Johan Cruyff

[Horatio]

@Horatio is that it?

Every now and then I forget the original pronouncing of his name is Crawf

yes. good find

 

[Windhook]

Except the newly found image, the whole thing is waste of time. Johan Cruyff deserves a proper documentary on his life. Not NOS low budget grandma and grandpa stories "we used to live next door to Johan's".

 

[MasQueCulé]

Even after his death his legacy with Hansi flick lives on.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Hansi plays more of German style than a Dutch one.

Which is fine, many of Crujif students will tell you he was never a purist, and appreciated other styles of football.

 

[vegitot]

His vision and philosophy will always live on.

 

[jamrock]

Today and the last few games of PSG in the CL was/is the closest things we've seen to total football in a long time.

Man I loved watching it

Enrique's football is a step above in complication to what we are doing, I'm kinda happy we lost in the SF.

But he did tell the world, that once they lose Mbappe he will dominate everyone

 

[vegitot]

The only thing that he might be wrong is that a bag of money never score.

 

[Maradona37]

A genius. Ferguson gets called the GOAT manager, and Cruyff doesn't have Ferguson's trophy count but he understood the game far better than Ferguson ever has.

 

[vegitot]

A genius. Ferguson gets called the GOAT manager, and Cruyff doesn't have Ferguson's trophy count but he understood the game far better than Ferguson ever has.

Cruyff wasn't the GOAT manager but his student became the GOAT manager though.

Cruyff's legacy is above his trophies. Ferguson's legacy is his trophy.

 

[Maradona37]

Cruyff wasn't the GOAT manager but his student became the GOAT manager though.

Cruyff's legacy is above his trophies. Ferguson's legacy is his trophy.

Yes Pep is a better manager than Ferguson ever was.

And indeed, Cruyff's brilliance isn't in what he won, but how he thought about the game and his thinking. Which runs through FC Barcelona to this day.

 

[khaled_a_d]

Crujif himself is Rinus Michels student, a loyal one if anything. Rinus is the true GOAT of coach tbh, Crujif, Pep, La Masia, Ajax etc, were all products of his ideas. There is a reason he was voted as greatest manager of the 20th century.

If you want to go to the roots, then it is Rinus legacy not Crujif.

And Pep is a student of several coaches. A guy like Van Gaal had ton of those who have learned from him, including Pep, Mourinho, Lucho etc

 

[MonteCuler]

Well unsurprisingly - turns out he was right

Maybe if you are rejected by a player one summer, you don't go begging him next summer too

Especially if it's not an estabilished world class player

Learn from this, listen to Cruyff

P.S. Do you know who has no second thoughts of joining Barcelona? One guy from Manchester

 

[lior]

Hello everyone, looking for a rare photo of Johan Cruyff in black and white. He is on the field, if I'm not mistaken, near the corner, and the crowd around him is looking at him with admiration. I would be very grateful for any help.

 

[Maradona37]

Crujif himself is Rinus Michels student, a loyal one if anything. Rinus is the true GOAT of coach tbh, Crujif, Pep, La Masia, Ajax etc, were all products of his ideas. There is a reason he was voted as greatest manager of the 20th century.

If you want to go to the roots, then it is Rinus legacy not Crujif.

And Pep is a student of several coaches. A guy like Van Gaal had ton of those who have learned from him, including Pep, Mourinho, Lucho etc

True, but you are wrong about the source too - Cruyff learned from Michels the same way Michels learned from pioneers before him like Sebes and Jimmy Hogan.

Sebes was interchanging positions for players with Nandor Hidegkuti way back when when Hungary destroyed England at Wembley, inflicting their first ever defeat on home soil. In those days shirt numbers generally meant a position, as they were 1-11, but Nandor's shirt was different to what the nominal positions would be, and the English defenders were bewildered. Hidegkuti played as a second striker while wearing 9

'Hungary kicked off, and scored within the first minute – Nándor Hidegkuti powering a shot past Gil Merrick. It was immediately apparent that the rigid English WM formation was unable to cope with the more fluid Hungarian tactics; time and again Hidegkuti and Ferenc Puskás drew English players out of position, allowing the more technically skilled Hungarian players to bypass their markers with ease. In particular, England centre-half Harry Johnston had a torrid time, as he was unable to decide whether to man-mark the deep-lying Hidegkuti or to remain in position and allow him to roam the pitch freely.'

So the point is that everything goes back to an ancient source..

Ultimately, almost every idea in football has its roots in the past, and can be traced (albeit crudely) back to the beginning of the game in the 19th century. The same was as modern mathematics, science, geography - anything - stands on the shoulders of the ancient past. Much more ancient than football goes back, to prove my point further.

 

[RedxMAK]

True, but you are wrong about the source too - Cruyff learned from Michels the same way Michels learned from pioneers before him like Sebes and Jimmy Hogan.

Sebes was interchanging positions for players with Nandor Hidegkuti way back when when Hungary destroyed England at Wembley, inflicting their first ever defeat on home soil. In those days shirt numbers generally meant a position, as they were 1-11, but Nandor's shirt was different to what the nominal positions would be, and the English defenders were bewildered. Hidegkuti played as a second striker while wearing 9

Hungary kicked off, and scored within the first minute – Nándor Hidegkuti powering a shot past Gil Merrick. It was immediately apparent that the rigid English WM formation was unable to cope with the more fluid Hungarian tactics; time and again Hidegkuti and Ferenc Puskás drew English players out of position, allowing the more technically skilled Hungarian players to bypass their markers with ease. In particular, England centre-half Harry Johnston had a torrid time, as he was unable to decide whether to man-mark the deep-lying Hidegkuti or to remain in position and allow him to roam the pitch freely.

So the point is that everything goes back.

Ultimately, almost every idea in football has its roots in the past, and can be traced (albeit crudely) back to the beginning of the game in the 19th century.

Yooooo welcome back bro