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Xavi was at Barcelona performing like one of the best in the world long before Josep Guardiola rocked up.
Maybe my opinion won't be popular among Spurs fans but I think he's one of the most innovative managers in the modern era and probably one of the better one too. Sure, it shouldn't be too hard to do well at clubs like Barcelona and Bayern or even Man City with their oil rigged budget, but let's take a closer look at what he did, for example, compared to our Poch, he walked in some clubs that demanded instant results and trophies. We actually gave Pochettino time to build the team around and he's done an amazing job, while at big clubs like Barcelona and Bayern, you don't have that time to do that. So of course he's gonna use multi millions budget to sign players, who wouldn't do that really? He needs specific players for his systems and at City he had an ageing squad that couldn't press high up the pitch. I'm not defending this policy of racking players from other clubs just because you have money, but yeah, he probably wasn't given time to promote youngsters and bring them through.
No.
Pellegrini spent half a season much in his first season and won a title.
Pep has gone out and bought all the best full backs this season.
Probably paying them all over £100k a week.
It’s just buy until you get it right.
Their wage bill must be insane.
He has more chance of winning the CL with City than he did Bayern Munich.
He’s probably spent more at City in one season than he had at Barca.
He bought players like
Fabregas
Pique
Sanchez
Adriano
Zlatan
Thiago
Mascherano
Alves
Villa
Hleb
Off my head
Pellegrini spent half a season much in his first season and won a title.
Pep has gone out and bought all the best full backs this season.
Probably paying them all over £100k a week.
It’s just buy until you get it right.
Their wage bill must be insane.
He has more chance of winning the CL with City than he did Bayern Munich.
He’s probably spent more at City in one season than he had at Barca.
He bought players like
Fabregas
Pique
Sanchez
Adriano
Zlatan
Thiago
Mascherano
Alves
Villa
Hleb
Off my head
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No, how could I when he can just watch the players doing well for other clubs and go and buy them and hope it works? Plus, I detest this bullshit we see every summer and in the first couple of months of the season where the City or another big club get crowned champions. They haven't played us yet. There's lots of the season to go.
Get shit like this out of a Tottenham forum. Fuck off.
If he loses the league this year. Thats 2 titles in 4 years with unlimited funds.
Not particularly outstanding or impressive.
Not particularly outstanding or impressive.
Fraudiola
Yes, of course I would, but he hasn't achieved anything of note yet.
Supposing the two careers ended today, I would be inclined to agree.
Pep's highs are higher and Mourinho's lows are lower, but Mourinho has accomplished more in more places with a higher degree of difficulty.
Neither career ends today though.
I'm not knocking Pep but I'm sure that Poch with a billion dollar budget would have done just fine as well
I don't believe that's true. There are managers who are capable of winning trophies and there are those who aren't and Poch will always be one of the nearly men. I'm not saying he's a bad manager and there are plenty of other managers who can build a great team but don't have the extra edge to make them winners.
I've mentioned this before but our last two trophy-winning managers had joined us in the November and won their trophies without even completing a full season with us. They had trophy-winning pedigree and did it on instinct while other managers spent years building teams and bottled it when it came to the crunch. Poch isn't a winner. Simple as that.
I'll bet you anything that these statements look idiotic in 5 years time.
When I look at him I see a brittle but talented man who is full of ideas. He's Steve Jobs a footballing innovator and micro manager of the highest order. However these blokes burn bright but short. I think he will exhaust those around him and his projects are unsustainable without huge resources. I think with what he has had at City he is only even. I think with the backing he has had more should be expected. I tell you what they wont win the ECL this season either.
If Pochettino proves me wrong, I'll be the first to congratulate him.
