Francesc "Tito" Vilanova

They wanted the league as early as possible.

Andrew M said:

They wanted the league as early as possible.

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Now that we already have the league. Why is he still playing our veterans like Xavi? Pep and Frank gave our youngster time to gain experience while Tito doesn't, even after winning the title.

aaron101 said:

Now that we already have the league. Why is he still playing our veterans like Xavi? Pep and Frank gave our youngster time to gain experience while Tito doesn't, even after winning the title.

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He wants to get that 100 points and most probably doesn't believe playing the youngsters can do that, thus he's playing the older experienced players.

Next game against Malaga this Saturday I believe all of us here can already predict the starting 11 and the bench (barring any injuries):

Valdes
Alves - Masch - Pique - Alba
Xavi - Busquets - Iniesta
Alexis - Fabregas - Villa

Bench: Pinto, Pedro, Tello, Thiago, Song, Abidal and of course Adriano because Adriano is versatile.

Valdes will play, it would be his last game for the club.
And surely Abidal will play some minutes too, as a goodbye match.

Sezmic said:

Can someone explain how an elite club does not sack a manager after a 7-0 aggregate loss?

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Because hs is so strong for letting the club alone for 3 month for his personal issue and beating his sickness.

What's the purpose of getting to 100 points? I don't understand. Does Tito get a bonus from Rossell or does La Liga give a bonus to the whole management?

Richard.H said:

What's the purpose of getting to 100 points? I don't understand. Does Tito get a bonus from Rossell or does La Liga give a bonus to the whole management?

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We take something away from Mourinho's Madrid. Pretty good motivation I say.

Well one last time about rotation. It could be better but its identical to most other European clubs and other Barca seasons if not better. The only club that had mass rotation was Bayern and that was during the group stages and after they won the league. Some things are skewed e.g If Villa didnt break his leg last year he would have been in the 2000+ minute group and Cuenca would be in the 400 group Tello. Same for Thiago this year. He would be over 2000 without the months missed. The main thing is we could have stop playing the first team a while back but for what ever reason the dressing room have their minds set on it. We aren't the ones in there so we don't know why it hurt them so much last year but it clearly did. If they have some symbolic reason behind their quest only they will know but getting angry about it wont change their perspective.

Season 2008
Main starting 11 2008-2009: Valdes Alves, Puyol, Pique, Abidal, Touré Yaya, Xavi, Iniesta, Henry, Eto'o, Messi.
Total Minutes of starters : 27,177

Main Rotation players (minutes played): Marquez (1990), Busquets (1,534), Keita (1,528), Gudjohnsen (1,028)
Players with lesser contribution but steady minutes: Sylvinho (879), Caceres (778), Bojan (722), Hleb (712)
Players with lesser minutes : Pedro(365), Victor Sanchez (248), Xavi Torres (180), Pinto (180)
Players who at least took the field : Oier, Jeffren, Abraham, Botia, Thiago, Muniesa
Total minutes played by alternates : 10,351
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Season 2009-2010

2009/10

Main Starting 11: Valdes Alves, Puyol, Piqué, Maxwell, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Ibrahimovic, Messi
Total Minutes of starters : 27,476

Main rotation players: Keita (2,093), Yaya Toure (1,489), Abidal (1408), Henry (1227), Bojan (992)
Lesser minutes : Chigrinsky (840), G. Milito (785), Marquez (774), Jeffren (402)
Total minutes played by alternates: 10,143
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Season 2010-2011

Main starting 11 2010-2011: Valdes Alves, Piqué, Abidal, Maxwell, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, Pedro, Messi
Total Minutes of starters: 27,580

Main rotation players: Keita (1,542), Mascherano (1,538), Puyol (1,383), Adriano (945), Bojan (936)
Players with lesser contribution but steady minutes: Thiago (662), Afellay (661), G. Milito (648), Pinto (540), Font (459),
Players with lesser minutes: Jeffren (302), Bartra (180)
Other players who at least took the field : Sergi Roberto, Jonathan Dos Santos, Nolito, Montoya, Oriol Romeu
Total minutes played by alternates: 10,005

