Ernesto Valverde - V1

[serghei]

There's no prioritizing between CL and La Liga, the most you can do is rotate the squad wisely depending on the opponent. CL becomes important in early march basically. Until then you're mostly cruising in the groups, that all big teams qualify from anyway. So before you get to the really important part of CL, 6-7 months of the 8 month season have passed with only La Liga mostly as the main focus.

There isn't such thing as prioritizing La Liga, or prioritizing CL. It's simply a matter of lacking some qualities, that can decrease your chances in one or the other over the full season.

 

[Barcaman]

Some people in our board really live in a parallel universe where CDR is actually a meaningful trophy:
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These guys are stuck in 1988' roughly...

 

[xXKonan]

 

[Barcaman]

Seriously, if that Mestre guy said that he's a fucking retard. Plain and simple.

Unfortunately, that generation are stuck in middle of nowhere. Still reading papers that they largely finance and live in oblivion in regards to what most Barca fans think. If he used internet, he'd knew he's a fucking clown.

He basically compared Copa to Champions League. Whata idiot.

 

[xXKonan]

We should play the younger players we have and the B team in these Copa matches.

No reason to play the likes of Messi,Suarez,Pique,Busi etc in these matches unless we reach the final.

 

[messi2140]

We should play the younger players we have and the B team in these Copa matches.

No reason to play the likes of Messi,Suarez,Pique,Busi etc in these matches unless we reach the final.

He can field a very decent team aswell with the reinforcements he got this summer and the B players.

 

[Joan]

Seriously, if that Mestre guy said that he's a fucking retard. Plain and simple.

Unfortunately, that generation are stuck in middle of nowhere. Still reading papers that they largely finance and live in oblivion in regards to what most Barca fans think. If he used internet, he'd knew he's a fucking clown.

He basically compared Copa to Champions League. Whata idiot.

What he really said: "Look, Real Madrid won the Champions League, OK, but we took from them I don't remember how many points in La Liga: 14? 16? Leganes beat Real Madrid in the Copa. OK, if they want to win only the Champions League, but we must compete for all competitions. If you say, OK, I leave La Liga and I leave the Copa, so I play only for Champions League. It's a different strategy. But we don't want to do that."

 

[Devils]

What he is said is that basically Barcelona wants to win every competition, which is very difficult, but a successful season is winning 2 trophies.

That's fine but our approach has to be way better than what we have been doing in the last few years.

 

[soul24rage]

I understand the point Mestre made that we should try to win all competitions, but last season we didn't had the squad quality to win all three and not all three trophies are equal in importance so EV should have been smarter to give more importance to the CL than the Copa, which most of the fans agree on.

Now with the squad right now, we have the players to focus on all three and hopefully this time we have a happier ending.

 

[Barcaman]

What he really said: "Look, Real Madrid won the Champions League, OK, but we took from them I don't remember how many points in La Liga: 14? 16? Leganes beat Real Madrid in the Copa. OK, if they want to win only the Champions League, but we must compete for all competitions. If you say, OK, I leave La Liga and I leave the Copa, so I play only for Champions League. It's a different strategy. But we don't want to do that."

He still isn't right. It's not true Madrid wanted only Champions League. It's also bullshit that you have to go full throttle in Copa as he implied.

I am probably among last ones here to discount Copa but I am irked when someone takes me for a fool.

He should become a meme with that Copa and Levante claim but in reality Catalans don't really care that much so he is safe with Catalan press.

 

[Icarium]

We should not sacrifice la Liga by means. But for Christ's sake do not start your first 11 in Copa. Like at all. This time we have good bench too I don't want see the likes of Busi, Messi, Rakitic, Coutinho starting Copa matches.

 

[El Flaco]

Some people in our board really live in a parallel universe where CDR is actually a meaningful trophy:
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These guys are stuck in 1988' roughly...

Seriously, if that Mestre guy said that he's a fucking retard. Plain and simple.

Unfortunately, that generation are stuck in middle of nowhere. Still reading papers that they largely finance and live in oblivion in regards to what most Barca fans think. If he used internet, he'd knew he's a fucking clown.

He basically compared Copa to Champions League. Whata idiot.

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The full context of that quote Mestre did in his interview with ESPN

What's a successful season for Barca?

Look, in our club, all teams must win everything. From the beginning. We think we have a team, first team, to win everything: to win [the] Champions League, La Liga and the Spanish Cup. At least, for the board, we would win two of them. And, if possible, at least arrive to the final of the Champions League. But the other teams are playing as well. It's not easy because they want the same.

Did Madrid's Champions League success cloud Barca's domestic dominance last year?

Look, Real Madrid won the Champions League, OK, but we took from them I don't remember how many points in La Liga: 14? 16? Leganes beat Real Madrid in the Copa. OK, if they want to win only the Champions League, but we must compete for all competitions. If you say, OK, I leave La Liga and I leave the Copa, so I play only for Champions League. It's a different strategy. But we don't want to do that.

 

[serghei]

Makes sense what the guy is saying.

 

[vlad]

That lusty dream of winning a Cl with Oriol , Alena , Cucerla , Miranda, Puig along with Messi and Roberto this season . Wow . Ev you fraud ,don't destroy our greatest generation of academy kids

"Greatest generation of academy kids" surely you are overreacting here a bit? I see valverde giving chance to alena, but to other guys? I think no

 

[Joan]

"Greatest generation of academy kids" surely you are overreacting here a bit? I see valverde giving chance to alena, but to other guys? I think no

Miranda will be our 2nd choice LB so he'll get a chance surely.