Uilleam 5,946 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Playing and coaching are different skills. Some great, successful, players can't coach, and some great, succesful, coaches couldn't play. One size does not fit all. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,640 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, buster. said: The point doesn't remain. You may well go on second hand English articles and reports but I was in Spain for most of the 90's and believe me that Guardiola was considered as a hugely important player for Barcelona. A crucial and literally pivotal part of the Cruyff way of having his team play. He was a "stand-out" player and if you want to change the goalposts and call it something else, that's fine..... we could all do that when found to be talking Colin Nish "Stand out" was wrong, as I said, but I just meant he wasn't the first player you think of, at least I don't, looking from the outside. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,640 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, craig said: What you smoking when you say Guardiola wasn't a stand-out ??? 3 minutes ago, craig said: You are too young to remember You're not wrong... Superb player, but all I meant was that he's not the first player I think of -- Koeman, Laudrup, Stoichkov come to mind first. It was a general point that the top managers are not often the star man. Will Messi be a top manager, or will it be someone that goes under the radar a wee bit, like Busquets? (You know I love Busquets, but for most, when you think of that Barca side, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta are always the first names on their list.) 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, Rousseau said: You're not wrong... Superb player, but all I meant was that he's not the first player I think of -- Koeman, Laudrup, Stoichkov come to mind first. It was a general point that the top managers are not often the star man. Will Messi be a top manager, or will it be someone that goes under the radar a wee bit, like Busquets? (You know I love Busquets, but for most, when you think of that Barca side, Messi, Xavi, Iniesta are always the first names on their list.) Strange... I had made a post prior to the above saying "Look at the current Barcelona team... Iniesta and Busquets wouldn't be the first name you think of... but they are still stand-outs". Busquets is one of the smartest footballers I have ever seen. Soooooooo under-rated, Iniesta is a little magician. Sad to see him leave. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,640 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, craig said: Strange... I had made a post prior to the above saying "Look at the current Barcelona team... Iniesta and Busquets wouldn't be the first name you think of... but they are still stand-outs". Busquets is one of the smartest footballers I have ever seen. Soooooooo under-rated, Iniesta is a little magician. Sad to see him leave. Proves my "stand out" comment was wrong... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 I won't get involved in this one as I know nothing of Spanish football. I couldn't even pick Busquets out if he was standing next to me with a name board around his neck. Spanish, Italian or Champions league football without Rangers does not interest me one little bit. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Italian football is good to watch these days. Inter 2 - 3 Juve the other night. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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