Identity. Culers hear that word so much that we think we know what it means, when it has so many different meanings that nobody, often even the people who are using it, know what it means. “Barça has to get its identity back, then it will win,” is what we hear often. So what’s identity? A way of playing isn’t an identity. That’s a tactic. Guardiola employed a particular tactic to maximixe the qualities of the players he had at his disposal, just as Cruijff did. And Valverde did. And Koeman … well, let’s not go there, shall we?
Regarding the fascism line...Barcelona aren't the martyrs anymore, except in their own head. And we international fans? Who are Americans, at that? We never were, and yet we still tell ourselves these stories. Maybe that's the real identity.
Regarding the fascism line...Barcelona aren't the martyrs anymore, except in their own head. And we international fans? Who are Americans, at that? We never were, and yet we still tell ourselves these stories. Maybe that's the real identity.