Recent content by serghei

Of course I like Xavi.

Current setup with Raphinha is good. The bigger issue is defensive midfielder and leftback to replace Cancelo who is a calamity at the back. Star LW is a secondary objective imo. Gonna soon have a huge problem at no9. Our LW was by a distance the best player vs PSG. And PSG tie is the best...

I can agree with this, that he needs to clean up his behavior on the sideline, but the home match vs PSG is on Araujo, and partly on Cancelo who was sleeping at the 1st goal and caused a dumb penalty at the third. There is no question about that. Xavi did react in a bad manner to his players'...

Madrid will beat them. Don't get your hopes up. After knocking out City they became favorites. Don't even know what's the best in this case. Dortmund is gonna be easy target in the final if they send PSG home. I can totally see them making it easy for either finalist that progresses from the...

There's nothing noble in what De Zerbi is doing here. Reminds me at times of Paco Jemez playing cutesy but losing by 5-6 vs Madrid and Barca while at Rayo.

Bernardo is both clear pros and clear cons. Adds instant value for both midfield and attack is the main advantage, with his age being the biggest con.

I don't think so. These guys delivered a league title against a superior rival last season. There's zero credible proof that we need big changes at management level. If we get the finances back on track, and then we fuck it up, then yes, totally. That's a totally different scenario. But blaming...

Was hoping at one point to be the one good apple in a basket of rotten apples handed over by Bartomeu to the next board. But nope, this one is decaying too.

Completely valid question. Aston Villa is the only team in EPL atm vastly over-performing their reasonable expectations. Arsenal if they win it. Most other teams are either perfectly in-line with their usual stuff or well under.

Doubt he is gonna cost only 50. Bernardo is OK if not too old to make a lasting impact past 2-3 seasons, but then a top LW and a replacement for Lewandowski are gonna cost a substantial amount of money. And a DM also... costs add up quickly. The funds the club needs are overall quite serious...

In short: get money, go on the market, and bring top players for the 2-3 positions that cost us vs PSG. Ditch Cancelo since he is a bum, sign a top fullback, sign a proper DM, sign a top left winger and send Felix back to Atletico. Do that and you can put far more pressure on the manager. The...

Thing to remember is that no manager can make miracles without proper funds. Klopp at Liverpool struggled a bit until they invested the proper sums in the right players. Dunked by Sevilla in Europa League, then barely made top 4 in the next season. Then in 2017/18, heavy spending followed. 170m...

I don't think some specialized professionals are per se in the manager's staff... so...

Postecoglu. That's right, the guy that put Tottenham exactly where they've always been in EPL 80% of the time. On 4-6th. Let's see him take this team to fight for the title and then we can talk.

The best managers already are involved in projects. The ones struggling to land jobs, or looking for teams, or on the verge of being sacked from their current jobs have various problems.