I haven't watched him a lot here in Serie A, but saw him quite a bit in Argentina for River Plate and then Banfield. Same deal with South America U-20s. I think he scored something like 9 goals in 5 games in that tourney. Always looked like he would turn into something good.
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Oh please. Don't play that tired game.
I already showed you how he took a team that had not won a thing for 2 years and tweaked them (however small the tweaks were) to win almost everything possible for the next 3 years. Went on one of the most dominant stretches in club football history. And yes, the players available made it easier, but he still managed to get them to perform to their utmost ability and win everything.
And I said few posts (or pages, no idea for how long this is going on) ago that the Barcelona period was his only great one. The problem with you is, you try make it seem like he took freakin Sevilla and made them the best team ever, with the underrating of the team he inherited. That Barca won CL 2 years before he arrived, with most players still there in 2008. Spain won in 2008 with Xavi and Iniesta as key performers (Xavi 3rd best player in the world for that year). Etoo still one of the best CFs in the world, Messi about to have his breakout year etc. So ill repeat it again, just because they finished 3rd for one season doesent take away from the greatness of the players they had. Etoo played only 18 games in 07/08, Ronaldinho only 17. How important Etoo was we saw a season later, Ronaldinho too considering Henry struggled a lot in his 1st season there. Despite this, that team played in the CL semifinal and was equal to the best team in Europe at that moment, United.
What my problem is with this is that Pep gets too much credit for Barcelonas success. They had the backbone of the greatest Spain teams (who won before Pep arrived), they had Messi, they had Etoo/Ibra/Villa, they had Henry/Sanchez/Neymar. That team was loaded with talent and would have had the same or similar success with a lot of other coaches. I wont mention Bayern again, its not necessary imo