Saw a video crediting Pep with the resurgence of 4-4-2 yesterday which totally neglects the genius of Simeone and the fact that managers like Ancelotti have been utilising it for years anyway.
Raineri won the PL with it.
I also saw a video crediting Pep with the strikerless system like Spalletti wasn’t using it with Roma in 07.
Pep gets credit for using other people’s ideas and tweaking them as if he was the originator of the idea rather than just being credited for making something better.
Yeah I have, and yeah, as a centre back on more than a few occasions I’d quickly trot out of position with the ball safely in the opponents box to kick a ball off our pitch and back on to someone else’s. It was a right fucking pain lol. But obviously had a certain charm to it too.
Not seen much of him. Mainly because he plays for Stoke. And I refuse to watch Stoke. Stoke and Scotland is the perfect match though
From what I’ve read though he’s been decent this season, but not all that before that. Oh and this won’t come as a surprise, but he isn’t actually Scottish.
Basically they are betting he is absolute shit at the team they sold him to, then they buy him back cheaper, return the player to his parent club and pocket the difference between the sale and the buyback.