[Zed.D]

What the ****!!!!!!

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I feel ashamed...

[Jack Sparrow]

Nothing to worry about. The problem with the galatico era in Madrid was the management. And Beckham really is a good team man. His off-field exploits have never impacted on him as a professional, like say Adriano or *sigh* R10 (note, not R80 who is new man!).

I've got this whole theory about why the galatico era failed, after doing do spectacularly well initially under Del Bosque.

The whole thing is you cannot start everything afresh from scratch and will it to succeed. There MUST be continuity in at least a few components. Tottenham is learning that lesson the painful way.

In Madrid when they were succesful, Del Bosque was the reason. He was an excellent man manager, and handled the egos well. They got rid of him and things fell apart.

In both Manchester and Arsenal where we have seen huge roster changes, their charismatic managers remain the constant factor, which again provides stability.

Chelsea were contrary to that experiment, but the difference was the biggest ego in their was of their new manager, so everyone just fell in line.


Everyone thought my fav Spanish team Valencia was dead and gone after last season. New change in management, new coach in Emery(who had one year in top league football), and risking losing all their stars. But the new coach came in and he's done the right thing. Identified the nucleus of the team, and built a style around it.


In Milan, Beckham's walking into an established structure, not a revolving door policy club (like Madrid in the galatico time) contrary to what the media like to think. The management has been stable for over 20 frickin years. The coach has been here for 8 years. And a lot of the stars in the team, made their name with the club. In other words they are not mercenaries trying to service their inflated ego and wallets.

Beckham will not cause this team any grief.

I hate it when the media claim Milan are being galatico like. We're not. Ronaldinho was brought in as a genuine tactical need as well. Beckham might be the exception, but to say he's just being pimped by us for the money is total cr@p.

This post has been edited by Jack Sparrow: Oct 24 2008, 03:12 PM