Yeah but Rijkaard lost the plot as well as having disruptive influences in the team like Deco and Ronaldinho. Get rid of the rubbish and don't lose the plot and you're going to some trophies with that side. Pep's made good purchases though.
that's all hearsay though. perhaps the most integral part of being a good manager is your ability to manage your players, and being able to tone down your players egos and disruptive influences (in the dressing room and on eh pitch) so you have to give Pep credit for managing his players so well in that respect. look at Ibra, if Pep didn't have the balls to deal with Ibra whose to say he would have stayed on and become poison in the dressing room? or maybe even Messi would have become a disruptive influence under the wrong guidance? sorry to say you're just knitting and picking an argument just to try to take something away from Pep. And also making good purchases should surely count in his favour? I mean, you're basically saying "oh he's won every trophy he could possibly win, he has made some great signings, his team is disciplined and there aren't any disruptive influences in his squad, but I'm not convinced yet". I think many also don't realise just what an astutute tactician this man really is, ask Mou he'll tell you.
It is obvious that he is the best manager in the world, if you can not see that or if you think he only wins because of the squad he inherited then (sorry to say) you're clueless.
