So I'm no expert in soccer (I never played), don't really know much of the history of the game and have only been an avid fan of the sport for about 5 years.
Can someone explain to me why Pep Guardiola is rated so highly as a manager? Obviously I get that he's really good tactically at least in terms of possession.
But from what I saw with his last couple champions league runs in Munich, he doesn't value defense and just got torched on the counter attack by Barcelona and Real Madrid in consecutive years.
This year with Man City he has consistently put out lineups that are not possibly capable of recording a clean sheet. His lineups against Monaco in the Champions league had like 7 attackers, 2 center backs and a single defensive midfielder. I know Monaco can score but aren't you asking to be scored on with that sort of lineup?
I can't help but think he's terribly over rated and has only had success because he's had crazy amounts of talent on some of his teams. I think the best coaches get the most out of whatever roster they have and he certainly hasn't done that this year with City.
I'm much more knowledgeable with Basketball than I am with soccer, and if I could compare him to a basketball coach I would compare him to Don Nelson. He certainly has a gifted offensive mind, but he doesn't care about defense and consistently plays lineups that are not capable of clean sheets.
I mean Pellegrini got more out of this group of players than Pep is and yet Pep's job is safe and they're going to spend enormous amounts of money this off-season.