Ferran Soriano & Txiki Begiristain

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Results on the pitch are what counts for me however seems these 2 are doing exactly what they have been brought in to do.

 

[toffee balls]

I keep posting this everywhere I suspect I may get an answer but I will try once more in this thread :

What happens to Spurs when Soldado gets injured ??

 

[blueinsa]

We should pinch ourselves at the thought of having such a capable team as Ferran and Txiki.

Guys like this open far more doors than they close and where in no small way responsible for what happened at Barca yet we still have a few on here insistent on criticising them as nobodies?

They are busy transforming our club both on and off the field and for me, they are the very best in the business at what they do.

 

[Anonymous]

We should pinch ourselves at the thought of having such a capable team as Ferran and Txiki.

Guys like this open far more doors than they close and where in no small way responsible for what happened at Barca yet we still have a few on here insistent on criticising them as nobodies?

They are busy transforming our club both on and off the field and for me, they are the very best in the business at what they do.

It's a very English affliction to be mistrustful of the DoF model. It's a model employed by literally all the top clubs across Europe. In England we have been far too obsessed for far too long with the Ferguson way. Hopefully his retirement coinciding with Txiki/Baldini doing the business they've done whilst everyone else fucks around and looks like an amateur will go some way to changing the mentality and showing that the right DoF is an invaluable tool for any manager to have.

 

[blueinsa]

We should pinch ourselves at the thought of having such a capable team as Ferran and Txiki.

Guys like this open far more doors than they close and where in no small way responsible for what happened at Barca yet we still have a few on here insistent on criticising them as nobodies?

They are busy transforming our club both on and off the field and for me, they are the very best in the business at what they do.

It's a very English affliction to be mistrustful of the DoF model. It's a model employed by literally all the top clubs across Europe. In England we have been far too obsessed for far too long with the Ferguson way. Hopefully his retirement coinciding with Txiki/Baldini doing the business they've done whilst everyone else fucks around and looks like an amateur will go some way to changing the mentality and showing that the right DoF is an invaluable tool for any manager to have.

Without a doubt mate.

The key job now at a club with them employing a coach to implement an ethos thought the club rather than dictating their own way.

The pisscan was a one off, never to be repeated again and the chosen one across the road wont last 5 mins in the job as he is frankly a nobody who couldn't pull a pint, never mind a world class signing off. Gill is also a serious loss to them, hence the reason that Woodward is still hiding in the bogs of that plane that left Aus all those weeks ago ;-)

 

[Braggster]

We should pinch ourselves at the thought of having such a capable team as Ferran and Txiki.

Guys like this open far more doors than they close and where in no small way responsible for what happened at Barca yet we still have a few on here insistent on criticising them as nobodies?

They are busy transforming our club both on and off the field and for me, they are the very best in the business at what they do.

It's a very English affliction to be mistrustful of the DoF model. It's a model employed by literally all the top clubs across Europe. In England we have been far too obsessed for far too long with the Ferguson way. Hopefully his retirement coinciding with Txiki/Baldini doing the business they've done whilst everyone else fucks around and looks like an amateur will go some way to changing the mentality and showing that the right DoF is an invaluable tool for any manager to have.

I'll admit I don't understand why the footballing media in this country don't like the DoF model. It simply seems so obvious that the manager can't do everything in this day and age!

They will cite the example of Taggart, but he was an arch-delegator. He had trusted lieutenants doing a lot of the spade work for him, so it worked for him.

Agree completely, though, that the likes of Txiki and Baldini can really work wonders. I also think it's good for the DoF, who is basically in charge of player trading, to be a bit detached from the day to day reality of the dressing room

 

[the originalkippaxman]

I keep posting this everywhere I suspect I may get an answer but I will try once more in this thread :

What happens to Spurs when Soldado gets injured ??

Probably the same as when the rapist gets injured

 

[Outrun]

Since Soriano's and Txiki's arrival last winter (estimates!!!):

OUT:
Balotelli £140k a week
Bridge 80k
Kolo 100k
Tevez 160k
Santa Cruz 90k
Maicon 90k
Scott Sinclair 50k (WBA taking full salary according to several sources)
Barry 100k (Everton taking full salary according to several sources)
Total: 810k a week or ~40m a year

In:
Fernandinho 75k
Navas 75k
Negredo 75k
Jovetic 80k
Demichelis 20k + performance (rumoured)
Total: 325k a week

And still making the squad better. That's the important part. Yes, anyone can let those ending contract players go on a free, but you got to balance it all out in the end. I think they've done just that and we now have a very well-balanced squad. Just like Barcelona used to have. 8 defenders, 8 midfielders, 4 strikers, 2 for each position and several versatile players.

 

[decmancity]

There doing their jobs so I can't complain

Ferran and Glick are hoovering up the sponsorships and deals to earn us money.

Txiki and his team are cutting the deadwood, resigning key players on smaller contracts with performance bonuses and spending the money on players that have improved the team.

In Jan and next summer there will be no doubt more changes.

 

[PragueBlue]

Not convinced at all by them yet on the footballing side of things.

They replaced a manager with a good track record of winning trophies (for all his other reported faults) with one who hasn't won anything at all in recent years.

On transfers, I think we've overpaid a bit on transfer fees but saved on wages.

If Pellegrini and the signings work out, then they should be judged to have done a good job. If not, then they aren't really deserving of any praise.