending big money. I don’t follow Barcelona that deeply but La Masia graduates were ignored for a while under the old regime and that can have a long term effect on the quality of graduates, still he integrated some young players into the squad and he looks like he’s doing great balancing incoming players with academy grads (at least to an outsider like me). Cruyffian football needs very specific profiles, without a proper backing from the board it is very difficult.
Asking more of him is asking too much in my opinion.
He was the first to ignore young players ( Koeman belived in la masia players way more than Xavi), and only started playing Balde after he was forced to play him. This is the opinion that i heard from most Barca fans