Yeah, and Maradona turned out to be a great manager too.
There isnt necessarily any connection between coaching and footballing.
If Xavi does not turn out to be a great manager, i reckon he will do fine as a gardener though, so he can always do that.
FinBarcelonafan
Well-known member
Maradona not good comparison. That guy is filled with his own demons.
Pirlo/Xavi different level mentally
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Do we have the IQ tests?
Eitehr way, there are plenty more examples of good players failing at coaching, Xavi may or may not be among them, but there are no gurantees of anything.
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Tough job for new manager as Juventus look like need to build a new team but likes of Inter will be on them if dip next season.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
Xavi hasn't been spotted blazed, for starters.
I like how you ask for hard evidence when dots can reasonably be connected but when it's your takes, you go on about Barca winning every trophy year after year or whatever the tripe is.Xavi hasn't been spotted blazed, for starters.
Xavi is having an unremarkable career in whatever "club" he is managing right now, he is a pure ideologue and admits he doesnt coach defending.
So excuse me for waiting a bit before saying he is destined for greatness like you do.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
If you actually thought I think Xavi could be a better manager than a Pep, you do need to be excused.
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based on Xavi's interviews he really has a high football IQ. I'm not talking about his usual "Messi is better than everybody else" statement, but he understands the concepts of positional play very well.
Isnt defending part of positional play?
I mean, he`s already admitted he doesnt coach defending.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
Where? Can you elaborate?
What?
He said a year ago or something that he didnt coach defending because he just wanted to keep the ball.
Its a quite well known quote, just search it up on google.
khaled_a_d
Senior Member
Found it:
"When I started coaching, I didn't think too much about the defensive aspects of the game and now I suffer from it. I suffer when the 30 or 40 per cent possession that you do not have and that is when you have to work hard," Xavi told FIFA, as cited by A Bola.
"[As a player] I had a footballing vision in mind. Almost everyone knows that I grew up in Barcelona and Spain. I described myself as someone who liked to have the ball. I suffer when I didn't have the ball."
Seems like he admitting a mistake, and learning from it.
May be his time in Qatar isn't a waste after all
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