Younger people say it's Cristiano, older people say Eusébio. All the awards and records seem to boost Ronaldo though and honestly he deserves it, he is an elite athlete. Regardless, Ronaldo will never achieve the importance of Eusébio to our country, he was the only light during really dark times(dictatorship). There's a reason why he's buried in Pantheon amongst the greatest of our history.What's the opinion of Portuguese Era on who is the greatest Portuguese footballer of all time? Eusébio or Cristiano?
It's baffling really, any good coach needs good players to win, of course Guardiola would not be as successful as he is if he didn't coach clubs with a great wealth, that doesn't change the fact that the tactics shown by his players in every team he's been have been impressive regardless of the money the club has spent.LOL I've seen this take so many times. It doesn't make much sense to me because often other coaches have their clubs spend millions and have nothing to show for it.
Pep also performed well coaching Barça's second team the year before he was promoted to the first team.
So I assume you like how Arsenal plays? Because we definitely played like this even before BarcaI enjoy the kind of football his teams play, no matter whether they end up winning titles or not. His philosophy, to a great extent, inherits the tenets of Johan Cruyff when he was his coach at Barcelona
Weird. My friend's uncle has always told me it was The Panthers. Maybe the younger Gabonese generation calls it Black Panthers.
True, maybe Auba linked the both together.Weird. My friend's uncle has always told me it was The Panthers. Maybe the younger Gabonese generation calls it Black Panthers.
It's baffling really, any good coach needs good players to win, of course Guardiola would not be as successful as he is if he didn't coach clubs with a great wealth, that doesn't change the fact that the tactics shown by his players in every team he's been have been impressive regardless of the money the club has spent.
So according to your reasoning you don't respect any manager of the top european clubs, gothca.It's easy to play a high energy, technical game when your squad is the most expensive in the world though. Guardiola gets my respect when he builds a team up from nothing.
And that's what I'm waiting for actually but we both know it won't happenIt's easy to play a high energy, technical game when your squad is the most expensive in the world though. Guardiola gets my respect when he builds a team up from nothing.
I don't have many opportunities to watch Arsenal because I don't have access to Premier League matches so my impressions come only from European competitions.So I assume you like how Arsenal plays? Because we definitely played like this even before Barca
I don't have many opportunities to watch Arsenal because I don't have access to Premier League matches so my impressions come only from European competitions.
I think Arsenal played an attractive football during the Wenger years but Wenger himself seemed prone to bottling his opportunities there.
The team seemed to be eternally too full of young promises that often were poached by wealthier clubs without the consolidation you need to finally win something like the Champions League.
So according to your reasoning you don't respect any manager of the top european clubs, gothca.
Spot on mate. That's exactly what happened unfortunately and Wenger was very stubbornI don't have many opportunities to watch Arsenal because I don't have access to Premier League matches so my impressions come only from European competitions.
I think Arsenal played an attractive football during the Wenger years but Wenger himself seemed prone to bottling his opportunities there.
The team seemed to be eternally too full of young promising players who were often poached by wealthier clubs without the consolidation you need to finally win something like the Champions League.
Yeah, that was the time I adored Arsenal and followed a lot of the matches!I absolutely loved the way Arsenal played a few years ago. In the Fabregas era I guess.
Guardiola started with a Barca side that seemed at the end of a cycle and he had the balls to kick out some players who were clearly at the end of their run like Ronaldinho, downplaying his work there just as him being lucky that he found a team with all that talent is odd to say the least, and trying to take Liverpool as an example of virtuosity when this summer they spent 70 million on a goalkeeper and much more on other players is disingenuous, if they'll win a trophy it wiil be 'cause like any other top club in Europe they spent lots of money on good players (not trying to discredit Klopp's work btw).Almost every other top manager had to either start from the bottom or with less resources. Guardiola went from Barcelona to Bayern to Manchester City. That Barca side was incredible but let's not pretend that he's had to compromise to build a squad or impose his tactics. It's the same with Mourinho, except he actually had an incredible achievement with Porto early on in his career. Going from massive club to massive club and spending shitloads of money isn't the stuff of legends.
That's why I think that if Liverpool win a trophy this year, winning the title would be a greater achievement than winning the CL this season.
I'd massively respect Guardiola if he just fucked it all off and went to coach a lower league side up to the top. As it is, I just see him as someone who doped as a player and as a manager.
What? Isn't it Spurs - City?
It's all Guardiola's fault. :PLOL United will have to play the 1st leg at home because of City
Gonna guess tommorows draw:
Liverpool v Porto
Man City v Spurs
Ajax V Juventus
Man U v Barca
But you didn't print a lousy sheet of paper with a UCL logo and post it on Twitter.
truly the darkest timeline
No way I get this 100% haThursday night football draw predictions:
Chelsea V Napoli
FrankFurt V Prague
Valencia V Benfica
Villareal V Arsenal