Froggy Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 It hasn’t gone down well with the proper Man Utd fans You just can’t say that as a Man Utd manager. It's interesting how much flak this got, yet Pep came out and said how he couldn't compete with us after we beat them and nobody batted an eyelid. Solskjaer is everyones favourite guy to hate at the minute. Pretty pathetic. Still in the FA Cup, into the knockout stages of the Europa League and sitting in 5th in the Premier League and just after winning 4-0. Not sure what else anyone expected from him to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Whatever you think of Valverde as a manager, the way Barcelona have treated him in the last few days has been a disgrace. If you want to sack him then just do it now and put a temporary replacement in charge instead of undermining him as they are now. This situation helps nobody. It is strange they have decided he is not up to the job on the back of a meaningless semi final defeat in the Spanish equivalent of the Community Shield. Clearly losing out on a huge cash windfall from an El Clasico in Saudi Arabia meant more to them rather the two 2nd leg collapses in the Champions League in the last 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Whatever you think of Valverde as a manager, the way Barcelona have treated him in the last few days has been a disgrace. If you want to sack him then just do it now and put a temporary replacement in charge instead of undermining him as they are now. This situation helps nobody. It is strange they have decided he is not up to the job on the back of a meaningless semi final defeat in the Spanish equivalent of the Community Shield. Clearly losing out on a huge cash windfall from an El Clasico in Saudi Arabia meant more to them rather the two 2nd leg collapses in the Champions League in the last 2 years. Its 2 years worth of steady decline which he seems to have no answers for (its Messi that has bailed him out countless times) - this season has been worse, they can barley string a performance away from home - playing a turgid 4-4-2 hasn't helped - should have got rid of him end of last season Barca's recruitment has been very poor recently (take De Jong and Arthur to one side), so that part of Barca needs looking into also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Pearson doing a great job at Watford and no surprise to me after him building the side that Ranieri took over at Watford. What a difference to Brewcie. Pearson just gets on with the job, no quotes from the PLM book of quotes, no spinning plates and no excuses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 It hasn’t gone down well with the proper Man Utd fans You just can’t say that as a Man Utd manager. It's interesting how much flak this got, yet Pep came out and said how he couldn't compete with us after we beat them and nobody batted an eyelid. Solskjaer is everyones favourite guy to hate at the minute. Pretty pathetic. Still in the FA Cup, into the knockout stages of the Europa League and sitting in 5th in the Premier League and just after winning 4-0. Not sure what else anyone expected from him to be honest. Impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Looks like Quique Setién will be new Barca boss Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribesman Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Whatever you think of Valverde as a manager, the way Barcelona have treated him in the last few days has been a disgrace. If you want to sack him then just do it now and put a temporary replacement in charge instead of undermining him as they are now. This situation helps nobody. It is strange they have decided he is not up to the job on the back of a meaningless semi final defeat in the Spanish equivalent of the Community Shield. Clearly losing out on a huge cash windfall from an El Clasico in Saudi Arabia meant more to them rather the two 2nd leg collapses in the Champions League in the last 2 years. Its 2 years worth of steady decline which he seems to have no answers for (its Messi that has bailed him out countless times) - this season has been worse, they can barley string a performance away from home - playing a turgid 4-4-2 hasn't helped - should have got rid of him end of last season Barca's recruitment has been very poor recently (take De Jong and Arthur to one side), so that part of Barca needs looking into also I completely agree with the reasons for sacking Valverde, the Barcelona board have just been very unprofessional in how they have gone about it. Whoever signs the players should be sacked as well, lots of money wasted on the likes of Coutinho and Malcolm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 They have wasted absolute millions in the last 2/3 years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Coutihno is only a waste because of Valverde. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Coutihno is only a waste because of Valverde. I tend to agree - was bought to replace Iniesta - shunted him out to LW - wasted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 We already sacked the guy that signed Coutinho, and eventually we'll sack his replacement. We go through directors of football like candy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Valverde gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Setien new Barca manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 This statement made me laugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Barca should be very interesting under Setien. Back to the ultra possession days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Pearson doing a great job at Watford and no surprise to me after him building the side that Ranieri took over at Watford. What a difference to Brewcie. Pearson just gets on with the job, no quotes from the PLM book of quotes, no spinning plates and no excuses Have to say, Pearson is really growing on me. Seems like a decent chap and fairly articulate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Barca should be very interesting under Setien. Back to the ultra possession days Sexy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Impressive Not sure what you're getting at. Just stating that as of now, we're still in every major competition we were in at the start of the season and we're sitting where we were expected to be in the league, maybe even higher. A lot of pundits predicted 6th place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 All the way in with Setién. This season was headed nowhere, at least do it with a bang instead of a whimper. Who knows, it might even work out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Ah yes, headed nowhere *checks league table* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 To be honest I don't think we could've held on the top spot the way we were playing. Fortunately Real Madrid have been as unreliable as us, but with Suárez down I wasn't fancying our chances - he and Messi have been carrying the team all these months. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 how/what system does this guy play then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Sacking your manager when he has you top of the league. :lol: Only Barca. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Sacking your manager when he has you top of the league. :lol: Only Barca. Tbf this is our worst season record-wise since the last Rijkaard season. Real Madrid/Atlético are just sucking a teeny bit more. Should have been done in the summer though, now it will only cause more upheaval. I think Setién is probably a better manager than Xavi, but Xavi's presence would probably calm things down and he'd have the respect of the dressing room (which is imho Zidane's best quality at Real Madrid, that he's Zinedine fucking Zidane). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Also qualified out of a tough CL group easily Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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