Yeah and I enjoyed that a lot.
Valverde is not a bad coach, but he's not one we should be building our future with.
You're supposed to be critical in good times too and not just blinded by results.
Yeah and I enjoyed that a lot.
Valverde is not a bad coach, but he's not one we should be building our future with.
You're supposed to be critical in good times too and not just blinded by results.
Trickykid
Active member
I bet he also was the one predicting that Tottenham would wipe the floor with us both home and away.
Joan
Well-known member
I bet he also was the one predicting that Tottenham would wipe the floor with us both home and away.
Did he also predict we'd play Europa league this season or that was someone else?
Trickykid
Active member
Did he also predict we'd play Europa league this season or that was someone else?
Not sure. Those clowns all seem to blend together.
Devils
Senior Member
I just hope he doesn't lose the balance we've found this month.
The changes in the last few weeks have been great:
1) Midfield looks very solid with the integration of Arthur and Vidal has been great coming off the bench. Busi and Rakitic have also greatly improved under this new midfield system.
2) We are playing less defensive and playing more fluid attacking football
3) Defense is still a work in progress, but looks much better than what it was a month ago and Lenglet looks an excellent buy. It should get better with Sam and Verm returning.
Despite the overall results not being good as they were at this time last year, there is a case to be optimistic about the way this team is evolving and developing.
Again, if EV decides to revert back to his old ways, I think a lot of good momentum could be killed. But the changes in tactics and mentality of the team over the last few weeks are giving me a good sense of optimism.
The changes in the last few weeks have been great:
1) Midfield looks very solid with the integration of Arthur and Vidal has been great coming off the bench. Busi and Rakitic have also greatly improved under this new midfield system.
2) We are playing less defensive and playing more fluid attacking football
3) Defense is still a work in progress, but looks much better than what it was a month ago and Lenglet looks an excellent buy. It should get better with Sam and Verm returning.
Despite the overall results not being good as they were at this time last year, there is a case to be optimistic about the way this team is evolving and developing.
Again, if EV decides to revert back to his old ways, I think a lot of good momentum could be killed. But the changes in tactics and mentality of the team over the last few weeks are giving me a good sense of optimism.
Stoichkov1
New member
It's quite hard to have a good record against RM if you managed Bilbao for your whole career
Joan
Well-known member
Especially Espanyol. It's a tradition there.
xXKonan
Senior Member
Espanyol seem to be fighting back these days unlike in the past.
ini4ever
Member
He's tried playing with 2 wingers earlier this season but didn't work out and I guess he'll stick to 4-5 CMs and two strikers upfront from now on, just like previous season. Will it work out against tougher teams in CL ? I don't know we'll see. Last season the other two midfielders were Gomes and Paulinho this time Arthur and Coutinho, overall it seems he can't get the best out of wingers in his tactics and would prefer more midfielders in his setup.
Barcilliant
Senior Member
Yes, I did. I was wrong. Doesn't change my opinion of Valverde.
He is simply not good enough for Barca. Let's see what happens in the cl. Domestically we've dominated but in the CL it's been all Rm.
Messigician
Senior Member
If he is not good enough for Barca who do you suggest we get instead? 5-1 is a pretty good result for me tbh and the whole team is determined to win UCL
He's played the first 11 a lot so far this year, clearly he has been prioritizing getting the first-choice unit up to the highest level. Now it is time to enlarge the group of players who can be on the field at any time playing up to top Barca standards. Semedo, already there. Lenglet, yes. Rafihna, doing well. Just give some more chances to Vidal and Dembele, get their confidence and game fitness up, that will be a big enough group. As long as Alba can play every minute.
Messigician
Senior Member
I saw some of the people on here being moles on the Madrid forum pretending to be Barcelona fans while supporting Madrid.
They said on here we wanted EV manager sacked and are an ungrateful bunch and easy to wind up.
Some are obvious because they didn't bother to change the username properly some not so obvious.
Who are the rats? Are you one of them [MENTION=13291]Cule4life[/MENTION]
They said on here we wanted EV manager sacked and are an ungrateful bunch and easy to wind up.
Some are obvious because they didn't bother to change the username properly some not so obvious.
Who are the rats? Are you one of them [MENTION=13291]Cule4life[/MENTION]
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