Football

Why does Pep Guardiola's preferred style get so much grief? It's been very successful and, when done well, has been great to watch but tonight the critics are coming out of the woodwork en masse to pour scorn upon it.

I'd have him at Arsenal in a flash.

Pep played the best football I've ever witnessed. It was as mesmerising as it was demoralising but like I said about BR, pragmatism beats fanaticism all dae long. Also I questioned the wisdom of enforcing a new playing style with the players at his disposal.

Pep took football to a new level. People have learnt to counter it and now we wait for other coaches and pep to evolve or become more flexible in the face of solid defending. Wenger, pep, and Brendan all seem to have problems with flexibility.
I like the way real are playing and saw sense in what Jose did at the weekend. Thankfully for football not all clubs approach matches with 'better' teams in such a manner or we would be back to Italian football circa 1980's

Not sure I'd mention the two teams in the same sentence. Real were stunning tonight and showed real attacking intent. Yes they were happy to let Bayern play in front of them but they went for the jugular when presented with the chances.
Current chelsea are almost spiteful in their approach. I guess it's all a reflection on the personalities of their coaches. Ancelotti really is a classy man (and brought the class the cfc wish they had now).

Re flexibility: Is it arrogance/ego? Maureen is the opposite side of the duality with BR, Wenger and pep. IMO Carlo lives somewhere in the middle.