Ernesto Valverde - V1

[serghei]

EnjoyBlanc

Would not fit most of the criteria I listed.

EnjoyBlanc
Here is the problem, managers need a certain level of control, sporting director along scouting department need another role.
Managers can't play both, if you do it you end up with a managers thinking signing Ibra/Chygrynskiy/Vidal/Arda is a good idea.
This worked in Barca between 2003 & 2008, until Pep pushed what he wanted and then next board gave him middle finger. Only re-established in 2014 temporarily

Quite simply put, because there's just no other way around it, the players you sign must be in the direction of the vision and plans of the managers. That's like the basis of football. It is a direct link between available players and tactics. So the one who makes the tactics and defines the style (obviously the manager) must be directly involved in the selection of the players that make the implementation of that style possible.

There has to be a match between squad and vision. This means the manager must have a key role in player selection. This is what happens at every big club. You think Klopp is not the main decider of the players Liverpool sign? Please. You think it's not Zidane that will have the most important decision of who leaves Madrid this summer? Or who is brought in?

It is not only Pep. Every top team out there has the manager as the centric decision factor in regards of players. Simeone, Klopp, Guardiola, Zidane these managers make constant decisions in regards to transfers. Which is why the manager is such an important decision maker in the planning of the squad. The manager has key roles in player signings, player departures, tactics, motivation, rotations. Most sporting issues about a football team are done with the implications of the manager. Which is why it is very important to not have a gutless wimp managing your team.

 

[Devils]

He's still FC Barcelona manager 21 hours after the match.

Incredible!

 

[Sterlingfan2000]

One of busquets Alba and Suarez must go

But im sure the Board doesnt have the balls to do that. Pep did similar in 2008

 

[Devils]

One of busquets Alba and Suarez must go

But im sure the Board doesnt have the balls to do that. Pep did similar in 2008

Alba can stay seeing as he’s still decent.

Those other two bums need to be binned though.

 

[FCBfan22]

If they call a press conference for tonight or tomorrow, he is gone.

 

[Neymessi]

He isn't getting fired before the season ends, stop dreaming, it would be shambles before the Copa final, more than it is currently.

Also, I would not be surprised if he doesn't even get the sack because of the league double.

 

[henias]

Suarez needs to fcking go. I honestly cannot stand him diving every few minutes while we need a goddamn away goal. He's been riding on Messi too many times and is extremely toxic towards other teammates. Stinks up the place too much. Valverde can follow him. Dont give a shit if he's Messi's pal.

 

[serghei]

Exactly - nobody is saying that. People just want EV to pay, which is understandable and he probably overstayed his welcome anyway. That said, alternatives are so damn bleak. Setien will happen, I'd be surprised if he didn't come in. Dogma is the upper echelon's favourite tool to control the masses and keep them happy. Cannot wait for the first signs of hype when he gets some decent football going but the stars fail the manager all the same

So? These are the times where a good board and a good president show their value. You have the best example with Zidane. Madrid were in an even poorer state in 2015-16 when he was named.

 

[FCBfan22]

He isn't getting fired before the season ends, stop dreaming, it would be shambles before the Copa final, more than it is currently.

Also, I would not be surprised if he doesn't even get the sack because of the league double.

As I said before, this is stupid. We need to show the players that their comfort zone is ending. I don't care if we toss Copa for that, since this shit is about our future. Sack Ernie, appoint Pimenta as a stop-gap coach and find someone who gives no shit about players' reputations and is willing to clean some seniors and complacement out.

 

[xXKonan]

We need to start looking for a good LB prospect instead of just signing some run of the mill trash like Alberto Moreno.

Tired of hearing the rumors we need to sign a vet to give a 32-year-old Said players rest. No, we need to look more to the future and instead of just trying to get more out of a rotting corpse. If guys like Suarez, Busi, Rakitic were like 28 I could understand but these guys are in their 30s now and are struggling more and more with the pace of the game.

The only guy that deserves someone to back him up for rest is Messi, the others we need to start looking at phasing them out.

 

[Slevinn]

Why is this clown not fired yet?

 

[i_bleed_blaugrana]

Let’s get back to our principles then. Promote fucking Pimenta.

He has our style, he knows the youth coming through the ranks, we badly need a shake-up and he seems to have a strong enough personality and would be demanding enough to cut the fat from our squad and make the hard decisions that Pep was willing to do.

He’s the only one I want right now, anyone else will probably produce similar results.

 

[Barcaman]

Why is this clown not fired yet?

Because everyone is paralysed in shock. What looked, possibly, as a treble season now turned into biggest joke of the year in football. They are cowards all of them. From Bartomeu, Valverde, to all the captains.

 

[Zidane82]

Spain and Barcelona legend Carles Puyol when asked to comment on Barcelona's shocking exit from the UCL 18/19

"Look this is what happens when a coach doesn't coach when a coach relies on his players natural abilities and talents. When he tells them to go out there and do what they do. As amazing and world class as these players are they need guidance and leadership. They need a coach not a fan boy. "

Very telling

 

[serghei]

I'm curious what top clubs will fight to get his signing. That says a lot.

Emery got the Arsenal job. Would Valverde get something like a Dortmund, or a United, or at least a Roma?



Let's be real here. No serious club would ever touch him. Bilbao is his level.