Ernesto Valverde

[serghei]

Watching Arsenal right now...It would be nice if we could play like Arsenal, dawg.

Incredible we are at this reality.

People made fun of Emery, but imo he is a tier 2 manager, while Valverde is tier 3.

Tier 1
Guardiola, Klopp

Tier 1.5
Pochettino, Zidane, Simeone

Tier 2
Allegri, Sarri, Tuchel, Ten Hag, Emery, Ancelotti

Tier 3
Marcelino, Valverde, Jardim, Nuno Espirito Santo, Spaletti, Solskjaer, Van Bronckhorst, Lopetegui, Nico Kovac

 

[Raketa10]

People made fun of Emery, but imo he is a tier 2 manager, while Valverde is tier 3.

Tier 1
Guardiola, Klopp

Tier 1.5
Pochettino, Zidane, Simeone

Tier 2
Allegri, Sarri, Tuchel, Ten Hag, Emery, Ancelotti

Tier 3
Marcelino, Valverde, Jardim, Nuno Espirito Santo, Spaletti, Solskjaer, Van Bronckhorst, Lopetegui, Nico Kovac

I wouldn't put Zidane in tier 1.5. IMHO Alegri is a much better manager so I would just switch those two but with the rest I agree.

 

[jamrock]

Watching this arsenal game & thinking the same thing, if we could manage to play like them with the players we have.

Wow we would be something, but some here will say arsenal have way better players than us, with that thug mentality.

I'd put Jardim a level above valverde

 

[michelco]

valverde should be cleaning the shoes of the likes of marcelino, jardim, spalleti

 

[abbbs97]

Malmeirda should be on a tier of his own. Tier 'How the fuck does he still have a job?!'

 

[ronniecro]

saw on reddit that some cucks dared to draw a comparison with pep's first season and match and how he later went on to win a treble

 

[clemente]

Zidane resigned when he realized that he cannot win anything next season.
And this pussy signs a new contract when he can't even set a 1 bil squad up to play watchable football.

 

[serghei]

I wouldn't put Zidane in tier 1.5. IMHO Alegri is a much better manager so I would just switch those two but with the rest I agree.

Could be that Zidane is tier 2, but so is Allegri imo. Also, Tier 3 is generous for Valverde. I think he is more like tier 4.

 

[Vilarrubi]

People made fun of Emery, but imo he is a tier 2 manager, while Valverde is tier 3.

Tier 1
Guardiola, Klopp

Tier 1.5
Pochettino, Zidane, Simeone

Tier 2
Allegri, Sarri, Tuchel, Ten Hag, Emery, Ancelotti

Tier 3
Marcelino, Valverde, Jardim, Nuno Espirito Santo, Spaletti, Solskjaer, Van Bronckhorst, Lopetegui, Nico Kovac

Agree with these. I'd put Ancelotti at 1.5 though, won 3 CL's, Premier League etc can't discount that even if he is at Napoli now.

Where would Mou fit in this?

 

[Mitchell1978]

Intresting read, not just about Valverde though https://tacticalfouling.com/2019/08/16/barcelona-deep-dive-on-messi-and-ter-stegens-floor-raising-valverdes-pragmatism-and-fitting-in-the-new-signings/

 

[KingLeo10]

Could be that Zidane is tier 2, but so is Allegri imo. Also, Tier 3 is generous for Valverde. I think he is more like tier 4.

He's tier 4. None of the Tier 3 have had anywhere close to this man's resources.

This guy has Messi, Suarez (on the steep decline but he's still an option), Griezmann, Frenkie, Dembele, Coutinho, Arthur, Alba, Pique/Lenglet and has us playing worse than midtable 50 M budget sides.

 

[serghei]

Agree with these. I'd put Ancelotti at 1.5 though, won 3 CL's, Premier League etc can't discount that even if he is at Napoli now.

Where would Mou fit in this?

Mou would be tier 2 now, but is tier 1.5 if he gets his shit together and stops being such a sore loser.

 

[Never_Forget40]

cannot fathom for the life in mean how Ernesto Valverde is still the manager of Barcelona, a club that has super high standards and once in a lifetime player like Messi, and they are willing to waste it.

In in my opinion it is all starting to become a little fishy, there must be another underlying reason why this useless board still have Valverde at the reigns. I feel the fans must come together to show their frustration. Either don’t turn up to the games, boo all game or do marches to get this guy out !

His style of football is Boring, Defensive minded and he clearly has no idea how to develop talent.

Coutinho

Malcolm

Dembele

Arthur



and now also Griezmann who already looking lost Vs Bilbao

all have regressed or not been given the opportunity and have not developed at the level they should have.

He is a failing Manager and right now this is a failing Board !

Why is everyone able to see it but them?

 

[Raketa10]

Agree with these. I'd put Ancelotti at 1.5 though, won 3 CL's, Premier League etc can't discount that even if he is at Napoli now.

Where would Mou fit in this?

Prime Mou would be tier 1 for sure. I suppose he is tier 2 now...

 

[serghei]

Prime Mou is tier 1 for sure. But his prime is away from him and football is a bit different now. Now he is more like tier 1.5 - 2.