| Ka-pi96 said: Maybe, it's hard to say. But regardless of his tactical ability Ferguson was a brilliant motivator which is a huge part of being a successful manager as well. Hard to really comment on that. I would say a great manager should be able to get past any kind of internal conflict, although even great managers need some strong backing from the board at times to get through that. Villas Boas may yet prove himself to be one of the best managers, although I still think it's too early to say. Yep, Simeone has done brilliantly at Atletico so far, but they have been a team with potential for a while and he really needs to prove he can maintain that level either with Atletico or elsewhere still. I wouldn't give much credit to him for winning league titles in Argentina, sure it is a success but not really comparable to the top European competitions, I mean we aren't talking about Steve McClaren being a great manager because he won the Dutch league are we? |
Mourinho came from Portuguese championship, Pelegrini from Argentinian championship, Wenger from Ligue 1 (French = Dutch), they all proved to be good managers in non top European championship.
Also, South American teams have more wins versus European teams in Intercontinental cups. Hmm.
