Malky
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If we hire Marcelino I hope to see him parks the bus........ on top of Raul, the fat, fraud, ****!
I'd take bailly lolWould like to see the reaction from Arteta when he lay out 250 M overhaul plan on the defense and Raul signs Vermaelen and Bailly.
I think they were really unlucky with finishing when they were getting the draws at the start of the season, xG stats say they scored 10 less goals than they created, and overall they had 4th best attack and 2nd best defense (only behind Atletico) in the league.Marcelino is a tidy enough manager in Spain but his CV doesn’t exactly jump at you for a reason.
He’s got a fair few misses on there asides from the decent job he did at Valencia.
I do also feel he got very lucky there as well, had some of the best Spanish talent in years in Soler and Torres come through the system when he was there.
Also Lim backed him during his time there with a bigger net spend than anyone except for Real and Barcelona.
He might have got them CL last year but that was also very jammy. Played some very uninspiring football drawing more games than they won, and would have finished well off the pace.
Both Alaves and Getafe were ahead in the final months but they hit a wall with their comparatively tiny squad depth and Getafe were ultimately pipped on the final day.
Sevilla also should have sewn up top four handily but went winless for the final three games including losses to Leganes and Girona and bottled it.
So yes in theory you can point to him getting top four with Valencia but again they drew more than they won, needed three ridiculous rival collapses to pull it off despite spending big with some extremely talented players in the squad.
I'd take bailly lol
But, yeah, Potch/Arteta or that’s me done.
Interesting article, Sid Lowe is a decent journliast who knows La Liga very well.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...no-valencia-la-liga-spanish-football-sid-lowe
Yeah like Lowe says, they had a top to bottom reshaping of the club after the disastrous Nuno and Neville eras.
They got a lot better in the transfer market and with arguably the best academy in Spain they were always going to be competitive, Marcelino played a part but placing their turn around on his shoulders is very undeserved.
For me he did a good job first season, not enough to warrant getting a huge job like Arsenal but still he did well.
When this article was written it was when things were very rosy. The next year as I said above the performances fell away quite alarmingly and was very lucky with the way things turned out.
yes his 2nd season was not good too many draws the home performance was bad ended up with just 61 points but end up qualify to CL.Yeah like Lowe says, they had a top to bottom reshaping of the club after the disastrous Nuno and Neville eras.
They got a lot better in the transfer market and with arguably the best academy in Spain they were always going to be competitive, Marcelino played a part but placing their turn around on his shoulders is very undeserved.
For me he did a good job first season, not enough to warrant getting a huge job like Arsenal but still he did well.
When this article was written it was when things were very rosy. The next year as I said above the performances fell away quite alarmingly and was very lucky with the way things turned out.
I think they were really unlucky with finishing when they were getting the draws at the start of the season, xG stats say they scored 10 less goals than they created, and overall they had 4th best attack and 2nd best defense (only behind Atletico) in the league.
I genuinely have other interests I want to explore. Been crazy about football since I was a kid, been like a religion to me until recent years, but my interest is seriously dwindling now.Will always have Arsenal close to my heart, but if this mess continues for another few years destroying everything Wenger has build here, I will probably distance myself from football for some time as well.
Life is too short and too beautiful to let this crappy ****show drag you down constantly.
Give me something that at least creates hope for the future from which I can feed my soul to make me hang on..
Not with Kovac, not with Marcelino, that's for sure.
Has anyone got any insight into Marcelinio or are we just assuming its Emery mk2
Hes not really like Emery. Better defensively, has an actual high press and doesn't chop-and-change his in game tactics every 5 mins.I'm probably being unfair on the guy cos I know f*ck all about him, but Marcelino kinda just feels like another Emery. I'm sure he's a good coach, but does he fit the club? Does he command the respect of the players?
Feels like someone Watford would hire if they were feeling fancy.
Start packing MesutHe's a pragmatic manager, who has a clear system/formation (4-4-2), and he implements the system at his clubs quite fast (not the Conte level fast, but still). He's well known for his demanding training sessions, iirc one player put in a transfer request after a pre-season with him.
Don't think he'd be a good manager for Arsenal though.
Yep, both rugby codes are proper sports, and anything that’s like a religion can’t be good.I genuinely have other interests I want to explore. Been crazy about football since I was a kid, been like a religion to me until recent years, but my interest is seriously dwindling now.
I genuinely have other interests I want to explore. Been crazy about football since I was a kid, been like a religion to me until recent years, but my interest is seriously dwindling now.