"The upcoming matches will determine the future of Barak Bakhar at Maccabi Haifa"
This was claimed by Moti Ivanir on the 103fm sports show: "He is in a very difficult period in his career." There is also sharp criticism of Maccabi Tel Aviv: "This is not how a big club is run."
Moti Ivanir analyzed the problems at Maccabi Haifa on the 103fm sports show and said: "The very discussion of whether Maccabi Haifa will be in the upper playoffs, a week before the start of the season, is already a shame for the club. It is starting to come together a bit but is far from the place it needs to be. I am not sure it has the tools to deal with the truly strong teams. It does not have a strong and aggressive enough midfield. I cannot understand the Guy Melamed story—in the little time they gave him, he scored goals."
On Barak Bakhar:
"He is under pressure, in a very difficult period in his career, seeing that things are not going exactly as he dreamed. That is fine. The upcoming matches are going to determine his future, after he has been treading water for the last year or two."
On Maccabi Tel Aviv after the 3:0 loss to CSKA Sofia: "Until this match, there was a feeling, mine included, that Maccabi Tel Aviv looked good. Everything seemed rosy, but it turns out that suddenly Roy Revivo is gone, Asante is gone, and there were wrong decisions by Kenny Miller for this specific match. The lineup was terrible. In the second half, he corrected his mistakes."
On the Roy Revivo affair: "It cannot be that a club like Maccabi Tel Aviv, which has known for over a year that Roy Revivo wants to leave and that Asante is in demand, has no replacements ready. It cannot be. A big club handles such a thing, checks the costs of players all over the world. They did nothing. Something about the preparation for this season is not good. What will they do tomorrow if they also buy Saied Abu Farchi? They will be left with one striker in the squad—the new striker? That is it?"
"Did you see who sat on the Beitar bench in the last match? Enesa, Kalo, and Musi. Each of them would have started in the Maccabi Tel Aviv lineup. Where in the history of Maccabi Tel Aviv has there been such a thing? According to the start of the season, at the moment Beitar Jerusalem, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, and Hapoel Tel Aviv are stronger than Maccabi."
