Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:roblues wrote:I'm reading tons of shit about Pep's style and how it dcould'oesn't work in England, but without a single fucking suggestion of what it is he should be doing differently. (Blah blah he gets paid millions - well, read on). People are looking back fondly on Pellegrini, because rather than being 'stubborn' he would smile and be 'charming' - the fact that Pep dares to have a plan, stick to it and talk about it makes him 'arrogant', but criticizing him without any insight into alternatives is simply fans being 'realistic'. Reminds me of living in working class northern England and having the temerity to aspire to something.
The thing that kills me about today is that, yes, he probably should have made substitutions earlier, and he should probably get some criticism for it, but I'm loathe to offer these criticisms as it feeds those of you who have been taking notes on his flaws since day one and are now putting this out there as the straw that broke the camel's back, when in reality we were a couple of bad decisions and a few poor finishes away from success, today and this season.
Tons of suggestions have been made.
He needs to reform concept of spacial awareness in his precious system to suit English football. In no other league on the planet will you get counter attacks as fast as in Premier League.
He needs to completely rethink his use of fullbacks. Centerbacks can't really cover for two fullbacks at a time
He needs to get over himself as far as his treatment of players that don't suit his system goes. We could've used Joe this season, there was no need to start questioning striker who is about to score 30+goals this season just because he didn't immediately fit the system, he has questioned Vinny, player universally loved, while he was injured which I can guarantee hasn't gone down well with some players, when we clearly lack spirit sitting our most spirited player on the bench while he plays someone completely out of position at his place is insulting to the player.
I could go on all day.
While some rag cunts will come and try to divide Blues truth is no one has really asked for Pep's head. However there is massive work for him to do in order for us to get competitive for next season. Worrying bit? HE ISN'T ADJUSTING AT ALL. All the millions in the world will not turn this/his team into winners unless he is willing to adapt himself. There are LOT of great components in his system but he really needs to adjust it to new environment. So far he ha stubbornly refused to do so.
For me none of this has anything to do with Pellegrini other than maybe use him as a measure of improvement.
Just out of interest NQDP, do you watch much football outside of the PL?
Good question.
I would say I spend perhaps 20 hours a week playing, watching, coaching and recently refereeing (again after a long while) football. I hold two season tickets, players license, coaching license and referees license (albeit currently for only U12 football). So I would say I watch my share of football from very different angles during every week. Though I'm most certainly not a professional.
How about you? Do you watch lot of football outside of Premier League?
Watching quite a bit of La Liga this season, when I had ESPN I watched a lot of German football.
The reason I ask is your assertion that no other league has counter attacks as fast as in England, for me German football has plenty of teams that are devastating on the counter, every bit as fast as in England.
You should've started with the reason.
I agree that Bundesleague is very fast. However the big difference is how mid- and especially bottom tier teams go against bigger teams especially Bayern. They sit back deeper and try to deal with constant pressure by holding the ball more once they actually get it. Tactically smarter but that gave time for Peps teams to regroup.
However if the point, as I suspect, is to prove that Pep is a good manager then point me where I said he wasn't overall. His resume speaks for itself and I have always supported him. To be fair though he has made tons of mistakes and isn't willing to learn right now. We were tactically poor yesterday and had he made tweaks to hs system we would have done better I believe.