70% of the season is left, are we going to throw it into the bin now. FFS we are still in November.
Ernesto Valverde
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He is shite
The following two years after his departure have proved Barca's problems ran way deeper than what people initially thought.
The Liverpool collapse should be blamed on Dembele and Jordi Alba.
The club are doing that by getting an interim in the first place, if they had any ambition about 'saving' the season they'd of sacked Ole after the Liverpool game and gone all out to get the full time man in now
He massively benefited from what Luis Enrique left behind for him, right? I don’t think he’s great but what can you get from an interim
He'll be an earnest appointment
Why do people say silly things like that? Dembélé played 1 minutes and wasn't part of the 4-0 loss. There is an entire team of player to blame before him.
Didn't he have like three 1 on 1 chances in the first leg, though?
No he had one and even then there isn't a world where it makes sense to put their collapse on that, they went and lost 4-0.
mentally overturning a 4-0 loss is harder to do than a 3-0 though
Barcelona still conceded 4 goals, if there is anyone to blame it's the players that conceded 4 goals.
He's a good coach, he did very well in all the teams he was. But... At Barcelona the dressing room ate him. Not what Manchester United need
Because he's the most successful and experienced manager we could realistically appoint as interim... Recently won 2 La Liga's and has CL experience. You won't find any other interim candidates with his CV.
No thanks, can’t speak English and hasn’t managed a club in 2 years.
He wins and nearly went a Season undefeated. Not many better until the season is up
You don't win 2 La Liga titles if you're useless. You don't get Bilbao their first trophy in eons if you're useless. He is a very very good manager and as far as interims go, he's the best you'll ever get. He can be pragmatic but his Bilbao side was functional and full of energy. At Barca he maximised the offensive power of that side and they scored a lot of goals even with a pragmatic setup so he'd fit in here perfectly as he would help us with a solid structure and also maximise the firepower we have. People always go to the 4-0 Liverpool to slam him but Tuchel lost 5-2 to West Brom at Stamford Bridge. Is Tuchel shite now? I would welcome him with open arms.
Rather stick with Carrick.
Agreed. Valverde and Rudi Garcia are the best available.
Well that's feckin stupid
He also reached the final of the UEFA Cup with Espanyol and lost on penalties to Sevilla.
In Greece I think he won 3 leagues and 2 cups in 4 years
I nearly pissed my self laughing. Ernesto Valverde charismatic and Intelligent? You're having a laugh mate.... he's a cowardly man who'll quiver confront of the dressing room. On top of that he's an average tactician.
I remember that Espanyol team with Raul Tamudo and Luis Garcia. Great team to watch. Yeah he was dominant at Olympiakos too, he's defo a winner and would be a great interim.
United are a joke. We should be paying top dollar for Pochettino now. What a circus this is turning out to be
One has won 5 league titles, multiple domestic titles, La Liga coach of the year.
The other has won 1 match.
Fair shout.
He'd be fine as an interim but I was hoping we could get Poch right away.
Yeah let's stick with the coach that has failed under two managers and is largely responsible for the shit football we play because we won one game.
Give it to Carrick 
I know he's got his faults, but if we're going the interim route are we really in any position to be turning down someone with multiple league titles and trophies? We'd also likely have a much more generous selection of managers knocking about in summer if he can take over until then. I personally wouldn't be against this.
For an interim option it would be difficult to find much better. Simon Stone says he speaks English.
Yeah, Carrick is pretty amazing. And I bet he doesn't speak a word of Spanish too.
Valverde is actually kind of underrated, good league manager, not the worst choice a club can make.
Wouldn't mind. Just not Carrick or Fletcher please.
Not sure what people are expecting of an interim. It is this or some Utd old boy.
Sure won't consider him for long term, but definitely good enough for interim. People really need to be realistic.
During his 2.5 years reign at Barca, he won them 2 league titles and a domestic cup, and that's happened not long ago. Then we compare this with how shite his predecessor Koeman was at Barca..
During his 2.5 years reign at Barca, he won them 2 league titles and a domestic cup, and that's happened not long ago. Then we compare this with how shite his predecessor Koeman was at Barca..
What do people expect for an interim? Pep Guardiola? Valverde until the end of the season + Hag and Overmars taking over is the perfect combo, really. Yeah, you can argue Valverde won't deliver scintillating football, but he knows how to grind wins and as far as I'm concerned, at this point that's all we need. We can worry about pretty football when we salvage this season. Obviously I do not believe the men in charge are that smart to do something like this, but this is quite literally the best option we have right now. The other one is Poch coming here right now, but that's very unlikely at the moment.
But probably the end result would be Valverde now and Poch at the end of the season instead of Hag which would be underwhelming, to say the least.
But probably the end result would be Valverde now and Poch at the end of the season instead of Hag which would be underwhelming, to say the least.
Mate, just moved this quote here so can stay on topic. I thought he played a 4-3-3 for Barca
Reluctantly. Only if Dembele wasn't injured, or using Coutinho as a false LFW (useless).
I have to be completely honest, I didn't know of Valverde before Barcelona and what he did at Barcelona didn't impress me. However, I'd take Valverde over Brendan Rodgers any day of the week! 
I guess, in his favour, you can't say that getting rid of Valverde made Barcelona better. So maybe it wasn't all his fault? However, some of those Champions League reverses e.g., Roma, Liverpool. Dearie me.
I guess, in his favour, you can't say that getting rid of Valverde made Barcelona better. So maybe it wasn't all his fault? However, some of those Champions League reverses e.g., Roma, Liverpool. Dearie me.
i doubt its that easy to get PSG's manager on the eve of a massive UCL tie
Don't get me wrong I agree we're run by clowns, but this isn't exactly a two day process is it? He's under contract with the one of the richest clubs on the planet
Those problems predate him. They lost 4-0 against PSG under Luis Enrique, turned it around miraculously, then lost 3-0 against Juventus and crashed out. After Valverde was gone they lost 8-2 to Bayern, 1-4 to PSG, this season they were clowned by Bayern and Benfica...