Yeah - I was thinking about the blind taste test if we were to look and choose between his and PV's resumes. I have a feeling the results would have been one-sided.
Domènec Torrent Appointed NYCFC Head Coach (June '18) / Mutually Agree to Part Ways (November '19)
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My optimistic take on this is: Torrent has to be at least as good a strategic and tactical manager as PV, hopefully better, but it remains to be seen how good his personnel-management chops are. Will the players buy in?
All he has to say to the prospects is "you know, I am very good friends with Pep...".
He only needs one player to buy in. It's been that way from start. I do think we'll see a little roster shake-up this summer, but this has always been Villa's team.
As to the first sentence I expect you're right. The closest ones are probably at MC or Barcelona still, but there must be others. I'm sure a staff will come together soon.
As for the second sentence, why do you expect that? I don't have any opinion on that, and I wonder what you base yours on?
When you read player interviews when they join, almost all of them talk about playing in NYC, this "project" and the opportunity to be part of CFG. They've also talked about Vieira, but the club sells itself
This is a good question, we know vieira was a big reason for players like Ring and Tinnerholm to come to the club. With Torrent I think we'll have to rely on his work with Pep and overall philosophy to draw players in.
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He and Villa have already worked together at Barcelona right?
“Why does the opposing team hit our players so much and the referee never calls a foul?
Why are penalties never called for us on fouls in the box?
Why does the opposing team just run at our players like a chicken with their heads cut off?”
Andre Vilas-Boas was Mourinho's assistant for a while - hasn't done totally terribly.
Steve McClaren was Fergie's assistant and did brilliant things with England (English fans might disagree).
Carlos Queiroz has.... done some stuff.
Yup. For 2 years. And had some good results there too.
I agree NYC and CFG are tremendous points to join the club, but having a coach that draws players based on his resume is a huge plus.
I'm just making lame jokes about peer to peer file sharing based entirely on his name and nothing else. Wondering if a chant about distributed network theory will catch on.
Yaya?
The Post can get a head start on blocking out a Torrential Reign back cover for when we win the cup
