Martinez new Belgium head coach

[TheBigIguana]

RM’s record is quite volatile due to his playing style. He can have an extremely good season and a year later his team may end up mid table or lower. He is not the one who will tinker his style of play based on the players. However, with the right players, he can outperform. A bit like Brendan Rodgers tbh.

This is just a very kind way of saying he isnt very good. He claims to have the same principles as Guardiola but there is no volatility there.

 

[TheBigIguana]

No they were not.

I'm sorry they finished 11th in 2008. So 11 years ago. Sheesh.

 

[MikeH72]

I'm sorry they finished 11th in 2008. So 11 years ago. Sheesh.

Did they? That was surely a one off, they were consistently top 7 from about 2004 onwards.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Did they? That was surely a one off, they were consistently top 7 from about 2004 onwards.

It was but we similarly had a one off season (well two off, cheers Bobby) and can look Spurs and believe that those heights are achievable for us. It's a worn out comparison and it doesn't work exactly with them being in London and being able to use Wembley but it's close enough that we shouldn't be saying we are happy to maybe qualify for CL

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

 

[GOT11]

This is just a very kind way of saying he isnt very good. He claims to have the same principles as Guardiola but there is no volatility there.

Because Guardiola always had the right players. He always took the safe option

 

[TheBigIguana]

Because Guardiola always had the right players. He always took the safe option

Guardiola probably wins either the WC or this Nations League thing too

 

[davek]

but not the requisite position in the league to achieve CL...

"Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot."

 

[davek]

Tottenham were a bottom half team ten years ago and could be Champions of Europe within the week. The only target you can't reach is one you decide you can't reach.

...you said it.

 

[davek]

We’ll surely if he is an alcoholic then it might slightly skew it a bit, depending on how battered he was when he made that statement.

Come on Dave, up your game.

I really dont need to do anything but play a straight bat to win, but I'm like Viv Richards: sauntering to the crease and smacking balls out for 4's and 6's to a calypso beat.

 

[Thomasc]

I really dont need to do anything but play a straight bat to win, but I'm like Viv Richards: sauntering to the crease and smacking balls out for 4's and 6's to a calypso beat.

Pahahaha

More like a number XI batsman wafting his bat about like Stevie Wonder facing a tricky spinner.

 

[polish]

Lol.

Clueless.

Belgium and now Barcelona rate his ability, but "Thomasc" off GOT says their wrong.

You couldn't make this stuff up.

What about Koeman then? Hired by Netherlands who are far bigger international name than Belgium and linked with the same Barca job, yet you don’t rate him at all.

 

[Carl O'Ancelotti]

Replacing a manager who bottled it 0-4 at Anfield with another one who did exactly the same thing. What a great idea.

Mind you if there is any club his preferred 8-1-1 formation might go down well at it is Barca tbf. Only because they are the one team the firepower upfront to get them out of the certain defensive calamities they would have under him.

 

[TheBigIguana]

...you said it.

I'm not really sure what your point is with that reply

 

[Yarrgh]

What about Koeman then? Hired by Netherlands who are far bigger international name than Belgium and linked with the same Barca job, yet you don’t rate him at all.

He never said Barca were infallible!