Hindsight isn't 2020 - The 2019-20 Season Thread [R]

My guess is that Setien lasts 18 months and Xavi stays at Al Sadd till 2021, and promises to coach Barca if his favorite candidate, Victor Font, is elected president, at which point Barca has included a clause (not Xavi dependent) where the new President can cancel his contract (presumably with some payment, but not nearly as much as paying the last full season's wages). https://www.sport.es/en/news/barca/the-electoral-clause-in-quique-setiens-contract-at-barca-7806280

https://www.sport.es/en/news/barca/...na-presidential-candidate-victor-font-7461645

The fifth and final reason is a more complicated one - a 'moral' commitment to Victor Font, a candidate in Barcelona's presidential elections. Elections are next year, when Xavi's contract with Al Sadd comes to an end. All things considered, perhaps it'll be next year that he really has his eyes on the job. :https://www.givemesport.com/1537451...ejecting-recent-offer-to-be-barcelona-manager

Valverde latest victim of Divock Origi curse: https://www.givemesport.com/1537961...curse?utm_source=carousel&utm_medium=internal

 

I mean this board is finished next year. We’ll have a great dude running our club again and great managers would automatically sign for us. Klopp did say he’s going on a break when he leaves Liverpool, but Pep is still available. Then there’s the fact that Xavi wants to coach us ofc. Thing is if Setien does well then he should stay.

 

Apparently, Setien wants Coutinho back from what I’ve heard. I don’t know how he’s going to utilise him?

 

Good. Setien definitely doesn’t seem to be a guy who could be controlled by this board. Iirc he left Las Palmas due to a dispute with the board and stuff. He should be strict considering the players were slacking off. Also, what was that “Pique partying” stuff all about?

 

Btw Setien does look a bit Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.

 

I don't think its been mentioned, but not sure: Barca drew third-flight Ibiza in the CdR round of 32 to be played mid-week next week. Nice vacation. I guess Shakira is going.

 

It seems that Setien is quite strict. Dont know what Messi,Pique...think about him.Will they listen to him?

 

So how tf did they survive under Pep? If they can’t handle the manager being strict, then they should ******** off.

 

What Setien should do is sell all those bloody slackers who can’t handle the pressure. If Pique doesn’t want to train then he should ******** off to Man Utd.

 

Then they should leave. The more experienced you’re, the more disciplined you should be. There’s a particular reason Mourinho prefers working with older players iirc.

 

Plus, Messi is definitely serious, but his mental strength have dipped. You could see him get pissed for example these days. Pique should never be made our president due to his shitty attitude. If he’s partying hard and doesn’t take his job seriously then nah son. Let him go ******** Shakira and please leave Tennis out of it. I don’t want that moron ruining the game of Tennis with his garbage ideas. Sorry to say, but I’ve completely lost respect for Pique. At least Ramos trains hard and takes his job seriously despite his arrogant behaviour.

 

I remember when Romario didn’t like training hard and Cruyff sent him packing. That’s how it should be and manager should’ve more authority over a damn player. FDJ, Messi, Suarez and Ter Stegan seem to be the only players who actually give a ******** what’s going on. FDJ’s recent tweet which is deleted definitely suggests that the team team was slacking badly. Talent means jackshit if you ain’t training hard. I really wish football was such that the manager had the biggest authority in an organisation, even above the damn President. It’s basically like how a film producer interferes with a director

 

Not to comment on your views of our players being lazy etc (more than saying that I disagree), but just about Mourinho. Yes, there is a particular reason for that, but it's not that older people are more disciplines, it's that he is not a coach who excels at developing young players into world class players, he is more in his own element when he short-term squeezes something out of prime-age players. And I don't mean this necessarily as a criticism on him.

 

I’m glad he’s gone but if this new guy believes in tika taka meshed with a high pressing game then we’re screwed as we just don’t have the players suited to the pressing game

 

Maybe we should have signed Xavi as well ... to work under the new guy for 6 or 18 months ..

 

We played crap football though ... if you ask anyone who plays the best football now ... most would quite rightly suggest Liverpool.. even flamin Leicester fecking City are playing football we can only dream about ..

 

If they’re admitting Messi’s legs have gone ( despite being two years younger than flamin Cronaldo) then they should have two fast paced , hard working forwards to play with and support him ... not fecking Suarez and Dembele ...

 

Properly ?

 

How lucky is Pique ... playing for Barca and Spain through their glory times and then going home to Shakira !!

 

You disagree on our players being lazy? Only few of them are actually training hard and I’ve mentioned them above.

 

Again good

 

Setien had the guts to cancel their day off. This is good in my eyes and them working two sessions makes me happy.