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I don't think that Pepe was too tactically naive for the premiership. He had to use the tools that he was given.

But surely trying to use inadequate tools to implement that style was part and parcel of his naivety? Let's face it, there's not an Albion fan on the planet who couldn't have told him what playing a high line with Diego Lugano and Steven Reid was going to lead to at Villa Park in January. As a professional coach, not anticipating that himself was very, very poor.