Welcome Valverde!

You played under Johan Cruyff, we hope you'll help us regain our identity that has brought us so much joy and success.

I give Valverde only 3months to prove his mettle.

welcome ernesto, to the best team in the world , i just hope you bring sucess with you along

Chelseafan1:


Lol.....Shey Higuain and Aguero don die ni abi will Samporigogo bench them?

Lol..You see that Higuain lasan..Make I never talk make he first score against Madrid..Make Juve win first

Barca is after Seri.


He could solve our midfield issues.

bykebyke:
Bartomeu said that Barça’s sporting director Robert Fernandez signed Valverde without speaking with the coach, only with his entourage.



Laporta and Txiki got candidates(Mourinho) to do a power point presentation detailing their philosopy, tactics, preferred players etc.




LOL...joke club.

This Board is really turning Barca to a Joke club.Valverde should be the one begging to coach Barca. The way this sounds it appears We begged him to come coach Barca..Madness is real

freaklesschild:
welcome ernesto, to the best team in the world , i just hope you bring sucess with you along

Is this ernesto a brazilian too? I dont know the type of average players zidane is bringing to madrid recently. Before, it was danilo, now ernesto. I will check his highlights on youtube.

I just don tire for this Bartomeu or Bartholomew, is this the big name he promised us few months back?

Well, Valverde, you are welcome in the name of the Lord! I hope you learn from the errors of Lucho!

airmark:

Barcelona wins: 1.17
Draw : 7.00
Alaves wins : 17.00

And this was a country cup final. Real needs to just focus on laliga and ucl, henceforth

Can you please give us the odds in the FA cup final of 2004, 2010 and 2014.

airmark:


Is this ernesto a brazilian too? I dont know the type of average players zidane is bringing to madrid recently. Before, it was danilo, now ernesto. I will check his highlights on youtube.

lol... who is talking about madrid here , i was talking about my new coach ernesto valverde, Bleep madrid , we barcelona never die

raumdeuter:


Can you please give us the odds in the FA cup final of 2004, 2010 and 2014.

I could only find 2010 and 2014. None went down below 1.20 for the favourite teams as recorded for 365. Bounce apari.

freaklesschild:
lol... who is talking about madrid here , i was talking about my new coach ernesto valverde, Bleep madrid , we barcelona never die

Oh ok. But why ''welcome ernesto, to the best club in the world'' ? You need to choose your words carefully next time. Everyone knows real madrid is the greatest club in the world.

airmark:


I could only find 2010 and 2014. None went down below 1.20 for the favourite teams as recorded for 365. Bounce apari.

Go and look for the 2004 final odds and also give us the site for the 2010 and 2014 odds

raumdeuter:


Go and look for the 2004 final odds and also give us the site for the 2010 and 2014 odds

Dig it up and post, if there is anything contrary to my view. Google is not exclusive to me, you can use it.

airmark:
Dig it up and post, if there is anything contrary to my view. Google is not exclusive to me, you can use it.

And your own google stopped working? Post the 3 years odds olodo

airmark:


Oh ok. But why ''welcome ernesto, to the best club in the world'' ? You need to choose your words carefully next time. Everyone knows real madrid is the greatest club in the world.

i can see you from where i am right now, even if i am not there with you , you said that and you immediately smile , cause you yourself know who the best is in our era. you are just trying to turn blind eyes and deaf ears, i was not born yet when madrid was great , but that was then , all old things pass away.

freaklesschild:
i can see you from where i am right now, even if i am not there with you , you said that and you immediately smile , cause you yourself know who the best is in our era. you are just trying to turn blind eyes and deaf ears, i was not born yet when madrid was great , but that was then , all old things pass away.

If you were not alive in the past, were you not alive when real was named THE BEST CLUB OF THE 20TH CENTURY by Fifa ? Football didn't start 10 years ago. I know you will be alive when real becomes the first club to win ucl back to back. That will be how many ucl titles ?

raumdeuter:


And your own google stopped working? Post the 3 years odds olodo

You have turned to mumu You cant get the odds, i thought you were smart online. None of 2010 and 2014 was less than 1.20. 2004 couldnt be found on 365 database. Prove me wrong apari.

airmark:


You have turned to mumu You cant get the odds, i thought you were smart online. None of 2010 and 2014 was less than 1.20. 2004 couldnt be found on 365 database. Prove me wrong apari.

provide the link for 2004, 2010 and 2014 oponu or else you are a liar

raumdeuter:


provide the link for 2004, 2010 and 2014 oponu or else you are a liar

Lol. You need to look for the rest. No free food in freetown. That's arsenal getting dragged to extra time. The odd wasnt 1.17

jonsnow92:
Lol..You see that Higuain lasan..Make I never talk make he first score against Madrid..Make Juve win first

Lol, na Madrid go win.

airmark:


Lol. You need to look for the rest. No free food in freetown. That's arsenal getting dragged to extra time. The odd wasnt 1.17

Raumdeuter, wont you come apologise for wasting his time?

