Gerardo "Tata" Martino

[10Rivaldo]

When Tata is on the sidelines and he crosses one arm and the other is on his chin and he looks pensative.

Completely clueless

 

[putogusiluz8]

Haha there it is

 

[Capitan Puyol]

Tata is best suited for average teams like Paraguay, not for Barca/Argentina with big expectations...

 

[Drexl]

Can someone explain one thing to me? How substitutes coming on can look dead tired just after few minutes? Higuain, Banega and Lavezzi were horrible. The whole Argentina team had no health to play even a decent game.
I saw Bravo's picture at training with his son before the final, a very nice image. Did Martino exhaust his players?

 

[Gooch]

They did look out of shape. I wonder what the work rate differential was with Chile.

 

[Flavia]

Can someone explain one thing to me? How substitutes coming on can look dead tired just after few minutes? Higuain, Banega and Lavezzi were horrible. The whole Argentina team had no health to play even a decent game.
I saw Bravo's picture at training with his son before the final, a very nice image. Did Martino exhaust his players?

Just think back of 13-14 Barça. The physical condition of our players was pretty bad in the end of the season. Cuenca quotes about Tata's training methods too.

 

[xXKonan]

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[Vlom]

To be fair though, he doesn't deserve any.

 

[Cule4life]

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Come on Tata stand up for yourself and resign

 

[Alarcón]

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He hasn't done anything since October except barbecues

 

[El Flaco]

Martino could become the coach of MLS expansion team Atlanta United. Martino has already travelled to the city, negotiations between him and the club ongoing. [Spanish]

 

[Jakabor]

What's he up to nowadays?

 

[xXKonan]

What's he up to nowadays?

He's the manager of Atlanta United in MLS and he's got himself a really strong team.

 

[Jakabor]

He's the manager of Atlanta United in MLS and he's got himself a really strong team.

Cool.

Would you take Tata over Valverde right now as Barca coach given the criticism of the latter?

(Semi serious)

 

[xXKonan]

Cool.

Would you take Tata over Valverde right now as Barca coach given the criticism of the latter?

(Semi serious)

Tata over Valverde? Nah, Valverde has his flaws but Tata under massive pressure as we seen with Barca and Argentina and his inability to handle massive egos in the Locker Room doomed him here.

In MLS he doesn't have much pressure to handle a new franchise as there's no relegation system in place in MLS and the owners and board are more lenient as a new franchise. Martino isn't a bad coach, just not well equipped to handle teams with massive stars and a Board that expects trophies right off the bat.