12-01-2016, 00:28
And meanwhile Mendilíbar isn't doing badly at all at Eibar...
To be honest Betis were dead and buried about a year ago. I saw them play in Division 2 against my local team Ponferradina just before Pepe Mel took over for the second time. Betis are a big team. Ponferradina are Walsall (20 years ago they were Lye Town!) Betis lost 4-1 and looked like a team on the road to nowhere. Pepe took over a couple of games later and they won the league ...again.
This season Betis have been defensively naive (sounds familiar?) but I think a few things have gone on behind the scenes...
Don't know how much Betis have spent this season Josh, but 7th highest spenders in Spain is probably equivalent to some mid-table championship sides in the UK.
To be honest Betis were dead and buried about a year ago. I saw them play in Division 2 against my local team Ponferradina just before Pepe Mel took over for the second time. Betis are a big team. Ponferradina are Walsall (20 years ago they were Lye Town!) Betis lost 4-1 and looked like a team on the road to nowhere. Pepe took over a couple of games later and they won the league ...again.
This season Betis have been defensively naive (sounds familiar?) but I think a few things have gone on behind the scenes...
Don't know how much Betis have spent this season Josh, but 7th highest spenders in Spain is probably equivalent to some mid-table championship sides in the UK.