Gerardo "Tata" Martino

Ryan_Cule

Ryan_Cule

barça amor d mi alma
My sole point,

The worst Barca is still fighting for La Liga with Atletico & Real. The best Barca would already be the winners. Amazing where the standards are set.
 
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frog-fcb

Senior Member
The worst barca who have beat real madrid an man city twice and having a season decimated with injurys to key players and off field controversies all season like at start of season the team was playing some amazing football under tata then second half of season it started going a bit pear shaped weather that is down to players having one eye on world cup an not wanting to risk injury or just general player unhappiness with tactics ie xavi. To me for all the factors from this season tata has done an extremely good job In his first season and if we do change manager we could end up with a lot of these problems again next season i think the club needs some stability with a coach.
 
Gohan

Gohan

Super Saiyan
Tata deserves praise for the good things he has done, but Busquets at CB?.. I really like the guy. He is a good coach, but when Tello starts talking back to you. Tata deserves better imo.
 
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Kjk21

New member
i_bleed_blaugrana said:
I honestly really feel for Tata. Like I would argue that even Pep would have had a nightmare of a season here too. This year in particular, we have been absolutely hammered with distraction and after distraction. Any of just one of these distractions would have derailed any elite club, and in some ways considering how much this team has been through this last year, we should be thankful that we still have a somewhat outside chance of retaining La Liga. First it was Tito's sickness, once that blew over then we had Messi's tax evasion controversy. After Messi's taxes, it was Neymargate. After Neymargate, VVs untimely end to his Barca career that was truly unfitting for how well he was playing, then Pique gets hurt. Finally after all of that, we were still a goal away from advancing to the semis in CL and were in full command of La Liga and CdR.

The biggest nail in the coffin for our season was VV's injury. Had he been healthy for this run-in, I think the CdR and that 2nd leg at the Calderon could have played out differently with him. He was playing his heart out for us in his final season and to see him go down like that was truly tragic.

Finally you mix in the transfer ban which was a huge distraction that we had to deal with in the media and finally the death of Tito, that is roughly 8-9 instances of things really not going our way and it would be near impossible to have your players playing at the optimal level with this much going around consistently throughout the season.

Yes, Tata showed some inexperience at the European level. Yes, Tata perhaps wasn't going to be the manager that ruffled the "oldguards" feathers enough to get them playing and motivated again. But I still think Tata is a very capable coach, even though he should leave. I'd say 85% of our current problems have very little to do with his performance as a coach and in differing circumstances, Tata could have succeeded.
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Agree 100% with this, I can't help but feel sorry for him. Add Messi's injury, Puyol's annoucement that he's leaving and Iniesta's tragic personal matter, things just kept piling on.
The first one to go is Zubi IMO. I frankly don't think he knows a single thing about what he's doing nor does he have any ability to judge player potential. Tata did what he could with a limited squad. The biggest issue is the board assuming that every player coming out of la masia will be a world-class players. That's simply not the case and the generation that has brought this team so many titles is a once in a century thing. I doubt we will ever see so many world-class players graduate from la masia within such a short amount of time.
If Zubi doesn't create any depth for this squad this season then no matter who the coach is, Barca will struggle towards then end of the season, especially if there are injuries. The current bench just doesn't cut it --- just look at Pep's bench during his 4 years.
 
Neymessi

Neymessi

Active member
Seriously, this guy deserves to stay..Too bad a lot of barca fans and all staff members don't look at the situation and other parameters but just the stats and blame that on the coach.
 
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frog-fcb

Senior Member
I also want him to stay give him a chance to actually make signings etc for the resources hes had an the troubles off field hes done pretty well
 
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Flavia

Guest
Why would you guys want him to stay? He lost the dressing room, can't deal with the pressure, his style clashes with Barça's. And he gave up on the team a while ago. I see no reason for him to stay.
 
Stric

Stric

New member
As I said, I don't even know why...

The possible alternatives are not any better than him, and I can't help but wonder how he would have done had he not been extremely unlucky with the situation in the club and the squad. He's had a lot to deal with in his first season and he really hasn't been all that unsuccessful until recently. I just wish he was more authoritative. That's the one thing I hold against him alone.
 
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