Guardiola to be found out in the premier league
- Thread starter johnjoeefc
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I like his barely concealed contempt for BBC interviewers.
rascal
Player Valuation: £60m
He certainly fine-tuned one of the best sides in Europe at the time into the best. Something he deserves credit for.
mkrudden
Player Valuation: £40m
But they play the most difficult brand of football.
If you're gonna bang the drum of context, and call those who don't a "gnat", you have to consider all of it yourself.
Otherwise you sound like a lunatic...
rascal
Player Valuation: £60m
They reached the semifinals of the Champions League the season before, and were unlucky not to reach the final. They dominated United in the semifinals.
I paid attention to Barca under Pep and was fascinated by it, almost a fan boy like obsession, so I'm coming to my judgment that until he turns a small-medium sized outfit into the best (or at least one of) on a comparatively small budget compared to the competition that he deserves credit but no more than that from a positive perspective.
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
What about them?
moyeslovechild
Player Valuation: £15m
who the hell made you the man who decides whether someone has respect or not lol
pep is one of the most respected managers in the world and a few footballing cavemen and mourinho fan boys dont change that. he will go down in history as having assembled one of the best teams of all time and remembered as one of the most influential for the way he made his teams play football.
in terms of managers of this century, no one will be talked about the way pep will be talked about. your criteria for respect is bloody stupid and inaccurate considering most of the legends of the game don't meet it.
Pistonbroke
Player Valuation: £750k
How did you get worth so much so quickly?
Whether you like Pep or not, I can't see how you can deny him his accomplishments
Yes, he's almost always had good players, but he knows how to get a tune out of them as well
Having good players doesn't guarantee you success, you have to know how to manage them
I'm not Tikki-Takka fan (I personally find it to be a very cynical way of playing football), but I can't say that he hasn't been a top level manager for years now, because he has, and he's been there because he's deserved to be
Yes, he's almost always had good players, but he knows how to get a tune out of them as well
Having good players doesn't guarantee you success, you have to know how to manage them
I'm not Tikki-Takka fan (I personally find it to be a very cynical way of playing football), but I can't say that he hasn't been a top level manager for years now, because he has, and he's been there because he's deserved to be
OnlyBlueWillDo
Player Valuation: £35m
Never proved himself at a smaller club, he’s just done a tour of some of the richest teams in the world, who already have a team full of superstars when he walks into the changing room.
At least Jose did a lot with little at Porto.
I’d like to see Pep manage Stoke or West Brom and see how he goes on.
At least Jose did a lot with little at Porto.
I’d like to see Pep manage Stoke or West Brom and see how he goes on.
One glaring omission this summer was his lack of attention to the CB situation.
It may seem harsh but I think Kompany is finished at the top level.
His fitness issues means he can’t string a run of games together.
Stones is still learning and Otamendi and Mangala are not up to scratch.
He’s a stones injury away from a defensive crisis.
It may seem harsh but I think Kompany is finished at the top level.
His fitness issues means he can’t string a run of games together.
Stones is still learning and Otamendi and Mangala are not up to scratch.
He’s a stones injury away from a defensive crisis.
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