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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
January 04 2016 19:54 GMT
#4541
Standard 77 signings made. Nice
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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
January 05 2016 00:33 GMT
#4542


Imagine if he accepted; Barcelona would explode:

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4156 Posts
January 05 2016 00:59 GMT
#4543
Lol Perez, if you want to sack him so quickly don't even hire him in the first place. Results aren't perfect but they're far from bad. Imagine if this was LVG he would have been sacked like 3 times already lol.

RM Chelsea competing for most unwanted place for a manager?
Boucot
Profile Blog Joined October 2011
France15997 Posts
January 05 2016 01:41 GMT
#4544
20 coaches in the last 20 years for Real Madrid. This is ridiculous.
Former SC2 writer for Millenium - twitter.com/Boucot
zf
Profile Joined April 2011
231 Posts
January 05 2016 01:58 GMT
#4545
On January 05 2016 10:41 Boucot wrote:
20 coaches in the last 20 years for Real Madrid. This is ridiculous.

They've got nothing on Gençlerbirliği!
evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8866 Posts
January 05 2016 03:03 GMT
#4546
On January 05 2016 09:59 Dante08 wrote:
Lol Perez, if you want to sack him so quickly don't even hire him in the first place. Results aren't perfect but they're far from bad. Imagine if this was LVG he would have been sacked like 3 times already lol.

RM Chelsea competing for most unwanted place for a manager?

its not even a contest. rm is hands down the worst club to manage. im curious to see which idiot would actually step up to the job now, since pretty much every 'big' manager has been at the club once already and the only ones left would have no intention of joining (pep, lvg)
ZapRoffo
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5544 Posts
January 05 2016 03:44 GMT
#4547
On January 05 2016 12:03 evilfatsh1t wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 05 2016 09:59 Dante08 wrote:
Lol Perez, if you want to sack him so quickly don't even hire him in the first place. Results aren't perfect but they're far from bad. Imagine if this was LVG he would have been sacked like 3 times already lol.

RM Chelsea competing for most unwanted place for a manager?

its not even a contest. rm is hands down the worst club to manage. im curious to see which idiot would actually step up to the job now, since pretty much every 'big' manager has been at the club once already and the only ones left would have no intention of joining (pep, lvg)


They've already decided on Zidane I thought.
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion man
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 05:45:38
January 05 2016 05:45 GMT
#4548
It had to happen I guess, they couldn't waste another 6 months with Benitez. Benitez is good, but he isn't for top clubs where ego management matters more than discipline and tactics (see ManU).

I'm curious to see Zidane in action, I've never really liked his personality (too kind, too modest, too introverted, not that it's bad, but I always felt it was a waste he was not more charismatic with this talent) and I never thought he could be a coach one day. Apparently he changed quite a lot, so I can't wait!

I still think the team he has isn't balanced, and to balance it he would have to play Casemiro or other more defensive midfielders, and that's not going to cut it with Florentino's marketing strategy. He will have a lot more credit than his predecessors but if you don't get titles, you get kicked out, whether you're called Zidane or not... Another issue is Cristiano. People say Perez wants Bale to become the new symbol of Real Madrid, but CR is still there, I wonder how that case is going to be handled (we'll have to wait next summer I guess).

I can't see Zidane become Madrid's Guardiola, there's no way Perez changes how his club works. Or are we going to see a real revolution???
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18637 Posts
January 05 2016 06:28 GMT
#4549
On January 05 2016 14:45 WillyWanker wrote:
It had to happen I guess, they couldn't waste another 6 months with Benitez. Benitez is good, but he isn't for top clubs where ego management matters more than discipline and tactics (see ManU).

I'm curious to see Zidane in action, I've never really liked his personality (too kind, too modest, too introverted, not that it's bad, but I always felt it was a waste he was not more charismatic with this talent) and I never thought he could be a coach one day. Apparently he changed quite a lot, so I can't wait!

I still think the team he has isn't balanced, and to balance it he would have to play Casemiro or other more defensive midfielders, and that's not going to cut it with Florentino's marketing strategy. He will have a lot more credit than his predecessors but if you don't get titles, you get kicked out, whether you're called Zidane or not... Another issue is Cristiano. People say Perez wants Bale to become the new symbol of Real Madrid, but CR is still there, I wonder how that case is going to be handled (we'll have to wait next summer I guess).

I can't see Zidane become Madrid's Guardiola, there's no way Perez changes how his club works. Or are we going to see a real revolution???


Really? I loved Zidane's personality, made him much more likable.
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 06:34:23
January 05 2016 06:33 GMT
#4550
I didn't say he wasn't likable, but he could have been something more for the French team, and French football in general. He was a leader on the field, but never a real captain. If he succeeds as a coach it could change though, but I think he's been away from France a bit too long to care about our football
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 09:33:23
January 05 2016 09:32 GMT
#4551


