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Yeah definitely. He's turned De Bruyne into arguably the best footballer in the world.
Stones?

Hes twice the player now <laugh>

Nolito?
Danilo?
Bravo?

****in loads of players hes bought who've he's turned to ****.
 
oh come on...there’s such a thing as overkill

I prefer a team that mixes it up...dynamic and direct instead of trying to walk it in every time.


I don’t disagree tbh. Thank **** we don’t hear the dreadful expression “tika-taka” anymore.

We have the 2014 WC to thank for that, and for bringing aggressive, high risk attacking football back into fashion.
 
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Plenty of managers have had plenty of cash to throw about and have failed. Pep also coaches very good players into world class players. You can visibly see the improvement in players like De Bruyne and Stirling.


This is undoubtedly true.

It’s also true that we’ll never get to see how Pep performs with a threadbare squad and tight-as-**** owners, so it’s impossible to definitively assert that he’s a better manager than Sean Dyche.
 
This is undoubtedly true.

It’s also true that we’ll never get to see how Pep performs with a threadbare squad and tight-as-**** owners, so it’s impossible to definitively assert that he’s a better manager than Sean Dyche.
He takes the best players from other teams and improves them by putting them in a side surrounded by other top class players...

Amazing how he does what he does tbh.
 
Good points ... but United have spent the most over the same years as Pep has been over here and haven't ... so it's not ALL about the money ... but it obviously helps. <cheers>


Yeah, it’s not all about the money. But I’d love to see what Ralph Hasenhuttl could achieve with owners who back him in the transfer market. Though that’s unlikely to happen with us, so i should really be careful what I wish for there.
 
Yeah, it’s not all another money. But I’d love to see what Ralph Hasenhuttl could achieve with owners who back him in the transfer market. Though that’s unlikely to happen with us, so i should really be careful what I wish for there.

With a bit of money I reckon your gaffer could have stopped the rout at 7-0 on both occasions tbh
 
Good points ... but United have spent the most over the same years as Pep has been over here and haven't ... so it's not ALL about the money ... but it obviously helps. <cheers>

True though they were starting from a worse point quality wise. Don't think anyone is saying he's no better than Ole either lol.

If you take over the best squad in the league, and then spend half a billion on it, I'd say 3/5 titles is about the minimum expectation tbh.
 
You'd need Klopp for that.

Pep just tiki taka with his pick of the best players

Easy work.

I like the myth he improves every player that he touches.

Its utter bollocks

Any manager who wins the league with Stones in defence is a genius.
 
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Spurs and Leicester haven't got any real opposition tonight. Arsenal have got a tricky fixture and I think Man Utd might struggle...
 
Spurs and Leicester haven't got any real opposition tonight. Arsenal have got a tricky fixture and I think Man Utd might struggle...

Slavia are no mugs and we will have a very scratch 11... biggest worry is more injuries tbh ... Brenda not gonna risk Ricardo so that's him, Castagne, Fofana and James Justin out for the defence and Perez and Praet in the midfield ... draw would do for me tbf <cheers>
 
As opposed to the Chelsea performance, where you pass out on top, then kick her out of bed?

Or as opposed to the Spurs performance where you get her all excited and then go floppy just as you're about to slot it home.