Zatman Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Just now, gharperr said: If you think barca/BM pep is similar to LVG united, you have to below par intelligence. Its the most oppisate style of play with possession type football to exist at the moment. Barca had Xavi/Iniesta, Bayern have Alonso/Thiago United have Fellaini/Schweinsteiger. thats the big difference below par intelligence thanks from the guy who keeps telling me Koscielny is best defender in the league for 3 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted January 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Sooooooooo passive aggressive... Edited January 5, 2016 by PieFacE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The midfield pivot isn't even similar between the style of current managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Not a fan of Guardiola but it'll be interesting at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 i dont consider their playing style to be similar, i do however agree that the lack of entertainment is similar which is what i think was the original point pep's football is an acquired taste which due to its success will always draw admirers but its not necessarily easy on the eye, i also think that its been improved by a couple of other teams (heynckes bayern for one...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Put it in simple terms....LVG (currently for united) plays possession football so defence isn't exploited....Pep has always played possession football football for attacking / high press (he makes sure the team is set up for high press up the pitch before an attack has started (aka gegenpressing) which is where the boring part comes into it ) which leaves defence "exposed" (its not even exposed. But apparently people can't realise between risk/reward so I'm going to call it exposed) Just lol at thinking if pep was instead of LVG at start of season they would have that horrible attack records which has been posted through out the season Edited January 5, 2016 by gharperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I have no idea what all this GOAT nonsense is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: I have no idea what all this GOAT nonsense is. Greatest of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Lol'd @ lvg and guardiola comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) GOAT just means best recently when it comes to football (past few years). GOATOAT is messi :D! Edited January 5, 2016 by gharperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordoncharles Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Guardiola's style of play was very easy on the eye for the first couple of years, I'd go as far as to say it's the best club football that's been produced. That changed when everyone started playing the same way against Barcelona (and Spain) - that's to say 2 banks of four brought in narrowly covering one edge of the penalty area to another and only about 5m apart. That's a conundrum it took Barcelona in general a long time to solve because it became like threading the ball through the eye of a needle, and because of their quality and speed they usually managed it, but it became so dull that I stopped watching their games. If anyone seriously thought Bayern's 5-1 destruction of Arsenal was dull, they should stop and think whether they actually like football at all. It couldn't be less like Van Gaal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 btw I cant be only one shocked at how unprofessional he is acting about this. I remember Hazard got slaughtered for similar thing on twitter when he left Lille but he was only a kid. He should have kept quiet about everything until the end of season at least when everything sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 If anyone seriously thought Bayern's 5-1 destruction of Arsenal was dull, they should stop and think whether they actually like football at all. It couldn't be less like Van Gaal. I don't think anyone will But haven't they also recorded something like 70% possession but 1 shot on target in the CL this season? Or was that last year? Think it was vs shakhtar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2016 6 hours ago, Zatman said: Is his football really any more different to what LVG is doing at United minus the world class players Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 5, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted January 5, 2016 2 hours ago, Zatman said: btw I cant be only one shocked at how unprofessional he is acting about this. I remember Hazard got slaughtered for similar thing on twitter when he left Lille but he was only a kid. He should have kept quiet about everything until the end of season at least when everything sorted He did keep quiet about it. It was Rummenigge that told everyone Pep was leaving and announced Ancelotti was to take over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Guardiola's football has always been great except for his last season at Barca, where he seemed to be intent on producing the perfect tikitaka team with 10 midfielders in it plus Valdes. Everything just got so slow and quite often the passing lost its purpose. It will be interesting to see how he fares over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 He believes his own hype, but he has taken Bayern Munich backwards. I will be intrigued to see how he does in England, and if the managers are Klopp, Mourinho (united), Guardiola (City) and Simeone (Chelsea), I would back Mourinho still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 1 minute ago, steve1986 said: He believes his own hype, but he has taken Bayern Munich backwards. I will be intrigued to see how he does in England, and if the managers are Klopp, Mourinho (united), Guardiola (City) and Simeone (Chelsea), I would back Mourinho still. He really has taken them backwards, its OK winning your league comfortably when you raid your rivals but in his 2 biggest games he has been slaughtered by Real and Barca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1986 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 If they don't win the Champions League this year, he will and has to be seen as a failure at Bayern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The trouble is winning the Champions League takes a lot of luck. I don't think winning the Champions League should define a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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