Totally agree with you, clearly he is an outstanding coach BUT can he coach and keep high class ego's in check?Can't disagree with Ten Hag's ethos, but my only slight concern on this potential appointment is a lack of experience in coaching world class footballers who are already at the top of their game.
Ten Hag seems to be a great coach for the younger players, which is a bit easier as they are more of a sponge when implementing tactics & positional play.
Would prefer a coach who has success managing a more balanced squad such as Luis Enrique as if Ten Hag does rock up at City after Pep, he's going to have a world class squad at his disposal which comes with its own internal team challenges.
Working with big ego's and world class players is a very different beast, that is the issue.Pep had only worked at Barcelona B before going to Barcelona first team. Having worked at the biggest club in Germany (not as the first team manager, I know, but watching Pep’s every step) and then at the biggest club in the Netherlands is good enough preparation. He excites me much more than Enrique
Post of the Week for mentioning a great Carry On film.What we need is one of Peps fingers so we could charge it with electricity and create Pep junior, just like carry on screaming
No it would not, don't kid yourself.True, but in comparison to Hughes> Mancini> Pellegrini> Guardiola, it would be comparatively seamless.
I see you’ve tipped Vieira, but with no management experience of the Champions League, none even in any European competition, I cannot see the board anointing him as Guardiola’s immediate successor.
I’m not kidding myself. In terms of playing style and personal drive they‘re more similar than say Pellegrini and Guardiola or Mancini and Pellegrini. That does not mean they are the same or that there isn’t going to be a drop off, but at the moment ten Hag is closer than say Fernandinho, Potter, or Kompany.No it would not, don't kid yourself.
Bottom line is, depending on when the time comes, there won’t be much better options than. Even if Nagelsmann isn’t at Bayern anymore, I’m not sure I would take him ahead of ETH. Then who else? Enrique might still be with Spain after the WC and even him has cons. The other names mentioned here like Arteta, Rogers, Vieira... just noWorking with big ego's and world class players is a very different beast, that is the issue.
Can ten Hag do that? No one knows, if he can he is the ideal candidate in many ways but it is a risk however good a job he has done at Ajax.
I agree 100% , that's why the though of losing Pep is not good, it could well be a period of transition for us and if we don't get it right a difficult one.Bottom line is, depending on when the time comes, there won’t be much better options than. Even if Nagelsmann isn’t at Bayern anymore, I’m not sure I would take him ahead of ETH. Then who else? Enrique might still be with Spain after the WC and even him has cons. The other names mentioned here like Arteta, Rogers, Vieira... just no
True, though the circumstances were not quite the same, never are of course.The same board that appointed a completely untested Guardiola with no CL or even top flight experience in the first place? And then replaced him with his assistant, who also had zero experience of being a first team manager, that board?
I don't think Vieira should or will be our manager, but I don't think this board will be making a decision based on length of CV
Was it with Pep?I can see that ten Hag meets many, though his lack of experience in England would presumably be a concern.