by Super Progress Tue Apr 05, 2016 11:00 am
Not a great game not that I care. We just needed the confidence boost although the silly away draws of the Zidane reign will really burn now because the title is out of the question unless Barca drop points immediately after this and even then it is hard.
Stinger
Everybody knows this and Benitez will be the first to tell you. Zidane has been brave to bench players(with the exception of Ronaldo of course) and rotate as he sees fit. Aside from this game he hasn't been able to get the team really organised even with Casemiro in there. Marcelo, Casemiro and Bale did really well. Ramos proved yet again that experience does not equate with wisdom. He committed 2 fouls before the red and you can get away with one of those when you're on your first yellow but not two and yet alone 3. Great to see Bale more proactive and I finally believe he has become a real part of this team and not merely an appendage, a productive(goals+assists) appendage mind you. A shame that he couldn't have gotten the goal instead of Ronaldo. To be fair Ronaldo also stepped in the last 15 mins when it was needed and it was great goal. Hopefully this will inspire the team to come together and work for each other. So far the biggest weakness has been the laziness of some of the players. Partly it also seems that Zidane hasn't been able to set up the players in a way they understand so we end up leaving gaping holes.
Kimbo wrote: Super Progress wrote:When he got hired my thinking was that it was a bad choice and even if things didn't go smoothly, as was likely to happen at a crisis ridden Valencia, he wouldn't make it worse so his reputation wouldn't get tarnished...and boy was I wrong. I still think he deserves a good second chance in England because it was never likely to do that well in that situation.
Apparently he turned down clubs in England before going to Valencia, including 2 premier league clubs, so maybe his ego is telling him he should only take big jobs. Shearer had this issue, he was flirting with the idea of going into management but wouldn't take any lowly jobs, now he seems to have given up on it.
You're right although my impression is that Gary Neville only took this job because of his connection to the president. Otherwise it would be a strange move to start a career with even if you wanted a big club. Now for most coaches it is better to start with more humble settings but some coaches aren't fit for that and need better and smarter players to execute your ideas. That was always my problem with Michael Laudrup. He was very talented and admitted he needed much better players but still chose small clubs and passed over bigger jobs. I don't know if that is the case with Gary Neville or Shearer but for some it is a better road to take.
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