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I'm not dissing him but i'm not a big fan of his tactics/game plan and my idea is he failed to achieve the same feature or at least reach a final with both Chelsea & Inter so based on what he is better then Manu ? They looked for Wenger as a first choice a man who can't boost any European...

The office is fine this time Irv they leave him to screw up with the 4-2-2-2 .. again u missed the point about Carlo & Jose.. one is a presidential puppet and the other still fail tactically in Europe and in Serie A is under a lot of pressure. face it apart from his domestic success in Chelsea &...

Yep .. have you read "Morbo" Tomba ? you will really love it if you are interested in football /rivalry and politics in the spanish liga

I read Homage to Catalonia several times as Orwell is my fav writer :D, detailed description of what went on during that era from his daily living incidents

. Very good post except some parts : Franco had flirted with many clubs before Real Madrid (Atletico Madrid was the Airforce club for example) , some people automatically relate Franco regime with Real madrid (Especially Cule's who haven't done some reading on the matter ) the fact remains...

if you think it's anything more then a revisionist sugar coated version of events. I have read plenty on the subject and a Barca or Real Madrid official version of events is the last thing u want to claim as a source in a debate see Plip this is what i mean by ^^^REVISIONIST ^ version of...

You Want the truth .. you can't handle the truth Yes Franco made problems for everyone , Barca , Realm u name it.. Barca had special focus due to the Catalan nation and the club represented them , my suggestion avoid "Barca " website there are some light books about the Franco relation...

Irv my man .. i can right now name over 30 legends turned managers who failed miserably .. just because Pep made it is an exception for the rule not a proof of how good it works .. lets look no further past Leonardo a Milan legend , Van Basten Ajax legend Michel a legend in the 80's a failure...

I think you missed this part Carlo .. Carlo ? Carlo was a pre-dominantly yes man through out his time @ Milan to the extent he had to drop his original formation to please Silvio ... Judges are out on him with Chelsea.. i'm deeply surprised and shocked from your suggestion.. As for Mourinho...

Valdano , but so would anyone in his shoes.. u want a succesful manager who make his teams play very good football and have a good track record .. only select few could fit that bill and Pellegrini is high on that list don't you think ?

Arbeloa will /should be first choice LB in the big games when he is fit to play .. As for the third reich .. As RM u need to do both @ the same time, be competitive now and setup the youth .. It's a long list of accumulated mistakes but at least we are seeing a break in the pattern by De La Red...

This ^^^ and this http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/qanda/163/article.aspx And he will be moving to Barca if ever Barca made an official bid but as Gneg said Sparky can't be trusted he talk a lot of shit when it comes to transfers

Players who could operate from the sides CR,Granero,Marcelo,Drenthe.. then u have Higuain and lastly Raul Marcelo is a tough kid and he learned the hard way .. every time he come under fire he respond on the pitch (After Seville he scored a nice goal last game ) his position isn't that much...

In what Irv ? i believe in Valdano fully (if that's what u meant ) and i'm having second thoughts about Manu. It's not about the results but the improvement , it's minimum and i'm yet to see his works in the last month. he was courted today from the press about his refusal to use side/wingers...

I know you like the guy .. so do i, Laudrup was my fav Madrid player in the 90's but all this " a club he never loved " "used your club to vent frustration " is a bit far fetched :lol: :lol: if anything he felt bitter with Barca ;) Michael was always on the horizon for Real in the last 3 years...

well magic box (south american thingy ? ) or not it remains to be seen Anyhow i forgot to add we have no LB problem... we have a midfield problem we tried the "Defensive " lb in Heinze and still failed, Marcelo is an attacking full back like Evra and others and he do pretty well with Brazil...

Jesus .. you are such a tool ,yeah that's why Hleb was the bees knees in Barcelona .. Barca want Fabergas as Xavi is getting older and Iniesta will move to the RW spot to replace departed Henry ... as for 1) If Arsenal replaced Fabregas with Iniesta will Arsenal be a better or worse team...

That's my line of thought CA, Michael has the ingredients Real require 1- attacking play 2- great experience as a player on a highest level and coached by some of the best. 3- SMART .. and i admired how he refused all offers from Spain and stayed for a year doing nothing but taking notes and...

Somehow i think the reason Michael Laudrup refused Atletico Madrid offer was due to a last minute call from Valdano watch that space RIP Senor Felix Perez Socio number " 1 " in the club , died at the age of 99 . Felix Perez has witnessed the entire trophy cabinet for Real Madrid all those...

Actually when you talk about system players only one thing pop to my head ARSENAL