xXKonan
Senior Member
In his first interview he talks about how Messi is the greatest, but he needs a good team so he doesn't have to do everything himself.
Then he talks about how Barca's philosophy and how he wants to replicate it again.
Those words he talked about gets you optimistic about going back to how things once were. in order to do this he needs to have the players in order to do it, so this was a good chance to get him the type of players he needs in order for his vision to work.
Fast forward to September, yeah about that....
We lose Neymar and replace him with Dembele- he's a kid with a lot of potential so we have to be patient with him.
We finally get a RB in Semedo-He looks good so far we just need him to keep getting minutes to build his confidence and understanding with the team.
We bring back Deulofeu-He could make a decent rotational player like Pedro.
Where it goes wrong however.
We had a disastrous Super cup vs Real, however going by the first two league games in the season you get an idea on how he wants us to play. But those games clearly showed what else is lacking especially in the Midfield.
So he comes out after we got Dembele that he wants more attacking and creative options. Our midfield in the first two games can keep possession much better but we are still lacking that one player in the Middle who can create chances.
We targeted Verratti first who would fit us like a glove and the perfect player that we need. one problem he plays for PSG and it turns out we never even made an offer for him and Emery even said Verratti was crazy about Barcelona.
So the board gets Valverde and Paulinho and they say he was the alternative to Verratti, but those two are different profiled players. Paulinho is a B2B Midfielder who sole job is to track back and help defending and push forward into the box to get into shooting positions.
At this point we still don't have a real Creative Midfielder, so we start chasing the likes of Coutinho. Who without a doubt would add a lot to this team in terms of creativity, however Liverpool held their stance that he wasn't for sale for any price.
And despite that we ended up chasing after him til the very end of the window and nearly panic buyed Di Maria in the process. and right now he still doesn't have a complete team that he needs in order for his vision to work properly.
He clearly doesn't rate Gomes,Arda etc but we are still stuck with them. One has to wonder if the Board,Robert,Segura were pushing their own ideas over what the team needs instead of properly listening to what Valverde needs.
Segura strikes me as a guy who likes players in the same profile as Paulinho. Strong, energetic who can run and provide muscle in the middle.
Robert strikes me as a guy who seems to have an idea what Valverde wants but at the sametime he buttfumbles as well.
The Board they strike me as they want Star players aka the likes of Coutinho,Di Maria or any well known name you can think of as a marketing tool.
To many damn cooks in the kitchen you can say and it clearly fucked Valverde and the rest of the team this window. Valverde now has use players that clearly don't fit his vision and trying to make it work.
Then he talks about how Barca's philosophy and how he wants to replicate it again.
Those words he talked about gets you optimistic about going back to how things once were. in order to do this he needs to have the players in order to do it, so this was a good chance to get him the type of players he needs in order for his vision to work.
Fast forward to September, yeah about that....
We lose Neymar and replace him with Dembele- he's a kid with a lot of potential so we have to be patient with him.
We finally get a RB in Semedo-He looks good so far we just need him to keep getting minutes to build his confidence and understanding with the team.
We bring back Deulofeu-He could make a decent rotational player like Pedro.
Where it goes wrong however.
We had a disastrous Super cup vs Real, however going by the first two league games in the season you get an idea on how he wants us to play. But those games clearly showed what else is lacking especially in the Midfield.
So he comes out after we got Dembele that he wants more attacking and creative options. Our midfield in the first two games can keep possession much better but we are still lacking that one player in the Middle who can create chances.
We targeted Verratti first who would fit us like a glove and the perfect player that we need. one problem he plays for PSG and it turns out we never even made an offer for him and Emery even said Verratti was crazy about Barcelona.
So the board gets Valverde and Paulinho and they say he was the alternative to Verratti, but those two are different profiled players. Paulinho is a B2B Midfielder who sole job is to track back and help defending and push forward into the box to get into shooting positions.
At this point we still don't have a real Creative Midfielder, so we start chasing the likes of Coutinho. Who without a doubt would add a lot to this team in terms of creativity, however Liverpool held their stance that he wasn't for sale for any price.
And despite that we ended up chasing after him til the very end of the window and nearly panic buyed Di Maria in the process. and right now he still doesn't have a complete team that he needs in order for his vision to work properly.
He clearly doesn't rate Gomes,Arda etc but we are still stuck with them. One has to wonder if the Board,Robert,Segura were pushing their own ideas over what the team needs instead of properly listening to what Valverde needs.
Segura strikes me as a guy who likes players in the same profile as Paulinho. Strong, energetic who can run and provide muscle in the middle.
Robert strikes me as a guy who seems to have an idea what Valverde wants but at the sametime he buttfumbles as well.
The Board they strike me as they want Star players aka the likes of Coutinho,Di Maria or any well known name you can think of as a marketing tool.
To many damn cooks in the kitchen you can say and it clearly fucked Valverde and the rest of the team this window. Valverde now has use players that clearly don't fit his vision and trying to make it work.
