Leading seriea by X amount of points is beside the point simply because the teams in there are not that good and the good ones are far too inconsistent. I was watching Inter vs Siena and Siena who are a very poor team took out Chiesa and then Locatelli and Mancini responded by taking off Adraino and Martins , now if you want to win a game , how can you possibly do that? Capello is pitting his wits against idiots and the ones that are good, just don't have the tools to deal with.
When SerieA was at its pomp , you had players like Zico, an all time great playing for Udinese, Maradona probably the best ever playing for Napoli, Scrates Passarella and Diaz at Fiorentina etc
Now look at Livorno doing so well and the players they have are a collection of hasbeens or nobodys prospering in a very average league. Lazio when they were not quite as big still had Riedle, Doll and Gascoigne with Signori amongst their ranks, now their talisman is a 37 year old Di Canio who never really made it big here in his prime.
Is it a wonder then that they used to stroll to most Uefa cup (when it was still a competition) semis , finals and triumphs.
But you have a team like Juve that boasts the likes of Zlatan, Emerson, Vieria, Nedved, Mutu, Trez, Zambrotta, Camoranesi, Del Piero and Cannavaro with Thuram and they still cannot dominate teams and you wonder why I am being very critical
Yes they are winning but goodness, once in a while with the talent you got, impress already and make teams around Europe fear us cos at this point in time they do not, they respect us but we are not feared.
Listening to Carragher last season, he said their game plan was "stop Zlatan and we will beat Juve" . And they did. Is that not a sad indictment on a team with all that talent?
Capello can win all he likes, but as a manager in my eyes , until he proves he knows what he is doing and me makes the difference, not leaving it to his players or other teams to make mistakes, he will always be inept
I totally respect his achievements and track record but like Trapatoni before him, he does nothing for me as tru tactians who think the game through