Hugo Viana | Director of Football

[kaz7]

Mine was just ,Who?

Same here , no idea who he is or why we are employing him , is he good enough for such a big job ?

 

[blueparrot]

Same here , no idea who he is or why we are employing him , is he good enough for such a big job ?

To be fair I knew very little about Txiki either when he arrived, and hardly anything about any DOFs. I do trust the club to have had time to think long and hard about who they wanted though.

 

[bell_mcfc]

Obviously would have loved Txiki to stay and same with Ferran and Pep I wish they would all stay forever.

But this is a great move no doubt.

 

[mrbelfry]

There was talk of a six month period where he’d work alongside Txiki in some capacity

It'll take that long just for Txiki to justify signing Kalvin

 

[talkativesprout]

yeah but the mail doesnt refer to itself as a bunch of nazi sympathising lying cunts does it?

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www.dailymail.co.uk

I have never read it so wouldn't know, this doesn't seem to correspond with your opinion

 

[come-on-barney]

Same here , no idea who he is or why we are employing him , is he good enough for such a big job ?

If the club think he is, who are we to question given their record. We seem to be going for the Pep/Txixi relationship with Viana and Amorim. My initial thought is Pep leaves this summer, but given the world club cup, there wouldn’t be enough time for the new manager to settle in before the new season. That should mean we get another season or two with Pep. If Amorim is the chosen one I guess he will wait for the job. However, you have got to think summer signings must have an eye on how this will work longer term with the new manager.

 

[cleavers]

There was talk of a six month period where he’d work alongside Txiki in some capacity

I think in effect that is what City are saying in their statement today.

 

[kaz7]

If the club think he is, who are we to question given their record. We seem to be going for the Pep/Txixi relationship with Viana and Amorim. My initial thought is Pep leaves this summer, but given the world club cup, there wouldn’t be enough time for the new manager to settle in before the new season. That should mean we get another season or two with Pep. If Amorim is the chosen one I guess he will wait for the job. However, you have got to think summer signings must have an eye on how this will work longer term with the new manager.

I have no idea who that manager is either, is he a good fit to carry on playing beautiful football , if pep leaves we need someone who will carry on his style , dont we ? Cant see him changing style when the players are a machine in peps style , why change , how change that

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I have no idea who that manager is either, is he a good fit to carry on playing beautiful football , if pep leaves we need someone who will carry on his style , dont we ? Cant see him changing style when the players are a machine in peps style , why change , how change that

Don't worry Kaz. Mancini didn't have Pep's style but his style was exciting. Not saying Pep's isn't but we've gotten to slow and laboured last couple of seasons, not too exciting either. Maybe Pep is getting tired and this is is last season.

I'm not we worried if he leaves. I hope he doesn’t though.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I Don't really see the issue, if you'd said the name Hugo Viana to me last week, my instant reaction would have been the Portuguese newcastle flop. It's simply how the majority of people over here will best know him.

“Manchester City hire Spanish Brescia flop Pep Guardiola as their new manager” Daily Mail 2016.

 

[bell_mcfc]

I think the talk of Amorim being Peps successor because of this appointment is clutching at straws. We have been incredibly lucky to have had a Txiki/Pep combo as it’s a once in a lifetime experience. We have picked who we believe is the best fit and will also be the same when it comes to management. Txiki and Pep may have worked together before but they are also two of the very best. I think that’s the difference. Amorim is clearly a good manager but I suspect although his name is on the list we will also look at other candidates

 

[Really_here]

I think the talk of Amorim being Peps successor because of this appointment is clutching at straws. We have been incredibly lucky to have had a Txiki/Pep combo as it’s a once in a lifetime experience. We have picked who we believe is the best fit and will also be the same when it comes to management. Txiki and Pep may have worked together before but they are also two of the very best. I think that’s the difference. Amorim is clearly a good manager but I suspect although his name is on the list we will also look at other candidates

I'm sure we will look elsewhere but the relationship between the manager and DOF is fundamental and that gives Amorim a huge tick in the box.

 

[nmc]

It's fucking amazing how everyone we sign is a flop or won't do it in the Premier League, Pep included. How have we ever won anything?!? And when they turn out not to be flops, they want to leave us. Aguero was leaving us for 10 years.
Twats.

Do the Mail think we are playing him in midfield.

 

[Keepingthefaithsince1976]

Anybody know any good players he has brought through? I'm sure there are many but I haven't researched him.

 

[cleavers]

Mancini didn't have Pep's style but his style was exciting. Not saying Pep's isn't but we've gotten to slow and laboured last couple of seasons, not too exciting either.

It's the teams we play, not Pep, the 10 man block is not easy (or exciting) to beat, but more often than not we do.

 

[clarion]

It's the teams we play, not Pep, the 10 man block is not easy (or exciting) to beat, but more often than not we do.

It’s also Pep playing slow and patient build up. I don’t care but sometimes I also miss some chaos.

 

[JGL07]

“Manchester City hire Spanish Brescia flop Pep Guardiola as their new manager” Daily Mail 2016.

Go back another 80 odd years and you get a better Daily Mail headline: Hurrah for the Blackshirts.

 

[Coatigan]

I think in effect that is what City are saying in their statement today.

Is it? I read both our and Sporting's statements as nothing changes.this season, and then the change happens for next season. The 6 months handover thing seems to be the media wrongly putting two and two together from the timing here.

 

[footballmanager]

lets be real, you have to be an insider with great connections to know exactly how good a dof is, but viana has the rep of being able to attract very sought after players to a club in a peripheric country and according to sporting's statement this move has been in the works for 6 months or so, it happens that it only now leaked and as such the clubs made it public.

in regards to the future who knows but from my understanding by and large the transfer targets are the scouting departments job, the dof has final say but is more of a negotiator, lets see if he inherits txiki's mo, of not entering bidding wars and whatnot. But sporting lately has been cirurgical with signings and have a small squad, a bit like us in that sense

 

[KS55]

Think the Sheik's may have a little more say!!

The sheik might formally ok the choice but he leaves football decisions to Khaldoon.