[Serie A] Juventus - Reggina (10 Viewers)

Oct 2, 2005
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Stuart said:
I never said that. What I meant was that players can win trophies without a world class coach but no matter how good a coach is he still needs players to go out there and follow his instructions.

Real aren't performing well because they don't have a balanced squad. That's my opinion. Sure, a better manager would help, but so would having a half-decent defence and a proper transfer policy.

Of course coaches make a difference, massive ones sometimes, all I'm trying to say is that it would have been criminal for the Milan team coached by Capello not to win the CL. That team was too damn good, and with or without Cap they would have succeeded.

If you think that Cap is tactically one of the best managers in the world I would be very interested to hear why you think that.
if players can win trophies without a world class coach why havent inter won the league since 1989?

tactics as zlatan said is not simply substitutions, its more. its everyday at the training ground, its micromanagement as he said.

capello is tactically one of the best managers because he has won almost every cup! that isnt just down to 'firm discipline' or whatever, but even man management can be considered tactics.
 

Cronios

Juventolog
Jun 7, 2004
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very average game from Juve, we took it too easy,
with minimal efforts,we dominated the game though effortesly,
DP scored in one of our typical chances(run,cross and gun),
our midfield wasnt creative at all and lost some balls in their try to do smth,
all our game was made by our wings,
our defence was never really chalenged,we used a lot the offside trap very succesfully
 

Stu

Senior Member
Jul 14, 2002
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Zlatan said:
But he isnt as bad as people here would have us think. Tactics isnt just about saying lets play 3-5-2 and replacing a few players from time to time, tactics is about micromanagement, letting every player know what's expected off him and what do do, and most of that is done before the match, during preparation. You cant really say that Cap is tactically inept because he doesnt make a substitution or two when you would like him to.
What's up with you guys putting words in my mouth? I never said that Cap was tactically inept because of his substitution strategies. That is one of the reasons I said that because Cap does indeed suck at subs, but there are other more important reasons too. No matter who we play against we always play 4-4-2. There's no variation in our game plan or game play. There's no purpose in our play sometimes, it's as if we don't even have a game plan. Surely that's down to the coach, right? Fabio's inability to try new things is a tactical flaw, you can't deny that. Some will say that he still gets results and I never denied that, but tactically he isn't that great.
 

angelus

Junior Member
Dec 25, 2005
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Cronios said:
very average game from Juve, we took it too easy,
with minimal efforts,we dominated the game though effortesly,
DP scored in one of our typical chances(run,cross and gun),
our midfield wasnt creative at all and lost some balls in their try to do smth,
all our game was made by our wings,
our defence was never really chalenged,we used a lot the offside trap very succesfully
i agree:agree:
 

- vOnAm -

Senior Member
Jul 22, 2004
3,779
Stuart said:
all I'm trying to say is that it would have been criminal for the Milan team coached by Capello not to win the CL. That team was too damn good, and with or without Cap they would have succeeded.
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That IMO is sayin a bit too much, no group of players, no matter how balanced, can win without a good coach to mold them all together.

Perhaps the milan team u talked about could've been succesful without having a worldclass coach, like you say. But surely not just any coach!

Though I get what your point is, and its not saying that Capello isn't world class, its just that his strenghts are not in his tactical abilities,

IMO I'd say in-game tactical abilities coz he does prepare the team well tactically, but doesn't seem to be effective enough in countering his opponents' tactics when things aren't working for his team.
 

ZhiXin

Senior Member
Oct 1, 2004
10,321
Ok guys, I summarised everything about my views about Capello

"Remeber Benitez anybody? Just the 1st half in Anfield and the job is done, and the most laughable thing is that Alonso is benched. As Vinni correctly pointed out, we have the tools but we don't have the perfect mechanic for the job. This is very true, especially in Capello's case. Maybe we r used to win with minimum efforts and we always get away with lacklusture performances, this tactic is very useful in the Serie A as the other team don't have the players to stop us, but this move will cost us in the CL, and I'm still surprised that the Liverpool game still didn't reflect on some of u guys. Yes I believe that Capello is a defensive cooach who always go for 4-4-2 and win games, but at times u have to be flexible and make use of every player's abilities.

And Dominic also has a very good point brought up about Capello, yes Capello is a very defensive and cool coach that always bring in the results, and the job is done. He's still a good coach in my eyes, as his tactics are really impressive in the Serie A, however I feel that since he's a coach, sometimes I think that he should be more flexible, especially against big teams. I always like a coach whose tactics always amuse not only me, but the opposition, juz like Mourinho, Benitez and even Hiddink for that matter. It's strange how Juventus has failed to make a comback when we were 3 - 1 down at San Siro compared to teams like PSV, Liverpool and even Parma. The weakness has shown again, and yet Capello doesn't do anything. If Capello is willing to be more flexible and unpredictable, then I will have my respect for him"

Add this sentence along

"To summarise everything, Capello is good in defensive play and wear down the opponent's patience, however he is predictable and his tactics can be played down very easily."
 

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