he's a great coach but has looked far far greater than he actually is thanks to circumstances, the way people go on about his Barca team, they never won the CL twice in a row, they were not that dominant, should never have made one of the finals but the Norwegian ref turned down 4 stonewall penalties for Chelsea in the semi, and he was never seen again. Barca had won the CL/league double just 2 years before he took over and walked into a side with Messi coming into prominence, along with Xavi, Iniesta, Eto'o etc. It's hardly comparable to Fergie taking over United and having to rebuild them from the bootstraps. Then took over the treble winning Bayern side and took them backwards, didn't make a CL final, didn't match Heynecks points totals record in the league, then took over another oven ready, state run football club that already had the wheels set in motion to win in Europe a few years earlier, even then it took him the best part of 10 years to get there.

And his impact on the league is also not comparable to Wenger's initial impact who really did change things, what Pep did change, was to convinced all these young mug managers they could play out from the back lol, he encouraged it and praised managers that did so knowing full well every time he came up against them it'd be easier to play against them doing the same thing but with far inferior players, he hates playing against bus parkers.

Overrated and past his sell by date, but good luck against Liverpool.

Kind Regards.

Pep has had a much greater influence on the PL than Wenger did imo.

He didn't encourage playing it out, he imposed it upon teams by playing a high press and high line and other teams copying that. You couldn't play against it unless you could play out from the back. You lost the ball in your own half and were totally suffocated. They had to change the kick out rule because of it. Nearly every team ended up parking the bus against him anyway and his City team was the best ever in the PL at playing against park the bus.

oh my word