Ernesto Valverde

[Poor_Sunyol]

Feels a little daft to fire him in the middle of the season (whilst we are still top of the league) and don't have any decent options as a replacement. This board really is shit.

 

[JohnN]

Not champagne?

Don't have any and prefer beer. But might as well call it a champagne.

 

[messi2140]

I reckon you overestimate the scale of their projects. If both teams keep the same board and decision makers who either don't target the CL or don't know how to target the CL, there is no reason why they wouldn't hire a multiple time La Liga and Copa winner to succeed their current coaches. Unless of course he goes somewhere and fails miserably before their management positions are free, then of course he won't be in the conversation. The two chokes in the CL should be a good enough deterrent for class teams, but sheikh teams aren't necessarily a different class at this stage. And are not likely to become different class any time soon, unless they actually put their European record behind them.

As [MENTION=17309]Vilarrubi[/MENTION] said the only group of people that seem to "rate" Valverde besides the cheerleaders are Real Madrid fans. Most of them realize it was the doing of Messi + Real being pretty bad that got Barca those la liga's and not some tactical intervention from Valverde.

 

[JohnN]

Feels a little daft to fire him in the middle of the season (whilst we are still top of the league) and don't have any decent options as a replacement. This board really is shit.

They are really really shit, but this has been a long time coming and it's the correct decision. Barto just didn't want to get proven wrong about extending his contact.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

I agree that he has to go but the timing is all wrong. We are a laughing stock.

 

[serghei]

I agree that he has to go but the timing is all wrong. We are a laughing stock.

Agreed. He should been shipped out after Liverpool. Somewhere between Liverpool away and Eibar away.

 

[Devils]

I agree that he has to go but the timing is all wrong. We are a laughing stock.

So nothing has changed then.

 

[JohnN]

Fuck that. We are the laughing stock since last may. Better to not waste the whole season. At least get a manager to get to know the team and be ready for next year.

 

[soul24rage]

Fuck that. We are the laughing stock since last may. Better to not waste the whole season. At least get a manager to get to know the team and be ready for next year.

I would argue that we are a laughing stock since the Roma game.

 

[JohnN]

I would argue that we are a laughing stock since the Roma game.

I stand corrected.

 

[serghei]

I'm warming up to the idea of Pochettino. Very rarely a manager like him is available. Quite a few top managers are available. Even Wenger would be an option. He's much better than Valverde.

 

[JohnN]

Poch seems like the best top manager available. But would he even come at Barca?

 

[serghei]

Poch seems like the best top manager available. But would he even come at Barca?

He'd be mad not to if he's given a serious contract.

 

[tuffel]

This is the best thing that can happen to our club. Even if we end up with no trophies at the end of the season, the gameplay will improve SIGNIFICANTLY.

We are going get our Barcelona back. We are going to get the "joy" back. The day Mr. Valverde gets sacked should be the new National Day of Catalonia.

Ahhh, man - i can't wait till Friday comes!

 

[soul24rage]

This is the best thing that can happen to our club. Even if we end up with no trophies at the end of the season, the gameplay will improve SIGNIFICANTLY.

We are going get our Barcelona back. We are going to get the "joy" back. The day Mr. Valverde gets sacked should be the new National Day of Catalonia.

Ahhh, man - i can't wait till Friday comes!

I'm not sure about the gameplay as we don't know yet who will be the next manager.

But the atmosphere around the club would be much better.