Rijkaard is the first Barcelona coach to ever win twice in El Bernabeau. I think this warrants its own thread and discussion.
Yep positive. It was on the Barcelona website and the GolTV commentators made mention of it as well. Congratulations, Frank.
Absolutely! I couldn't be more happier for Frankie. He's truly on the path of the greats (coaching wise). Even El Maestro, Johan, could only manage 1 win in 8 tries!
Good that you started this thread, damn i didn`t even think how important this is. A honor to Frank as we continue our domination of the los comedicos. He has worked hard for this.
I still dont think he is a great coach, but it doesnt matter as long as he does just enough to have a great team, which he has done. I wont complain...that much.
I think Rijkaard is a players-manager, not a Fergie or a Mourinho. He knows what he's got and he just has to prepare them to the utmost each week. He takes a simple approach to the game. It helps when you have the World's Best player, World's best player under age 19, Africa's Best Player, Spain's best Defender, and class professionals at all the other positions.
u must give the man credit but he has a good side and intelligent people around him!!! he is getting better as the season goes on in teams of managing his squad!! the fact that he was a player gives him an advantage!!!
You could be right, but that seems strange to me. I remember a few years back, pre-Ronaldinho, when one of the prevailing notions was that Rijkaard was exasperated with his team because they couldn't execute like he could when he was playing. The adage being that great players can't make great coaches because they can't deal with players who aren't as great as they were. Perhaps now, as you say, he just takes it simple. "Hey Ronnie... go out there and embarass some RBs. Shoot, or don't. E'too will be around somewhere."
