I think he is good but I definitely subscribe to this not building a team viewpoint
he didn’t even earn the right to be chequebook manager in my opinion like Jose did (who do me is up there in this generation easily)
he inherited a team with two of the greatest players of all time in Xavi and Iniesta at a club which at the time snapped their fingers and players came running
Pep then went to Treble Winning - all conquering Bayern and arguably took them backwards
from there onto City and whilst he hasn’t spent 200mil on a player he has bought loads of 50-60 mil players
one of the commentary teams mentioned it yesterday from reverse perspective saying how wonderful Pep is because he seems to make players good and they lose KDB and have Foden to bring in.
Pep has the ability to make mistakes and just discard players - whereas other teams have to live and utilise their mistakes - Pep can just replace at ease then bin off the player.
Foden is touted as one of the best English prospects since Gazza at City - has Pep helped him - yep but I imagine it’s like at grass roots.
surrounded by the quality Pep is afforded from his owners how can you not improve - that’s why we have ETCs
Pep for me is almost the greatest fantasy football manager ever as his team is pretty much that. He has been to 3 clubs with basically limitless funding. Can see him going to PSG tbh then retiring. Is he a clever man - yes - is he a very very good manager - yes
Is he the greatest - not to me - no matter what he achieves at City.
you say it’s not possible to compare but I think it is - take Fergie as the comparison. At this point in his career he had built Aberdeen up and broke up the dominance of the two Glasgow Clubs
then moved South and built a utd squad which had broken the dominance of Liverpool - both mammoth tasks - has Pep done that at this point - no ?
He continued a winning legacy at Barca, he arguably took Bayern backwards, and City weren’t exactly losers when he arrived - he just took them to the next level.
to be clear it doesn’t bother me - other clubs just have to work harder and find ways to beat City - that’s now the game but I just think the debate over Pep and any other top managers is a simple one
I think SAF miles better
Brian Clough light years ahead
I think there is an argument for Jose for me - you know I admire him
ancellotti in modern day - this generation is better than Pep imho
obviously we will never solve it because it’s impossible. I doubt Pep will lose any sleep over my opinion or you will for that matter lol