Ernesto Valverde - V1

DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Giving me some Mourinho vibes.

Good first season until it all collapses.

We got Athletic, Inter and Valencia in our next three games. Yikes. Important stretch of the season coming up with a lot of tough games that ends with the Clasico.
 

Devils

Senior Member
On the bright side we'll get rid of Valverde, on the downside all the proactive coaches (Sarri, Tuchel, Setien) aren't available. Promote Pimienta and see how that'll work out?

On the downside we might be in big trouble in the two competitions that matter and it wouldn't even matter who would be the coach at that point.

:wow:
 

MagIX

Senior Member
Losing to the bottom of the table, a team that had only 1 point, how low can we sink?

Valverde is Valverde but I am starting to think we are simply not that good anymore, falling out of the top. Our midfield is so weak. Our defense is atrocious. What is left? A Barca in name only.

Yes, we can sack EV, but the problem is deeper.
For me transfer market without sense and logic. Dembele, Coutinho, Messi and Suarez together is not possible, it's not a question of EV.
No plan B (for example a tower as CF). Always the same tactics, a replica of Pep era. The soccer evolves, but we stubbornly insist on the same tactics year after year.
Soccer is changing year after year, evolving and adapting (like everything), what works today doesn't have to work tomorrow..... but we remain anchored to an old tactic that no longer works (and always dreaming of a replica of the Guardiola dream team)
 

blaugrana1987

New member
Valverde is a fraud. Really a small time coach.

Oh gosh we have 0-1, better defend!!!

Yes, we can sack EV, but the problem is deeper.
For me transfer market without sense and logic. Dembele, Coutinho, Messi and Suarez together is not possible, it's not a question of EV.
No plan B (for example a tower as CF). Always the same tactics, a replica of Pep era. The soccer evolves, but we stubbornly insist on the same tactics year after year.
Soccer is changing year after year, evolving and adapting (like everything), what works today doesn't have to work tomorrow..... but we remain anchored to an old tactic that no longer works (and always dreaming of a replica of the Guardiola dream team)
I think Messi at false 9 with Malcom and Dembele and Coutinho behind would be perfect. Seriously, how can we try to place blame on bad players? This is crazy, Valverde is playing same shit for more then a year. Absolutely no advancement with him, like we are playing first time together.
 

Leong157

Member
Just go please.

There was no tactic whatsoever in our attacking. Everything was on Coutinho and Messi. After 20 minutes, Leganes figured out how to shut down Coutinho and Messi. We were done.
 

Devils

Senior Member
Not disputing talent, but no tactics will fix those clumsy defensive blunders...

Those players playing at an intensity equivalent to a walk in the park on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Of course there are gonna be blunders when a managers allows them to play at such ease.
 

Luftstalag14

Culé de Celestial Empire
Many of us predicted a trophy-less second season under Valverde. Many of us saw this coming.

Lets's hope he gets fired.
 

MagIX

Senior Member
I think Messi at false 9 with Malcom and Dembele and Coutinho behind would be perfect. Seriously, how can we try to place blame on bad players? This is crazy, Valverde is playing same shit for more then a year. Absolutely no advancement with him, like we are playing first time together.

Yes, Messi at false 9 is the solution.... as in the Pep dream team.
 

Stoichkov1

New member
Anyway don't hope so much that Valverde gets fired, after all Bartomeu and co will surely look to another no name like Unzué who might be even worse. Remember that we only hire coaches with "Barca DNA"
 

xXKonan

Senior Member
People will try and say "Well it's not like the club planned the team properly"

Way to easy to blame the lack of planning on this one. Valverde himself is relying so much on the same old guard that Lucho/Pep/Tito/Tata used for the most part. Guys who are getting older and don't have the legs nor motivation to work as hard as they do anymore.

Valverde has not shown me anything that he will fix the main XI and start integrating players the right way. If there are guys in that Gala than can no longer do the basics like press etc then don't fucking cater to the likes of them.

His obsession with playing Vets and not holding them accountable when they aren't doing enough to deserve a spot is something else. He will just keep fucking that chicken because he doesn't have the spine to actually fix stuff.
 

Sorin

Well-known member
Not disputing talent, but no tactics will fix those clumsy defensive blunders...

Mate, it's goddamn Leganes. You can question the quality of the team all you want but not against last place La Liga team.

OT looks like he is shit out of luck this season. This is exactly the kind of match where Messi would score a goal or the other team would score an own goal and the apologists would screetch left, right and center: "results, results, results" smh. This is what happens when your entire strategy is based on individual quality instead of well coached team tactics. He is getting exposed time and time again as an average af manager. He is so out of his depth it's bordering on sad. Insipid, devoid of any charisma at all, a 2 pound value manager. Fuck off!
 

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