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Originally Posted by TheMadcapLaughs
I think somewhere on this beast of a thread I talked about what an exciting young team Porto has. I would love to see them make it to the finals. It's a shame that Danilo is going to Madrid next year and Casemiro will, if Madrid has any brains, be called back.
It's just amazing the talent that Porto has bought for nothing, built up, and then sold at massive profits-James Rodriguez, Falcao, Hulk, Anderson(haha, ManU), Carvalho, Deco, Pepe ,Guarin, Bruno Alves, Moutinho.
Imagine if they could hold on to this talent
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just looking at the names plus some obvious things (i'm great at noticing those!) looks like they have a culture and language pipeline to brazil (and the rest of south america is not far), plus portuguese football is not too shabby-- they do great for a small country, some great talent.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I still think Bayern will turn it around at home against Porto .
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i am honestly not so sure of that. 2 goals is a steep climb, and should porto score more than one (looks like they can) bayern would be thoroughly fucked.
i am really bothered by pep's lack of attention to defensive players. keeping possession might be a great substitute to actual defense, but when that breaks down then what's your backup?
it's a similar scenario to klopp-- "we know how to beat you and you offer no variations." klopp's last years at bayern was super-supremo because the team was infinitely flexible-- they'd play possession, they'd play counterattack, they'd use fine touch, they'd be physical-- they showed a fantastic power to adapt and beat their opponents.
now it's the always the same shit, predictable and therefore open to the knife under the armpit.
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Originally Posted by demonrail666
Not just saying this but everything you say makes him an ideal replacement for Sam at West Ham: a club on the cusp of becoming very rich, but with no real history of success; a very out of favour manager and a fanbase dedicated to attacking football. Plus we know he likes the idea of managing in England. Not saying it'll happen but, of the realistic options out there, it ticks a helluva lot of boxes.
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no, totally, i would totally have said west ham, kloppo has said he likes english football, but some days ago you said they had hired gollum, ha ha, so i refrained from naming them. the article mentions hamburg shopping for a coach and schalke has been stalling behind leverkusen and monchengladbach, so im thinking those are obvious candidates. and QPR... they always do poorly, don't they?