Get Pep!

[Olivier's xmas twist]

I think Barca are a bit one dimensional (although that one dimension is pretty awesome on most occasions) and the reason they haven't needed a plan B is because plan A has worked so well until now. So I don't blame Guardiola for tactical failings tbh, unlike Wenger who's persisted with a failed style of football for 6 years now.

But its not A failed style Swansea have proved that its only Wenger has not bought the players for it thats the diffence.

[Cripps_orig]

Yep thats why when they won the CL last 7 out of the 11 players were from the Barca Academy. Unlike your bou Jose you splashes 300 mill where ever he goes.

Pep has never really spent big since he has been there, mainly because he has not needed to with the sqaud he had.

He won it with Rijkaards team. Most of his signings, the jury is still out, none have been a major success and the youth players he brought through are alwful like Tello, Thiago etc

[Joker]

But its not A failed style Swansea have proved that its only Wenger has not bought the players for it thats the diffence.

Yes sorry I should have rephrased that. You're right, the style as such can work, but you need top quality technicians to make it work, which we do not have. That is Wenger's fault.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

He won it with Rijkaards team. Most of his signings, the jury is still out, none have been a major success and the youth players he brought through are alwful like Tello, Thiago etc

Like i said he has not spent mone cause he did not need too. But like you say not any manager can manage a succesful team and he did.

Even when he let the top players go he still managed to keep Barca a Success. Not saying he will do that with us or he will come to us. We maybe better getting klopp. But id never say no to Pep he had done amazing.

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Yes sorry I should have rephrased that. You're right, the style as such can work, but you need top quality technicians to make it work, which we do not have. That is Wenger's fault.

[Özim]

Like i said he has not spent mone cause he did not need too. But like you say not any manager can manage a succesful team and he did.

Even when he let the top players go he still managed to keep Barca a Success. Not saying he will do that with us or he will come to us. We maybe better getting klopp. But id never say no to Pep he had done amazing.

Villa, Alves, Chygrinski, Mascherano, Ibrahimovic, Cáceres all pretty big transfers if you ask me on top of an already great squad.

He's done well, don't like his style of football though and think that he's had plenty of money to spend as well, for me though he's another Wenger in a sense he won't change something as was proved against Chelsea as they kept trying to play through the middle and had no alternative to a tactic which wasn't working too well against 10 men.

[Özim]

Messi hit the bar with a pen, they hit the post, they had quite a few other chances. They spanked Chelsea who desperately defended and rode their luck.

They were playing 10 men with a makeshift defence on top of that, to be honest what they created was poor I watched it. They had a lot of possession but not that many chances all things considered.

[Ernesto]

1. Sir Alex
2. Mourinho

See, a lot of people say that FakeYank, and I can kinda see where they're coming from (history of trophies, etc). However, if we're looking at a certain point in time, given comparative resources, given the style of football they play, then Pep at Barcelona has to be the best in the world.

[Cripps_orig]

He bought success.

Pretty clear to everyone

[Ernesto]

Yes sorry I should have rephrased that. You're right, the style as such can work, but you need top quality technicians to make it work, which we do not have. That is Wenger's fault.

This. In a nutshell. If we don't have the technicians, and if we can't get the technicians, then we need Hiddink. A manager who can do the very best with what is at his disposal.