Koeman: We Need Wins
By: Cesar | January 26th, 2008
Coach Ronald Koeman seems to think a winning streak in La Liga might catapult us into Champions League contention for next season … You think?? Sorry for being so condescending, but this has been such a long, frustrating season. It’s hard to know what to think about this squad from week to week anymore.
Here’s the thing. We haven’t won a match in La Liga in three and a half months. That’s a VERY long time. We’ve won five straight in the Copa Del Rey, so there’s a bit of confidence in the air ahead of tomorrow’s match against Almeria.
“We have to win the next five matches,” Koeman said. “It’s time to win in the Liga, because we are playing much better.” I agree there …
“The best remedy is to win a match. We’ve improved our play and I really enjoyed how the team played the other day. But our next opponent won’t be easy to defeat, because they will corner themselves. We’ll have to be strong.” I assume by corner he means defend?
The Dutch tactician has been dealt a blow, as captain Ruben Baraja will be out with injury for a month, but Koeman is confident that this will only motivate the other players to step up and take responsibility.
“Injuries are another thing. We are worried, because we’ve lost an important player,” admitted Koeman.
“But we have others to keep on going. He’ll be out three or four weeks. We have more than one leader. That’s how it should be, especially when you have experienced players on the pitch. We won’t have Baraja, but we’ll have some other players.”
“My job is to prepare every match. We can’t think about anything else. We are focused on winning our next game and then we’ll see what happens. I always trained that way.”
We defeated Almeria 2-1 the last time we faced them.
Am I asking for too much by wanting a decisive, well-played victory?
PLEASE???
**NEWSFLASH: I’m still working on this penya thing. I am confused about a few things, so if anyone in Spain can help out, please e-mail me at cesarman@yahoo.com. Thanks!**
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Who is going to be the captain, Marchena?
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United States
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Vicente pls ~~ lol
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Singapore -
at this point Valencia should consider me for coach.. my fifa 08 skills are great
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this is some kind of nightmare or what? losing to almeria? great job, way to go. damn i’m so mad right now
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United States -
Hallo, game just finished 1-0. Koeman is a madman aka Barcelona ‘mole’ He must go.Valencia running around like a headless chicken. Joaquin placed on the left for 80 minutes and switched for the last 10. I have never known a trainer like this.Valencia played away with Quique and won 1-2. Maduro plays in Baraja’s place with Abelda twiddling his thumbs. I just dont believe what I am writing. What the hell is up with Soler? He should go back to his building business. To go back to the Copa,Motta was sent off and in the upheaval Silva scored with a gift from a defender and that was it.Koeman puts on Maduro who had only been in the Stadium 2 days. ALL the Papers said how mad this was when they should have gone for goals with 1 hour still left. Zigic sat 90 mins on the bench. Koeman also said on the Spanish TV that he wasn’t happy with the performance of Villa. This is not something that a trainer announces to all the world. The art of training is largely psychology and these things you discuss in private. There might be a slot for Koeman in the 3rd division to learn his trade but that is about it. Ther is no way forward without a change. Almendros
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Hallo, a correction to my last post, sorry of course you know the score was 0-1. I cant think straight after the game. Almendros
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sup-ah, are you an Armenian VCF fan? Where do you live?
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Armenia -
no, why do you think so? i’m from czech republic
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sup-ah , I thought so, because Armenian flag is under your message. Maybe it’s a net mistake?
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