Devils
Senior Member
I remember when Pep said that he would play to Bayern's strengths and not change it. Personally, I never believed it.
He doesn't have the players to play the football that he wants to play. Obviously he has world class players at his disposal, but not the ones who are knowledgable in dictating a possession based team (at least to a degree where it works against top teams). He inherited a world class team with many players in their prime that were engineered to play aggressive, high pressing attacking football which was exploited by Jupp, but not slower build up possession play.
I can definitely see Pep having success at Bayern through a long term commitment once he gets to build his team and move out the old guard of Bayern. But there is no way fans will have that sort of patience and at the same time I don't think Pep is going to commit long-term to a club in such a way. I was watching actually watching some videos on ESPN where they interviewed Bayern fans and they were absolutely furious at Pep. It's sad to see, and I feel bad for him. He wanted to escape the pressures of Barca and he ended up in a club where the pressure on him is now 100x as it was at Barca because the fanbase has actually turned on him.
I honestly think if we destroy Bayern at the Allianz it will be the breaking point and Pep will leave in the summer.
He doesn't have the players to play the football that he wants to play. Obviously he has world class players at his disposal, but not the ones who are knowledgable in dictating a possession based team (at least to a degree where it works against top teams). He inherited a world class team with many players in their prime that were engineered to play aggressive, high pressing attacking football which was exploited by Jupp, but not slower build up possession play.
I can definitely see Pep having success at Bayern through a long term commitment once he gets to build his team and move out the old guard of Bayern. But there is no way fans will have that sort of patience and at the same time I don't think Pep is going to commit long-term to a club in such a way. I was watching actually watching some videos on ESPN where they interviewed Bayern fans and they were absolutely furious at Pep. It's sad to see, and I feel bad for him. He wanted to escape the pressures of Barca and he ended up in a club where the pressure on him is now 100x as it was at Barca because the fanbase has actually turned on him.
I honestly think if we destroy Bayern at the Allianz it will be the breaking point and Pep will leave in the summer.
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