Guardiola to be found out in the premier league

[Rita_Poon]

Some going from Arsenal what, a month 6 weeks ago were leading handsomely, and city have wrapped this up with three games in hand.

Three.

 

[gonetomorrow]

The team that are allowed to spend and do whatever they want have won the league have they? What a surprise

I suppose so but that's the game now. They are great to watch and it's an entertainment thing largely.
I can't help feeling their fans are spoilt rotten but their owners spent wisely whereas ours didn't.

 

[Walken]

Been managing the favourites for 20 years and he's nowhere on this list, really very poor

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

The early pages of this thread must make for interesting reading

 

[JLW]

Still makes me smile this thread title.

 

[Walken]

Man with unlimited resources triumphs again, what a hero

 

[Cellardweller]

Man with unlimited resources triumphs again, what a hero

Nope, United lost

 

[Milkman]

Still one of the greatest OPs in my opinion

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

I think he's stubborn in the way he plays the game and this squad will be the weakest he's ever had

I see him struggling in the league

LOL

 

[Saint Domingo]

Man with unlimited resources triumphs again, what a hero

All the top sides in Europe have unlimited resources (perhaps Barca the exception at the moment)

Madrid PSG Bayern United Liverpool Arsenal Chelsea Atletico can all pretty much buy whoever they want in the world and put them in their team.

Their failings aren’t due to a lack of money. Some of these teams have higher net spends recently. The difference at this level is the manager. It’s why Madrid have won so many CLs recently because Ancelotti and Zidane are the masters at it. Ironically they won it most during a period when Madrid stopped spending on galacticos.

Guardiola is just a better manager than most of his contemporaries. He might lose one off games, or even have a bad season, but not many of the current crop can live with him. Perhaps prime Fergie Wenger Mourinho might have given him a tougher time but apart from Ancelotti and Mourinho in his Madrid days, none of the other lot have been good enough to bother him.

Klopp Conte Arteta Tuchel Nagelsmann etc. they’re all good but they’re nowhere near Pep.

 

[Billy Dean]

I would have him, Arrigo Sacchi and Johan Cruyff as the most influential managers of my lifetime I think.

 

[LEONARD]

So people rate Guardiola as this great manager perhaps the best in the world but what defines a great manager.
Should a manager who is managing Barcelona with the best team in the world win the league and champions league... yes. he won the champions league twice with barcelona out of four attempts, he won the league 3 times out of 4. Is Luis Enrique a great manager too? or does he just managing a great team?
Should a manager with Bayern Munich win the champions league, a team who in his era there perhaps the best in the world.... yes, he didnt win it. He won the bundesliga 3 times but hardly surprising when he signed all their rivals best players from them, eg Lewandowski and Gotze.
My main point being, he failed at Bayern Munich, the league was a gimme for the them but ultimately the champions league he didnt even reach a final.
As for the premier league when did a team last win the league playing Barca esque style football? I dont think its been done. Look what that style did to Everton last season. Then compare Leicester's effective counter attack style.
For me Guardiola has done what has been expected of him as a whole on his career and certainly is no elite manager. His style will be found out and I expect him be struggling next season. I cant understand the hype and odds suggest Man City are huge favourites to win the league... not for me.

Just to remind people of the original post to this thread.


Oh dear.

 

[johnjoeefc]

Just to remind people of the original post to this thread.


Oh dear.

hardly been done fairly though had it. Man city are currently under investigation for nearly 100 counts of breaking the rules. We will see how many titles are kept pending the outcome of that review shall we.

I dare say even Frank Lampard might have won a champions league given the unfair resources Man City have had at their disposal.

 

[davek]

Inter may have lost but Inzaghi got the better of Guardiola last night.

 

[Rita_Poon]

From tiny acorns do great oak tree's grow...