He has one 94th minute goal win against Zidane and a good draw with Las Palmas which was the best performance he's managed against us. He matches up pretty well with his football, but in my book that was precisely because he got to lead teams that did not have much to lose.
I am far less worried about Setien than I am for side effects of facing players like Rakitić or Roberto who somehow always turn up and do something annoyingly important to the score. Plus we're on a bit of a downward spiral in terms of starting games well, we've gone behind first several times now. If we do it against City, then we'll do it against Barcelona. And that's basically the nightmares of last season where we lost every competition in the span of 2 weeks.
I don't understand you. Weren't you saying at some point you were worried we named Setien, and that the Madrid fanbase don't like him managing us? Why would you be worried if you think he is not a serious architect?
Leaving that aside. His job is to consistently make us create more chances than the opponent. So far he's doing a top job, in a very tough situation. And if we had finished our easy chances we would've won most games by 3-4 goals margin.
I'm moderately confident we'll win in Italy as well. We control games much better and we are good at creating clear chances even against packed defenses. Only big question mark is on the physical and fitness state of the team. Tactically, there is serious improvement from Valverde days.
I personally can't complain at all about him so far. About nothing really. Much more likable than Valverde as a manager, like his pressers a lot more, like his style, how he uses the squad, like his philopsophy, and I'm expecting games in weekends even against Eibar and Levante with much more enthusiasm and excitement than before.
