Useful_Idiot
Winger
Physiologically he's fine and in very good shape for his age. Psychologically may be very different.
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The Pep myth
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stan the man
Striker
For is next challenge why doesn't he rock up at a Stoke or Preston and see how good the greatest manager of all time is.
Southampton and Oxford have jobs available
harryCLSsafc
Midfield
All good things come to an end eventually. Nothing lasts forever.
Pep has had an amazing career, so far, at Manchester City.Southampton and Oxford have jobs available
He has a great relationship with the City hierarchy (Soriano & Bergestein, who he worked with at Barcelona), so has had more input on signings than most managers.
I doubt he would go to a club, with so much outside influence (which is now often the case).
Would be interesting to see how he would get on at Wolves, for example ?
Binxy
Striker
Good managers are successful against all odds.World class manager one of the all time greats.
Weird when people say he should go to Wolves just to prove a point
When as Pep add the odds against him?
Banks
Striker
Which world class manager has ever dropped a level to prove a point?
Binxy
Striker
None but loads will have worked their way up and proved they're good managers.
Ilios
Striker
To be honest, looking his demeanor and some of his comments recently, he very much sounds like he's exhausted with it mentally.
He said recently that won't manage another club side, pretty much because he hasn't got the energy to go into another club and start from scratch implementing his coaching style, structure etc.
He says he wouldn't, but I reckon if he had a year out and the Barca job came back around, I think he'd be tempted for 1 more run at it. Especially where he's at home, with a club that already has his DNA.
Banks
Striker
Binxy
Striker
Or he doesn't want another job because he'd get found out.
Ilios
Striker
He's an excellent coach. He's a also a coach that has only ever coached at extremely privileged clubs.
RichD
Striker
This....it happens to most managers over the years, The trick is to get out when you're at the top....
Binxy
Striker
He can do what he likes and yes he clearly is a good manager.
I just don't buy into all the bullshit about being the best manager ever and reinventing the game.
Ilios
Striker
What do you mean by 'found out'? Do you mean he wouldn't win 5 PL titles in a row if he were in charge of Wolves? Of course he wouldn't, nobody would.
Binxy
Striker
Well exactly he'd just be another manager.
Man City winning 5 PL titles in a row isn't solely down to Pep.
Ilios
Striker
Of course not. But there's a reason they've won 6 titles in 8 years under Pep, and only won 2 titles in the 7 years before that, under Pellegrini and Mancini.
He's had very privileged jobs though, I've already acknowledged that. He was also pretty ordinary at Bayern, in terms of trophies. And I also think he lacks a plan B. However, in the PL he's had one of the best PL teams in history going toe-to-toe with him for several years under Klopp.
That Liverpool side, in any other PL era, would have won a boatload of titles.
Father Jack Hackett
Striker
Keane won the Championship after inheriting a side rock bottom in September. It was a hell of an achievement.
Not sure what else you would expect him to win here?
It wasn’t to prove a point (actually, it may have been, I don’t know) but Clough had to with Forest
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Banks
Striker
Father Jack Hackett
Striker
Why not?
