Next Manager Watch

[Mr Pink]

Personally, Gallardo. He plays a progressive high press, pass and move system and he has won cups and the league with a team that is constantly dismantled of its best players. There incoming transfers have generally been poor too, so he has had to rely on the youth teams players, so basically won at a club that is chaos.

But surely not speaking English would be a big obstacle?

 

[spurs9]

But doesn't speak a word of English

But surely not speaking English would be a big obstacle?

From the article that @Ossie85 posted earlier in the thread (also link to the article below).

In English he can also interact, but not as fluently : he acquired the greatest knowledge of him in 2008, when he played for DC United in the United States. "He is now studying English because he knows that he may need it to lead abroad," acknowledged one of Gallardo's best friends.

Los planes de Marcelo Gallardo para 2023: sus nuevos pasatiempos y por qué aún no ha aceptado ofertas

El ex técnico de River Plate disfruta de días de descanso y esparcimiento. También estudia inglés. Cuánto tiempo esperará para volver a dirigir. Qué requisitos son fundamentales

www.infobae.com

 

[nferno]

If it’s Enrique I’d love to see a 4-3-3 that dominates the ball

DM (Bissouma)
Athletic B2B (Bentancur/Sarr) - agile creative CM (?)​

^ is my ideal midfield combo. Dunno how you fit in Hojbjerg and Skipp, mind.

 

[only1waddle]

But surely not speaking English would be a big obstacle?

He's been taking English lessons according to an article posted earlier in the thread.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Who would you be happy with?

Gallardo by some distance. For the reason Spurs9 says above and that he is a project manager. He literally ticks every box for what we need right now.

I posted the bellow link in this thread before. It’s an excellent in depth tactical analysis of his system. I would certainly suggest reading it if your curious why some of us think he’s the perfect manager for us.

Marcelo Gallardo: River Plate

Tactical analysis giving a scouting report of Marcelo Gallardo and the tactics at River Plate. This scouting report focuses on how Marcelo Gallardo implements his tactics at River Plate through an in-depth tactical analysis.

totalfootballanalysis.com

 

[Roberts84]

I would say search is good as over. They know who they want.

You tease

 

[thebenjamin]

Would have thought Enrique is particularly palatable as he arguably ticks both the attacking football box and the win now / big enough to convince players type box

 

[Yiddo100]

Surprised nobody has asked whether Gallardo can speak English

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Would have thought Enrique is particularly palatable as he arguably ticks both the attacking football box and the win now / big enough to convince players type box

But the caveat being he’s never had to build a team and the longest he’s lasted is at Barca where his 3rd season was incredibly shaky.

 

[thebenjamin]

But the caveat being he’s never had to build a team and the longest he’s lasted is at Barca where his 3rd season was incredibly shaky.

Yup! Plenty of arguments against. I can only think they must be confident Paratici is getting off his ban, as LE would be Paratici all over.

 

[Mr Pink]

From the article that @Ossie85 posted earlier in the thread (also link to the article below).

In English he can also interact, but not as fluently : he acquired the greatest knowledge of him in 2008, when he played for DC United in the United States. "He is now studying English because he knows that he may need it to lead abroad," acknowledged one of Gallardo's best friends.

Los planes de Marcelo Gallardo para 2023: sus nuevos pasatiempos y por qué aún no ha aceptado ofertas

El ex técnico de River Plate disfruta de días de descanso y esparcimiento. También estudia inglés. Cuánto tiempo esperará para volver a dirigir. Qué requisitos son fundamentales

www.infobae.com

Ah ok.

I guess how far he's on in that learning process may be significant.

Cheers for clarifying

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Yup! Plenty of arguments against. I can only think they must be confident Paratici is getting off his ban, as LE would be Paratici all over.

IF it’s Enrique, and he does seem like a Paratici pick your right, that would be the only way it makes sense.

 

[delawarespur]

Basing a managerial hire on one game isn’t something we should ever do, but I do hope that Amorim showed he’s not just a Portuguese Conte like some have been saying. Not my first choice, but he’s clearly super talented and very accomplished already for his age. Some real exceptional achievements so far like his league win with Sporting. Now I don’t think he’ll satisfy everyone’s cravings for ultra-attacking football, but he’s definitely less pragmatic and more flexible. His teams press well, in unison, and without fear (the biggest difference from Conte). His teams can play soundly when faced with a press. He uses young players. His system is a natural progression from Conte, and whether we like it or not with 3 at the back, does fit next year’s squad in an ideal fashion (Porro, Udogie). As mentioned, he is flexible within his system. He’ll rarely move away from his 343, but he does make tweaks in-game like the midfield one tonight. Can play backs to the wall if required, and his teams are deadly in transition. The possessional structure is a bit more fluid than Conte’s. Two issues: needs to develop that possessional structure further, and opponents’ low blocks are an issue at times for his teams. Also, dominating the ball isn’t one of his principles, so as I said, still a little pragmatic. But the aggressive, modern kind of pragmatic that is where I believe this team should be headed. We’re currently not aggressive enough without the ball and don’t dominate the play with it.

 

[Ghost Hardware]

Ah ok.

I guess how far he's on in that learning process may be significant.

Cheers for clarifying

He was on our shortlist in 21 and Trix mentioned him the other day. So one would assume it wouldn’t be too much of an issue.

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

From the article that @Ossie85 posted earlier in the thread (also link to the article below).

In English he can also interact, but not as fluently : he acquired the greatest knowledge of him in 2008, when he played for DC United in the United States. "He is now studying English because he knows that he may need it to lead abroad," acknowledged one of Gallardo's best friends.

Los planes de Marcelo Gallardo para 2023: sus nuevos pasatiempos y por qué aún no ha aceptado ofertas

El ex técnico de River Plate disfruta de días de descanso y esparcimiento. También estudia inglés. Cuánto tiempo esperará para volver a dirigir. Qué requisitos son fundamentales

www.infobae.com

Just a reminder he was injured halfway through his only season in MLS. I’m not even sure he stayed in the country long enough to learn any meaningful English, let alone retaining that 15 years later.

 

[Trent Crimm]

What is this? The Office: Championship Edition?

Looks even more cringe than the Gervais original

Reminds me of something from Roy Keanes book. Ipswich or Sunderland are on a losing streak. They watch the Pacino scene from any given Sunday. Their all pumped. Then go out next game and get mullered 5-0 by Everton.

 

[Trent Crimm]

Fucking great news, don't care who it is as long as theres a plan

Lol. You’ll care if it’s Frank Lampard with a plan.

 

[spurs9]

Surprised nobody has asked whether Gallardo can speak English

Tbf, this thread grows by a lot of pages everyday, so I'm not going to ridicule anyone for not reading every post on every page, so I'm happy to repost it when asked.

 

[Qualsonic]

Surprised nobody has asked whether Gallardo can speak English

Qué?

 

[spurs9]

Just a reminder he was injured halfway through his only season in MLS. I’m not even sure he stayed in the country long enough to learn any meaningful English, let alone retaining that 15 years later.

So he had plenty of time on his hands to learn then. The article said he wasn't fluent.