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I think it's the right time for him to bow out. He's had unbelievable success with Barca over the last 3 years. Now he's lost out on another league title to Real and the power balance could be shifting. Better to go out before things get worse (IF they do)

It was interesting - I fancied an all-Spanish Champion's League final, yet neither of them got to the final. On the other hand, it turns out we have an all-Spanish Europa League final. And the 18 teams in the league are supposedly MILES behind Barca and Real. It would have been interesting is Real and Barca had made it, and both European competitions were all-La Liga affairs!

barca promoting from within again. you really have gotta respect the way that club goes about its business.

Yup, reminds of a once great club.... oh where did it all go wrong? smh

While I do like the idea of promoting from within, I have my doubts that Vilanova will be able to carry on Pep's tradition of success. I just get the feeling that he's keeping the seat warm until someone else comes along.

People need to get real by linking him with our Job, he is just as much likely to replace Moyes at Everton as Dalglish at Liverpool.

I was very surprised they announced his successor already - given that he isn't actually officially stepping down til the end of the season. This to me says that he's gonna be given at least a season as manager (unless things go horrifically bad from the off, of course).

Yeah I think he'll get a season certainly. The decisiveness with which Barca acted in naming him as the replacement shows a certain amount of confidence. But I do think that, unless he does extraordinarily well, Barca will want a slightly bigger name in charge. Luis Enrique hasn't done particularly well with Roma this year, but I think he makes sense. He would certainly provide an element of continuity, having played with Pep. Wenger might be a good shout as well, but he's getting on a bit and I don't think he'd leave Arsenal at this point unless it's to take the France job.

Barcelona are decisive and get on with their business.

We could learn a lot from them

im not sure anyone can. purely because it's impossible to play so perfectly for so long. if barca want to truly dominate they will have to involve slightly. become more solid defensively, be able to counter-attack, and add a little depth to their squad so they can rotate a little, be able to play 2 or 3 different formations and still win nicely. under pep they were stunning but predictable at times.

I was surprised how short/small their team was.

this limited them to no ball in the air which made them very predictable.