The coach won a double in his first season, and the Blaugrana are top of La Liga and their Champions League group, but he has yet to win over everyone
Bobby Robson was once asked by author Jimmy Burns what it was like to manage Barcelona.
The Englishman's reply was both revealing and poetic, a beautiful stream of consciousness which would have made Joyce beam with pride.
"It is the evening of a European tournament... an electric atmosphere, a hair-tingling scenario... and you know that if you lose, you're going to get whacked, and people are going to be unhappy and the press are going to be out there waiting for you.