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There was a very small group of managers qualified to take over this club when Ferie retired, he was one of them, mourinho another.. I think the other was Ancelotti. the fact guardiola needed to spend 500m to even challenge for any sort of trophies over here slightly tarnishes that and the fact he doesn't seem willing to accept anything remotely resembling a challenging job. He wouldn't have ever taken over United simply because it was too difficult for him. He would have never won what Mourinho did last season with the players we have. Never. |
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I think Guardiola after Fergie could have been a car crash tbh. After LvG though.. Quote:
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Guardiola wouldn't have been able to navigate that many fixtures, with his play style with the players we had last season. Simple as that. he'd have run them into the ground like LvG did. Quote:
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I remember a few flagged United up as a danger in 2014 when it appeared the shortlist consisted of Ancelotti and Van Gaal. Managers who will do very different jobs. Ancelotti a leave it alone and keep the peace while LvG was going to change everything. That, then the Giggs succession plan shelved in favour of another revolution under Mou said it all. They will hold the club back on the field. |
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Guardiola spends money on quality players and gets them playing quality football; that's impressive in itself. Real Madrid have the best squad in the world, and Zidane can't get a tune out of them this year, because the players aren't invested anymore. I despise Guardiola, but he's gone to three leagues now, and his teams have bossed it in each one, playing the best style of football in Europe. He's an outstanding manager, and would have been immense at United after Van Gaal. This idea that he only takes easy jobs is ludicrous; any job at a club that has expectations of winning the major trophies is a challenging job |
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He's a good manager nqat, but The three jobs he's had are 1) Barcelona with 5 or 6 of arguably the best players in the world at the time in a two team league 2) Bayern after they won the champions league in a two (probably one) team league and 5-6 of the best players in the league already 3) City with their bottomless pit of money and 4-5 of arguably the best players in the league already at the club The biggest difference between us and them is they're actually run like a football club and back the bloke in charge 100%. |
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It wasn’t that long ago that his head was on the verge of exploding out of his turtle neck try hard city branded outfit - all because the poor love was under a modicum of pressure/criticism. £#%&! him. Admired by neutral football fans the world over. |
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The big challenge in this country for him would have been taking over United It would have meant trying to get a tune out of the likes of Smalling, Jones, Darmian, Fellaini, Young etc and with an actual transfer budget to stick too, he'd never have taken the job because of the limitations of so many of the current squad and Woodward and the glazers not bending over backwards to spen £130m on three full backs in one transfer window. |
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I disagree with this for the reasons that Keith had already raised. |
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The big challenge in this country would have been taking over Sunderland.
'oh woe is me the board only gave me £150m to spend this summer' This isn't a Mourinho/Guardiola thing. Ferguson shits all over both for making Champions out of mediocre players over the years. You can cry over his long term planning regarding 'no value in the market' but when he could win the title with ease with Cleverley, Gibson, Buttner, Welbeck, Anderson, Young [back then he was shit] etc why did he need to spend lavishly...? |
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Not really sure what everyone's problem is, tbf. United have spent an absolute £#%&!load over the last few years, including breaking the world transfer record. Guardiola has spent a £#%&!load, too, but has consistently played a style of football that I'd love to see at United. You can say what you want about him having squads of great players, but he's put those squads together and managed them. When he went into the big job at Barcelona he shifted a lot of big names in place of young players; he changed Bayern's style of play completely, and is now running away with the title in England, a country where so many people said he'd struggle. |
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By no means am I saying he's not a good manager. He clearly is, he sets his teams up to play a certain way and they invariably do it very well. But for all his achievements, there's a valid counter-argument. |
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