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I don't think I have read anyone on here saying he is rubbish. He deserves credit for what he did at Barcelona but he also was quite privileged in that he had some of the best players in the world at the club and one of the best young academies in the world. Plus they could just buy anyone they needed to.
It's not just this thread that there is unwarranted hatred, as I said their own fans and the media are mostly to blame for this.
If memory serves me correctly, he only purchased Costa, Tiago and Alonso when he was at Bayern, and I mean starting 11 players not squad additions or youth. The rest of the squad could adapt too his system and they were a real force with him. But they are faltering this season under Ancelotti. It's not longer a one way road in the Bundesliga. He did adopt one of the strongest teams in the world when he took over, but the squad is largely the same now under Ancelotti. Ancelotti should be miles ahead of the pack if it's down to just the level of players Pep has had the opportunity to work with.
We tend to pick on him because he has been tout as the best manager in football.