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With regards to the structure of English football at club level however, I agree there needs to be some changes. What's encouraging is that the current English team is still an exciting prospect despite that. I'm with Jon Wilson on this one.

I agree with Greg when he mentions coaching as the main reason because thats what comes first. Young players scouted by academies playing their own identity of football then moulded into something totally different, English coaches don't have or not allowed the time to add enough technique and flair in order to enhance what that player might already have naturally. Far to much emphasise put on size and power.

We all have an opinion on Roy here but we wanted to look at the questions that are rarely asked, or at least asked less. But I think where we all agree, is that the solutions are much longer term than a change of manager.

whats the song in this video?

So cheesy I love it

+Agent. K.Mm! Very solid point! Let's see who they lost to: Casillas, Ramos, Modric, Di Maria, Benzema, Xabi Alonso, Bale, Marcelo, etc. etc. and a certain 3-time world player of the year...Now lets take a look at 2004: Keep in mind the 6 Portuguese starting international players (back when Portugal was a MAJOR world power in football). And they went up against Monaco who had ZERO starting international players (Giuly and Plasil were the only two international players, neither of which started for their international team). In todays terms, this is like Barcelona or Bayern beating the likes of Shaktar Donetsk, or Leicester (NOT INCLUDING Vardy or Mahrez who start for England and Algeria) next year in the CL final... If anything the sheer fact that Monaco reached the 2004 final is far more impressive than Porto winning it. Thanks.

+R.eese.2D2 Bayern couldn't win UCL in 2014 although they had German national team starters: lahm, boateng, schweinsteiger, kroos, Muller, nuer. That's 6. So it's difficult and special to win a trophy!

+Agent. K.I'm talking in terms of champions league. So from your argument,Barcelona had 7 of the starting 11 of Spain's side, not the other way around. So in that context, 2012 was a major failure for Barcelona as they failed to win the CL that year with that massive of a squad.

+R.eese.2D2 So the 2012 Euro is not that special?

+Agent. K.Yeah...

7 from Spain's starting 11 in 2012 were Barcelona players!

LOL sadly the truth is considered pathetic these days...+Vuyolethu Sithatu

+R.eese.2D2 How pathetic are you with your analysis.

+Supertomiman It's hard to see that with the resources he'll have at his disposal. I really wanted van Gaal to be successful but it just hasn't worked out. Mourinho is needed. Woodward is a complete fraud of a man.

+Jordan Griffin Like the man says, Guardiola might still prove to be the next Fabio Capello. But we don't know that yet, and I wouldn't dare take the risk. Mourinho in, Van Gaal and Woodward out. Also, after living under LVG for 2 years I doubt players would have any issues with Mourinho's methods, after all anything is better than the 'Philoshophy'.

+Knives Millions You raise a few good points here and I cannot be arsed going through them all and giving my opinion. What I will say is that Barcelona had problems on and off the pitch in the year before Pep. The players we see now were not at the level before he took charge. Certainly not Xavi and Iniesta, and despite the number of appearances certainly not Messi, look at the stats before and after. You have to remember that Pep got rid of Ronaldinho and Deco, and was forcing out Eto'o but chose otherwise after the preseason he had, he instantly wanted to put his own stamp on things by forcing out big names, signing Dani Alves and promoting Busquets and Pedro.Regarding the Champions League semi-final, Bayern were missing a lot of key players and the players Pep fielded were not able to execute his game plan, certainly not in the attacking organisation nor in transistions.Lucho is a bang average manager blessed with the best front three of this generation, maybe even in history. Adding Suarez to that team has given him a career. His style of football doesn't fit the Barca DNA in my opinion, Barcelona don't look a coached side in the same way they did under Guardiola - and he's extremely lucky that with no Xavi and an in decline Iniesta that Busquets has been able to step up and take on the mantle and become the best midfielder in the world. Imagine Guardiola's Barca with that front three? I didn't rate Klopp at Dortmund and the calibre of players at Liverpool is much lower. Pep Guardiola will come into City and win 3/3 titles, unless United get Mourinho. Pellegrini has/will land 2/3 which is a great return. I think Guardiola's skills can be tested by his record in Europe; won it twice and guarantees a semi final finish, will be interesting to see how he will fare with City who have been apathetic towards the Champions League but I believe he will create history and land their first European Cup.Whilst you think I'm up his arse and maybe even overrating him I want you to know that I'm a Manchester United fan. There is no bias in what I'm saying and it pains me that he will be at the Etihad next season. I was dying to be our manager, and my opinion of him won't change now that he's City's boss.

