Rafael Marquez

[Andresito]

He's a solid leader. No way he'll flop like that psycho Valdes. That's like Alba being a coach.

[Porque]

Rafa Marquez looks set to replace Sergi as manager of Barca Athletic.

This one come out of left field. Atleast it's a higher potential coach.

Could be a disaster like Gerard though.

[te amo barca]

La Masia cultists were whining about Sergi all year long despite several players improving so let's see how Marquez does.

[Bobo32]

No idea how he's done as a manager, but he was a great player, a true favourite of mine, and he always carried himself with style, seemed like a true leader. Let's see how he does!

[Messi983]

Would prefer Masche but Rafa is good as well.

[Porque]

What is Rafa's coaching experience like anyways? Is he taking this seriously or is it more of a "sure Joan, I'll coach the B team for ya. I got Barca DNA flowing through these Mexiveins".

[khaled_a_d]

Would prefer Masche but Rafa is good as well.

I like that Mascherano is developing outside of Barca tbh

[El Gato]

Wasn't he blacklisted by Mexican treasury for having links to the mafia?
Fits Barca like a glove

[Porque]

He was, but he made it disappear ....

[Gnidrologist]

We need our own made man.

[Messi983]

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https://twitter.com/relevo/status/1557091361236697088

[Barcaman]

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https://twitter.com/relevo/status/1557091361236697088

I've been cleaning up threads in this subforum, hope the Kaiser does the same with Barca B

[Porque]

Not doing bad overall. But look at the position of Osasuna B in the league compared to us.

[Messi983]

Not doing bad overall. But look at the position of Osasuna B in the league compared to us.

Well, tbh they're just 3 points ahead of us. And we're leveled on points with Sociedad B who were playing in Segunda last season. OTOH you have Bilbao Athletic who are second to last. In general whole league is very close together. Just 8 points difference between 5th Amorebieta who holds the last promotion playoff spot and 16th placed Logrones in relegation zone.

Another thing is these Basque teams are more depending on developing their youth teams than we are. Mainly Bilbao ofc but Sociedad have also promoted at least a player or two regularly over the past few seasons.

We also have the youngest team (average age just under 20 years). Bilbao Athletic are around a year older and Sociedad B and Osasuna Promesas teams both about 2 years older in average. Might not be as important if we'd be talking about teams with average ages around 25 years but when most players are still teenagers having younger/less experienced team it's clearly important. And based on a few games I've watched I think youth/inexperience were pretty obvious a factor in us not turning some draws into wins and losses into draws. At the end of the day we're still only 6 points away from the top of the table Eldense.