That's the silliest thing I've heard all week, and it's Saturday so I've heard some ridiculous stuff.
Aren't they already favourites with the bookies? pretty sure they are.
Every year we keep getting told they have the strongest squad. The bookies already have them as favourites for next season. Amazing really seeing as they need about 5 more players to challenge & nobody has any idea who they are going to sign yet.
Because he's a chequebook manager. Maybe more City fans will start to realise this.
Joint longest serving outfield player for you from your current squad along with Kompany. Good going that.
And it's the right decision. They've given years of fantastic service but now is the right time to move on.
Hopefully he doesn't actually go to West Ham.
Or perhaps overzealous critics might actually read beyond the headline to understand the issue
Who all? Pedro, Busquets, Thiago and?
Kimmich, Costa, and Coman got more playtime and looked better under him than now with Ancelotti. Pep got the best of their young careers out of them. Kimmich probably wouldn't have played at all if he'd joined us this season and hadn't had the chance to show his potential under Pep.
I'm talking about young players from academy, not someone who was signed.
Along with Pique, Muniesa, Jeffren, Fontas, Dos Santos, Soriano, Bartra, Tello, Deulofeu, Romeu, Nolito, Montoya, Sergi Roberto, Rafinha, Cuenca, Kimmich - in total, 24 players debuted Under Pep prior to arriving at City
You could conceivably add Hojberg to that list as well although his development derailed for reasons outside of football
Costa was 25. Hardly someone I would class as young talent.
Pique played for ManUtd senior team before playing for Barca, same with Kimmich. He played for Leipzig. Your definition must be very broad to include every player.
It's called delusion.
It's fun.
Read it and he is getting his excuses in early. Instead of giving chances to the like Maffeo and Toisin he preferred to play Kolarov at CB and Navas fullback. You can't deny the amount of money he has spent and he will continue to do so.
Was Pique or Kimmich a regular much less starter? No. Kimmich wasn't even deployed in the same position as he was at Leipzig. Moreover, I didn't define anything other than to say Pep brings along youth players more than any other coach at a similar level, perhaps your requirements are too narrow since these are all Young players being discussed
You are the one who keeps framing a narrower set of parameters - Ejica was a 3rd division side, not sure how you think that equates to being brought along as a youth player
Most of those players have gone on to Professional first team careers, ergo being brought along, i.e. developed. Troll along, there will be other opportunities to try & critique Pep
Troll? Maybe if you take your head out of Pep's arse then you can make some sense.
Tosin has looked like Bambi on Ice when given the chance. He has also been involved in a contract stand-off which has only just been resolved.
I can't see it ever happening in England. The football league clubs would never vote for it and they hold the cards in England mores than lower division clubs in other countries.
How more do we allow him to clinge to his barca days. Are we allowed to move forward. He has promoted sh*t all this season but yes let us all close our eyes and act that never happened. He has spent more than jose and yet only jose faces the wrath about spending but pep is a saint so let us close our mouth and not blame him.
I might go with the obvious answer there. Leaving his club
Yeah, probably something like that. Or he hasn't been perfect, just near perfect.
He's the founder of the church of Pepism. He can do no wrong. Spreading the word of tiki taka and full backs playing as cbs
I don't think i care. I was just messing with Ban. No need to get all worked up
He's had a season to see it first hand now, so next season will be key for him. If it's showing no improvement then his ability to adapt will be in question. Mourinho is evidence we shouldn't judge league form in the first season, given we know he's had success here previously and still managed to find it tough.
Pep actually does play tiki-taka and the term was coined precisely to describe how is Barcelona team played. He just doesnt like the term as it became associated with the low scoring spanish NT and the idea of possession for the sake of possession. Guardiola entire football philosophy can be traced all the way back to Rinus Michels total football from when he coached barcelona in the 1970s.
Find an example of me claiming he is faultless, let's start there
Pique was a bench player - he played more on loan at Zaragoza (As a DM), if that's being brought along then Mou has a great history with youth development
Ofcourse Pique was bench player as he was behind Vidic and Rio in the pecking order.