+Jordan Griffin The squad was different yes, as is normal, but many of the so called Key players were there under Rijkaard, Messi was already an established first team player by the time Guardiola got there, he had 40 apps in Rijkaard's last season, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Valdes, Henry and Eto, all of them present in Rijkaard's team, Henry in particular was brought in to replace Ronaldinho who was already falling out of form at the time and that was a major event that led to Barcelona's form as a team to drop, if Messi suddently went partying and lost his form then Barcelona would again "struggle" with a second place and a CL semi final.Speaking of going out to the team that ends up winning the Champions League, in Rijkaard's last season they went out in the Semi Finals, to Manchester United, remember that team? the season when Ronaldo broke all sorts of records and won the Ballon D'or? Manchester United won the Champions League that year as well.Again, you're not a starter for a club like Barcelona for over 4 years straight without being considered world class... anyone would've paid Barcelona millions for Xavi, to me that makes him world class, you have to remember the people he was playing with though, Eto, Henry, Ronaldinho, Deco, Messi, it's hard to be considered top 3 when your team has that kind of star power, and the fact of the matter is Xavi had 54 apps under Rijkaard, fucking RONALDINHO got 26... he's Barcelona's go-to man under Rijkaard, does that make him an amateur of some kind? am i crazy saying he was a world class player already?Regarding the Bayern win, what happened when Bayern was demolished 3-0 at Camp Nou in 2015? If he was the reason for Barcelona being so successful they wouldn't have bounced back so quickly and so strong, and would surely not kick his new team in the ass this season despite their domination of the German league. Luis Enrique struggled at Roma did an average job at Celta and then goes to Barcelona and guess what? he wins everything. It's not that difficult with the way the team is already established.He doesn't need to manage a crystal palace mate, City will do just fine, i just want to see him somewhere where the team he is coaching is not already one of the teams dominating the league, the BPL, unlike La Liga and the Bundesliga is not a two club monopoly, so it should be interesting enough for us to get a better measure of his skills as a manager, everyone thought Klopp was going to walk into Anfield and destroy everyone, that's not what happened was it? Football is full of surprises and a manager is only as good as his players. There are no magicians

They won it 3 years before he arrived. The team that won it in 2006 was completely different to the team that won it in 2009. No one considered Xavi world class pre Guardiola don't talk shit. By Barcelona's standards they struggled, domestically and in Europe, the 7-0 humiliation by Bayern springs to mind, also mentioning that they didn't even make the semis the year before last. Whoever knocked Guardiola's side out in Europe won it that year, probably not a coincidence. I'm not treating him like a God, but there's no doubt that he is a master tactician and he brought a style of football that the world never saw before, forget the players for a moment that is his doing, his system and style of play that transcended the game. It's easy for him to go to the best clubs in the world now because he earned that right at Barcelona, why should he manage a team like Crystal Palace to prove his worth to some virgin moaning about him via YouTube?

+Jordan Griffin And won the Champions League just 2 years before he arrived... Xavi was not world class? wtf? are you serious? He was always one of Barcelona's star players he was just in the shadow of Ronaldinho as was everyone else, also Rijkaard was the one who oversaw Messi's development and brought him to the first team to begin with, how is Barcelona struggling? finishing 3 points second to Atlético's first place one season then dominating the next? Is that what you call struggling?He is a good manager treating him like a managerial God when he's never had a season at a club that doesn't already usually dominate the league without him is ridiculous.

+Knives Millions Barcelona finished 3rd in the league before he arrived, he improved goals scored, goals conceded, the amount of wins, and reduced the number of defeats in comparison to the year before. Players like Xavi and Iniesta were not considered world class before he arrived and look at Messi's development during his time there. He made them the greatest team the world has ever seen and managers from other sports go to watch his training sessions to get an idea of his tactics. Look at the way Barcelona struggled after he left, that says all you need to know.

+Jordan Griffin Pep guardiola achieving world domination at City lol, you speak of the man as if he was a God, he's never coached a club that wasn't already brilliant before he got there... City might improve a little but i don't expect a revolution, i expect the same old City, deadly as it is, but the BPL will be Guardiola's biggest challenge by several miles.

+Vojo samo napred Dude chill...

fuck you and Pope. Brainwashed idiot. Vatican is Satan....the worst evil in the world is Vatican....you have no idea what they have done

Lmao my bad, i thought he was white. 

..because one or both of his parents are?