UEFA Champions Quarter-Finals (Aug 12-15)

[Tir Na Nog]

He was at Celtic too IIRC.

I’d take him over the likes of Holding, Chambers etc here.

Funnily enough Celtic fans don't like him because he said Scottish football was too easy for him.

 

[El Duderino]

Doesn't trust his own "messianic" tactics anymore, it seems. Guy really got found out by not having Barca's mega gen at hand at every single club. He really can't engineer a truly balanced team.

Hoping he returns to Barcelona and fails there. Team has so many problems and he doesn't have Xavi and Iniesta to share Messi's burden.

 

[yorch44]

Yes maybe not fair to judge him because lyon game plan today is very defensive but he seem very good under pressure

But that's when is easier to watch defensive contribution from a player. I don't like him as 433 player

 

[2Smokeyy]

Funnily enough Celtic fans don't like him because he said Scottish football was too easy for him.

He’d fit in here on AM especially when we get an influx of fans from that farmers league.

 

[Shalmaneser V]

Pretty close. Buendia would probably be easier to get, too.

Annoying thing is we’ll try for the likes of Aouar and Grealish to no avail. Then watch Buendia get snapped up by a club like Leicester, Wolves or Leeds for 20 odd million and go from strength to strength.

 

[say yes]

Probably the greatest, Fergie is. Just look at how many league titles and UCLs the man had. If somehow he stayed, I don't think City and Liverpool walk their league titles the way they did.

Yeah, didn’t have the vision or tactical acumen of someone like Guardiola, but his ability to stay at the top of the game for so long is just unheralded.

Supreme man-manager, pragmatist and the ultimate winner. Hated him at the time, but looking back he was just incredible.

 

[Rex Stone]

@Rex Banter sensing another beef between you two.

He makes a good point that Aouar if we can get him is better value for money. Going to have to agree to disagree on Super Jack.

Leading in many significant categories across the league as well as having the goal and assist numbers in an average league.

Probably take Aouar out of the two but only because it would let us buy Partey possibly.

 

[Toby]

Hoping he returns to Barcelona and fails there. Team has so many problems and he doesn't have Xavi and Iniesta to share Messi's burden.

He's too clever for that, I guess. He knows they're in deep trouble. I think Saint-Germain might be his next destination. Unlimited funds again, Neymar, Mbappe and he's apparently got decent personal ties to Katar. Was once even rumoured to take over their NT for the 2022 WC.

 

[carter777]

He's saving things so fair play but this keeper is a nightmare. Can't he catch anything.

 

[GeorgiaGunner]

Doesn't trust his own "messianic" tactics anymore, it seems. Guy really got found out by not having Barca's mega gen at hand at every single club. He really can't engineer a truly balanced team.

I think Klopp is an all-around better manager. And at any club other than a top ~5 in world, I’d rather have Mou. Pep has headed the GOAT Barca side (CL win in ‘06 before he came + an ascendent Messi), Bayern (CL winners), and City (unlimited budget). Nothing he’s done has touches, in terms of impressiveness, what Klopp built at Dortmund / Liverpool, or the smash-and-grabs by Mou and Porto and Inter. In a lot of ways, Zizou is just as or impressive too.

 

[Yousif Arsenal]

Without Aguero man city just don't have enough ideas. G.Jesus look worse than Laca at times

 

[GDeep™]

Probably the greatest, Fergie is. Just look at how many league titles and UCLs the man had. If somehow he stayed, I don't think City and Liverpool walk their league titles the way they did.

Don’t want to put him down, but he had no challenge until Wenger, even then it was Wenger on a budget and the authorities against him.

 

[El Duderino]

Yeah, didn’t have the vision or tactical acumen of someone like Guardiola, but his ability to stay at the top of the game for so long is just unheralded.

Supreme man-manager, pragmatist and the ultimate winner. Hated him at the time, but looking back he was just incredible.

Probably one of the greatest individual motivators out there. Made so many average players into worldies.

Wenger could do that, but he seemed more limited to offensive minded players.

Arsène still edges it for me in terms of a footballing mind when you take everything into account, but you Fergie had an edge to him that I liked (after he left, of course). Wasn't an ego person like Mou, Pep and to an extent Klopp is.

 

[Highbury_2006]

The ref destroys the tempo. Well, the so called tempo i should say.

 

[Toby]

I have a really bad feeling about this. Feels like it might go down the Atalanta vs the frenchies road with Lyon succumbing to the pressure and City with two late goals

 

[Shalmaneser V]

City haven’t moved the ball around tonight as swiftly as they normally do.

 

[A_G]

Interesting page, I thought Rex was the only SAFophile on here

 

[Toby]

I think Klopp is an all-around better manager. And at any club other than a top ~5 in world, I’d rather have Mou. Pep has headed the GOAT Barca side (CL win in ‘06 before he came + an ascendent Messi), Bayern (CL winners), and City (unlimited budget). Nothing he’s done has touches, in terms of impressiveness, what Klopp built at Dortmund / Liverpool, or the smash-and-grabs by Mou and Porto and Inter. In a lot of ways, Zizou is just as or impressive too.

There's even a bigger amount of guys I'd rate higher than him.

 

[GDeep™]

De Bruyne always taking crap free kicks

 

[El Duderino]

City are about to score btw, same thing happened to Atalanta. You can't invite that much pressure against a fronline like City's