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straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

goddamnedtwisto posted:

Ancelotti: Not a bad player, but by no means great - an Italian Mark Noble.
Lol gently caress off

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straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

Also Rijkaard, Simeone, Pep, and Zidane are obvious picks in a good manager XI

Shrapnig
Jan 21, 2005

There are a lot of bad opinions in that post tbf.

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire
Ancelotti was a key part of a few title and CL winning squads as a player, he was great!

Mancini is probably not a very good manager but he was an incredible player.

Vaxine
Apr 3, 2005
If only George Best had gone into management!

Jose
Jul 24, 2007

Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster and writer
luis enrique has won a treble

RideTheSpiral
Sep 18, 2005
College Slice

goddamnedtwisto posted:

It's really rare for great players to become great managers though. Off the top of my head I can only think of Cruyff and Beckenbauer, and their managerial careers had more to do with being given the reins of teams that were already world beaters, and none had any kind of longevity.

Just going on Premiership winners you've got:

Fergie: Lower-league striker, flamed out spectacularly in his season at Rangers
Dalglish: drat good player, fluked to a Prem win by inheriting Shearer and Sutton at Blackburn. Okay he didn't do bad at Liverpool in the old League days but again inherited the greatest team in the world and left them as the Liverpool we know and laugh at today.
Wenger: Semi-pro for most of his career
Mourinho: Lower-league bench-warmer and school coach
Ancelotti: Not a bad player, but by no means great - an Italian Mark Noble.
Pellegrini: So crap at football he became a civil engineer.

I've always assumed that truly great players understand the game at such an innate level it's impossible for them to explain it to others. Like Pele couldn't really teach someone to play like Pele any more than I could teach someone to shitpost, it's just something that comes completely naturally, whereas a chainsmoking midfielder with legs like Gandhi would have to think really hard about every single thing he was doing on the pitch just to get a game.

haha how bad is the post

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011
hmmm yeah that carlo ancelotti he was an okay player i guess

UnlimitedSpessmans
Jul 31, 2015
brian clough was fully sick as a player and also fully sick as a manager.

Sneaks McDevious
Jul 29, 2010

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
Almost as if being a former star has gently caress all to do with anything

goddamnedtwisto
Dec 31, 2004

If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you
Fun Shoe

vyelkin posted:

hmmm yeah that carlo ancelotti he was an okay player i guess



Meh, I just went on what someone told me, that he was a good player in a great team. You don't expect me to do any actual research or thinking for myself, do you?

oliwan
Jul 20, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
Ranieri adds: ‘We have two problems: conceding goals and not scoring’

Living Image
Apr 24, 2010

HORSE'S ASS

oliwan posted:

Ranieri adds: ‘We have two problems: conceding goals and not scoring’

At least when he's fired he'll be able to walk right in to a job on Match of the Day.

sebzilla
Mar 17, 2009

Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.


vyelkin posted:

hmmm yeah that carlo ancelotti he was an okay player i guess



The Italian Nicky Butt except with fewer medals.

Tsaedje
May 11, 2007

BRAWNY BUTTONS 4 LYFE
Roberto Mancini was quite a good player and also won the Premier League as a manager

JFairfax
Oct 23, 2008

by FactsAreUseless
Keegan was a great player and nearly won the league with Newcastle

TheBigAristotle
Feb 8, 2007

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Grimey Drawer
"I don't like playing players out of position but sometimes the occasion calls for it."

- Garth Crooks in his Team of the Week article

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY
Pep Guardiola has said that Aguero could leave in the summer; pep's a total cancer and a fraud.

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

blue footed boobie posted:

Pep Guardiola has said that Aguero could leave in the summer; pep's a total cancer and a fraud.

Aguero's gonna be 29 and on insane wages. He's their best player but if Pep wants to buy some expensive defenders I guess someone has to go and he's got better options up front than elsewhere?

oliwan
Jul 20, 2005

by Nyc_Tattoo
Maybe pep and aguero had sex and now they both have fail aids?

Manc Hill
Jul 19, 2001




^^this is u ^^this is me

Spangly A posted:

if Pep wants to buy some expensive defenders I guess someone has to go

ummm

Manc Hill
Jul 19, 2001




^^this is u ^^this is me
sheikh mansour shakes out a comically oversized purse and moths fly out, horns.aiff plays

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall

excuse me lady posted:

sheikh mansour shakes out a comically oversized purse and moths fly out, horns.aiff plays

There's a wage increase cap isn't there?

vyelkin
Jan 2, 2011

Spangly A posted:

There's a wage increase cap isn't there?

lol if you think rules matter

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Spangly A posted:

There's a wage increase cap isn't there?


excuse me lady posted:

sheikh mansour shakes out a comically oversized purse and moths fly out, horns.aiff plays

Spangly A
May 14, 2009

God help you if ever you're caught on these shores

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shithouse wall
I'm happy to say pep's an idiot fraud if that's the clear conclusion here

Gigi Galli
Sep 19, 2003

and then the car turned in to fire

Spangly A posted:

I'm happy to say pep's an idiot fraud if that's the clear conclusion here

:agreed:

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY

Spangly A posted:

I'm happy to say pep's an idiot fraud if that's the clear conclusion here

It is, and also that he is a cancer.

Shoren
Apr 6, 2011

victoria concordia crescit

blue footed boobie posted:

It is, and also that he is a cancer.

He's actually a capricorn, fyi.

sebzilla
Mar 17, 2009

Kid's blasting everything in sight with that new-fangled musket.


blue footed boobie posted:

It is, and also that he is a cancer.

That explains Abidal and Vilanova.

Weaponized Cum
Aug 31, 2004


This post brought to you by the finest Miami cocaine money can buy ----->

Shoren posted:

He's actually a capricorn, fyi.

same

blue footed boobie
Sep 14, 2012


UEFA SUPREMACY

sebzilla posted:

That explains Abidal and Vilanova.

:trumppop: :chanpop: :captainpop:

Eau de MacGowan
May 12, 2009

BRASIL HEXA
2026 tá logo aí
rip jesus, turns out you could hack one cold night in england but not three

Byolante
Mar 23, 2008

by Cyrano4747

sebzilla posted:

That explains Abidal and Vilanova.

Thymosin Beta 4, Pep and Tiki-Taka, a cancerous cocktail of fraud

sassassin
Apr 3, 2010

by Azathoth
Premier League winner Nathan Dyer ruptured his achilles so his career is over.

TheBigAristotle
Feb 8, 2007

I'm tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money.
I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok.

Grimey Drawer

Eau de MacGowan posted:

rip jesus, turns out you could hack one cold night in england but not three

The ol' Rooney metatarsal

Paperhouse
Dec 31, 2008

I think
your hair
looks much
better
pushed
over to
one side

Eau de MacGowan posted:

rip jesus, turns out you could hack one cold night in england but not three

he should be back around Easter

trem_two
Oct 22, 2002

it is better if you keep saying I'm fat, as I will continue to score goals
Fun Shoe

Paperhouse posted:

he should be back around Easter

Their only chance to turn their season around is to roll away Stones

atomic gog
Apr 11, 2005


Winner June 2013 POTM

Paperhouse posted:

he should be back around Easter

Lol

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qsvui
Aug 23, 2003
some crazy thing

Paperhouse posted:

he should be back around Easter

heh

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