22 Mar 2016 11:40:56
Hi ed 001 I was wondering who you thought were the top 5 head coaches in the world currently.

{Ed001's Note - tough one. I would personally have had Klopp in there before he joined, I can't see any reason for that to change.

Marcelo Bielsa has to be in there. Mad but a complete genius.

As a coach it is difficult to leave out Pep Guardiola. He does need to prove himself with lesser teams, and to take teams forward over a long period, to be fully sure he is great. I do wonder if he is that good, Barca slid back under him and now Bayern are doing the same.

It is after those 3 that problems come. That's if you truly are convinced Pep is a top 5 coach.

Allegri would be in there for me. He has taken Juventus to a whole new level.

Diego Simeone would be the next one for me, he gets his players working for him. The big question for me is whether it should be Pep or Jose, Emery or Tuchel as the final one.}

1.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 12:38:31
What went wrong for allegri at Milan do you know? He also started this season shaky. I really like how flexible he is at changing systems but I do have doubts.

{Ed001's Note - Milan are beyond saving by a mere coach. They need a complete rebuild.}

2.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 12:35:45
No klopp? :) i remember a while ago you were keen on Emery for us. Do you know if he was ever considered?

{Ed002's Note - About a year ago I was also aware of the efforts of a "super agent" to try and foist someone else on the club - but by then Rodgers was clearly secure in his job and Liverpool were not looking to change. Liverpool then took advice from third party advisors in the summer and I am aware of one name being suggested to MG as an option to BR. When the decision was made to move BR on Klopp was the clear first choice target.

Unai Emery was not a consideration with two clubs already having approaches batted away by Sevilla.

But all of this is history now.}

3.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 12:41:51
George Jesus of Porto currently. He was sensational at Benfica. One of best attack minded coach I have seen in some time. Its real shame he couldn't move to a bigger club.

{Ed001's Note - is he related to Jorge?}

4.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 12:54:47
ed001, the guardiola supporters will argue that he had a lot to do with shaping together that all-conquering Barcelona team.

{Ed001's Note - it was already in place for him to conquer with, what he did was tear it down, if anything.}

5.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 13:24:40
I mentioned that because I'm sitting on the fence and really have no idea what to make of the pep debate, lol. How did he tear it down?

{Ed001's Note - brought in the wrong players, such as Zlatan.}

6.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 13:28:03
what are your thoughts about del bosque ed, the guy has won the lot, what is he like as a coach?

{Ed001's Note - he won it, but I do not like the help he got to win things. He is far too loyal to players who do not deserve it, like the woefully awful Iker Casillas.}

7.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 13:49:24
do you mean help from the refs in spain ed? there is a long standing thought that Barcelona and real get more than there fair share of favourable decisions or did he get help from backroom staff who don't get any credit.

{Ed001's Note - neither mate. No more can be said though apologies. There is legal reasons for leaving it here.}

8.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 14:06:28
Where do you rate Ancelotti Ed. every country he had managed in he has won the league?

{Ed001's Note - very good coach, but should have won more with the teams he had.}

9.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 14:06:57
no worries ed thanks for your time pal. one thing we can say is he loved Casillas no matter who was better and how badly he was playing, no wonder he got so many caps.

{Ed001's Note - Casillas was always rubbish at his best, he was lucky to get where he did.}

10.) 22 Mar 2016
22 Mar 2016 16:08:49
Just want to ask Ed01/ 02 here. Do you think UTD should get Allegri in the summer. Like you I am a fan of him. He is tactically sound and gets the team play brilliant football. I was excepting him to join Chelsea in the summer.

{Ed001's Note - god no. He is good, they should stick with the man they have....}

11.) 23 Mar 2016
23 Mar 2016 00:16:04
Hard to disagree with any of your choices there Ed1. Tuchel in particular has impressed me with the way he has pushed Dortmund on. As a side question how do you rate Schmidt?

Have to say I've been disappointed in LVG. Before he came I had read a bit of his stuff with great interest - particularly his stuff on running channels. But I haven't been able to work him out at ManU. One moment he seems to have them playing with tactical flexibility (match against I think it was Swansea springs to mind) and then the next moment, he is playing overly cautious and stifling them (or at least it seems that way to me) .

{Ed001's Note - I like Schmidt but he has shown signs of weaknesses at times. Losing the plot earlier this season was one. I have just woken up, so the details are hazy, but I remember there was an incident that did not reflect well on him on the touchlines this season.

As for LVG, all his success was achieved in the past using someone else's instructions. Mostly on the back of Johann Cruyff. At Ajax they had a way of playing, he was just coaching the players how to play it. He did the same at Barca. Trouble hit when he tried to implement his style, rather than using the blueprint laid out by Cruyff. Since then he has gradually destroyed every club he has been at, with his arrogance alienating huge numbers of the staff. Shame actually, because he, while astonishingly arrogant, is a nice guy with a decent sense of humour. It is just that he has no idea of how to be flexible and adapt to changing times.}

12.) 23 Mar 2016
23 Mar 2016 05:23:32
I don't remember the incident in question - but you've tweaked my interest so will have to find it on google. Mind you it must be pretty bad if it excludes him from the company of Jose (and Klopp did pick up a ban for his facial expressions at a certain sideline official! )

Perhaps the ManU players are struggling to work out when LVG is joking because he can't smile any longer?

{Ed001's Note - it was not that it was particularly bad as much as it just upset his team's chances in that match.}