As we debate on whether to replace MP before seasons end to save our dwindling fortunes to avoid giving Pep his first taste of Europa ( great present Txiki ) and we say goodbye to the manager who not only has lost the dressing room for sure ala our previous manager the question has to be asked whether hiring MP in the first place would be viewed as the right choice for the time.
I title , 2 league cups , progress to the knock out stage in the Chumps League three times.
It of course without a doubt we will get smashed by PSG especially without VK , Joe , Sterling etc in the lineup so given that its time to start this debate.
Would we have been better placed now had we hired a younger more tactical , more forward thinking manager a manager who can set up the side to play attractive football without compromising the ability to defend and attack as a team.
We could think of a number of them and one of them is in charge of a side that will finish well above us this year.
My answer is it was a mistake as the charter of a manager is to at least leave the side in a better position and have a stronger team than the one he inherited.
Given all the investment over the past three years I would say we have regressed significantly both in performance level , attractiveness/entertainment value ( as evidenced by the number of people leaving the ground with still minutes of playing time left in a Derby FFS because most thought we had no hope of scoring which proved to be correct ).
Most managers any manager would have been able to get this squad competing effectively week in week out with what was available when MP took over so I don't think our title which won because Liverpool choked was largely due to his input.
The last two seasons we have seen the real MP which was always there from the beginning come to the fore.
I say we could have made a much better choice and would be much better placed to see the value of the likes of Nacho and one or two others irrespective of the injuries which in itself MP cannot absolve himself of completely either.
A classic point on Sunday when he shouldn't have even started with MDM , played Sagna at Centre Half , Zabba or Kolorov ( who he lost complete faith in now and vica versa ) which cost us our keeper for the remainder of the season.
Yep a mistake I reckon , what do the rest think.
I title , 2 league cups , progress to the knock out stage in the Chumps League three times.
It of course without a doubt we will get smashed by PSG especially without VK , Joe , Sterling etc in the lineup so given that its time to start this debate.
Would we have been better placed now had we hired a younger more tactical , more forward thinking manager a manager who can set up the side to play attractive football without compromising the ability to defend and attack as a team.
We could think of a number of them and one of them is in charge of a side that will finish well above us this year.
My answer is it was a mistake as the charter of a manager is to at least leave the side in a better position and have a stronger team than the one he inherited.
Given all the investment over the past three years I would say we have regressed significantly both in performance level , attractiveness/entertainment value ( as evidenced by the number of people leaving the ground with still minutes of playing time left in a Derby FFS because most thought we had no hope of scoring which proved to be correct ).
Most managers any manager would have been able to get this squad competing effectively week in week out with what was available when MP took over so I don't think our title which won because Liverpool choked was largely due to his input.
The last two seasons we have seen the real MP which was always there from the beginning come to the fore.
I say we could have made a much better choice and would be much better placed to see the value of the likes of Nacho and one or two others irrespective of the injuries which in itself MP cannot absolve himself of completely either.
A classic point on Sunday when he shouldn't have even started with MDM , played Sagna at Centre Half , Zabba or Kolorov ( who he lost complete faith in now and vica versa ) which cost us our keeper for the remainder of the season.
Yep a mistake I reckon , what do the rest think.