Re: Pep is a Coward and a Fraud, Benitez is now the best Spanish coach alive

by Hapless_Hans Wed Mar 16, 2016 8:03 pm

thank you so very much Mole Molenation

I wasn't sure where the hell our comeback came from, it certainly wasn't deserved lmao, but now I know

by CBarca Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:09 pm

I was praying for you Hans

by Lucifer Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:35 am

We all were tbh

by Art Morte Thu Mar 17, 2016 2:30 am

I wasn't.

by El Gunner Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:29 am

Me neither

by rincon Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:31 am

Definitely not me

by Myesyats Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:21 am

This thread rofl

Fusbol

by Doc Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:20 am

Marcotti wrote:When Bayern were on their way out, right up until -- who else? -- Thomas Muller's dramatic stoppage-time equalizer, some people took glee at making sweeping pronouncements: Guardiola bottled it, he's a fraud. He can no longer do it in big games. Tiki taka is dead.

(The idiocy of that last statement leaves you lost for words; thinking you can sum up the current Bayern team in eight letters and thinking what you see is what Guardiola's Barca played in 2008.)

But how about looking at it a different way? How about noticing that, late in the game, Guardiola got Bayern to played differently, with crosses and directness and an aerial assault that was entirely distinct from what they'd done earlier? How about noting that such a shift actually requires a fair dose of humility?

It comes with the territory, I guess. When you're on top some turn you into some kind of infallible Messiah, spreading a universal footballing truth. And that, inevitably, leads to a backlash from those who are annoyed not so much by Guardiola himself, but by a portion of his fanatical cheerleaders.

http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/2/blog/post/2831403/credit-pep-guardiola-max-allegri-bayern-munich-and-juventus

Marcotti basically explaining why Futbol feels how he feels.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:25 am

Futbol thinks he's a scrub and a fraud who is not deserving of any credit for anything he's ever done though.

Doesn't sound like Marcotti is saying that tbh.

by Doc Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:47 am

Yeah, just the 1st paragraph is what I usually see Futbol writes. The remainder is essentially the counter arguments and the last paragraph is what I usually see Futbol arguing with and always wondered if it is that he dislikes Pep or his fans?

Since, according to you, he thinks he is a scrub and a fraud (despite leading Barca to probably one of the longest prolonged successful eras ever), I may have been...wrong hmm

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Thu Mar 17, 2016 11:52 am

Let's not get into technicalities.

by Hapless_Hans Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:38 pm

futbol is merely a poor man's Viva tbh

by futbol Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:36 pm

Doc wrote:
Marcotti wrote:When Bayern were on their way out, right up until -- who else? -- Thomas Muller's dramatic stoppage-time equalizer, some people took glee at making sweeping pronouncements: Guardiola bottled it, he's a fraud. He can no longer do it in big games. Tiki taka is dead.

(The idiocy of that last statement leaves you lost for words; thinking you can sum up the current Bayern team in eight letters and thinking what you see is what Guardiola's Barca played in 2008.)

But how about looking at it a different way? How about noticing that, late in the game, Guardiola got Bayern to played differently, with crosses and directness and an aerial assault that was entirely distinct from what they'd done earlier? How about noting that such a shift actually requires a fair dose of humility?

It comes with the territory, I guess. When you're on top some turn you into some kind of infallible Messiah, spreading a universal footballing truth. And that, inevitably, leads to a backlash from those who are annoyed not so much by Guardiola himself, but by a portion of his fanatical cheerleaders.
http://www.espnfc.com/uefa-champions-league/2/blog/post/2831403/credit-pep-guardiola-max-allegri-bayern-munich-and-juventus

Marcotti basically explaining why Futbol feels how he feels.

Pep getting praised for reverting to desperate hoof ball and crossing when his initial tactics didn't work as usual against an elite team. rofl

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