Quique Setien
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That 2nd leg at Anfield was not some disastrous tactical performance from Valverde. It was our mentally damaged squad gifting stupid goals. Something they had made a habit of in the CL long before Valverde's arrival.
No Allegri or Ten Hag was going to solve this problem. PSG have been through half a dozen coaches, but they keep falling in the CL the same way every year. Some problems are bigger than managers.
This season was fucked when we decided to sack a manager the players really liked mid-season, while we were sitting atop of La Liga and still in both major cup competitions. The arrogance.
Senior lot only wanted a coaching change at that point in the season only if it meant Xavi was coming in. Instead we bring in some amateur cow herder, the players' heads drop and the rest is history.
It is what it is.
serghei
Senior Member
This season was fucked when we decided to sack a manager the players really liked mid-season, while we were sitting atop of La Liga and still in both major cup competitions. The arrogance.
Dude, we were getting outplayed by likes of Levante and Granada. Worst half a season in more than a decade. But I agree, he should have been sacked after Liverpool - ideal case, or after this season. Sacking him mid-season was useless.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
He would get pushed over by the Amigos, no doubt.
I can't believe I'm getting as pessimistic/realistic as you but there's literally 1% hope of any titles with this squad.
serghei
Senior Member
Let's see how Madrid show up next season first. Would be just like them to drop from 90 points this season to 70 next season. This season their veterans beat ours. Next season, it's not out of the question that the reverse could happen.
Sign a new manager after last season and then what?
Would this board have given him any say in the transfers or the sporting project?
Would this group of players have run any more?
Bench an amigo and would the locker room have stuck with him through it?
Would he have got Leo to play a defined role instead of meandering about the pitch as he pleases?
They are doomed from from the start.
Considering all that, I believe Valverde did a good job overall.
No guarantee of the next board being any good.
Also, Busi 2023 and Alba 2024.
soul24rage
Senior Member
c'mon mate..
Birdy
Senior Member
Kluivert
If one reads the next line it becomes even better:
"Bar?a's dressing room value the Dutchman as a good solution for the managerial role [md]"
So, it's actually Messi and Amigos who want Kluivert.
What could the reason be for that?
Maybe they think he is the right guy to make them work more?
The Amigos have identified their new Ernie
Logic of development under EV says so.
The best he delivered was the first months and from then on it was downhill all the more, gradually, step by step: Spring '18 was worse than Fall '17, Fall '18 worse than Spring '18, Spring '19' worse than Fall '18, and so on and so forth.
This Valverde revisionism that is being cultivated atm is kind of sickening.
I defended EV at the begging of his tenure, but it had been clear as daylight that the issue was not only the bad football, it was results also (getting worse with every passing month), and humiliations which were hard to swallow...
Setien improved the team substantially, underlying numbers prove that. Unfortunately that is not enough.
Now the fact that the Amigos do not want to play for him, but were happy with EV letting them do whatever they want and not train, is a different question.
If one reads the next line it becomes even better:
"Bar?a's dressing room value the Dutchman as a good solution for the managerial role [md]"
So, it's actually Messi and Amigos who want Kluivert.
What could the reason be for that?
Maybe they think he is the right guy to make them work more?
The Amigos have identified their new Ernie
No, there was not.
Logic of development under EV says so.
The best he delivered was the first months and from then on it was downhill all the more, gradually, step by step: Spring '18 was worse than Fall '17, Fall '18 worse than Spring '18, Spring '19' worse than Fall '18, and so on and so forth.
This Valverde revisionism that is being cultivated atm is kind of sickening.
I defended EV at the begging of his tenure, but it had been clear as daylight that the issue was not only the bad football, it was results also (getting worse with every passing month), and humiliations which were hard to swallow...
Setien improved the team substantially, underlying numbers prove that. Unfortunately that is not enough.
Now the fact that the Amigos do not want to play for him, but were happy with EV letting them do whatever they want and not train, is a different question.
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DonAK
President of FC Barcelona
Jordi Cruyff who was the manager of Ecuador used his Barca-related exit clause. If he doesn't join Barca in some capacity within 30 days he'll have to pay them €900k.
He's btw heavily reported as Xavi's preferred choice as Sporting Director so will be interesting to see if he's already joining in that role now, or perhaps as a one year manager until Xavi arrives next year and then switch to SD?
Or maybe not at all, but seem like an unecessary move to terminate his contract and pay that much for nothing
https://twitter.com/CarlosVerareal/status/1284663818824683521
Needless to say that the Ecuadorians are mad right lol now since he was hired just before the COVID crisis and didn't even lead a training session.
He's btw heavily reported as Xavi's preferred choice as Sporting Director so will be interesting to see if he's already joining in that role now, or perhaps as a one year manager until Xavi arrives next year and then switch to SD?
Or maybe not at all, but seem like an unecessary move to terminate his contract and pay that much for nothing
https://twitter.com/CarlosVerareal/status/1284663818824683521
Needless to say that the Ecuadorians are mad right lol now since he was hired just before the COVID crisis and didn't even lead a training session.
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