by mikesiva » Mon Feb 01, 2016 3:35 pm
So, Guardiola will take over at Man City this summer...another manager with a big rep that might just be more PR than substance.
Not so long ago, LVG came in with huge hype and expectation. Mourinho's return was greeted with great fanfare.
One is gone, and the other is not the Messiah any more....
Guardiola took over a Barcelona team built by Rijkaard, and his rep comes from winning with that team. When the team needed to be broken up and rebuilt, Guardiola jumped ship. He seems to be more concerned about building his own CV than building a team...he's already said he only wants to spend three years at any club, moving on to keep his reputation intact, I think. He's not a Ferguson or Wenger, who will strive to stay at one club for a long time. Is that kind of manager really good for your club?
Okay, before he joined Bayern Munich, they had just won the Champions League under Heynckes...why doesn't he get the hype for that achievement?
Instead, what has Guardiola done in the Champions League to even merit comparison with Heynckes? Thrashed 5-0 by Real Madrid in the semis in 2013-14, beaten 5-3 by Barcelona in the semis in 2014-15...no magic wand? He doesn't seem to have improved the team on Heynckes...let's see how Bayern do in this his last season.
I'm more impressed by what Ranieri has done at Leicester....
Nobody has a stance quite like the mighty Shivnarine....
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