Gary Neville should apologise and resign, says Canizares
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Gary Neville should have apologised and resigned as Valencia coach after their humiliating Copa del Rey defeat, says former goalkeeper Santiago Canizares.
Valencia were thrashed 7-0 by Barcelona in a semi-final first leg on Wednesday.
Former Manchester United captain Neville described the loss as "one of his worst experiences" in football.
Canizares said: "I expected the coach's resignation, as well as some apologies. I may be ignorant, but I'm surprised he hasn't. I thought he was honest."
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Neville is yet to win in the eight La Liga games he has been in charge, after being appointed as boss in December.
Soon after the match, #Nevilleveteya, which translates to Neville go now, was trending in Valencia on Twitter but sporting director Jesus Garcia Pitarch said it was "not the day to talk about the future".
He added: "This day you can't explain. We must apologise to fans for one of the worst results in our history."
Canizares, who played over 400 times for the club, winning two league titles and two cups, questioned the decision-making at the club.
"If Garcia Pitarch trusts in Gary as he said on Monday, I'm disappointed. If it's not like that, why did he say that?" he said.
"If (Garcia Pitarch) lied to us, and tomorrow he proposes the sacking of the coach and it's not accepted, it's best if (Garcia Pitarch) leaves as well.
"Worse than the loss, is giving up in the fight. We are facing a test of fire. To demand decisions is responsible, to give up isn't."
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Just shows that performing is much more difficult than criticising the efforts of others from the comfort of a TV studio."
...or from behind keyboard on an anonymous blog....
Deluded isn't the word...........
When Valencia win the second leg 8-0 and go through, some people on here are going to look pretty silly.
Gary Neville quote from 14/04/2015
Also it's not uncommon for Barca to spank teams in La Liga. This is a poor Valencia team who were also had to play 45 mins with a man down! Why are people not slating the player who stupidly got himself sent off?
But it seems he has been found out!
Perhaps he should be looking to actually learn the job first rather than expecting miracles on the coat tails of his rich friends?
When you see the likes of Carragher, Neville, Shearer, Henry etc on the telly criticising the tactics of Mourinho, Wenger, Pellegrini, LVG etc.
These pundits themselves couldn't do a better job than the managers they criticise.
"What exactly are Nevilles credentials? Former big mouth TV pundit and 200 hours on Football Manger 2011 ?"
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UEFA A Coaching Licence.
UEFA B Coaching Licence.
Assistant Manager of a national team.
Proven success as a player, learnt from Ferguson.
Generally been involved in the game all his life.
Now let's look at YOUR credentials, fool.