Re: Spain NT discussion

by Art Morte Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:40 am

Kinda hoping that Spain win now. Only for Lopetegui to feel like shit.

by VanDeezNuts Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:46 am

Lmao, how stupid can the Spanish FA be? They throw away their WC chances because they’re a little Butthurt that the news got out that Lopetegui was appointed as RM manager? Shocking scenes.

by urbaNRoots Wed Jun 13, 2018 10:52 am

Didn’t Conte also leave Italy for Chelsea a couple months before Euro 2016?

by rincon Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:55 am

Conte's contract was ending after the Euro. It was a very public thing, and was done in March and announced in April. Well before the tournament, the friendlies and even the picking of the team, none of which played for Chelsea.

by BarcaLearning Wed Jun 13, 2018 2:59 pm

Post this here also as its about the manager but even more so about the teams WC chances...

This is crazy. It seems its a show of power from both Real Madrid and this Spanish FA president.... all putting Spain's WC chances at risk, which I think is criminal. As soon as Real announced it I thought the timing was strange, two days before the WC and your national manager will be gone, it must affect the team a bit.

And now the Spanish FA makes it worst because he couldnt tolerate his manager being snatched away by Flo decides to fire the day before the WC.

Im just amazed. It goes to show how messy these ppl in power are and just so selfish, unbelievable.

Now Spain will be led by Hierro, for some reason I just dont feel any confidence?

by RealGunner Sun Jul 08, 2018 8:38 am

Unsurprisingly Hierro steps down.

Who is next?

by VanDeezNuts Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:06 pm

I think the question is who would want to work under the Spanish FA after that.

by Mr Nick09 Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:32 pm

plenty of opportunistic lads like MIchel lol. It was leaked in the spanish medias this week that Rubiales likes Martinez, and he might wait the end of the world cup to approach him.

by futbol_bill Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:42 pm

Martinez would be great, but first should be the dismissal of Rubiales? He destroyed a golden opportunity for us and there literally is no proper replacement available. I think it will be years before we have a solid opportunity again!

by M99 Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:18 pm

Pippo.

by messixaviesta Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:40 pm

futbol_bill wrote:Martinez would be great, but first should be the dismissal of Rubiales? He destroyed a golden opportunity for us and there literally is no proper replacement available. I think it will be years before we have a solid opportunity again!

Dismissal of Rubiales is the minimum. I have often dreamed of shooting him dead. I just heard a fascinating interview with Graham Hunter explaining in detail what all could have been different if Lopetegui had been in charge.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:41 pm

That's a pretty dark dream....

by messixaviesta Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:43 pm

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:That's a pretty dark dream....

It is what it is. Not all times can be bright. As Andres Iniesta said - "Sometimes things don't turn out the way we have dreamed."

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sun Jul 08, 2018 6:45 pm

sad but true.

by Doc Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:54 am

Reports saying Lucho is the favourite to be new Spain manager. @futbol your boy gonna win the next WC imo

by sportsczy Mon Jul 09, 2018 7:54 am

Doc wrote:Reports saying Lucho is the favourite to be new Spain manager. @futbol your boy gonna win the next WC imo

No CBs + David Silva, Costa and Iniesta gone. I think Spain has a down cycle here for one WC and then we'll see.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:00 am

They've been on a down cycle since 2012 lol.

by sportsczy Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:04 am

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:They've been on a down cycle since 2012 lol.

They've underperformed despite having the talent. Now, they have talent deficiencies in certain spots.... they really need to adapt the style of play to the talent available imo. Need more pragmatism.

by S Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:08 am

Doc wrote:Reports saying Lucho is the favourite to be new Spain manager. @futbol your boy gonna win the next WC imo

Just like they were supposed to this year (:

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Mon Jul 09, 2018 8:12 am

I agree, that's what i've been saying. Without Alonso and Xavi they can't play like this anymore. That's been obvious since 2014, they technically have talent but it's all concentrated in the same areas and skillset.

There's literally nothing to differentiate the team from one player to the next.

by Hapless_Hans Mon Jul 09, 2018 9:27 am

Lurcho makes sense. Good choice.

by guest7 Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:08 am

https://twitter.com/SeFutbol/status/1016288413807534080

by Doc Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:40 pm

S wrote:
Doc wrote:Reports saying Lucho is the favourite to be new Spain manager. @futbol your boy gonna win the next WC imo

Just like they were supposed to this year (:

This year, they didn't have Lucho. It's all good.

by futbol_bill Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:54 pm

You’re dreaming Doc!

by Hapless_Hans Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:21 pm

Aren't you a fan of Lurcho, @Bill?

by futbol_bill Mon Jul 09, 2018 2:36 pm

Not at all and he is from the same province as me! But there was noone outside of Martinez good enough and we can’t trust anything with Rubiales (ie his pride is more important than national interest) and Enrique’s got a bigger ego than Rubiales.

But we also have bigger problems, at least 6 of starters won’t be around for next WC, we don’t have a lot of backfill talent for strikers or CBs, we sadly need different different tactics (and Enrique isn’t the guy for that).

Plus first thing he said was to bring back Mata! Now I like Mata, actually know him personally, from my home town (and club), but he is behind at least 10 others in terms of talent.

I could go on and on, but reality is it will take years for us to have another realistic opportunity.

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