darthvader7888
Banned
Probably the reason. I'm sure he wants to attend more than anyone.
Francesc "Tito" Vilanova
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Probably the reason. I'm sure he wants to attend more than anyone.
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Flavia
Guest
He has quite the important match tomorrow. That's why he's not there.
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
This was him in the press conference before the RM game when Tito came up. No media could dare question Pep's attachment to Tito. Those two are as close friends as you could find, bonded since childhood and grew up together practically with the same purpose. Any 'shitstorm' would be classless by the media to a man who just lost his closest companion.
Still can't even believe he's gone
You mean Tito's ashes? Yeah, i think so.
Paganinisrvnge
New member
Did Heynckes know Tito from before or does he just respect Tito as a coach and human being? I know he gave an emotional speech at that gala a few months ago too. They must've known each other before Tito was Barcelona coach.
darthvader7888
Banned
He could just be attending out of respect. It's not like he has anything else to do.
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Flavia
Guest
Tw Adria Vilanova (son): "I continue to thank life for having lived by your side for 17 years. Love you, Dad!"
Stric
New member
Tw Adria Vilanova (son): "I continue to thank life for having lived by your side for 17 years. Love you, Dad!"
Well if none of what's been posted before makes you cry, this surely should.
Cule4life
The Culest
Winning La Liga with 100 points looks so sweet now, doesn't it?
How ungrateful we were
The league results and how good he was as a manager have nothing do with his untimely death
Stric
New member
Winning La Liga with 100 points looks so sweet now, doesn't it?
How ungrateful we were
I still find it a horrible season overall, to be honest. I hate to be that guy, but I can't just stop being critical of Tito's coaching now that he's passed. He was just as stubborn and unimaginative as Tata, maybe even worse. I wish someone else took over after Pep left. I'd have much fonder memories of Tito that way.
ebc_99
Active member
It was his first managerial job, at an enormous club whilst fighting cancer. He was fantastic in his first season and would've only gotten better. Managers improve as they gather experience which unfortunately didn't happen for Tito.
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Stric
New member
That's true (not the part about him being fantastic, though), but it also depends very much on the person's attitude. Tito's attitude hardly gave an impression of him being able to make significant progress. He made excuses and made some silly statements during his season as coach. Tata is at least the kind of guy who knows when shit is not working, and has the balls to admit it. Do you remember the discussions we had after pretty much every game last season? Tito was just as frustrating as Tata is. Except with Tata we have some reason to believe he's doing a big part of it against his own will. Tito was just stubborn. Remember how he consistently played Iniesta on the left wing even about 2 months after it completely stopped working? How he played Alves for I think 11 or 12 games straight when he was badly underperforming? Or when he gave Bartra a whopping total of 87 minutes until March or April, and played Song/Adriano as CBs?
The truth is, Tata was far unluckier than Tito in terms of injuries and the general state of the club/team and its opponents. Also, Real Madrid spent the first half of 12/13 playing like a Segunda team, which widened the gap.
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Blaugrana Bull
HiiiPoWeR
What I remember most are the 100 points that Tito had in one season. With a team that could not win the Liga the year before.
I know that he couldn't win the big matches but you can't really count the CL ties because he was not on the training ground or the bench.
But it was his first year being the boss and no one knows how much he could've learned and adapted in the years after.
I know that he couldn't win the big matches but you can't really count the CL ties because he was not on the training ground or the bench.
But it was his first year being the boss and no one knows how much he could've learned and adapted in the years after.
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