If no Nuno now then who new now?

He's an exceptional coach all the same. Doesn't stop him being a bell end too though, in fact probably becomes inevitable after this long.

If I was a highly successful millionaire that was one of the best in the world in what I do, I’d be a right bell end.

I’m poor and shit and I’m still a cock head.

When does a cock head become a bell end?

Asking for a friend…

Eh?

Around the same point a turtle head becomes a dingle berry?

More money and ability. Dr Bell End.

Kane was Abel end.

Ah, The Klopp defence.
Barca had won nothing for two years when he took over. That season they won everything.
Pep has reinvented his style of play three times, without any drop in success, while seeing teams everywhere replicate what he does.
Only other recent manager with such a similar impact on other teams is Mourinho.

Two years isn't very long, and he had a team which had Messi, Eto and Thierry Henry already in place (to name but three of the greatest players on the planet at that time). It's horses for courses and he's a very very good horse for that course but does anybody seriously think if you had put him in charge of, say, Forest, Luton, Sheffield United, Burnley this season it would have been anything other than a car crash as bad or worse than the existing car crashes? I'm not even sure how well he'd function at a team like Brighton, Villa, Spurs or West Ham.

It’d be interesting to see for sure, but yes, I think Forest would be in a way healthier position if he’d have been coaching us this season. Not for a minute do I think we’d be challenging, just that we wouldn’t be in trouble.
Equally, I think a Cooper-coached Man City would do better than a Nuno one.

I don't think Guardiola is remembered all that fondly by certain sections of the Bayern fanbase. Sure, he won the league in each of his 3 seasons but that was pretty much the absolute minimum back then. There were a couple of domestic cups and a super cup as well but he never got them further than the semi finals of the UCL. It probably didn't help as well that he replaced Heynckes, who was revered at The Allianz. There are still some fans who want him to return now aged 78 to replace Tuchel.

There are other managers who’ve coached at numerous Uber-clubs and never got close to the consistent success that Guardiola has had. He’s obviously very very good at his job, which is why he’s been able to coach wherever he’s wanted and, thus far, for as long as he’s wanted. Coaching Forest is a different challenge, but given how many have tried and been bad at it, I am willing to let Pep have a go if he fancies it. I expect he’d do quite well.more to the point, if he’d rocked up at Chelsea or ManYoo instead of Citeh, nobody can seriously think they wouldn’t be in a vastly better position than they are and, further, that Citeh aren’t significantly better off now than they were before he got there.. when they were, let’s not forget, still richer than God.

Klopp has been brilliant at the bindippers, but when it comes to the trophy hall.. which is what matters for those gigs.. it’s not even close.

Guardiola has only managed Barcelona, Bayern and Man City, so the question is difficult to answer.

I think the better example in Carlo Ancelotti who has managed the massive clubs and won honours everywhere (Real Madrid, Chelsea, Bayern, Milan, PSG) but has also managed Everton and Napoli (when they weren’t as good) and still did ok. He also started in Serie B and got promoted with Reggiana. The only difference is that you would not be able to describe a Ancelotti watt of playing but I think thats because he has changed a lot over the years.

Both were world class players who won nearly everything at club and country. Both got a bit of help at the beginning of their managerial career (Ancelotti as Sacchis number 2 with Italy and Guardiola with the Barcelona B team). But Ancelotti is a better example of what could be done with a more average side.

I could be reading too much into this and maybe it's just what he does but Nuno's refusal to discuss plans for next season combined with an ambiguous statement about his future a couple of weeks ago gives me cause to doubt that he think he's going to be here next season.

I think that's about focusing on the game in hand.

If he was on the way out, there'd be more rumours about possible replacements. Marinakis isn't shy about conducting that sort of business through the papers.

We have 1.05 points per game under Nuno compared to 0.82 under Cooper. We've scored 52% more goals, and (this surprised me, because I thought Cooper was up on this) conceded exactly the same amount on average. The transfer budget has been much smaller under him, he's had the points deduction and VAR-angst casting a shadow on him. This suggests he's done pretty well.