The Manager Merry-go-Round

[SM]

pep doesnt play the same tactics each week. he has played numerous different systems and adjusts based on who we play.

we've played 3 at the back, 4 at the back, wing backs, full backs, wingers playing through the middle, false 9's.

pep is the exact opposite of playing the same tactic each week.

Formation =/= style.

 

[Magma]

Formation =/= style.

formations we have played this season

4-2-3-1
4-3-3
4-1-4-1
3-4-2-1
3-4-3
3-4-3 with a holding midfielder (fernando)
3-5-1-1
3-5-2

 

[SM]

formations we have played this season

4-2-3-1
4-3-3
4-1-4-1
3-4-2-1
3-4-3
3-4-3 with a holding midfielder (fernando)
3-5-1-1
3-5-2

Formation =/= style.

You want Pep to play Pep football every game, but criticise Enrique and Pellegrini for having only one style. Which is it?

 

[Bojan KantKick]

a lot of those are half time adjustments or being down to 10 men.

 

[Magma]

Formation =/= style.

You want Pep to play Pep football every game, but criticise Enrique and Pellegrini for having only one style. Which is it?

no i didnt, i said they have one tactic.

 

[Established1870]

lucho's main problem is he's from the manuel pellegrini school of hey this tactic works lets play it every single game no matter what. him barely using la masia wouldnt hold him in high stead either.

Denis Suarez and Sergi Roberto have both been getting regular game time this season. I think Rafinha has been as well. In terms of talent to come right through to the first team, La Masia has ran dry. He's just never been universally popular like Pep or Tito were.

 

[SM]

no i didnt, i said they have one tactic.

Sigh.

 

[Magma]

a lot of those are half time adjustments or being down to 10 men.

no they're starting formations.

4-2-3-1 is the most popular but we've definitely played premier league and champions league games with those formations.

 

[Magma]

Denis Suarez and Sergi Roberto have both been getting regular game time this season. I think Rafinha has been as well. In terms of talent to come right through to the first team, La Masia has ran dry. He's just never been universally popular like Pep or Tito were.

true, but i mean moreso the players that are just coming through now. suarez had an excellent spell at villarreal, but i will credit him turning sergi roberto, a bang average central mid, into a pretty good right back.

just that i think barca fans would love to see some guys like palencia, alena, samper get chances instead of being ignored/sent to granada on loan.

 

[Bojan KantKick]

Samper is shit

 

[Established1870]

true, but i mean moreso the players that are just coming through now. suarez had an excellent spell at villarreal, but i will credit him turning sergi roberto, a bang average central mid, into a pretty good right back.

just that i think barca fans would love to see some guys like palencia, alena, samper get chances instead of being ignored/sent to granada on loan.

There's a Korean kid with big wraps and I know a lot of Barca fans want to see Samper get a chance but aside from them it's not full of talent like it used to be.

 

[Magma]

There's a Korean kid with big wraps and I know a lot of Barca fans want to see Samper get a chance but aside from them it's not full of talent like it used to be.

lee seung-woo. he was one of those banned from football for a year (which was absolutely ridiculous to punish the kids). i dont think he has even moved up to barca b yet. he is talented yes.

 

[chef]

 

[DBAH0]

Mazzari on thin ice if they don't win this weekend? They've won 1 in 8....

 

[Latro]

Mazzari on thin ice if they don't win this weekend? They've won 1 in 8....

Talking to a friend who supports Watford the players dont like him. He wants him sacked and he never wants managers sacked.

 

[jd2010]

Like the sound of this new manager SM ?

The work he did as Estoril is making me think about cashing in on my hull to finish last bet

 

[SM]

Like the sound of this new manager SM ?

The work he did as Estoril is making me think about cashing in on my hull to finish last bet

Haha well he's two games in now so not super new, but yeah first PL game coming up, big test. He's making all the right noises. But of course he's not English so we'll probably end up somehow losing points under him.

 

[jd2010]

Haha well he's two games in now so not super new, but yeah first PL game coming up, big test. He's making all the right noises. But of course he's not English so we'll probably end up somehow losing points under him.

I've got double my money payout currently. Might try and watch your game and see if there's some good signs and cash out if there is

 

[Established1870]

I've got double my money payout currently. Might try and watch your game and see if there's some good signs and cash out if there is

You might want to cash out.

 

[Firestarter]

LVG has announced retirement I see.

 

[FAITH]

LVG has announced retirement I see.

He hasn't been a manager foryears

 

[Firestarter]

He hasn't been a manager foryears

Your sense of time may be nonexistent since 2016 wasn't at all long ago.

But in any case he is refuting the claim so false alarm.

 

[typeclub]

He hasn't been a manager foryears

This is correct, he hasn't managed since 1999 season.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

formations we have played this season

4-2-3-1
4-3-3
4-1-4-1
3-4-2-1
3-4-3
3-4-3 with a holding midfielder (fernando)
3-5-1-1
3-5-2

No suspensions which is best for the current group of players?

 

[Magma]

No suspensions which is best for the current group of players?

i'd say it was the kind of 4-3-3 we played at the start of the season where the fullbacks because midfielders and fernandinho played as a midfield sweeper.