rosso, yes definitely. I’d be really interested to see Pep coach a team without the quality of players he’s had. Just because coaching will only get you so far if you don’t have the ability.

Making yourself available also means being brave as well.Brave in terms of how your movement then affects the rest of the team.

Even at the poor level of football I play I've noticed I've improved over the years in terms of making myself available for an easy pass and then popping it back. It takes less effort than sprinting past people as well.

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 12 seconds ago
rosso, yes definitely. I’d be really interested to see Pep coach a team without the quality of players he’s had. Just because coaching will only get you so far if you don’t have the ability.
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Just look at Brighton Dazza...

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 10 seconds ago
rosso, yes definitely. I’d be really interested to see Pep coach a team without the quality of players he’s had. Just because coaching will only get you so far if you don’t have the ability.
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Yeah, would be a very interesting experiment and one which we’ll probably never see

No doubt. He’s not washed up like Mourinho so doesn’t need to drop down a level. Would just be interesting to see what he’d do with them. I think it’s worth noting that Pep’s become less dogmatic since coming to England. He’d probably be more successful with it now than when he was at Barca.

*heresy alert*

I never much enjoyed watching Pep's Barcelona, Messi's brilliance aside.

But you enjoy watching Ole’s United.

comment by The Post Nearly Man. 20times, 20legend (U1270)
posted 1 minute ago
*heresy alert*

I never much enjoyed watching Pep's Barcelona, Messi's brilliance aside.
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Neither did I in CL finals

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 45 seconds ago
But you enjoy watching Ole’s United.
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I'm a United supporter, I'd have to give up football if I didn't get some enjoyment out of it. I'd have a happier wife and a lot more money, I spose.

comment by Vidicschin (U3584)

I put this mostly down to playing two games a week.
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I don't buy this. It hasn't stopped Pep from doing what nobody expected and turning his team into by far the best defensive side in the league.

Just watch Brighton instead, mate.

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 1 second ago
Just watch Brighton instead, mate.
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I've heard they're quite good to watch

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
rosso, yes definitely. I’d be really interested to see Pep coach a team without the quality of players he’s had. Just because coaching will only get you so far if you don’t have the ability.
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His first season at city is probably the closest you'll get to this.

comment by The Post Nearly Man. 20times, 20legend (U1270)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 1 second ago
Just watch Brighton instead, mate.
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I've heard they're quite good to watch
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They’ll have probably look even better against Rotherham, Luton & Wycombe nest season

Forget the “have”

Next not nest, I need a lie down

I thought Guardiola's Barcelona were pretty stunning when they first emerged, partly because of the distinctiveness of the style. Above all it was the mesmerising pass-move patterns in midfield. Familiarity breeds contempt, and as teams figured out the blueprint that created the best chance of neutralising them, some Barcelona games turned into an attritional battle between a team parking the bus and a team sucking the life out of the bus. But we're missing something if we can't appreciate the beauty of those Xavi-Iniesta-Messi triangles.

Still got more pleasure from Rijkaard-era Barcelona, characterised by the spontaneous genius of Ronaldinho, and featuring the emerging Messi, devastating Eto'o, Deco and Xavi in midfield.

comment by N2 (U22280)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 14 minutes ago
rosso, yes definitely. I’d be really interested to see Pep coach a team without the quality of players he’s had. Just because coaching will only get you so far if you don’t have the ability.
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His first season at city is probably the closest you'll get to this.
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Or if he goes to Juve after City.

comment by Geoff Tipps (U1449)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by The Post Nearly Man. 20times, 20legend (U1270)
posted 26 seconds ago
comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 1 second ago
Just watch Brighton instead, mate.
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I've heard they're quite good to watch
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They’ll have probably look even better against Rotherham, Luton & Wycombe nest season
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Daniel Farke's tearing it up at Norwich at the moment, and he's German.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
I thought Guardiola's Barcelona were pretty stunning when they first emerged, partly because of the distinctiveness of the style. Above all it was the mesmerising pass-move patterns in midfield. Familiarity breeds contempt, and as teams figured out the blueprint that created the best chance of neutralising them, some Barcelona games turned into an attritional battle between a team parking the bus and a team sucking the life out of the bus. But we're missing something if we can't appreciate the beauty of those Xavi-Iniesta-Messi triangles.

Still got more pleasure from Rijkaard-era Barcelona, characterised by the spontaneous genius of Ronaldinho, and featuring the emerging Messi, devastating Eto'o, Deco and Xavi in midfield.
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How dare you exclude Ludovic Giuly.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 19 seconds ago
I thought Guardiola's Barcelona were pretty stunning when they first emerged, partly because of the distinctiveness of the style. Above all it was the mesmerising pass-move patterns in midfield. Familiarity breeds contempt, and as teams figured out the blueprint that created the best chance of neutralising them, some Barcelona games turned into an attritional battle between a team parking the bus and a team sucking the life out of the bus. But we're missing something if we can't appreciate the beauty of those Xavi-Iniesta-Messi triangles.

Still got more pleasure from Rijkaard-era Barcelona, characterised by the spontaneous genius of Ronaldinho, and featuring the emerging Messi, devastating Eto'o, Deco and Xavi in midfield.
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Still love Stoichkov and Romario. Not their best ever side, but those two were phenomenal (Guardiola played as well)

comment by The Post Nearly Man. 20times, 20legend (U1270)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 19 seconds ago
I thought Guardiola's Barcelona were pretty stunning when they first emerged, partly because of the distinctiveness of the style. Above all it was the mesmerising pass-move patterns in midfield. Familiarity breeds contempt, and as teams figured out the blueprint that created the best chance of neutralising them, some Barcelona games turned into an attritional battle between a team parking the bus and a team sucking the life out of the bus. But we're missing something if we can't appreciate the beauty of those Xavi-Iniesta-Messi triangles.

Still got more pleasure from Rijkaard-era Barcelona, characterised by the spontaneous genius of Ronaldinho, and featuring the emerging Messi, devastating Eto'o, Deco and Xavi in midfield.
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Still love Stoichkov and Romario. Not their best ever side, but those two were phenomenal (Guardiola played as well)
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So was Bakero v United all those years ago

comment by Donny The King van de Beek (U10026)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 1 minute ago
I thought Guardiola's Barcelona were pretty stunning when they first emerged, partly because of the distinctiveness of the style. Above all it was the mesmerising pass-move patterns in midfield. Familiarity breeds contempt, and as teams figured out the blueprint that created the best chance of neutralising them, some Barcelona games turned into an attritional battle between a team parking the bus and a team sucking the life out of the bus. But we're missing something if we can't appreciate the beauty of those Xavi-Iniesta-Messi triangles.

Still got more pleasure from Rijkaard-era Barcelona, characterised by the spontaneous genius of Ronaldinho, and featuring the emerging Messi, devastating Eto'o, Deco and Xavi in midfield.
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How dare you exclude Ludovic Giuly.
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You wanna take this outside, Dazza?

I omitted Larsson and Marquez - two classy players I loved to watch.

Still love Stoichkov and Romario. Not their best ever side, but those two were phenomenal (Guardiola played as well)

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I have much less memory of that side, not because I was too young (sadly) but because I never saw La Liga matches in those days, so it was just the odd exotic glimpse in the CL.

comment by Red Russian (U4715)
posted 7 seconds ago
Still love Stoichkov and Romario. Not their best ever side, but those two were phenomenal (Guardiola played as well)

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I have much less memory of that side, not because I was too young (sadly) but because I never saw La Liga matches in those days, so it was just the odd exotic glimpse in the CL.
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They absolutely battered us in our first CL campaign