Francesc "Tito" Vilanova

[rivaldo10]

We didnt learn anything from mistakes and now that it looks like we drop over 50 million for neymar it wont get better

 

[oz187]

Vilanova in New York from Monday to Friday

The Barça manager will undergo further cancer treatment in the USA

The pioneering treatment had been scheduled for this summer but has been brought forward now that Barça has won the league title.

Tito Vilanova has confirmed at a press conference that he will have further treatment for cancer next week in New York. The pioneering treatment has been developed at a specialised centre and is proving particularly effective.

It was originally planned for this summer but as Barça has now clinched the league title it has been advanced to next week. Tito Vilanova will be away from Barcelona from Monday to Friday.

http://www.fcbarcelona.com/football...le/vilanova-in-new-york-from-monday-to-friday

Hope it goes well. Rijkaard didn't win a major title in his last couple of seasons and he was in full health. It's not easy managing a football team where the players are stars who have won so much and would have their massive wages and their egos. That Tito has succeeded while battling cancer is a commendable and a testament to his character. That some posters want him out is a fucking sick joke.

 

[Poor_Sunyol]

Great post.

 

[rivaldo10]

A sick joke was bringing Villa on in the 82th min against bayern in the first leg.

Pep would never play a starting eleven like tito did against bayern in the first leg and people said tito was the tactical genius.

 

[Catorce]

Let me put it this way; I have a LOT of respect for Tito and the staff on how they dealt with his illness. BUT, when reviewing the performance of the team and the staff, you have to put that aside. Was the dip in form due to Tito's illness, or would it have been a dip even with Tito in full health? We will never know, so I don't think it's a reason to sack him. On the other hand, him getting cancer is not a reason to keep him either. I think he fully deserves another season, but not because he has had cancer treatment. Because I think there is too much luck and chance in football that you can't sack someone after 1 'ok' year.

 

[Stric]

His management skills and decisions have very little to do with his health. I respect him for being as strong and dedicated to his job as he is, but this doesn't cover up his flaws as a manager. His decisions were more often bad than good, and he's shown on multiple occasions that he's either not up to the task, or just crazy stubborn or something like that.

 

[darthvader7888]

His management skills and decisions have very little to do with his health. I respect him for being as strong and dedicated to his job as he is, but this doesn't cover up his flaws as a manager. His decisions were more often bad than good, and he's shown on multiple occasions that he's either not up to the task, or just crazy stubborn or something like that.

This. I respect him for what he's been through and all, but he's made a lot of poor decisions this season, and I think getting a new coach would be the best choice.

 

[oz187]

Pep would never play a starting eleven like tito did against bayern in the first leg and people said tito was the tactical genius.

Pep is gone, he's not coming back anytime soon, deal with it.

His management skills and decisions have very little to do with his health.

Is this a joke?

This. I respect him for what he's been through and all, but he's made a lot of poor decisions this season, and I think getting a new coach would be the best choice.

Let me guess, you want someone that can succeed in the Champions League? Who you gonna go for? Ancelloti? Mourinho? Benitez? Di Matteo?

 

[Stric]

Is this a joke?

Let me guess, you want someone that can succeed in the Champions League? Who you gonna go for? Ancelloti? Mourinho? Benitez? Di Matteo?

No, the only thing that's a joke is your condescending attitude.

Having an illness has no to little impact on whether he will choose Sanchez over Villa, Alves over Montoya, Fabregas over Thiago or whichever other example you want to make. His overall management is definitely influenced by the illness, as he's been absent and whatnot, but his decisions and skills are intact. And that's the part where he's having problems.

 

[oz187]

Decisions and skills are directly affected by the work you put into them. Having cancer will reduce your ability to work and thus negatively impact the decisions you make.

 

[ricknattery]

Decisions and skills are directly affected by the work you put into them. Having cancer will reduce your ability to work and thus negatively impact the decisions you make.

Exactly

A person suffering from such condition consumes a lot of energy in relation to that(his treatment, his mentality,..) We know how consuming the job of a Barca coach is. Tito should focus on recovering

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Decisions and skills are directly affected by the work you put into them. Having cancer will reduce your ability to work and thus negatively impact the decisions you make.

So by that logic, you want someone, who by having cancer, will be reduced in his ability to work, and thus negatively impact the decisions he makes as our coach next season?

Tito the person I respect and hope he wins his battle against cancer for his health, but Tito the manager has proven based on terrible coaching decisions that he isn't up for it.

 

[lovebarca]

whoever supporting tito as coach just needed to answer these question......

1.his coaching ability is questionable even if when he was fit he was not upto par with other coaches and we won many matches due to some individual heroics by either messi or iniesta.
And his rotation policy also one of problem which resulted in injuries or player's exhausted.

2.As we not yet clear of his recovery status so we cant get assurance he will be around for whole year next time.So it will be very hard to get coach during January or any other time.

3.As everybody pointed out earlier its not easy to be barca coach.I mean its take lots of pressure and large amount of day to day work which we cant get assured due to his illness.So his illness directly affecting his coaching abilities.

4.As for his replacement we know that there are not more coach around with CL experience.Although de boer,heynecks or pellegrini are still available.But you dont stick with your coach because nobody else is available.That's not how big club operates

5.Barca never wanted experianced coach,we always wanted manager with good playing carrer(pep) or good human values and some relation to barca past(tito).We also rely on good recommendation(rijkaard).So CL experiance for coach not always necessity though if its there than its good advantage.

I am not against tito,actually he is great person & i know he is fighting with great illness.And even he is doing everything in his capacity to manage barca but its not enough.I can't still forget bayern humiliation.Losing is not problem ,way of losing is problem.we dont have any idea of bayern tactics or we dont have any for theirs to answer .That's where manager's role come as important.And remember that bayern didn't park the bus but still we couldn't score.And its not just that game we are outclassed many times this season by good opponent.

And actually you have to think big way when you are big organization you don't bitch about your problem regularly, you must fix it.We cant complain next year that our coach was not around so we lost CL or liga.that's not how it works.

 

[jairzinho]

Putting his coaching and management skills aside, the club should really focus on Tito's health. That should be the ultimate priority at the moment. Cancer is no joke, i've had family and friends suffer with it, and to be honest the best thing for everyone is for Tito to step aside, take a sabbatical and get some rest. Its in the best interest of his health and the club.

 

[oz187]

So by that logic, you want someone, who by having cancer, will be reduced in his ability to work, and thus negatively impact the decisions he makes as our coach next season?

If the expectation is that there's going to be a repeat then no, in that case he should resign. But if the expectation is that he will improve and be present for next season then yes.

i've had family and friends suffer with it, and to be honest the best thing for everyone is for Tito to step aside

Tito and his doctors think continuing to work is the best thing for his health.