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The Pep myth


Not many better managers better. Fergie definitely all time best though

I would argue domestic titles are harder to win that cups, others may disagree. Pep has won a lot of titles in his career as a manager

City finished 4th in the league and semi finals of the CL the season before he took over
Bayern had won the title by 25 points the season before he took over
Barcelona finished third in the league and semi-finals of CL the season before he took over

Clubs were hardly up sh*t creek when he took over, but he certainly changed the way they play for the better. I think Fergie will always edge it until maybe Pep takes over a club more in the doldrums to be able to give a fair comparison,
 
I would argue domestic titles are harder to win that cups, others may disagree. Pep has won a lot of titles in his career as a manager

City finished 4th in the league and semi finals of the CL the season before he took over
Bayern had won the title by 25 points the season before he took over
Barcelona finished third in the league and semi-finals of CL the season before he took over

Clubs were hardly up sh*t creek when he took over, but he certainly changed the way they play for the better. I think Fergie will always edge it until maybe Pep takes over a club more in the doldrums to be able to give a fair comparison,
You've hit the nail on the head. He has managed only already-succesful clubs, with a mega budget.
 
You've hit the nail on the head. He has managed only already-succesful clubs, with a mega budget.

It would be interesting to see him manage a mid table side like Palace to see what he does, albeit never going to happen.

Klopp took 3 years to win anything with Liverpool and that was only after he signed VVD and Alisson (remember Karius CL howlers the season before)
 
I wonder how brilliant he'd be with nee dosh. Like when we gave Mick McCarthy 10 bob to keep us in the Prem? 🤔

He will never need to find out.

And if I weee to hazard a guess it would be a lot better than we did that year.
 
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