This Weekend's Fixtures (03/04/05 Oct).

So far as football weekends go, that wasn't a good one.

In fact I'd go so far as to say it was bad.

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Originally Posted by Shaqiri Is Boss

So far as football weekends go, that wasn't a good one.

In fact I'd go so far as to say it was bad.

Spurs and City aside, I respectfully disagree.

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Originally Posted by 21_GOONER_SALUTE

The two teams you mentioned weren't built in his image, as they already had a history and culture, plus he wasn't even there for that long.

Few managers in the EPL have stayed long enough to build teams in their image... in the past we'd say SAF, AW, Moyes and thats pretty much it off the top of my head.

Maybe Klopp too, but at points Liverpool had different owners that behaved differently and probably had different motivations, which may have affected his ability to do so.

Anyway currently, Simeone, Pep and Arteta are the only managers left in world football managing top clubs that are enjoying this privilege... I don't think you need to be Einstein to understand their true footballing philosophies.

But as i’ve just explained to you, City’s four titles in a row where this exactly was Guardiola’s team didn’t just try to squeeze the life out of teams they scored a record amount of goals.

Whilst Guardiola did not invent Tiki Taka, it was a style he perfected with Barca and then worked on an evolved version of with Bayern and Man City (which involved positional flexibility).

Now if your argument is that this style has been rendered ineffective by deep and mid block teams and more direct or counter attacking football than you might have a point.

But his style with City is not even the same as Arteta who has largely adopted the style of the NFL (control the game, use set pieces to win)