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Season 2011-2012

2011/2012

Main starting 11: Valdes Alves, Mascherano, Puyol, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Thiago, Cesc, Messi, Alexis
Total Minutes of starters: 23,705

Main Rotation players: Abidal (1,764), Adriano (1726), Peter (1626), Pique (1,472), Keita (1340), Cuenca (1074), Villa (893)
Players with lesser contribution but steady minutes: Tello (446), Maxwell (424), Montoya (371), Pinto (270)
Other players who at least took the field: Afellay, Dos Santos, Sergi Roberto, Fontàs, Deulofeu, Bartra, Muniesa
Total minutes played by alternates: 12,192

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Season 2012-2013

Main starting 11: Valdes Alves, Piqué, Mascherano, Alba, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Pedro, Messi, Cesc
Total Minutes of starters: 22,857 (projected to 38 games: 25,546)

Main Rotation players: Alexis (1515), Song (1386), Adriano (1374), Thiago (1256), Villa (1150), Puyol (968), Montoya (968)
Players with lesser contribution but steady minutes: Pinto (450), Bartra (345)
Other players who at least took the field : Abidal, Deulofeu, Dos Santos, Sergi Roberto
Total minutes played by alternates : 9,695 (projection: 10,835)


figures from translated from:
http://www.martiperarnau.com/articu...inutos-de-la-plantilla-un-analisis-ano-a-ano/

DonAK said:

Since we will have to pay Ajax a bit as he is on a long term deal.

I dont see Rosell doing that

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But he has no problems splashing so much money on Neygoat. Oh right he would'nt get Nike kickbacks when if he spent on a good manager.

Andrew M said:

We take something away from Mourinho's Madrid. Pretty good motivation I say.

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At the risk of Montoya Tello and Thiago leaving and jeopardizing our future?

Richard.H said:

What's the purpose of getting to 100 points? I don't understand. Does Tito get a bonus from Rossell or does La Liga give a bonus to the whole management?

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Exactly... tello, montoya, bartra, THiago, Sergi Roberto ect should have been starting all these matches and Duelo should have got 30 mins a match.. instead we are chasing some pointless 100 points that no1 will remember in 3 months, meanwhile we will lose some important players.

Tito and the young squad

So ran across this article on AS: http://as.com/diarioas/2013/05/28/english/1369765631_592761.html

Wondering what your thoughts are as to Tito and his management as of late. Most notably, very possibly letting go of our star youth. I trust him, but wanted to get thoughts!

diegomessi said:

Exactly... tello, montoya, bartra, THiago, Sergi Roberto ect should have been starting all these matches and Duelo should have got 30 mins a match.. instead we are chasing some pointless 100 points that no1 will remember in 3 months, meanwhile we will lose some important players.

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Everytime i Hear news about what Tito is doing with the team i just get more depressed.

La Masia is overrated and got too much attention. Bojan back then was better than Messi at La Masia but look where he is now.

The Tika Taka system dosent work under Tito and he cant develop young players like pep or klopp because he is a medicore trainer.

Just look a bartra.

This bit from the article says it all

The cold statistics show they have played games, but their participation has been limited to games of little importance, or if they were involved in the bigger matches, it’s because there was no other option.

jamrock said:

This bit from the article says it all

The cold statistics show they have played games, but their participation has been limited to games of little importance, or if they were involved in the bigger matches, it’s because there was no other option.

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Last year when pep was the manger he put tello against real madrid and he wasted 3 big chances and didnt even pass the ball to messi.

MarkYaeger said:

So ran across this article on AS: http://as.com/diarioas/2013/05/28/english/1369765631_592761.html

Wondering what your thoughts are as to Tito and his management as of late. Most notably, very possibly letting go of our star youth. I trust him, but wanted to get thoughts!

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That article is spot on. I'm with Zebulun in that everytime I hear anything from Tito it's just depressing.
He doesn't know how to incorporate our youth and we don't have the money to replace our aging stars with younger world class players.