Guardiola quits Barca

This, surely, is giving the apparently jaded young Caesar of coaching not a centavo more than his due. However, it is still necessary, rather than niggardly, to say that some of the eulogies that came yesterday when he announced his need for a year-long sabbatical flew so far over the top they were in danger of collecting snow up in the sierra.

Originally Posted by dunk

Its a perfectly good English word

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

Its a perfectly good English word

I know Don't see it used very often though

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

True enough, but who in Europe has stuck around for more than 4 years at a top team in the last 20 years & been consistently successful rebuilding sides time after time (or even once?).

Wenger ? Has had a long run at it & despite the financial restrictions placed on him has only fleeted with success when he inherited that defence.

Erm.

Hitzfeld only had 6 years at Bayern so rebuilding was a one off after the '99 disappointment to return & win it.

Ancelotti at Milan ? He left an aging pile of shit for the next man after 8 years & only won one league - admittedly 2 CL's is going to shine in any light you shed on it but he had almost all the same key players as when he arrived.

Not sure if I am missing anyone else but it's a rarity when you look to compare Fergie to anyone.

we get it you love him...ffs

Originally Posted by Zorg

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"Guardiola has shirked football's greatest test – rebuilding a team"

Have to say I agree

It's all very well saying 'things go stale' but I don't recall Fergie ever saying that. Truly great managers rebuild, they don't just £#%&! off.

that's why he is so totally and utterly respected by his peers.

Originally Posted by Zorg

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"Guardiola has shirked football's greatest test – rebuilding a team"

Have to say I agree

Rubbish. Capello, Sacchi, Herrera, Guttmann, Rocco and Clough. That's six of the best coaches in football history, none of whom "rebuilt" a side after making it successful. You never hear any of them criticized of this. It's incredibly rare for a coach or manager to be in place long enough at a big club to do such a rebuilding job.

A year off for Big Pep, should be revitalised and ready for a new job next summer. United should offer him the managers job from 2013/14 onwards now ffs

Originally Posted by £#%&! KFC

we get it you love him...ffs

For a United fan you have a serious inferiority complex don't you.

Originally Posted by Baron_van_Marlon

For a United fan you have a serious inferiority complex don't you.

he's scottish mate. par for the course

He's coming to live in New York for a year.

you don't rebuild a side, you constantly develop it. pep's brought in alves, affelay, mascherano, maxwell, keita, villa, ibra, sanchez, fabregas and more, sold yaya toure, eto'o, ibra and others. he'd certainly have had input into the decision to buy alba. and he's also bought and sold some hilariously shit duds like chygrynskiy, hleb etc.

the idea that guardiola acquired a team and had success with it but didn't have much to do with assembling it is nonsense tbph. apart from his role as youth coach at barca, typically around half the starting barca 11 are guardiola buys. he's spent quite heavily as a coach.

Originally Posted by borsuk

you don't rebuild a side, you constantly develop it. pep's brought in alves, affelay, mascherano, maxwell, keita, villa, ibra, sanchez, fabregas and more, sold yaya toure, eto'o, ibra and others. he'd certainly have had input into the decision to buy alba. and he's also bought and sold some hilariously shit duds like chygrynskiy, hleb etc.

the idea that guardiola acquired a team and had success with it but didn't have much to do with assembling it is nonsense tbph. apart from his role as youth coach at barca, typically around half the starting barca 11 are guardiola buys. he's spent quite heavily as a coach.

Bough busquets and pedro in from the b team too. As you were.