Well luckily there's very little chance of it happening.Pretty sure Pool fans would have said the same thing when we won our 8th title in 1993. We have to return, sooner rather than later.
Well luckily there's very little chance of it happening.Pretty sure Pool fans would have said the same thing when we won our 8th title in 1993. We have to return, sooner rather than later.
Lingard for KdBWow, Pep acting like an underdog. Lets swap Fred with De Bryune.
This is their second so can see them dropping off next season. People talking about them dominating for years won't happen.
Off course. Still we had people saying the same about Chelsea in 2015, City last year, and Liverpool now. It won't happen.Look at Madrid dominated for 3 years when everyone thought that team will dominate for some while.
Everyone was saying this could be the best ever PL squad when CIty were dominating.
Teams drop off, Chelsea, CIty, Utd all know about this from Title winning seasons.
This is why I can’t really take it seriously when people put him up there with the really elite managers. I mean, what he’s done in the game is fantastic, and his City stint will rightly earn him a new level of respect. But he always seems to shirk challenges. Granted, he hasn’t actually left City yet but he does seem to throw his toys out of the pram at the first sign of adversity. If he doesn’t have a blank cheque and a free run at the title, he seems to take his ball and go home.Hes not getting sacked. Hes still a major prestige, but he might walk away if he cant keep up with Klopp.
Well we wont know he is walking yet, but his comments about being underdogs is pathetic, they spent unlimited money before him and even more with him. They have a axecellent squad. Fergie had dealt with injury crisis far worse than what pep is experincing and he was still challenging for the biggest titles. So i agree, Pep is one of the most succcesfull managers of all time, but he hasnt proven he can deal with adversity.This is why I can’t really take it seriously when people put him up there with the really elite managers. I mean, what he’s done in the game is fantastic, and his City stint will rightly earn him a new level of respect. But he always seems to shirk challenges. Granted, he hasn’t actually left City yet but he does seem to throw his toys out of the pram at the first sign of adversity. If he doesn’t have a blank cheque and a free run at the title, he seems to take his ball and go home.
Compare that to Sir Alex for instance, who not only met but relished new challenges. Whether it was Liverpool, Blackburn, Arsenal, Chelsea or City. Each raised the bar and he met it before surpassing them and setting a new one. He knew that to be the best you’d had to beat the best. He did this for nearly 30 years, refreshing each team and even working under budgetary constraints to do so. Pep couldn’t even refresh his first Barca team without needing a lie down.
It’s fantasy football though, any manager with those players can do good with a messi includedImagine Barca getting Neymar and Pep in the summer. That would be a real force of nature. Arthur and de Jong are also perfectly suited for his style.
Imagine Man City with their squad getting Pep as managerImagine Barca getting Neymar and Pep in the summer. That would be a real force of nature. Arthur and de Jong are also perfectly suited for his style.
Imagine Man City with their squad getting Pep as manager
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I know right? He really hasn't done much at CityImagine Man City with their squad getting Pep as manager
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He should be ashamed at what he’s achieved at CityI know right? He really hasn't done much at City
See, one mediocre season after two years of astonishing football doesn't change my opinion on him. For me he's the best coach I've seen and in a very elite circle of managers. Most of you guys talking him down currently are simply being biased. Will never understand this mindset.Imagine Man City with their squad getting Pep as manager
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Got injured vs Parma and could be out for a long timeThey should probably sign Koulibaly if they have any intentions of competing for the CL. Him an Laporte when he comes back would be a formidable partnership at the back.
Yeah, like last season when he had to win the last fourteen league games in a row to beat Liverpool to the title. Or in La Liga 09-10 when he beat a Real Madrid side that got 96 points, and then beat the same side with Mourinho in charge the season after. Classic Pep, shirking challenges.This is why I can’t really take it seriously when people put him up there with the really elite managers. I mean, what he’s done in the game is fantastic, and his City stint will rightly earn him a new level of respect. But he always seems to shirk challenges. Granted, he hasn’t actually left City yet but he does seem to throw his toys out of the pram at the first sign of adversity. If he doesn’t have a blank cheque and a free run at the title, he seems to take his ball and go home.
Compare that to Sir Alex for instance, who not only met but relished new challenges. Whether it was Liverpool, Blackburn, Arsenal, Chelsea or City. Each raised the bar and he met it before surpassing them and setting a new one. He knew that to be the best you’d had to beat the best. He did this for nearly 30 years, refreshing each team and even working under budgetary constraints to do so. Pep couldn’t even refresh his first Barca team without needing a lie down.
I highly doubt he goes back with their current board.Imagine Barca getting Neymar and Pep in the summer. That would be a real force of nature. Arthur and de Jong are also perfectly suited for his style.
I’m not talking him down mateSee, one mediocre season after two years of astonishing football doesn't change my opinion on him. For me he's the best coach I've seen and in a very elite circle of managers. Most of you guys talking him down currently are simply being biased. Will never understand this mindset.
