Karel Podolsky
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Atletico Madrid is Diego Costa of a club.I wouldn't want him at Chelsea, but I absolutely love him.
Atletico Madrid is Diego Costa of a club.I wouldn't want him at Chelsea, but I absolutely love him.
Worse.Simeone is the new Mourinho.
He’s as close to a manager-owner as you could get.The craziest thing about Simeone is how much money he’s on. Pretty sure his salary blows even Pep’s out of the water
Could see him at italy maybe juve or inter.Which club do you think his next will be?
Simeone at Lazio would be epic with Mou managing Roma.Could see him at italy maybe juve or inter.
(Though even they are moving to a much more fluid football.)
This. Twice as defensive as Mou's Inter and twice as boring to watch.Probably the first time in a decade someone has given Atletico a taste of their own medicine and they had a complete mental breakdown. Hilarious bunch of barbarians.
Chelsea. Would be unrivalled entertainment.Which club do you think his next will be?
Completely agree.Yes, they’re a horrible team to watch and must be even worse to play against. I’d hate to have Simeone here for that reason. I want us to win, but to win by playing great football. We’ve seen some great matches in the CL recently, and it’s really painful to know, and to be forced to acknowledge, that we’re nowhere near at the minute. But I’m feeling hopeful for the first time in ages, just a little bit, at the prospect of Ten Hag arriving and a new season, after the absolute shitshow of this godawful year. I would not feel this way if we had Simeone coming.
Honestly though...the way they play and have played under Simone...really is win by whatever means necessary (embarrassing or otherwise). Not a great legacy ie. you would think that a manager who smashed the status quo in Spain would be remembered more favourably. He won’t though. His name will forever be mentioned in the same sentence as ‘shithouse’. At least Mourinho had a period where he was a breath of fresh air in football...he moved the game forward with his detail and his obsessive focus and demand for effort and concentration. Simone just inspires his players to scrap really well.The start of his peak years and up to now, he's won league titles and made it to CL finals. And that time period has neatly coincidences with our obvious fall from the top. Yet, people don't and didn't want him here.
Oh yes, the big City-Atletico rivalry.This is what great rivalries are made of, etc.
They spend a lot of money as well.Of course Atletico are playing like nasty feckers and Simeone is encouraging that. Yet, people forget that they don't even have half the budget of City and frequently lose their best players. Just in the last three seasons they lost 5 starters, while maintaining balanced transfer spending: Griezmann, Hernandez, Rodri, Partey and Trippier.
The fact that this was a contest at all, shows how good he is. Expectations are just way off in regards to Atletico. The embarrassing part is not, that they do that against City in the CL, but that they play the same way against bottom sides in la liga.
United are in a very different situation and shouldn't need someone like Simeone to compete with the top clubs in the world.
Because they're the only team that can stop Liverpool from winning the CL.Also I'm not sure why people wanted City to win. A CL win will give them the legitimacy they desperately crave.
I'd want him at Chelsea purely to see the return of Cnuty Chelsea. Cnuty Chelsea were entertaining and are badly needed in this current era where Pep and Klopp sip tea with one another and "argue" over who gets to call the other one brilliant this week.I wouldn't want him at Chelsea, but I absolutely love him.
If his antics came alongside aggressive attacking football like we saw in the second half, yeah, I would agree with you. However, his football is unwatchable most of the time. The OT crowd would lose patience.Simeone would be a fan favourite at this club if he were manager. I'm certain of it. There's just something about him to fight and never give up.
The main problem with the Mourinho we got was him always throwing his own players under the bus and creating a toxic environment. If Simeone doesnt do that part, but gets us coming 2nd even when we're not the 2nd best club and arent playing very good football its still a step forward.Simeone is the new Mourinho.
I bet he would be better for us than Ten Hag in the short term. He would make this team fight like hell, and may be more ruthless in terms of which players he wants in the club. He would demand a lot of respect and discipline right away.Simeone would be a fan favourite at this club if he were manager. I'm certain of it. There's just something about him to fight and never give up.
Stabbings would go through the roof.Simeone at Lazio would be epic with Mou managing Roma.
about as much as they earn from player sales, while City had a transfer deficit every single year since the take-over. Its not an even contest at all.They spend a lot of money as well.
I don’t agree with that at all. I have heard Simeone several times come out with this bullshit - ‘were just little old Athletico, how else do we compete?’ doing his best Sam Allardyce impression whilst spending £120 million on a single player.Of course Atletico are playing like nasty feckers and Simeone is encouraging that. Yet, people forget that they don't even have half the budget of City and frequently lose their best players. Just in the last three seasons they lost 5 starters, while maintaining balanced transfer spending: Griezmann, Hernandez, Rodri, Partey and Trippier.
The fact that this was a contest at all, shows how good he is. Expectations are just way off in regards to Atletico. The embarrassing part is not, that they do that against City in the CL, but that they play the same way against bottom sides in la liga.
United are in a very different situation and shouldn't need someone like Simeone to compete with the top clubs in the world.
Mourinho was charismatic and charming.Simeone is the new Mourinho.
its not bullshit at all. They literally have about half the money of the official ManCity budget. When you earn over 300million because other teams buy your first team players, you are going to re-invest some of this in highly inflated conditions. They essentially swapped Griezmann for João Félix and that was a massive downgrade. City can literarily buy any Atletico player they like, but only picked one so far because they other players wouldn't get in their team. They have less money than Tottenham. Tottenham could reject 100m for Kane, despite him wanting to leave. Thats a luxus, that Atletico doesn't have.I don’t agree with that at all. I have heard Simeone several times come out with this bullshit - ‘were just little old Athletico, how else do we compete?’ doing his best Sam Allardyce impression whilst spending £120 million on a single player.
Well put.Of course Atletico are playing like nasty feckers and Simeone is encouraging that. Yet, people forget that they don't even have half the budget of City and frequently lose their best players. Just in the last three seasons they lost 5 starters, while maintaining balanced transfer spending: Griezmann, Hernandez, Rodri, Partey and Trippier.
The fact that this was a contest at all, shows how good he is. Expectations are just way off in regards to Atletico. The embarrassing part is not, that they do that against City in the CL, but that they play the same way against bottom sides in la liga.
United are in a very different situation and shouldn't need someone like Simeone to compete with the top clubs in the world.