++ [ originally posted by sallyinzaghi ] ++
Actually I would disagree about not motivating Trez - perhaps some might say substituting Del Piero against Real was a sensible thing to do, but I thought Capello rather took a risk and showed a great deal of faith in Trez to allow him to play. Plus Trez stated that Capello didnt explain to him any tactics whatsoever, he just told Trez to win the game. Trez played better in that game than any of his comebacks from injuries this season, and I think Capello at least contributed to that.
You seem to forget that this same Trez, scored in both legs the last time we met Real. I didnt see the game but I was told and also from the highlights that I saw , it was told to mentioned we played a lot better in the 3-1 win against a better Real madrid than this one.
Capello is a very good coach, do not get me wrong but people always seem to overstate what he brings to clubs, yes he has made our defence better than last season but is it better than the season Iuliano, Ferrara and Montero were playing out of their skins?
He has won titles with Milan , Roma and Real but with the exception of Roma, he has been heavily favoured teams.
I was totally impressed with what he did with Roma but I always like to see what and how he has improved players or make substitutions that have turned games, not just score goals, but actually change the way his team has played to turn losing into wins or draws.
I remember Lippi's first season at Juve and we played Parma, away, we battered them but were losing 1-0, Lippi made a substitution and low and behold we went on to win 3-1 with Ravanelli scoring 2, and he did that a lot that particular season
This season we are here losing to Sampdoria at home, Palermo away, drawing with Messina and putting in embarassing displays against Caliagri and Chievo due to chronic lack of ideas where a manager is meant to earn his corn
Lippi did a fantastic job at first Atalanta and then post Napoli where he got them into Uefa before his wonderful journey with us, his last legacy to us, was converting Zambrotta from an average right winger to one of the best left backs
Wenger, time and time again has unleashed gems, like Vieria, Henry, Anelka, made average players like Petit into world beaters and discovering starlets like Fabregas and almost everyone who has left him at Arsenal has flopped badly
Ask any Arsenal fan where they were before he came to where they are now and with no money
Last season Arsenal went the entire season without losing by spending 750,000 on Lehmann and then in January on Reyes and they got to the quarters of cl which is exactly where we are now, having spent big money on Emerson, Zlatan and Cannavaro and we are joint first or second and ppl are making Capello to be a genius, funny aint it
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