Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
I just wouldn't want him as the manager of Utd.
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I don't have any problem with that.
The man clearly has fantastic motivational skills - most of his current squad was already there when he took over with Atleti languishing dangerously low in the table and knocked out of the cup by a lowly 3rd division side in the cup. With that in mind, his success has been truly remarkable.
But perhaps it's now that the big questions need answering. Like Mourinho, up to now he's been an eminently short-term coach, probably because of the exceedingly high demands and mentally draining nature of his approach.
Give him a year or two more at Atleti and we might just start to see whether or not he has the longer-term staying power a club like United has traditionally demanded.
You can't have a go at Simeone after putting up with Fergie for 26 years.
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
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Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions
comment by Earl Brutus (U1449)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
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Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions
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He is one of the most in demand managers around. If you were looking for a manager after an appointment as painful as Moyes it's not believable that you'd say you wouldn't have him. Same as if you didn't have any good midfielders and Toure was available.
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
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tbf he was telling the truth. I don't think he called him fat did he? I thought he insinuated he was unfit
"Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions"
You mean like 3 seasons at Atletico where he has won a La Liga, Kings Cup, Super Cup and Europa Cup as well as reaching the final of the CL.
comment by Kings Road (U1762)
posted 16 minutes ago
You can't have a go at Simeone after putting up with Fergie for 26 years.
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
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He called him unfit. Something that can't really be argued with. If anyone took the time to watch games he reffed, you'd see that at every opportunity he'd slow the game down by talking to players when a foul was committed. He was just having a breather because he wasn't fit enough.
comment by Earl Brutus (U1449)
posted 2 minutes ago
Kings cup eh?
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Spanish equivalent to the FA cup...beating Madrid on their home turf in the final.
FACup is 3rd in the pecking order for most big clubs nowadays, Wigan won it last season
Going a long way here Earl to try and dismiss his trophy record so far..
Not disputing that, but the big boys in Spain have taken it very seriously in recent years because it's sometimes been the only saving grace of their season. Evidence of this is the fact that the big 2 have taken 7 of the last 12 final berths, compared to just 2 of the previous 12.
Even without that, it's pretty likely you'd consider it an achievement to beat Liverpool in an FA Cup final played at Anfield...well it's more or less similar, only that Atletico's budget was 4 times smaller than their opponents'.
Simeone doesn't need to do more to prove he's a top manager. What he's done at Atletico with a limited budget and constantly losing their top players is remarkable.
comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 8 minutes ago
Going a long way here Earl to try and dismiss his trophy record so far..
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Maybe I'm being a tad harsh on him after his shenanigans last night
He did lose his head. We can agree on that Top manager though..
Earl, you want shenanigans ! just hold on until LVG gets going !
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posted on 25/5/14
Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
posted on 25/5/14
I just wouldn't want him as the manager of Utd.
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I don't have any problem with that.
The man clearly has fantastic motivational skills - most of his current squad was already there when he took over with Atleti languishing dangerously low in the table and knocked out of the cup by a lowly 3rd division side in the cup. With that in mind, his success has been truly remarkable.
But perhaps it's now that the big questions need answering. Like Mourinho, up to now he's been an eminently short-term coach, probably because of the exceedingly high demands and mentally draining nature of his approach.
Give him a year or two more at Atleti and we might just start to see whether or not he has the longer-term staying power a club like United has traditionally demanded.
posted on 25/5/14
You can't have a go at Simeone after putting up with Fergie for 26 years.
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
posted on 25/5/14
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
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Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions
posted on 25/5/14
comment by Earl Brutus (U1449)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Spurtle2 (U1608)
posted 3 minutes ago
Erm and Simeone is one of the top people in his position.
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Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions
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He is one of the most in demand managers around. If you were looking for a manager after an appointment as painful as Moyes it's not believable that you'd say you wouldn't have him. Same as if you didn't have any good midfielders and Toure was available.
posted on 25/5/14
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
..........
tbf he was telling the truth. I don't think he called him fat did he? I thought he insinuated he was unfit
posted on 25/5/14
"Wait until he's done it over a sustained period like yaya has before jumping to those conclusions"
You mean like 3 seasons at Atletico where he has won a La Liga, Kings Cup, Super Cup and Europa Cup as well as reaching the final of the CL.
posted on 25/5/14
Kings cup eh?
posted on 25/5/14
comment by Kings Road (U1762)
posted 16 minutes ago
You can't have a go at Simeone after putting up with Fergie for 26 years.
He basically called Alan Wiley fat ffs.
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He called him unfit. Something that can't really be argued with. If anyone took the time to watch games he reffed, you'd see that at every opportunity he'd slow the game down by talking to players when a foul was committed. He was just having a breather because he wasn't fit enough.
posted on 25/5/14
comment by Earl Brutus (U1449)
posted 2 minutes ago
Kings cup eh?
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Spanish equivalent to the FA cup...beating Madrid on their home turf in the final.
posted on 25/5/14
FACup is 3rd in the pecking order for most big clubs nowadays, Wigan won it last season
posted on 25/5/14
Going a long way here Earl to try and dismiss his trophy record so far..
posted on 25/5/14
Not disputing that, but the big boys in Spain have taken it very seriously in recent years because it's sometimes been the only saving grace of their season. Evidence of this is the fact that the big 2 have taken 7 of the last 12 final berths, compared to just 2 of the previous 12.
Even without that, it's pretty likely you'd consider it an achievement to beat Liverpool in an FA Cup final played at Anfield...well it's more or less similar, only that Atletico's budget was 4 times smaller than their opponents'.
posted on 25/5/14
Simeone doesn't need to do more to prove he's a top manager. What he's done at Atletico with a limited budget and constantly losing their top players is remarkable.
posted on 25/5/14
comment by Mr Chelsea ✪ (U3579)
posted 8 minutes ago
Going a long way here Earl to try and dismiss his trophy record so far..
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Maybe I'm being a tad harsh on him after his shenanigans last night
posted on 25/5/14
He did lose his head. We can agree on that Top manager though..
posted on 25/5/14
Earl, you want shenanigans ! just hold on until LVG gets going !
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