On 2022-05-01, Al Kamista <alkamista@hotmail.com> wrote:

I just listed 8 managers who took a championship team and retained
it. None of the names above are mentioned as some of the greatest
managers of recent times. Maybe continuing to get results out of a
dominant and successful group isn't as hard as you think it is.

I see you didn't mention Heynckes...

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On 2022-05-01, Al Kamista <alkamista@hotmail.com> wrote:

I think we all agree that Ancelotti does well when he inherits a
privileged situation.

Ancelotti does it with very big teams in very big games, but with some
others, not least Everton but also including us, it was a bit of a
meh. In our case language was also a factor. When considering
Heynckes, the fact that he doesn't have strong foreign language
capability would keep him out of top European lists. In Klopp's case,
to be a real great, he would have to go to another country and do it
there, too. Then there would be no question. The fact that Ancelotti
has done it in five different leagues in at least three distinct
cultures, as well as his CL success, puts him in a league of his own.

We all thought Guardiola could do that, but he hasn't brought it in
the CL outside his own crucible of Barca.

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