Kevin Prince Boateng rejoins AC Milan. Honda is due to leave this month though from the San Siro
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SatsuinoHado
Profile Joined May 2010
Bulgaria777 Posts
January 05 2016 10:24 GMT
#4552
Ok after Del Bosque scandal 13-14 years ago I always though Perez is business man and is running Real Madrid like you run Company and not a Football Club so if people expect loyalty to anyone or anything from him well that is MONEY. That is the ONLY thing he likes and is going for. As a Real Fan for 17+ years my last hope was Papa Anchelotti however after him there is NO ONE that will be "fit" for Real for more than a year or two that is as long as Perez is there and this broke my heart one too many times
People call me Jack, OMASJack
Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 10:47:15
January 05 2016 10:43 GMT
#4553
RIght now I'm the happiest person ever. A manager that has won zero league titles in the last 13 seasons has no business in big clubs. I don't even know why we wasted 7 months with this so called "specialist".
I heard that Litex Lovech might need a new manager soon... A job that suits him perfectly.
ApocAlypsE007
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Israel1007 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 11:14:12
January 05 2016 11:12 GMT
#4554
Bye bye Benitez, don't let the door hit you on the way out. A horrible decision to sack Ancelloti and bring Benitez from the start. If truly Perez wanted Pep, oh well, thats like asking Yoda to train Kaylo Ren. The solution to most of the Real squad problems is very simple on paper: bench one of the BBC and play with another midfielder. It worked like a charm the second half of 2014. The problem is that Perez's hand is very obvious here, forcing to play with the unsuitable Bale, far after his prime Ronaldo and the pet criminal Benzema, and also trying to fit the new toy James in there, without anyone defending properly.

About Zidane, a large unknown. On the one hand one of the smartest players in the game's history, initially at least the players will respect him but he is very unexperienced. Pep was also without main stage experience when he got Barca in his hands, but Barca is an easier working environment, without a megalomaniacal president and hostile media stirring in everything.
I'm playing the game, the one that will take me to my end, i'm waiting for the rain, TO WASH-- WHO I AM!!!
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
January 05 2016 11:15 GMT
#4555
On January 05 2016 20:12 ApocAlypsE007 wrote:
Bye bye Benitez, don't let the door hit you on the way out. A horrible decision to sack Ancelloti and bring Benitez from the start. If truly Perez wanted Pep, oh well, thats like asking Yoda to train Kaylo Ren. The solution to most of the Real squad problems is very simple on paper: bench one of the BBC and play with another midfielder. It worked like a charm the second half of 2014. The problem is that Perez's hand is very obvious here, forcing to play with the unsuitable Bale, far after his prime Ronaldo and the pet criminal Benzema, and also trying to fit the new toy James in there, without anyone defending properly.

About Zidane, a large unknown. On the one hand one of the smartest players in the game's history, initially at least the players will respect him but he is very unexperienced. Pep was also without main stage experience when he got Barca in his hands, but Barca is an easier working environment, without a megalomaniacal president steering and hostile media stirring in everything.

Also he had arguably the best squad in the world to work with! Zidane has a good squad that cannot defend which is why Benitez did not work out. Tried to do something he is not. Like you said playing an extra midfielder is the only way to work the Real Madrid system due to Bale and Ronaldo will track back in a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1.

Time will tell i guess but Real Madrid fans will be happy now, they have a club legend managing them...how long before they start getting on his back though? Or worst the idiot in charge of the whole thing getting frustrated.
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RvB
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands6274 Posts
January 05 2016 12:21 GMT
#4556
On January 05 2016 19:24 SatsuinoHado wrote:
Ok after Del Bosque scandal 13-14 years ago I always though Perez is business man and is running Real Madrid like you run Company and not a Football Club so if people expect loyalty to anyone or anything from him well that is MONEY. That is the ONLY thing he likes and is going for. As a Real Fan for 17+ years my last hope was Papa Anchelotti however after him there is NO ONE that will be "fit" for Real for more than a year or two that is as long as Perez is there and this broke my heart one too many times

He's not. There's no business which sacks a manager every year. Especially one like Ancelotti. Perez is just crazy.
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4000 Posts
January 05 2016 14:01 GMT
#4557
I can't see Zidane doing well in the long run either. Players will enjoy playing for a legend, but once they find out he's under-experienced as a manager, it's time for the next one. But I probably said the same thing about Frank de Boer, so I'm hoping Zidane proves me wrong (it's an entirely different biscuit, though).
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 14:19:46
January 05 2016 14:14 GMT
#4558
Pep Guardiola Wants to Manage in the Premier League

I haven't decided on a new club yet. I want to experience a new city and I want to work in England. That is the reason I have taken this decision.
I have some offers from England, but I've not signed anything yet. If I were 60, 65-years-old, I'd stick with Bayern, but I think I'm too young. I need a new challenge.



Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has fuelled speculation he is set to leave Borussia Dortmund after missing the club's return to training following the winter break on Tuesday.


Former Real Madrid president, Ramon Calderon says ex-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will return to the club if new manager Zinedine Zidane fails.

I wish Zidane all the best but I'm sure it's going to be very difficult. He is not the one that the President (Perez) wanted.
He was trying to sign Mourinho and he didn't want Zidane. That is the truth. I don't know if he (Zidane) will be successful but if he is not, Mourinho will be on the bench in June.

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evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8866 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 14:41:14
January 05 2016 14:40 GMT
#4559
a+ motivation skills
(zidane youre a club legend and a genius player, but youre shit anyway and we dont want you. good luck with your new job though)
Copymizer
Profile Joined November 2010
Denmark2107 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-05 14:48:48
January 05 2016 14:46 GMT
#4560
real madrid has become such a joke the last 10 years. Pep is 99% going to manchester city where he will have a lot of good talent and players who haven't peaked yet. It should be a really interesting challenge!
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