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Xavi - The manager
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Better not be him, he’s bang average. Only good thing from signing him is that we will probably be able to attract the right type of players.
Who would you appoint instead?
I think we need one of those tbh, Ten Hag didn't moan enough.
Simone Inzaghi, Hoeness from Stuttgart, Amorim from Sporting, Kieren McKenna, Andoni Iraola or some other Spanish coach (of which Xavi is part of) should be the options I'd say. Personally I want a Spanish coach and just no dutch coach, implementing some midfield control into our play would be nice for once.
Fair shouts, and definitely agree on the midfield thing
Xavi's Barca played on possession, no? I am also the one who is desperate for possession manager.
If he comes in, it will be as the permanent head coach. I only say this because it was speculated by some that Xavi could be an option as an interim. However, if you read the Club Statement, this is very clearly not the case.
Yeah I don't get why we'd hire him. He didn't do well at Barca and that's all he's done. He only got that job because he was a great player. I don't see much difference between him and Gerrard or Lampard.
I can't see us getting him after signing a CM like Ugarte, doesn't scream a natural fit or adherence to a long term plan. Or maybe that means we are likely to get him
Didn't he win double with Barca?
Hopefully we aren’t basing our long term football vision around one destroyer DM.
He is not the answer!
That's my argument against him. He knows how to whine at every opportunity.
Sure, the guy who won La Liga isn't as good as the guy who hasn't won a game yet in the Premier League.
It is no joke to win La Liga. It's still the second best league in the world and any manager who wins it has something about them. Inzaghi wouldn't leave Italy, Hoeness apparently turnt us down in the summer, and Iraola doesn't have any credentials to take on the biggest and most difficult job in English football.
Amorim is an interesting discussion but do we have the players for a 3-4-3 ?
Either way, if Xavi or Ruben come in its almost certainly the end of Bruno.
Not convinced by this link at all.
I want that tiki taka all over my face.
He wouldn't last a game without a red card.
I'm open to Xavi! Think he'd do well with the building blocks.
As to a 3-4-3, yeah I think we do. Not tons of depth for the wing backs role but the rest is fine. Dalot and Mazraoui can both play as wing backs, de ligt, Yoro, Martinez as a back 3 would be very good on paper (Shaw as well), Rashfords shit work ethic will be less harmful as part of a front 3 in that system, garnacho, garnacho, amad and mount obviously can all be the attacking wingers too. Amorim had Ugarte playing as a top midfielder in the first place and he could develop next to Mainoo. Bruno would find his role within that, maybe as a front 3 or maybe in the midfield 2.
Whatever the formation, it just needs to be coached well. We have players to be a good (not great) team. Whoever the coach, I expect to see us be well coached.
Like you don't believe it, or you don't think it'd be good?
The pic with his kid wearing a United jersey and Berrada having previous links with Xavi (and Xavi being available, speaking well of us before) are all valid links so I do think he'll be considered. Probably the most likely at this point too.
That I don't think it'd be good! Sorry, wasn't very clear.
This just has Keane at Ipswich vibes all over it and he gets annoyed that none of our players can play a 5 yard pass.
Possibly 3rd or 4th choice for me. No idea if he would be any good
Does anybody know how good any manager will be unless he starts his work? Especially in our case.
Then so be it, and maybe the message will get back to our board that our players also aren’t good enough (which is largely Ten Hag’s fault too).
Don't know how to feel about the Xavi links. On the one hand, it's pretty disheartening to see Flick turn up at Barca and immediately have them looking better than he did. On the other, he inherited Koeman's team, who had them playing like Stoke.
His English seems like it's probably better than Ten Hag's at least, and the cachet that comes with being one of the best midfielders ever probably goes a long way with the players. He comes across as a horrible, detestable little weasel on the touchline, though.
His English seems like it's probably better than Ten Hag's at least, and the cachet that comes with being one of the best midfielders ever probably goes a long way with the players. He comes across as a horrible, detestable little weasel on the touchline, though.
Yes, in our case you just assume they'll be crap.
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No idea how anyone will turn out at this club. Player or coach.
It'll be between him and Potter I reckon. Both free agents.
Anyway in case there's any legs to it, this might be of interest:
Is he reputable?
Our team is not equipped to play tiki taka. We don't have the players nor the club DNA (i.e youth players trained in that system) to do it.
It will take Xavi a decade to implement this, and he'd be sacked way before then.
It will take Xavi a decade to implement this, and he'd be sacked way before then.
We don't have the DNA for anything.
At least he seems like he'd have a good whinge in the presser when we get fecked by the refs.
True, but with other systems, there's a possibility that our players could do it.
This lot are just too fecking football stupid to play tiki-taka. Bruno would much rather boot it into the stands.
Bang average yet won LL with a shit Barca team against Ancelotti and Madrid stacked with talent?
Exactly this. Not saying Xavi is the man, but in terms of playing style you have to start somewhere. Our squad is of limited ability and contains a mis-mash of random players that do not complement each other. No manager in the world would be well-equipped to take over our team.
We have to back a new way of playing (personally hope it's one that actually values having good technicians in midfield that can keep the ball) and whichever manager has the personality and the tactical acumen to go execute that should be hired. They have to be given the autonomy, in liaison with the DoF, to bring in the profile of player they want, whilst culling existing players that don't merge with their way of playing. Easier said than done. I know.
The pick younger players who can do it