This is all nonsense. Comparing apples with sledge hammers.
Nope. It's comparing how a coach applies his techniques to a team with another one who does the exact same thing.
Di Zerbi has been doing his thing in the Premier league. A league packed with very good to half decent coaches. He's been implementing his style of play with a club that has never played a European game. Never won a major trophy. Is comprehensively out earned and out spent by the majority of the teams he plays against.
Up until 5 months ago, he wasn't. He was someone most people didn't know. He was ridiculed upon signing for Brighton by all the pundits as a "who?"
It's an out dated concept that if you can only be considered a good coach if you've managed in one of the top leagues. You're a gamble, that's about it. But then again we've also seen plenty of coaches come from the top leagues and do relatively poorly in this league.
Postecuglu on the other hand is at the ONLY club in their league that will win the league. They earn more than probably every other team in their league combined. They have a squad of players that's probably 2 leagues above what the rest of the sides other than Rangers have. The competition for Celtic every week is so low, they absolutely should be miles better, look amazing, be in control, use possession etc etc. The coach may have some say, but it doesn't make it great coaching.
Youre not wrong about Celtic level, finances, stature etc. But thats got nothing to do with his coaching. He hasn't just gone out, signed the best players for that league and told them to go out there and run around abit because they're a class above.
Big Sam could go and win the league with Celtic. That doesn't automatically make him a good coach. Postecoglu winning the treble this season doesn't signify he's a good coach, however watching his team play football confirms he's a good coach.
Just like I imagine watching Pochettino with a relegation threatened Espanyol showed he was a good coach despite their results, because a relegation threatened Southampton took a gamble on him and the rest is history.
Now Ange could come down the PL and be brilliant. But nobody knows that. He's never been a manager in a league where there is so much competition, so many competent managers, so much money for even the poorer teams. He could come down the PL and get completely found out. He may also suffer the same ridicule as Jesse Marsh for being from a country who don't exactly take football as their number 1 sport.
Perhaps. And so could Nagelsmann. I've seen plenty of promising young managers come to this country and absolutely flop.
Nothing a guarantee.
De Zerbi could well indeed flop next season. He's going to have to juggle Prem football with European football with a squad that's no where near really big enough for it. Nothings a guarantee.
That could even come from within the squad.
And at Celtic, he seems to have scouted players from australasia regions. Most of them wouldn't have a hope in hell chance of improving Spurs.
You realise he spotted Mitoma right? And was close to signing him for Celtic but Brighton of course have better resources and pull due to the Premier League.
Would you say he wouldn't have a hope in yells chance of improving Spurs?
If it's him, it's him. But I ain't getting on board with it before he proves himself.
He's the sort of coach that should have been doing it in his 40s in a bigger league if he's any good.
Ten Haag was 52 years old before he got a chance at arguably the biggest club in the world.