I disagree. He did well at City but I could see most top class managers doing what he did (2 league titles in 4 years and rather underwhelming CL campaigns) if they were ready to invest as much as they did with Pep in charge. We (Bayern) had the best squad in our history whilst he was managing us (and at Bayern he definitely had nothing to do with developing those players) and I also would claim that most top class managers could have achieved or bettered what he did (again winning the league/cup and rather underwhelming CL campaigns).The good thing about this is, after Guardiola it's hard to see them doing better without him. Even to replicate what He has done there itself is already a very hard task to do.
Same thing happened with Barca, Bayern (to a certain extent) but oh well They're shite atm anyway might as well include them.
Fair, maybe not Bayern. But I can see City having the same situation as Barca did when Pep left. Sure since They have a very good squad already and the club is willing to invest, as you said any other good manager might be able to win trophies there (like Barca) but it'll be very hard to top what He's done at City - breaking records, battering team left and right in the Premier League. He elevated City's status, They were good before He came but nowhere this good.I disagree. He did well at City but I could see most top class managers doing what he did (2 league titles in 4 years and rather underwhelming CL campaigns) if they were ready to invest as much as they did with Pep in charge. We (Bayern) had the best squad in our history whilst he was managing us (and at Bayern he definitely had nothing to do with developing those players) and I also would claim that most top class managers could have achieved or bettered what he did (again winning the league/cup and rather underwhelming CL campaigns).
I’m not talking him down mate
to me he is a genius, like well and truly, easily one of the greatest managers we’ll ever see
My comment was with regards to the mention of the thought of Pep going back to Barca with Naymar added to their too.....that doesn’t really make me go “ooooo wow” because he’s already at a club with just as good a squad as Barca’s and doing wonders, yes he’s not having a great season this one in the league, but what’s to say he won’t win all domestic cups and possibly champions league, that would make it another great season for him regardless to what happens in the league.
Can’t personally see them winning champions league like but ya never know, even scooping all domestic cups instead would still be not a bad season for them
I disagree. He did well at City but I could see most top class managers doing what he did (2 league titles in 4 years and rather underwhelming CL campaigns) if they were ready to invest as much as they did with Pep in charge. We (Bayern) had the best squad in our history whilst he was managing us (and at Bayern he definitely had nothing to do with developing those players) and I also would claim that most top class managers could have achieved or bettered what he did (again winning the league/cup and rather underwhelming CL campaigns).
Complete utter drivel.That's a pretty superficial way to look at it. Yes, 2 in 4 doesn't seem all that impressive but you need to take a closer look and see the way he accomplished what he did. No other manager in the world would've gotten them the title last season except maybe Klopp himself who coachd the rival team. He created arguably the best team in EPL history. No Guardiola and Liverpool would've won last season.
Which team was better then? I mean, even if you might disagre, "complete utter drivel" is, well, complete utter drivel since this City team holds so many important records that it is already the logical consequence.Complete utter drivel.
He's played the double pivot for months. Babysitting Rodri is one of the reasons we have fell so far behind. He's always had either Gundogan or KDB sat near to him and that always meant that Silva was pushed to high up the pitch with nobody close enough to him. Today was different as it was only Arsenal but he's tried something else and we started playing wide again which has been something else that has been badly missing this season.So he finally decides to accept that Rodri is a horror show as a 6 in a 4-3-3 and puts him in a double pivot. I could have told him that weeks ago. Shame its taken him until City are out of the title race to realise it.
Don't read too much into this game: it was Arsenal. He probably could have played Rodri in goal or put himself at DM and still win easily.So he finally decides to accept that Rodri is a horror show as a 6 in a 4-3-3 and puts him in a double pivot. I could have told him that weeks ago. Shame its taken him until City are out of the title race to realise it.
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In the long term yes but the immediate season after there's potential for them tomdo as good league wise as any Pep season.The good thing about this is, after Guardiola it's hard to see them doing better without him. Even to replicate what He has done there itself is already a very hard task to do.
Same thing happened with Barca, Bayern (to a certain extent) but oh well They're shite atm anyway might as well include them.
An 18 match winning run to wrap up the title by Christmas.... and then winning 14 matches straight at the end of the following season (which they needed to) to defend the title... I think they've earned a "Hey, what about Man City 2017-2019?" in the conversation about best Premier League teams.Complete utter drivel.
Records have to be taken within the context of the league. City & Liverpool are racking up huge points & win totals due to the diminishing quality of the league. Utd have been in a state of continual transition. Arsenal went stagnant under Wenger & are getting worse. The bottom half teams of the league have also been very poor for a few years.Which team was better then? I mean, even if you might disagre, "complete utter drivel" is, well, complete utter drivel since this City team holds so many important records that it is already the logical consequence.
As much as it "was arsenal" as you do dismissively say, when was the last time a team went there and annihilated them?!Don't read too much into this game: it was Arsenal. He probably could have played Rodri in goal or put himself at DM and still win easily.