I am definitely in the 'firing Ancelotti was a mistake' camp with this.
Ancelotti is a very good coach. Not perfect, sure, but as mentioned, he has won 3 CL's with two clubs and reached 4 CL finals in total, only losing one on penalties.
Pretty much every club he has been at has had some success and yes, look at AC Milan now, a shadow of their former self. Despite spending all these millions this summer, they have shown that without the right man at the helm, they are still not good enough to challenge for the league and probably not a CL place either.
His first season at Bayern was good. He won the league and got to the CL 1/4 final, where his side were knocked out in two dubious games, where Bayern had a player unfairly sent off in both games.
In the 1st leg in Munich, it was 1-1, Javi Martinez was sent off and Real Madrid used that advantage to win 2-1. In the 2nd leg in Madrid, Bayern were winning 2-1 when Vidal was sent off and again, Madrid used this advantage to win the match in extra time.
bjkman1903 wrote:The problem is that they fired Guardialo who was way more sucessful than Ancelotti in Bayern's charge.
I thought Guardiola agreed a contract with Manchester City in his final year? Are you sure he was fired? Or was it mutual consent that he would leave after his 3rd year?
Anyway, Guardiola to me is overrated. I'm not saying he is a bad manager, and he has had some success too, winning 2 CL's with Barcelona, but he's one of those few privileged managers who didn't have to work his way up and prove himself at lesser clubs first [like Zidane for example, who also has 2 CL wins as a manager]. His first job was at Barcelona, then he went to Bayern and now he is at Manchester City. All big clubs with lots of money to spend.
bugylibicska wrote:Lewandowski, Muller and Robben were mentioned among 5 players who spoke up against him.
The trouble is, different media say different things. I have heard all sorts of rumours on who 'the 5' are.
One media source will say Lewandowski, Muller, Robben, Ribery and Conan while another will say Muller, Ribery, Robben, Boateng and Hummels. Then you ready that Robben and Hummels have denied ever criticising him. It's all speculation as to who it was, but obviously some of the 'big names' in the team had an issue.
The main problem is that players have way too much to say. They are paid a lot of money and the manager, whatever they think of him, is there to be listened to. The players shouldn't be running the team. If they want to run a team then they can do so after they retire and become football managers. While a manager is in charge they should do their best under his instructions. if the results aren't there then the club will see [if it has sense] and get rid of him. I can't see an available manager right now who could do a better job than Ancelotti.