Windhook
Well-known member
He is still adjusting, I don't blame him for experimenting different formations. Some would work, some would not. The 4-3-3 is mastered by Real Madrid at the moment, we are just playing "pass the ball to Messi" thing.
Personally I don't like his style, but he was chosen by the criminals on board and will have to give his all to lead this club. I will support him until we fall back 15 points behind Real Madrid in the table, which will be enough to get him sacked around Christmas. Pep also had a bad start during 2008/09 season, but Valverde is definitely lacking the charisma the Catalan has.
Personally I don't like his style, but he was chosen by the criminals on board and will have to give his all to lead this club. I will support him until we fall back 15 points behind Real Madrid in the table, which will be enough to get him sacked around Christmas. Pep also had a bad start during 2008/09 season, but Valverde is definitely lacking the charisma the Catalan has.
Messi983
Senior Member
Don't understand this. Why would be his fault? Samper was always going to have problems to stay but at least he gave him chances in preseason and Roberto will leave only if he'll decide to do so. But I believe he'll stay and be an important player for Valverde. Maybe not a "starter" (if we don't sign someone like Coutinho I don't really see us having a fixed starters at either CM position and all players will get a chance to prove themselves until Valverde will find the best combination) but will still get a lot of minutes because of his versatility.
Lelouch vi Britannia
Banned
I don't want this board hiring another coach. If we get rid of Valverde (still too soon to talk about that IMO), it better be under a new board.
Same goes for Robert, fire him now and they'll just hire another clown. Just like when we went from Zubi to him. We need to get rid of the disease or the symptoms will just keep popping up.
Same goes for Robert, fire him now and they'll just hire another clown. Just like when we went from Zubi to him. We need to get rid of the disease or the symptoms will just keep popping up.
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Lelouch vi Britannia
Banned
Its good to see he at least realizes his squad isn't good enough. His transfer targets (Inigo for 32m) have been questionable though.
Neymessi
Active member
I still remember the #Luchoout hashtags only 3 months after he took charge.
If there is one thing we can count on with cules, Is that they never learn.
You say as if lucho turned out to be like pep after that.
After his disastrous first 6 months he was crucified everywhere and he was forced to stop using his dumb ass tactics and rotation. The next six months we played like a normal team because he didn't put his own tactics there and didn't complicate stuff.
Fast forward to the next 2 seasons and he was back to being himself and was more of himself in his last season. He was always a mediocre coach. Always. I used to say that even in the treble season when people were feeling he is a really good coach and used to argue with me otherwise. Fans just felt he was a good coach for a breif moment of time and it all burst soon.
I was about to say this LOL
DonAndres
Wild Man of Borneo
Said in the chat that the 4-2-3-1 won't work against a top side. It was either a 4-2-3-1 with Messi at striker or a 4-3-3 with Roberto going headless chicken, Messi false 9, and Paco/Deulo on the wings. Either way it won't work with our best lineup.
Suarez would be totally fucked playing on the left, Messi would get smothered in the middle by any defensive side, a midfield 2 of Busi-Rakitic would get overrun so quickly. We need to buy Seri/Dembele and go back to a 4-3-3 or at least a 4-3-1-2 with Messi at the #10 if he doesn't want to play wide.
I liked that he learned about Semedo, and that he played Vidal in attack. So far EV hasn't made the same mistake twice, which is at least promising. I thought things always looked stronger when he played 4-3-3 with high press in preseason and against RM, we just needed to stick to that formula which was working and add proper personnel. Hope he doesn't keep tinkering and just builds rhythm/momentum with our native and best formation/system.
Suarez would be totally fucked playing on the left, Messi would get smothered in the middle by any defensive side, a midfield 2 of Busi-Rakitic would get overrun so quickly. We need to buy Seri/Dembele and go back to a 4-3-3 or at least a 4-3-1-2 with Messi at the #10 if he doesn't want to play wide.
I liked that he learned about Semedo, and that he played Vidal in attack. So far EV hasn't made the same mistake twice, which is at least promising. I thought things always looked stronger when he played 4-3-3 with high press in preseason and against RM, we just needed to stick to that formula which was working and add proper personnel. Hope he doesn't keep tinkering and just builds rhythm/momentum with our native and best formation/system.
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