Yes, this is the same meme against Ole who rate him as a PE teacher.
Why not Dortmund? Would be terrific for a small club to win the CL.
I'd say the trophy is going to one of the oil teams this season.
It's absolutely gutting. Stings way worse than our bungled title charge. Chelsea and (probably) City in the semis is fecking awful. Either of them could easily win it.
Chelsea is the original big oil team.
And they have risen a grand total one 1 place in his time in charge in what is relatively a poor league (French teams performance in Europe apart from PSG is a prime example of this). His record is 4 defeats in 14 games in the league which isn't great. The league is normally a foregone conclusion and to not win it would be pretty embarrassing for the club.
Rather Amadeus than mica
City are still the favourites
Funny thing is PSG are an average team through out with Mbappe, Neymar and Veratti the only players who would get into United XI. Their saving grace is Mbappe and Neymar are easily the two best forwards in the world and they have a good manager.
Agreed. But he is due some luck in the competition after the joke of a pen in the 2019 final and having Kane not even close to half fit.
Agree. PSG aren't all that. People really need to go and look at their league results this year, they are quite a beatable team.
Because then Sancho and/or Haaland cost a lot more.
PSG's league results since he joined has been weak, their results in the CL has been strong.
I would add Real too. Not an oil team per se, but rather a state team.
Yeah I mean we beat PSG and you know how dire we are, just ask a lot of the supposed United fans who post on here.
Did Man City dominate us when we beat them 2-0? Possession without purpose is pointless and ineffective. PSG should have scored 4 or 5, while Bayern were lucky to score their 1, and they were easily the better team last night and deserved to go through based on that performance. They definitely rode their luck in the 1st leg but that was countered by Bayern's yesterday.
Haha true
It goes two ways. I mean beating barca, Bayern, city over 2 legs and then a one off win vs Madrid/liverpool or Chelsea is pretty good
I largely agree though I'd add also Maquinhos to that list.
Which surely then makes Poch a good manager?
Don't know about that.
Saying that the results in the league have been weak is an overstatement. They have a record of 10 wins out of 15 games, so 67% winning rate which is pretty good. The issue is that comparatively Monaco have been on a tear with 12 wins in 15 games, the other teams haven't been weak it's just that Monaco are on exceptional form.
City are clear 7/4 favourites (with all bookmakers) and they‘ve been favourites from the start.
He's obviously a good manager, I don't think that's up for debate. Is he a world class manager or not? That's where the jury is still out.
Benitez was world class though. If you manage some of the best teams in Europe, teams that you actively brought to that level then you are world class.
True. I think if a manager has managed a top team in a major league, had success both domestically and in Europe they were world class at that time but time without trophies really hurts managers. For example, Mou's trophy cabinet won't be matched by 99% of managers and look at how he is viewed now, you'd probably find he wouldn't make most fans top 10 maybe even top 20.
Exactly, maybe people struggle with the idea that being world class as a manager isn't a definitive state? Their careers are rarely linear in particular when they manage for a long time, like players they grow, peak and decline. And Benitez's peak was definitely world class.
Crowning City already? How many times have they bottled it at this stage?
Crowning? Not based on my post, no. Hell, I would be hoping Dortmund knocks them out tonightCrowning City already? How many times have they bottled it at this stage?
I predict the final will be PSG vs Real Madrid
Wait until the match finishes. One goal for City and PSG will need to attack much more.
