That's not how Sheikh Mansour sees it. He's waited years for Pep and invested hundreds of millions in the belief he can transform us into a club that will continually challenge for the CL. We have to view this through SM's eyes. He is like no other club owner.Pep didn't fail with Bayern. He took them to another level. Never have they been so utterly dominant in the Bundesliga as they have in the 3 Pep seasons. Winning the Champions League is a lottery, no matter how good you are. Look at how long it took for Real Madrid to win their 10th title. It will be same for us. The Premier League is where we will see how good our team is. The Champions League is a bonus on top, if it ever happens.
Not bad for someone who only joined the forum last week, so which former poster are you ?
He didn't have to change all of the players in one go. The addition of one quality left back. a quality right back and a quality DM = all with pace - would have made all the difference.Yeah. Changing 14 players in one summer would definitely work.
Any wankers been banned recently?Not bad for someone who only joined the forum last week, so which former poster are you ?
I'm assuming fuck all. I asked a hypothetical.You're assuming quite a lot there. I remember one guy on here saying last year prior to the Leicester game at home when we were very much still in with a shout of the title that he hoped Leicester would win the league seeing as when Pep arrived we'd dominate for years. Hmmmm.
Why would a more pragmatic style only lead to one year of success ? Pragmatic doesn't mean shutting up shop completely like Juve tonight, it means not blindly adhering to one's principles when it clearly isn't working, making little tweaks here and there, adapting on occasion to thwart an opponent's strength. In short, sensible management.
You're assuming quite a lot there. I remember one guy on here saying last year prior to the Leicester game at home when we were very much still in with a shout of the title that he hoped Leicester would win the league seeing as when Pep arrived we'd dominate for years. Hmmmm.
Why would a more pragmatic style only lead to one year of success ? Pragmatic doesn't mean shutting up shop completely like Juve tonight, it means not blindly adhering to one's principles when it clearly isn't working, making little tweaks here and there, adapting on occasion to thwart an opponent's strength. In short, sensible management.
My contention would be we are close already to being that club. Semi final last season and confident we would have reached the semi again this season if we had shown a little more composure against Monaco. Another season or two from Pep will get us closer still. Messi, Tranny, Robben etc can't dominate for much longer. Sane, Jesus, Raheem, Kev certainly have the potential to. Once we have a few new defenders I can really seeing us getting to a final at least. Bonnucci was different class last night. Imagine him with a fit Vinnie!That's not how Sheikh Mansour sees it. He's waited years for Pep and invested hundreds of millions in the belief he can transform us into a club that will continually challenge for the CL. We have to view this through SM's eyes. He is like no other club owner.