Quique Sánchez Flores

And...

Kike Sanchez Flores is trying to find a winning formula.

So there's no way you're telling me that he leaves out Pablo Ibanez, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Alenia, to save them for a game in a week's time.

Denis Suarez played instead, Ander Guevara, and Potassoni, who's not as good as when he was called Benavides, but it's the same player.

You can get dragged down there slowly but surely.

When you have a home game against a newly promoted side, you're aiming for three points so it's a big disappointment uh for Alaves who I wouldn't even argue were the better side I think it was a very very easy even game very similar stuff to Vico so again Deportivo Alaves having two rough games uh recently and they are winless in three they haven't won in their last five as well and they're just struggling to keep control and finishing their chances but they do have a good manager of course overall in Kike Sanchez Flores I think this is his second spell with Deportivo Alaves of course he's been in the league for quite some time he's got of course he was a coach that you know beat us 1-0 last season with Alaves as well so he knows how to beat Barcelona but maybe not a Barcelona on the beach he has a Barcelona coming at him that's a bit of a monster which is you know trying to use Alaves to wake up the sleeping beast a little bit in terms of players to look out for again I'd always watch out for the former Barcelona players especially when they come back to the Camp Nou they want to prove a point so I expect Kike Sanchez-Lorens to go very conservative whether it be five in the midfield or five in the defense Lucas Boy as well very experienced striker in La Liga has scored against Barcelona on multiple occasions you have Johnny Otto as well in the defense who is very experienced but It's kind of, you know, a new generation at Alaves.

They don't have, you know, the old players back in the day, like, you know, like a Luis Garcia up front and, you know, in the defense as well.

So they have, you know, kind of moved on from that old guard a little bit, you know, freshness coming in.

That's just one example.

You know, Benfica had Manuel Jose, Benfica had Kike Flores.

You're never going to win with those guys.

I mean, Porto...

They've also never been able to maintain a goal advantage.

Kike Sanchez Flores, grateful for a last-minute equaliser, said, We all know how it works.

You see a team start making mistakes, feeling uncomfortable, failing to hold their positions and losing possession repeatedly.

Even though our opponent created absolutely nothing in the first half, we deserved to be trailing.

Other players, Paul Robinson on Instagram last week, who was a coach, two seasons ago under Tom Cleverley everybody's saying it explain to us why that is still alright and conducive to picking up results don't try and fob us off that that doesn't happen because it does so that's the

biggest thing everyone's saying it and this isn't just the last few weeks this has been going on for years people coming out and saying this I think Kike Sanchez Flores said it after he left the second time round that there were people watching training the entire time or telling him what to do with the team I can't remember off the top of my head Everyone's saying it.

So not everyone's lying, Gino.

Don't try and kid us.

[laughs]

... is it Piquiez Sanchez Flores?

[laughs]

Is it the other one? I can't remember.

And he's gonna regret it.

I think Sanchez-Flores couldn't believe it.

Yeah, they stayed with those besitos.

Two minutes later exactly.

And really good to see him doing what he's doing at the moment.

I saw him referred to as, I think it was by Kike Sanchez Flores, who's been under the weather this week, so best wishes to him.

He was referred to by Kike Sanchez Flores as Mariano Nazario.

Earlier this season.

I have so much time for