Mark_Barca
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Sure I've posted in here before and the same applys. Out of his depth and should been sacked long ago.
They've been basically been burning money, buying the wrong players over and over again. Investing crazy money in attacking areas when they have zero credible back ups for the backline (CB and LB specially).Down to the lucky and undeserved result in the home leg
The truth is barring a few games here and there, barcelona haven't been a top top side since February 2016
And Valverde looks out of his depths here
Their recruitment for the last 4-5 has been nothing short of abysmal. There's about 5 hits in this list of 21 signings...Don't want to be the "going against the grain for the sake of it" guy but Barca's issues run deeper than him and the next coach won't do better, I'm sure of that. The entire team is finished bar few players: Suarez, Pique, Busquets, Rakitic, Alba all over 30. Semedo and Roberto decent squad players but nothing more. You could bin everyone bar Messi, Arthur, De Jong, ter Stegen at this point.
If Dembélé miraculously stays healthy from now on, Griezmann is put into the middle alongside a more match fit Messi with De Jong and Arthur behind them then Barca could click later on in the season but even that is a big if. Griezmann is not a striker who fits playing alongside Messi IMO and Dembélé would have to step up big time.
Early into the season of course but forget Real and Barca in the CL this season IMO. Would be surprised if one of City/Liverpool don't win it (again).
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Semedo is average, not a desaster but also not a Barca level fullback. Wouldn't classify him a hit.Their recruitment for the last 4-5 has been nothing short of abysmal. There's about 5 hits in this list of 21 signings...
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The Roma game was a sackable offense, for a supposed tactician he did the one thing that he wasn't supposed to do, a 442 with slow players wide. Barcelona were logically outnumbered and out paced in midfield. His chronical cowardice killed that team and maybe the club because nowadays Barcelona rarely play on the front foot with genuine confidence when all their talent is in the offensive area.Specially after Roma the year before. Twice the same exit in the same fashion
The guy who made this tweet put the green checkmark next to players who are still at the club and not based on whether they were a decent transfer or not.Semedo is average, not a desaster but also not a Barca level fullback. Wouldn't classify him a hit.
Vidal is okay as a squad player but irrelevant overall.
Dembélé has everything to prove yet. Think he will be gone in exchange for Neymar next summer.
Only Arthur and Lenglet can be described as hits. Umtiti as well prior to injuries which have destroyed his career.
Meh. When you get outworked and outrun to that extent it's hard to pin the blame on tactics or formations. Intensity, energy and focus aren't subordinate or consequential to tactics or formationsThe Roma game was a sackable offense, for a supposed tactician he did the one thing that he wasn't supposed to do, a 442 with slow players wide. Barcelona were logically outnumbered and out paced in midfield. His chronical cowardice killed that team and maybe the club because nowadays Barcelona rarely play on the front foot with genuine confidence when all their talent is in the offensive area.
That's how he wasted Malcom in the squad, 99% of the times we faced a team that wanted to pressure us and leave gaps behind the defenders he fielded Coutinho, and when they dropped back to defend in the area he'd sub Malcom on.His subs were poor yesterday. Dembele was having the best game he's had in a while and was one of the few players actually looking to get in behind Slavia Prague's high-line but he takes him off for Fati, who although is great on the ball, prefers to get it in front of the backline - made Barcelona far more predictable. Also, brought on Rakitic who was absolutely shocking.
Good shout.The last big-name manager Barcelona appointed was Van Gaal back in 2002. Their next one will probably be Xavi or someone like that.
He had his issues, of course. Valverde's style of play was so overly cautious and pragmatic, so often frustrating in its reliance on individual brilliance, that his trophies failed to make up for Barcelona's lack of aesthetic style and excitement. Towards the end of his tenure, fans had lost all patience with him.
This OP doesn't fill me with confidenceI mean how shit is he? Anytime he has to prove his coaching ability he fails horrendously.
People can lay the blame in many places but in my opinion he's the sole cause of Barcelona's meltdown last year and tonight.
He should be sacked before he even reaches the dressing room.
Ya. We will try to stop Norwich from scoring I guess.This thread is surprisingly dead given the BBC links.
I think he’d be a solid interim.
The guy you quoted is a prick. Don’t waste your time.Good shout.
The guy you quoted is a prick. Don’t waste your time.
Reading through the previous posts it seems like he’s a poor choiceThis thread is surprisingly dead given the BBC links.
I think he’d be a solid interim.
He gets to audition for the premier league at the brightest stage, it’s a no loss proposition for him. Even if he is interim at United, a mid table club will find him appealing in the summer.He's charismatic and intelligent, used to managing huge egos. With regards to style of play, he's not known as a progressive manager, quite the opposite, but it's an interim position.
I'd be surprised if he joined United as an interim manager for 6 months.
Yeah, if he's not been having any offers I would understand. I guess my two objections are: style of play, and secondly, what I'm now reading, that it would allow the club to retain that hapless coaching staff we've got.He gets to audition for the premier league at the brightest stage, it’s a no loss proposition for him.
What's the point in that? Get the team acclimatised to a brand new set of coaches only for them all to change 6 months later? The whole point of an interim is to work within the current structure before the big changesYeah, if he's not been having any offers I would understand. I guess my two objections are: style of play, and secondly, what I'm now reading, that it would allow the club to retain that hapless coaching staff we've got.
I'd want an interim manager to at least bring in two coaches with him who know what they're doing.
I think he’ll bring in a staff, that Jamie Jackson article seems to be a misprint where it says he’s sounding out players he can add, I reckon he means staff. He’ll probably retain carrick, McKenna goes back to coaching the reserves and phelan back to Australia.Yeah, if he's not been having any offers I would understand. I guess my two objections are: style of play, and secondly, what I'm now reading, that it would allow the club to retain that hapless coaching staff we've got.
I'd want an interim manager to at least bring in two coaches with him who know what they're doing.
I think people have lost their shit with regards to the importance of the coaching staff. They're literally only there as an extension of the head coach - they do as they're told. Its just for the last 3 years, we had a manager who didn't want to coach and left them to it. And they were shown to be out of their depth in that scenario.What's the point in that? Get the team acclimatised to a brand new set of coaches only for them all to change 6 months later? The whole point of an interim is to work within the current structure before the big changes
The point of that is to raise the level of our training sessions and collective performances. The point of an interim is to function as an interim, a placeholder. Like when Ole took the job and brought Phelan. McKenna and Carrick can still be there, but they'll be next to coaches who are more experienced than them and have more authority. It's fairly obvious.What's the point in that? Get the team acclimatised to a brand new set of coaches only for them all to change 6 months later? The whole point of an interim is to work within the current structure before the big changes
I doubt McKenna will go back to youth coaching. Phelan is surely out when an interim is in place, but the other two will be here still. Just hopefully alongside better and more experienced coaches.I think he’ll bring in a staff, that Jamie Jackson article seems to be a misprint where it says he’s sounding out players he can add, I reckon he means staff. He’ll probably retain carrick, McKenna goes back to coaching the reserves and phelan back to Australia.