Or you think you'll just disappear like that and someone will let you go like dt.....carry ur apari head come apologise fast fast.

airmark:


Is this ernesto a brazilian too? I dont know the type of average players zidane is bringing to madrid recently. Before, it was danilo, now ernesto. I will check his highlights on youtube.

Airmark always starting shït, with or without an accomplice.

We are in the 21st century and when all is said and done Barcelona will be named the greatest team of this century.

Chelseafan1:

Lol, na Madrid go win.

Na with one eye I go use watch that match

jonsnow92:
Na with one eye I go use watch that match

airmark:


If you were not alive in the past, were you not alive when real was named THE BEST CLUB OF THE 20TH CENTURY by Fifa ? Football didn't start 10 years ago. I know you will be alive when real becomes the first club to win ucl back to back. That will be how many ucl titles ?

let see how it goes bro , i wanna see how you not gonna visit these thread when juventus wins

Jerome Boateng ; playing against Lionel Messi is more difficult than facing Cristiano Ronaldo.

Pep given a 300million transfer chest.

5 challenges for new Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde


The Spaniard comes to the Camp Nou from Athletic Bilbao, where he helped the club to their first Champions League appearance in 16 years and qualified for European competition in each of the last four seasons. But while he may have impressed in Basque Country, the job ahead of him at Barcelona is bigger than anything he's ever faced.

What are the biggest challenges awaiting Valverde?



1 Make the stars happy
Valverde has managed at Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal, Valencia, Espanyol and Olympiakos, so the step up to Barcelona is a big one. He'll not just have more talent than he's ever had before -- he'll have to handle bigger egos.

That's not to say that Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Neymar and the rest of the Barcelona stars are especially egotisical, but there is a healthy amount of it in any great player and Valverde will be dealing with that in ways he never has. If the stars aren't happy, no one will be, and the results won't be pretty.



2 Start rebuilding the midfield
Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets are two of the best midfielders of their generation. But that generation is nearly gone. They're both older players and that age is starting to show. While they are still brilliant at times, there are others where they're completely overrun.

Barcelona need to start bringing in new, younger midfielders and Valverde will be tasked with helping identify which ones, then making those new signings shine. If he can't, Barcelona are in trouble.


3 Develop the young players
This is the area where Valverde might be most well equipped, and it's probably a huge reason why Barcelona brought him in. Barcelona used to produce many of their own stars and it wasn't rare to see half of the team come from the academy, but Sergi Roberto and Rafinha are the only players to make it through to the first team in recent years.

Athletic Bilbao's Basque-only policy requires they develop their own talent, so Valverde had no choice but to bring the kids along .... and he did a great job of it. Aymeric Laporte, Inaki Williams and Inigo Lekue got their debuts under Valverde and became stars. He'll be asked to do the same with the Barcelona youngsters now.


4 Show tactical flexibility
Valverde likes to use a fairly straightforward 4-2-3-1 system, but that won't work with Barcelona. Lionel Messi and Neymar are such brilliant but unique and versatile players that it's not wise to use them in a straightforward anything. Valverde will also have to figure out how to feed his stars the ball while supporting a defense that needs work. The good news is that Valverde usually has very good defensive teams.


5 Win
This one is obvious, but it's worth mentioning. Luis Enrique was facing heat earlier this season before announcing that he wouldn't return after the campaign ended, and he had a treble and double to his name at that point.

The expectations at Barcelona are sky high and Valverde won't get much of a grace period. He'll be expected to compete for every single trophy. He has to win, and he'll have to do it from the start. For a manager who has never won a trophy in Spain -- he did a very good job at his various clubs but they were facing an uphill battle against the country's elite -- that type of pressure is new for Valverde.

Cules i wanna know your opinion on these

airmark:


Oh ok. But why ''welcome ernesto, to the best club in the world'' ? You need to choose your words carefully next time. Everyone knows real madrid is the greatest club in the world.

Shege

airmark:


Lol. You need to look for the rest. No free food in freetown. That's arsenal getting dragged to extra time. The odd wasnt 1.17

Your assignment is to find the 3 years 2004, 2010 and 2014. 1/3 isnt passmark. This is not like your village school where 33% was enough to promote you on trial