Madridistas All Over Copa And Euros Collide While Colombians Dominate - The Other Teams Thread

Good landing spot, squad has everything it takes to win, no pressure to actually do so, just being in the mix is good enough.

 

I don't think Maresca was sacked because of the results. The reports was he wanted a bigger role in transfer/squad management and was told to just be the coach, he gave that incredible interview then about how this has been the worst week of his life as a coach or something and the athletic reported that they felt "anybody halfway good could do the job", that's why they had parked Rosenior at their secondary club.

Apparently they are trying to do the same now wanting to hire Filipe Luis in Straßburg.

 

They've apparently had talks with him and weren't too thrilled, would rather sign Iraola apparently if it's going to be a Spanish coach.

The current director and club manager are both out of contract next season. Timing wise it makes sense to go with the same coach next season and start from the beginning with a new director and a new coach.

 

We only hear the ones those guys get correct, and all the duds they sign go unnoticed/swept under the rug i feel. Klopp famously basically had tunnel vision for players that played against him, or he had on a team prior.

You'd think with every sport improving so much on finding the right players, football would've made progress but in general football transfers mostly don't work out.

 

German coach of the year since 2010:

2010 Louis van Gaal FC Bayern München
2011 Jürgen Klopp Borussia Dortmund
2012 Jürgen Klopp Borussia Dortmund
2013 Jupp Heynckes FC Bayern München
2014 Joachim Löw Deutsche Nationalmannschaft
2015 Dieter Hecking VfL Wolfsburg
2016 Dirk Schuster SV Darmstadt 98
2017 Julian Nagelsmann TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
2018 Jupp Heynckes FC Bayern München
2019 Jürgen Klopp FC Liverpool
2020 Hansi Flick FC Bayern München
2021 Thomas Tuchel FC Chelsea
2022 Christian Streich SC Freiburg
2023 Urs Fischer 1. FC Union Berlin
2024 Xabi Alonso Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2025 Julian Schuster SC Freiburg

Serie A coach of the year since 2010:

2010–11 Massimiliano Allegri Milan
2011–12 Antonio Conte Juventus
2012–13 Antonio Conte Juventus
2013–14 Antonio Conte Juventus
2014–15 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus
2015–16 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus
2016–17 Maurizio Sarri Napoli
2017–18 Massimiliano Allegri Juventus
2018–19 Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta
2019–20 Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta
2020–21 Antonio Conte Internazionale
2021–22 Stefano Pioli Milan
2022–23 Luciano Spalletti Napoli
2023–24 Simone Inzaghi Internazionale
2024–25 Antonio Conte Napoli

Premier League coach of the year since 2010:

2010–11 Alex Ferguson Manchester United
2011–12 Alan Pardew Newcastle United
2012–13 Alex Ferguson Manchester United
2013–14 Tony Pulis Crystal Palace
2014–15 José Mourinho Chelsea
2015–16 Claudio Ranieri Leicester City
2016–17 Antonio Conte Chelsea
2017–18 Pep Guardiola Manchester City
2018–19 Pep Guardiola Manchester City
2019–20 Jürgen Klopp Liverpool
2020–21 Pep Guardiola Manchester City
2021–22 Jürgen Klopp Liverpool
2022–23 Pep Guardiola Manchester City
2023–24 Pep Guardiola Manchester City
2024–25 Arne Slot Liverpool

 

Players have grown tired of Riera at Frankfurt. Burkardt scored last week and in response just flat out ran to insult him

The club fined Burkardt 20.000 euro for it. It wasn't supposed to become public information though, so Riera went on a tirade how leaks damage the relationship between him and the team and whatever.

Really one of the most spectacular topics in the Bundesliga this season. I wonder how he figures this got leaked, when Hammann, who works for Sky now said multiple players spoke with him about how they simply can't stand Riera.

Albert Riera did the same coaching class/license year that Xabi did and their coaching is pretty much the same. Long video sessions that Frankfurt players have at some point started not paying attention to or skipping altogether, weird hot and cold communication, "team favorites". Constant attempts to change players and "teach them".

His stint at Frankfurt feels so much like Xabi's at Madrid.

 

One thing I don't understand. If you want a disciplinarian, a guy that runs a hard program, you simply go with Conte who is every bit better than Mourinho and has been so for years. His game is faster, harder and more aggressive.

You could arguably call him the next step of the evolution of that prototype of coach that Mourinho was. But whenever he's mentioned, people say he'll fight with the players and cause chaos, then in the same breath say Mourinho will run a tight program and instill discipline, but how is that possible if you don't impose yourself on the players.

The old "trust me pal, I know how to win" trick doesn't work any more.

It really is a hire only Real Madrid could make. Just stuck in their way good and bad

 

I simply feel like they never really believed in Xabi, in a role as somebody that would be the catalyst of change and reform the way the way a lot of journalists believe. He got a lot of empty promises in terms of freedom, but not the kind of power he had at Leverkusen where the entire club is run by the person that personally hand picked him.

I feel like there were several red flags. The constant overpromissing. He was known to be incredibly boring in Leverkusen in front of the microphone to the point where it became a joke whether you need to attend or not, or you can just write your report based on the usual "we're playing a top opponent, every game is hard" stuff.
Suddenly he's in Madrid and starts talking rock n roll football, how he's going to deliver the football that will have people going wild after they leave the stadium. At one point he was trying to blend in the referee and Negreira stuff but it never felt comfortable.

I just think the relationship was wrong from the beginning. The fact that he stepped into the shoes of a coach this beloved and successful further crushed him as he dealt with a ton of internal pressure.

There was somebody on Cadena Ser the other day saying he spoke to him personally and Xabi admitted he never should have signed that deal.