Let's put aside talking about fighting for champions this season in the Champions League or La Liga, because Barcelona's declining performance this season has disappointed everyone, especially their fans from several seasons ago who performed inconsistently, but even so they were still able to become champions. Last season's LaLiga, this year Xavi Hernandez's troops really lost their way in the League and Europa League, sometimes they still have difficulty maintaining concentration in each match. At least there is an improvement in Barcelona's squad this season so that it returns to the right direction and focuses on winning. any championship...
Xavi Hernandez would be replaced if he no longer fit tall to become one of the most important promising coach for Barcelona this season. Barcelona declined in performance have become one of the very crucial aspects of the club. No one would vouch for a club like Barcelona to regained solidable form this season, instead they will become pained in league matches, nothing to proof other than mere focuses and directions which at the end of the day, no one could end the losing drought for Barcelona but they can be able to nailed strict rules for the purpose to push them to good heights in La Liga.
In my opinion, Barcelona is still one of the clubs challenging for the title in La Liga, Xavi still has the opportunity to improve the situation and get back on track. A difference of 7 points from the current leaders of Madrid and Girona still makes sense to pursue, because there are 20 remaining matches in the future, which means that Barcelona still has a big chance of competing and defending the title. Firing Xavi is not the right solution, and I think Barcelona management will think many times if they want to do it. I think Xavi only leaves when his contract ends, if the club officials want to fire him early then they have to prepare some compensation money. We know that Barcelona is being hit by a financial crisis, so as I said they have to think a lot about sacking Xavi.
It is not easy to create consistency every season, we can see similar situations experienced by several defending champions in other domestic leagues. Man City in the EPL, Bayern Munchen in the Bundesliga, Napoli in Serie A, and PSG in Ligue 1. I see they also experience ups and downs in performance, I really understand the competitive level of the League or something like that, I think the situation that is happening to Barcelona now is a condition that is still understandable.