Joan Laporta

KingLeo10

KingLeo10

Senior Member
serghei said:
All of the important decisions he made so far were from good to great. Including sacking Xavi of course.

Some next Bartomeu out there is rubbing his hands at the thought of the club he's gonna inherit some years from now.
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We’re closing in on 800-900 million revenue, without winning big trophies yet or having the Camp Nou open.

I predict 1-1.2 billion revenue in 2-3 years.
 
delancey

delancey

Senior Member
JamDav1982 said:
Thats literally what he said.
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The last two sentences can be interpreted ambiguously.

1. Laporta appointed Flick, therefore Laporta also deserves credit for our sporting success.
2. Flick is the one doing all the winning, yet “Laporta gets credit for that.”

I chose the latter interpretation because the first paragraph was critical of Laporta.
 
DonAK

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Birdy said:
1. by accident,
2. by accident,
3. by accident

Laport has been 3 times lucky
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He wanted Flick when he was elected.

It was Nagelsmann or Flick, but by that time Nagelsmann had agreed a deal with Bayern and Flick had committed to the German NT.
He hired Rijkaard and Pep because he trusted Cruyff's advice. Also not an accident. Good decision makers have a lot of confidence in themselves and their choices, but the great ones do listen to advice from others and take that into play. Which is what he did. Doesn't always end up working out, but the process is very sound.
 
Birdy

Birdy

Senior Member
DonAK said:
He wanted Flick when he was elected.

It was Nagelsmann or Flick, but by that time Nagelsmann had agreed a deal with Bayern and Flick had committed to the German NT.
He hired Rijkaard and Pep because he trusted Cruyff's advice. Also not an accident. Good decision makers have a lot of confidence in themselves and their choices, but the great ones do listen to advice from others and take that into play. Which is what he did. Doesn't always end up working out, but the process is very sound.
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1) Pep was the accident of accidents - > the best coach of the last 50 years found by accident.

2) Rijkaard is not even a good coach, no success whatsoever apart from Barca says something.
It was Ten Cate who devised the tactics and come up with a great 2 year spell of that team led by Ronnie.
No accident that when Ten Cate left in 2006 the team plummeted

3) It's true that he wanted someone from the 'German school' of coaches.
I will give him that. Probably the only credit Laporta should get for all three..

But that's where credit stops. Trusting Cryuff says shit. Cryuff of course has football eye, but he was not a Sporting Director, he was not the professional that should take these decisions.

The fact that you make it sound like it was something great he didnot take the decision totally himself shows the problem. That's not how the process should be. There are professionals who have expertise in every domain.
 
Barcaman

Barcaman

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Staff member
He also wanted Xavi so that's a hit and miss. Pep could have been an accident but what I admire the most in his managerial decisions is not when he picked Rijkaard but that he stuck with him when things looked bad in autumn/winter 2003 and everyone was asking for his head and some Brazilian to be appointed. That was the decision that had big impact on everything that ensued.
 
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