Will it be similar to us and SAF or is that wishful thinking?
Yes. By the time he leaves there will be 2 or 3 other super teams. He could easily stay there for another 5 to 10 years.Will it be similar to us and SAF or is that wishful thinking?
They were also a complete meme club in Europe and nowhere near as dominant.They were winning leagues before he came.
Don’t think he has that longevity in him, I can see him leaving when his current contract expires in 2025.Yes. By the time he leaves there will be 2 or 3 other super teams. He could easily stay there for another 5 to 10 years.
This guy gets it.We can just look at what they were doing pre-Pep really. Their might be some additional disruption, they might appoint the wrong manager, but in the longer run they'll keep competing and winning.
It'll be trickier again if Pep and the likes of Begiristain were to leave mind, as at that point they'd be opening themselves up to greater risk of disruption and mismanagement.
I mean they were also a meme club in Europe at times under Pep. Losing to Monaco and Lyon (while actually starting an ultra defensive team against the mighty Lyon). It takes time if you are not an established European/CL club. This is his 7th season at City and only now he is likely going to win it.They were also a complete meme club in Europe and nowhere near as dominant.
They will definitely decline once Pep leaves. Issue is, he might not leave for a good while.
To go where? He has it too cosy here. Great infrastructure, is well paid, and realistically very little in the way of mental fatigue (The reason he left Barca).Don’t think he has that longevity in him, I can see him leaving when his current contract expires in 2025.
Those were bad results, but they did even worse before that. They got grouped in 2 successive seasons and finished last(with no wins) in the 2012-2013 group stages. Whimpered out vs Tata's Barcelona(who weren't that great) the following season and then got demolished by MSN Barcelona(scoreline severely flattered them).I mean they were also a meme club in Europe at times under Pep. Losing to Monaco and Lyon (while actually starting an ultra defensive team against the mighty Lyon). It takes time if you are not an established European/CL club. This is his 7th season at City and only now he is likely going to win it.
After him they will probably not win 5 leagues in 7 years, but still 1 league title every 2-3 years.
Perhaps you’re right - I’m just hoping this nightmare will end soon.To go where? He has it too cosy here. Great infrastructure, is well paid, and realistically very little in the way of mental fatigue (The reason he left Barca).
Eh, Bayern and Barcelona did immediately decline without him and it took them a while to get back on that level with Pep.As we saw with Barca and Bayern he sets his teams up in good stead to keep dominating long after he leaves, unfortuently.
And that's assuming he does leave, I fear if he wasn't in it for the long haul he'd have left by now.
Barca the season after Pep left got more points than any season with him and were pretty much dominating (domestically) until the end of the decade. Yes they hit the jackpot with MSN but the principles and intensity he brought to the club took years to erode and even then it was more down to mismanagement.Eh, Bayern and Barcelona did immediately decline without him and it took them a while to get back on that level with Pep.
Barcelona were a bit fortunate that Suarez was a lunatic and Liverpool had to sell him so MSN was formed.
A completely irrelevant question don't you think?The question should be, is he good enough to play by the rules and still win?
Pellegrini and Mamcini had one league title each and Mancini won his by the skin of his teeth. Pep is closing in on 5 in 6 years. There is every reason to believe that City will not be anything like as dominant as they are now when Pep leaves.They were winning leagues before he came.