but he still lost to jose in copa da rey final, champions
league semi final vs inter. its true his record was good but having messi and inesita still helped
look he great manager and domestically he keep on winning leagues as that style will win him leagues year in, year out
but as was shown in 2009 semi final vs chelsea, semi final vs chelsea in 2012 and inter in 2010 and now united this year, the style of tika taka needs a end product in european matches as anti football teams over two match can park the ball and then launch counter attacks over the top with pace
he needs to adapt more his managerment. to be fair once he gets a top striker and younger wingers to replace robben and ribbery then the style he introducing to bayern with good ball control and then quick players to open teams up might work.
he did but that best side ever still lost to ageing inter
team in inter 2010, let real win league in 2012 and lost to very average chelsea team in 2012 and nearly threw it away vs hinddink chelsea in 2009.
also that best side every needed dodgy sending off to knock out in 2011 with robin van persie
With all due respect, that's bollocks.
Run a team around for 30 mins, starve them of the ball, make them chase shadows and then, boff, put them to the sword. This is surely the most efficient way, providing you have the technical ability to actually do it, of killing a game off.
What people miss with the short passing game is the rhythm of the ball and the movement off it. It's complex, intricate and cerebral which is exactly why your POMO/Charles Reep school of footballers despise it. They admire a corinthian battle brimming with masculinity, blood and thunder and plenty of 50/50s.
Yeah he'll never win 6 (f**king six!) trophies in a season playing li.....oh
but its not bollocks to say that the short passing game
can still have rytham with running of the ball and forward thinking movement.
he got balance far more in 2009 when he henry, eto and messi pushing forward at end of barca tika take moves
but tika take can of work keeping the ball all day but you score less goals if you don,t then try to do something with it when your tiring teams more.
of course he a great manager in 2008 and 2009 season
he won all those trophies but he had better balance of good ball rention but players like ya ya toure, messi, eto and henry who all looked to get the ball forward
It's nonsense to say they dont do anything with it though
Obviously it's better to be able to vary an approach but to say bayern cant or wont is just plain wrong.
I did not say they won,t win anything with it. they
won the league but i just say i think for pep to make his teams perfect they need a top striker and bit more forward thinking movement at end of that ball rention
he a great manager but i sam just saying reason barca did not win the four european cups in row they should of done it is pep was not ready for the negative tactics the top english teams and inter presented him
i just think he can make this bayern team one of true greats if he makes sure he adds that forwardt thinking pace in way he had in 2009
to be fair once they get striker from dortmund and young winger in mould of messi then they be more complete team.
So all they need to do is sign a Lewandowski type and bring Goatse through a bit?
partly but also have a suarez type player that can play
up front to get behind players and a attacking forward player with pace like a suazez and younger winger with pace to replace a robben.
