Dokko Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 A shame for him personally, and i hope he gets well but as a club it really effects Barca very little. Klopp on the way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I think the hunger thing is much more to do with the fact that they had won everything there was to win in a manner that was never done before. When you've done that without refreshing the squad, it's natural to expect a decline in the intensity level. You can't go from playing at 60% against Osasuna while thrashing them 5-0 to having to be at 110% soon after in a Clasico. They just weren't hungry enough in general and it affected them in the big games because they couldn't up their level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal Strange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal didn't see that one coming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 That'll see Bents departure and probable arrival here speeded up now I'd reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal Wouldn't surprise me that new deal now has a release fee or an escape clause of some kind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal Bit of a result. Stick that up your anal passage, Tottingham Hyperspurts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 A shame for him personally, and i hope he gets well but as a club it really effects Barca very little. Klopp on the way? Personally I think it will affect us a great deal. All gettable good managers have already found clubs, only Heynckes remains available. Now, I'd if Klopp came, but that's not going to happen. Still, genuinely worried for Tito. That's too many relapses for a cancer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal Means they won't be pursuing Gomis? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke, good lad. Very sensible. Nice to see for a change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 A shame for him personally, and i hope he gets well but as a club it really effects Barca very little. Klopp on the way? Personally I think it will affect us a great deal. All gettable good managers have already found clubs, only Heynckes remains available. Now, I'd if Klopp came, but that's not going to happen. Still, genuinely worried for Tito. That's too many relapses for a cancer Heynckes would be a damn fine choice even if it is a short-term measure. He seems pretty open to managing again so there's a good chance Barca can tempt him out. What you said about Tito, that's truly worrying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 A shame for him personally, and i hope he gets well but as a club it really effects Barca very little. Klopp on the way? Personally I think it will affect us a great deal. All gettable good managers have already found clubs, only Heynckes remains available. Now, I'd if Klopp came, but that's not going to happen. Still, genuinely worried for Tito. That's too many relapses for a cancer Obviously I cannot argue with a Barca fan about their own club, but like Sewelly said, i dont think he was up to the job anyway. Your club should be able to go out and get any manager they want apart from those tied with Madrid's history. Klopp would jump at the chance, especially after seeing several key players leave or leaving. Football aside, yep too man relapses for this to be anything but bad news for him personally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Underpants Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Pardew playing Neymar as a holding midfielder? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 the suns response to Vilanova probably having to step down............ The Sun - Football @TheSunFootball 4m Tito Vilanova is set to stand down as Barcelona boss - boosting Man United's hopes of landing Cesc Fabregas why am I even surprised Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Still think Klopp will stay at Dortmund for a couple more seasons yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Still think Klopp will stay at Dortmund for a couple more seasons yet. Same. Don't think he will move on yet. He seems committed to the Dortmund project. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 They have just made quite a few signings already, I just can't see Klopp jumping ship right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Jovetic to City confirmed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 They have just made quite a few signings already, I just can't see Klopp jumping ship right now. Heynckes for a couple more years, then go for Klopp. I'll like to see Guardiola against Klopp this season. Please don't spoil things for me yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Jovetic to City confirmed http://www.somegif.com/gifs/13613543951439936233.GIF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 A shame for him personally, and i hope he gets well but as a club it really effects Barca very little. Klopp on the way? Personally I think it will affect us a great deal. All gettable good managers have already found clubs, only Heynckes remains available. Now, I'd if Klopp came, but that's not going to happen. Still, genuinely worried for Tito. That's too many relapses for a cancer Obviously I cannot argue with a Barca fan about their own club, but like Sewelly said, i dont think he was up to the job anyway. Your club should be able to go out and get any manager they want apart from those tied with Madrid's history. Klopp would jump at the chance, especially after seeing several key players leave or leaving. Football aside, yep too man relapses for this to be anything but bad news for him personally. Don't think that's true at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Personally I think Tito wasn't up to it either, but he offered continuity with our style of play. To me, he was the example of good assistant, average manager. He didn't have the charisma or courage to make big decisions, or to lift the players like Guardiola did. Still remember, in the Munich game, him standing there like a deer caught in the headlights while Bayern was tearing us a new one. Heck, even Luís Enrique found a club already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal didn't see that one coming Effectively signed a one-year extension which doubles his pay to 40kpw. Villa had all the cards with Benteke on a long-term contract and it being a WC year. Benteke was never going to win, at least for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Benteke staying, signed new deal didn't see that one coming Effectively signed a one-year extension which doubles his pay to 40kpw. Villa had all the cards with Benteke on a long-term contract and it being a WC year. Benteke was never going to win, at least for now. That's the thing, his agent played it totally wrong. Hence last week us saying "he can leave if someone offers us enough", "enough" being a stupid sum. Well done, Lambert, played a bit of a blinder on this one. Nobody expected us to keep him after a second good season and a decent world cup, anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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