Juan Carlos Unzue
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we used to be flawless at set-pieces, now it's giving me flashbacks to Tata... pls sort this out
Xtroverto
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This guy is a genius, and after reading all the bashing in the first 2 pages even more 
I always knew Juan Carlos Unzue had something special, the fact he was the one that got that useless Victor Valdes to perform when he took over in 2003 even though everyone and their mother were screaming for Rustu. In hindsight it wasn't a big surprise Valdes lost the plot not long after Unzue left, he was the only one capable to get him focused on his job.
I always knew Juan Carlos Unzue had something special, the fact he was the one that got that useless Victor Valdes to perform when he took over in 2003 even though everyone and their mother were screaming for Rustu. In hindsight it wasn't a big surprise Valdes lost the plot not long after Unzue left, he was the only one capable to get him focused on his job.
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Eetu
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This guy is a genius, and after reading all the bashing in the first 2 pages even more
I always knew Juan Carlos Unzue had something special, the fact he was the one that got that useless Victor Valdes to perform when he took over in 2003 even though everyone and their mother were screaming for Rustu. In hindsight it wasn't a big surprise Valdes lost the plot not long after Unzue left, he was the only one capable to get him focused on his job.
Unzué is doing great work, but VV had some of his best times for us after he left. Especially the form he was in before he got injured. A mistake once in a while doesn't really count as losing the plot.
Of course if he doubled as Victor's accountant, you're right.
Xtroverto
Member
I'm thinking more about the antics of the pitch, he refused to work with the new GK coach he was asigned and behaved like a twat towards Zubi and the new board, also his performance in 2011-12 and 2012-13 were clearly worse than the years before, in fact Tito Vilanova wanted the club to sign a new GK to compete with him as his performance was clearly in decline at that time.
Around Xmas 2012 Unzue was on Catalan television discussing Victor Valdes, most of the questions from the presenter and the pundits were about his persona and why he was performing so much worse that season, according to Unzue Victor Valdes is basically a crackpot to work with and he admitted he was burned-out after working for 7 years with him. Busquets did a decent job but the guy that followed just could not handle him, this is where unzue exelled, he was more of a shrink to Valdes than a typical GK coach.
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Eetu
Adormit
That would make sense.
raskolnikov
Well-known member
Yeah its insane how we only concede 1/2 corners a year now. Im completely relax nowadays while I was dying for years whenever we conceded a corner.
And he didnt fix it by making the players grow.
And he didnt fix it by making the players grow.
BarçaBarça
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And now it is 4 conceded this season - still very, very good.
Sport has an article about the increased efficiency on attacking set-pieces (9 goals from corners, 10 from freekick etc.). But the most important thing, IMO, is that we have become so good at defending set pieces. I read that it was partly because of our mix of zone and man-to-man-defending, where high players (Pique, Mathieu) marks their man and follows them towards the ball, while other players, like Suarez, aggressively try to dominate their zone (front zone in his case). Theoretically that would lead to at least 2 players chasing/jumping for the ball, which gives us a better chance of clearing it.
In addition to that we have become a threat on counter, right after corners/freekicks against us - that is very nice work as well
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