Ex-player as manager of a big club?! It will never work! Think of the children!He's not qualified enough. He needs to go into the championship and bring Derby up to the Premier League.
It doesn't work on certain clubs although with Xavi I do think is too premature for him but they're so fed up with Valverde then why the hell not. I think also Arteta could be a potential manager for them in the future if he does good with Arsenal.Ex-player as manager of a big club?! It will never work! Think of the children!
Shhhhhh, you’ll upset the Pepolytes and total football noobs.Can’t see this going well really. I’ve watched virtually every Al-Sadd game under him. He’s as bad as a manager gets defensively. Very poor tactically as well. Has an inability to change his tactics to suit the opponents. Whenever Sadd are losing he just goes 2-5-3 etc.
Sadd have the best team by a mile in Qatar as well bar Duhail. They’d finish 2nd most seasons without a manager. They have a lot of games where they look unmotivated. He might surprise me and he perfect for Barca but can’t see how he will get a solid defence.
Gallardo seemed a perfect appointment to me.
It takes a little bit more than just to copy-paste Guardiola's style of play and tactics to be a good manager but it's a good start This Barcelona team needs urgently a guy who can bring them back to their DNA - that is not just a gibberish talk by blinded Cruyffistas but its an actual necessity about them at this point of time..Shhhhhh, you’ll upset the Pepolytes and total football noobs.
Yes, only 4 titles in 5 seasons. What poverty. Can’t wait for Xavi to bring them back from the brink of destruction and be declared a genius.It takes a little bit more than just to copy-paste Guardiola's style of play and tactics to be a good manager but it's a good start This Barcelona team needs urgently a guy who can bring them back to their DNA - that is not just a gibberish talk by blinded Cruyffistas but its an actual necessity about them at this point of time..
Obviously, but would not mind seeing him at Carrington.Gallardo seemed a perfect appointment to me.
highly unlikely that we would hire someone like him. Barca do love themselves a manager from Argentina though, and here you have someone close to their style and ethos being inspired by BielsaObviously, but would not mind seeing him at Carrington.
I know we are not going to hire him. Doubt our club has even heard of him. Still, his approach to football is more relevant to how the best teams in the world play, unlike OGS, Allegri or Mourinho.highly unlikely that we would hire someone like him. Barca do love themselves a manager from Argentina though, and here you have someone close to their style and ethos being inspired by Bielsa
I don't think authority will be a problem for him. He's good friends with Pique, Busquets, Alba and first and foremost Messi. Those players are very powerful in the club and not accepting his authority will be like challenging them. So he'll have the backing of both team and club officials.Really difficult to judge how this will go.
The guy who wrote "AVB @ Chelsea" must be insane though. Xavi grew up with Barca brand of football since age 11. He has been managed by the likes of Aragones, del Bosque, van Gaal and Pep while being the main organizer on the pitch. You think he hasn't picked up anything about coaching and coaching Barca in particular? He's not the dumbest person, already talks better English than Pep who is in England for 4 years. As a player he could barely speak it only a few years ago.
His football insight is incredible, rarely do you see a former player talk about football like him.
The only question mark is whether he is an idealist living in the 2006 - 2015 Barca prime era bubble. As of today, Barca's fullbacks are mediocre, the attack has no dynamism or pace and the midfield is merely potential as of now with Arthur apparently sidelined for months for partying and catching an STD. If he coaches this team like it's the best in the world and can dominate anyone like it's 2010, he will be in for a surprise.
Messi and Suarez, yes, they are still elite, though none of them has pace and workrate and the only one who does have it is permanently injured. I don't remember Démbéle playing 5 games in a row at Barca in 2 years.That being said, the team might not be best in the world. Material but it is surely up there. They've got Messi, Suarez, Griezmann and Dembele in attack and de Jong, Arthur, Busquets and Vidal in midfield ffs. The defense may not be. On the same level but is definitely competitive. I don't see many teams rivalling that. For me, Barca, Liverpool, PSG, City and Juve are roughly on the same level of quality with Bayern trailing behind a bit.
The reason barcelona won the CL only 3 times in the Messi era, explainedI'd rather fail under Xavi with him learning how to manage the squad and get a better start for the next season, than winning the league or the cup with Valverde with dreadful football, no improvement towards the future and being embarassed in the UCL another year.
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Too many Barca fans who started watching in the glory era from 2006 onwards now take the moral high ground of "rather play the right way and lose than win ugly". But that will quickly vanish (just like a good portion of the "fans") once Messi and Suarez are gone and Barca will experience some trophyless seasons in a row. Then they'll even ask for Mourinho.The reason barcelona won the CL only 3 times in the Messi era, explained
But seriously, Valverde is no genius and wasn't doing a great job, but he wasn't doing a bad job either. The sooner you guys accept he was handed a bunch of square pegs and round holes and he mostly found good working solutions, the easier the transition
Your team is now where we were in 2017/18, except you lack the mental flexibility and adaptability to adapt
The reason is we have a pragmatic manager that might serve to stady the ship like in his first season after Neymar left and our midfield was devoid of life, he used the 442, found working solutions like you said and did an almost pefect job with the tools he had, but the Roma game (not just that game, 1st leg vs Chelsea too where Willian could've nailed us 3 times and sent us home) showed huge flaws that a manager can't have if he wants to perform at the level Real Madrid or Barcelona need to perform.The reason barcelona won the CL only 3 times in the Messi era, explained
But seriously, Valverde is no genius and wasn't doing a great job, but he wasn't doing a bad job either. The sooner you guys accept he was handed a bunch of square pegs and round holes and he mostly found good working solutions, the easier the transition
Your team is now where we were in 2017/18, except you lack the mental flexibility and adaptability to adapt
I feel like mentioned in your post because you're replying something that was quoting my post.Too many Barca fans who started watching in the glory era from 2006 onwards now take the moral high ground of "rather play the right way and lose than win ugly". But that will quickly vanish (just like a good portion of the "fans") once Messi and Suarez are gone and Barca will experience some trophyless seasons in a row. Then they'll even ask for Mourinho.
These fans haven't experienced 2 trophyless seasons in a row since 2008. Imagine hounding out a manager who is about to win 3 leagues in a row. La Liga isn't Bundesliga or Serie A either. They are up against the biggest club in the world who recently won 3 CLs in a row. For that alone they deserve Xavi to fail miserably, though he is one of my favourite players of all time so I don't hope so.