Maybe or maybe not, It could be also they think they know their football and not blinded by past success of said coach and are actually going by performances. I have got to tell you I have been watching football for a very long time, age does not matter as there are videos.I have seen Brazil in the 70s , not live off cos but watched them play 4-2-4. I have seen so many formations like 4-2-4, 4-3-3, 4-5-2 and so many variants of these and this season i have setanta sports which have shown every single Juventus game, be it live or delayed, i have sky sports which shows every cl game and i have rai uno which shows the coppa itali games and I am totally bemused with Capello almost all the time. Why are we persisiting with 4-4-2, with that formation you need great athletes and with the greatest respect to Juve we do not have these. Zambrotta, Balzaretti and an aging Nedved is the best we can offer as athletes. As a Barcelona or Milan fan , you have confidence that your team is playing well and more importantly, the players seem to be comfortable with what the coach wants and they all seem happy. With Capello, its always an individual who has to bail him out all the time. Everyone goes on about his accomplishments and all that but let me ask you this, how many coaches ever have had the talents of these strikers at their disposal in their career? While he was at Milan he had Gullit, Van Basten all time greats, then he had Weah , world player of the years and arguably the greatest talent to come out of Africa and thats saying something, Savicevic, boban, Learnado, at Real Madrid , he had Raul , alltime great, at Roma he had Totti, Batistuta (greatest goal scorer in Argentina)and Montella and at Juve he has Trezeguet one of France's highest goal scorers, Dp, Zlatan. Now when you have this kinda strikers how can you fail?
But you guys just look at the resume and thats it, he is the greatest, forgetting that managers like Wenger , Ferguson and mainly Mourinho have achived as much but without the talent, i mean Mourinho has Drogba, Crespo, Derlei and McCarthy as his strikers whilst winning the premeirship, Cl and Uefa. Would Capello have achieved quite as much with these strikers, not a chance. No we are not moaning becasue we dislike Capello's treatment of our "idol" Dp, we are moaning cos with the array of talent at his disposal they should be playing better and not just going on marginal winning streaks that helps in serieA but will not mean a jot in Cl. On a side note, Liverpool who we made champions last season got beaten home and away by Benfica and believe me, i am still galled by our pathetic display to Liverpool last season too. I would respect the guy more if he actually showed that he could change things tactically not just rely on individuals , oh lets bring on Dp for Zlatan and Mutu for Camo , and hope they shine and get me outta jail.
How about playing 4-3-3?
Buffon
Balzaretti------Thuram----Cannavaro------Zambrotta
Camo-----------Emerson/Vieria-----------Nedved
_------Trez-------------Dp/Zlatan------------Mutu
What do we need 2 defensive mfs for if Werder can just slice thru our defences like that , why not add a more creative player so we can be on the ascendency and once we start leading we can close up shop? Let Nedved rove for goodness sakes, and let Camo and Mutu be able to swap wings, do something different cos we are too predictable in Europe and not very threatening