Ernesto Valverde - V1

tuffel said:

I've been reading this forum for quite some time now. Never thought, i'd become a registred member – until now.

This is not a "one-off" result. I saw these past two results (Roma and Liverpool) coming before the whistle was even given. The past two years have been nothing but "exhausting". Every Saturday & Sunday i have prepared myself for the game – get some snacks, non-alcoholic beer and wait for the game to begin. I'm always hopeful that MAYBE this week i'll be entertained. But that has not happened since Mr. Valverde took over. I do not want to exaggerate, but i can NOT think any "magnificient" performance, where i was like: "wow, we REALLY could be something this year." Every "4-0, 5-0" (god knows how few of these results are there) has been unimpressive, boring and negative-minded. No "killer-instinct." Every week's been the same – 2 years running, and it will not stop until this manager is gone. I'm not gonna even talk about the team selections, substitutions, etc.

No one fears us anymore. We are not playing beautiful football anymore. We were s*it against Lyon. We were s*it against ManU (do not even try to tell me that we were 4 goals "better" than them, stop it.).
And on top of that – we were completely HUMILIATED against Liverpool. This Camp Nou victory was a fluke (read: Celtic vs Barca in 2012). A fluke that will NEVER happen again.

I want my Barcelona back. I want my joy back. I want my Saturdays and Sundays back.
Just go. Just leave, Valverde.

I finished my thesis yesterday. Thanks for the reward, Ernesto.

Raw thoughts.

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Messigician said:

Valverde's future is in the air and Barça are attentive to Ajax coach Erik ten Hag. [espn]

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serghei said:

I'm curious what top clubs will fight to get his signing. That says a lot.

Emery got the Arsenal job. Would Valverde get something like a Dortmund, or a United, or at least a Roma?



Let's be real here. No serious club would ever touch him. Bilbao is his level.

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Barcaman said:

Because everyone is paralysed in shock. What looked, possibly, as a treble season now turned into biggest joke of the year in football. They are cowards all of them. From Bartomeu, Valverde, to all the captains.

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Barcaman said:

Players are with Valverde because he lets them do what they want and play regardless of form.

This isn't just about 4-0. We've been playing poor football for most of the time in these 2 years.

Suarez, Busquets and co are great guys, I bet, but you can't let players run the team. Furthermore players without 1 true leader among them.

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henias said:

"wE cOlOr FoOtBaLl"

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messi2140 said:

If I had to guess which color it would be brown. Because we played like total shit.


Ffs , How do you lose against Origi , Shaqiri etc. Hope this cockroach is out by the end of the week.

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serghei said:

It is not uncommon.

A common trait of great manager is that they sometimes get their players pumped up, which can lead to said players playing way above their potential for a brief period.

This is one of the best ways to improve a player. Force him, fill him with confidence, and while some will fail, other players would use that to play at a superior level. Do that enough times, and you have won a player.

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messi2140 said:

Yh , just shows how superior of a manager Klopp is. But Im just out here venting man , because I still cant believe we lost in such an embarassing way again.

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serghei said:

It is not uncommon.

A common trait of great manager is that they sometimes get their players pumped up, which can lead to said players playing way above their normal capabilities for a brief period. Then the key is to use that and build consistency. Imagine Origi right now. He's like a new player. He has realized that he can actually do all those things and be decisive.

This is one of the best ways to improve a player. Force him, fill him with confidence, and while some will fail, other players would use that to play at a superior level. Do that enough times, and you have won a player.

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FinBarcelonafan said:

Valverde is great killing the confidence. Awful coach.

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