Who should be Barca manager next season?

[Devils]

EV has started a civil war among Barca fans.

 

[serghei]

I can see, understand and accept that a certain level of football is out of reach right now.

A certain level of football is surely out of reach. A better level is certainly achievable with the right moves.

We finally need a manager who adds value to this team, and not just handles the squad. The managers we've had lately have brought nothing in terms of collective play, tactics etc. They just tried to apply some patches here and there, plug the holes, get some last bits of football from aging all time greats like Xavi, Iniesta, Alves. The young players we've signed for big money, and who surely have talent, are nicely prepped for failure by managers who have no intent to actually build a new team.

EV has started a civil war among Barca fans.

Same old story. Mediocre manager handling the squad horribly and making a portion of the fan base underrate the value of the players instead. This kind of logic fails when you see so many teams with lesser squads playing better than Barcelona.

Unless the likes of Milner, Arnold, Henderson et co are better players than the ones Barcelona has, we should be asking why did Liverpool make the CL final while we were humiliated 2 years in a row? Cause it's surely not because our players aren't as good as theirs.

 

[Zidane82]

Next season !?!?

We can't afford to wait until next season to get a proper manager in charge !!

We rank alongside ManU as two once great teams now sadly trying to catch up with the real super powers out there ..

For example ... Liverpool haven't won anything for years and yet how many ( if any ) of our players would Klopp take from us to improve his team ??

 

[Raketa10]

We don't have a set starting rightback.

Pique is not convincing anyone.

Busquets looks done.

There is no backup leftback.

Suarez and Messi are long past their primes.

Dembélé has a lot of flaws.

Coutinho contributes in the final third but doesn't control the midfield.


Competing for domestic titles as we are doing and maybe getting lucky in the CL is the best we can do. This isn't an all-conquering world class squad that can put 4 past a team like Athletic Bilbao with breathtaking football anymore. Even the Lucho team was ten times as good with MSN in their primes and Iniesta still contributing at a world class level. What do you even want?

Feel completely disconnected from the fanbase these days. Reading Arsene Wenger or Zidane as suggestions. FML

Messi long past his prime... The way you are talking about our squad I would say we are somewhere on the level of Espanyol if not worse. Not even going to comment rest of the post. No wonder Madridista Wolfe approves. And the way you are supporting manager who can't win against Girona, Leganes and Bilbao and under whom we are playing the worst football in the last 15 years and who lost to Roma 3-0 after 4-1 in the first game. WOW!!! I suppose that Roma was also stronger team than Barca? Unbelievable! The Cules like you probably woted for Barto during last elections.

 

[El Gato]

Unless the likes of Milner, Arnold, Henderson et co are better players than the ones Barcelona has, we should be asking why did Liverpool make the CL final while we were humiliated 2 years in a row? Cause it's surely not because our players aren't as good as theirs.

Talking as if Henderson is something irreplaceable and equating a situation of an institution that hasn't won an absolute thing, even a minor trophy in I do not know how long, to a team that has failed to have a trophyless season in 10-15 years (or however many it was)

 

[serghei]

Talking as if Henderson is something irreplaceable and equating a situation of an institution that hasn't won an absolute thing, even a minor trophy in I do not know how long, to a team that has failed to have a trophyless season in 10-15 years (or however many it was)

Missing the point. They would be favorites against us in CL and have had better results than Valverde's Barca in CL.

 

[El Gato]

Missing the point. They would be favorites against us in CL and have had better results than Valverde's Barca in CL.

Ah right. Klopp the miracle worker. I forgot there are no other factors in that equation.

 

[henias]

Hey he is a senior Cule, listen to him.

 

[El Gato]

Hey he is a senior Cule, listen to him.

TBH you do get elderly left wing voters as well. It’s alright I guess.

 

[henias]

 

[Barcelondoner]

Give Guus Hiddink a try. I'd love to see what he can do with this Barca team. Can't be any worse than the current fella.

 

[serghei]

Ah right. Klopp the miracle worker. I forgot there are no other factors in that equation.

The main factor involved is that Klopp is a much better manager than Valverde. Plays a more modern style, his teams have more intensity and usually the players who play under Klopp become better. And when that happens it's clear that the management is top notch.

 

[El Gato]

The main factor involved is that Klopp is a much better manager than Valverde. Plays a more modern style, his teams have more intensity and usually the players who play under Klopp become better. And when that happens it's clear that the management is top notch.

Aye. Kloppo the legend managing all these seasoned European veterans who amassed a whole cabinet of trophies before he led them to glory.

Topnotchintensebetterthanvalverde.

 

[Ursegor]

It's not even relevant whether he is better or not as he is not available, nor would he touch this squad with a barge pole. Walking Messi and 30+ year old snails like Busquets, Pique and Suarez ... Would like to see that heavy metal concert by Klopp.

Also this club has different standards.

Finishing 4th in the league, crashing out in the domestic Cup to West Brom and losing a CL final 1-3 with Liverpool = legendary tactician.

Winning treble with Barca = "Lucho out, tactically clueless, it's all MSN".


Managing a club like Liverpool, you can never lose. Either you are mediocre and achieve nothing then it doesn't matter and it's not your fault because that's been Liverpool for the past 20 years anyway. Or you do above expectations with them and you are a legend.

Managing Barca these days: Either you win a treble or you are a bust. Actually you are a bust if you win the treble anyway because it's all Messi and you should have done it when he was injured to be worth something.

 

[serghei]

It's not even relevant whether he is better or not as he is not available, nor would he touch this squad with a barge pole. Walking Messi and 30+ year old snails like Busquets, Pique and Suarez ... Would like to see that heavy metal concert by Klopp.

Also this club has different standards.

Finishing 4th in the league, crashing out in the domestic Cup to West Brom and losing a CL final 1-3 with Liverpool = legendary tactician.

Winning treble with Barca = "Lucho out, tactically clueless, it's all MSN".


Managing a club like Liverpool, you can never lose. Either you are mediocre and achieve nothing then it doesn't matter and it's not your fault because that's been Liverpool for the past 20 years anyway. Or you do above expectations with them and you are a legend.

Managing Barca these days: Either you win a treble or you are a bust. Actually you are a bust if you win the treble anyway because it's all Messi and you should have done it when he was injured to be worth something.

Come on, nobody actually demands trebles. That's silly. Fans demand 3 things. Titles, good performances in CL and entertaining football without neglecting youth and La Masia.

And about snails like Busquets, Pique, Suarez. Bench them if they don't wake up or can't do it anymore. We need someone who has the balls to do that.

Agree about being easier to manage Liverpool than Barcelona considering the different levels of pressure.