"At a big club, I would have been sacked" - Pep
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Agent Pep taking the piss.
The funny thing about this, is that it's true, yet it's going to rub people the wrong way.
I read that in her voice as well!Never the wrong time to post this.
"So Pep. What first attracted you to the billionaire Manchester City?"
Gone too soon.It's somewhat surreal to see a manager that almost openly hates the club he's managing.
He's thrown more digs at City than any rival manager has this season.
He's thrown more digs at City than any rival manager has this season.
its true, he cant hide how let down he is. city fans should not turn up in protest. But maybe the message wouldnt hit home
Don't they pretty much do this now?
Also said he prefers playing well over winning trophies.
Pretty odd. Pep's been very weird this season.
Pretty odd. Pep's been very weird this season.
Shares that with a lot of the caf tbf.
True. Seen some say that.
Personally I think trophies trump all, but playing well and winning is obviously a bonus.
It's a bizarre comment to laugh at - a few others have nailed this and already said he'd still be the manager at United after a season like this, or instead he could be 6th. Realistically United could be going into next season without CL football and their is still zero danger of Mourinho being fired.
United are equally miles away from RM and Bayern now in terms of being able to demand that highest level of performance from everyone involved, including the manager. Neither of us are even close to competing for the CL. Pep just saying it how it is, and he's right. He'd have been fired after the Monaco away game at Madrid.
United are equally miles away from RM and Bayern now in terms of being able to demand that highest level of performance from everyone involved, including the manager. Neither of us are even close to competing for the CL. Pep just saying it how it is, and he's right. He'd have been fired after the Monaco away game at Madrid.
Intentional or not, that's a hilarious quote from Pep.
Pep really dislikes City. He's always having digs at them
Yeah, but at least we qualify as a big club. Hehe
I always get the impression his heart isn't really in it. But City are a shithouse club of course so it's not surprising.
When I first read it I was sure he'd been misquoted.
Maybe a language confusion? Maybe what he thinks in catalan doesn't come out the right way in English?
If not, he's just told the sheiks their club is small time
It's funny, but we wouldn't have sacked him either.
Of course he'd be sacked if he finished 4th in Italy,Germany or Spain. Two of those leagues are 1 horse leagues and the other is a 2 horse league.
He just hates City
He just hates City
I do enjoy Joe little respect he seems to have for the City fans. Other managers at least provide lip service.
No one is laughing at the point he's making its the fact he's actually said it to the press.
Mourinho would never dream of suggesting United aren't a big club etc. Pep doesn't seem to care all that much.
Nah, there's nothing bizarre about it, forget the ifs/buts and comparisons, your manager just said you're not a big club. That's funny. Because it's true.
Pep the sniper 
He can say literally whatever he wants and the City fans are forced to lap it up as he's bigger than their club.
He can say literally whatever he wants and the City fans are forced to lap it up as he's bigger than their club.
Utd have nothing to do with this
With regards to performance on the pitch we are are a fair way off the standard of the aforementioned, but in terms of size, stature and historical value, United are equally as significant. Truth is, Pep wouldn't have said that if he were manager of United.
Guardiola has acknowledged that while the talent exists in the academy, the competition in the development league is not strong enough leaving the gap between that and the first team too large to be ready - drawing comparisons to how much more competitive the Segunda is in Spain. He is not alone in this thinking
He's going to regret saying it, it coming out that way. Whatever the truth in the fact that Manchester City have a bit to go before they can be called one of the so called 'big clubs' which is hugely based on not only support but history, it's certainly not something any fan really wants to hear from the Manager. In truth, he's lived a charmed life manager wise with the players he's had in the past, this is a far bigger challenge and a bigger barometer of his ability. Also, he's certainly not suggesting, in my opinion, that sacking managers at the clubs he alluded to is the right thing to do either!
Tbf, I think most of us thought that Pep would struggle this season. The PL isn't a one horse race and he would seriously test himself as a coach.
One thing I didn't expect was him not toeing the city line (massive club etc). I didn't think he'd come out with some of the stuff in the media that he has done, where he's kind of criticised the fans and implied that they're not all that.
This interview just reaffirms that he's really only here for the money, he's found it too difficult and isn't bothered if he's not there next season. He will be IMO, but the pressure will be greater than it has been. Will be interesting to see who he brings in.
He's right in that he would have been sacked at those clubs. However, we wouldn't have sacked him either, but we are much more in a transitional period than they are. Jose had way more work to do with the squad here than Pep has there. All he had to do was sort out that defence and get a decent 'keeper.
I'm still not convinced by him as a coach. He makes some bizarre decisions to make himself look like a genius (it worked at Barca and Bayern, but he could get away with it). It hasn't at city and he will end up at PSG. This will be his only job in England I think.
One thing I didn't expect was him not toeing the city line (massive club etc). I didn't think he'd come out with some of the stuff in the media that he has done, where he's kind of criticised the fans and implied that they're not all that.
This interview just reaffirms that he's really only here for the money, he's found it too difficult and isn't bothered if he's not there next season. He will be IMO, but the pressure will be greater than it has been. Will be interesting to see who he brings in.
He's right in that he would have been sacked at those clubs. However, we wouldn't have sacked him either, but we are much more in a transitional period than they are. Jose had way more work to do with the squad here than Pep has there. All he had to do was sort out that defence and get a decent 'keeper.
I'm still not convinced by him as a coach. He makes some bizarre decisions to make himself look like a genius (it worked at Barca and Bayern, but he could get away with it). It hasn't at city and he will end up at PSG. This will be his only job in England I think.
In our defense we have a chance to win our second trophy plus the C Shield.. But I can´t see anyone of us being happy with the position we are in.
Probably wouldn't look like he was on suicide watch all season either.
If, and when, Pep leaves I reckon City fans are gonna explode. He's made several comments this season that would anger such paranoid fans with an inferiority complex and this one is just the icing on the cake.
Deep down, I reckon a lot of them are disappointed with his actual managerial performance, too.
When he leaves they'll explode on him, they're just refusing to criticise him aloud at the moment. But inside, they. are. stewing.
Deep down, I reckon a lot of them are disappointed with his actual managerial performance, too.
When he leaves they'll explode on him, they're just refusing to criticise him aloud at the moment. But inside, they. are. stewing.
I wouldn't sack him, but this season has been a wake up call for him, showing very clearly that he was too wedded to a system that only works if all the other teams in the division can't get the ball off you so it's ok not really playing much of a defence. Shows to my mind that he has been more than a bit spoilt with the teams he inherited at Barca and Bayern. Real test begins to see if he can lift a team up to the top level from just below. He didn't do it this season but I think he has learnt a good bit, and he's smart.
"Because the United job was taken and I wanted to be as close to them as possible."
How often has it happened that a manager is so much bigger than a club that he can get away with pretty much anything he says?
He must secretly be hating it. Going from managing Barcelona, where you are a club legend turned manager winning trebles,, playing the best football....and then even going to Bayern, a giant club which a fantastic atmosphere and history. And then you find yourself at City where they can barely fill a stadium and have club legends such an Richard Dunne
Just logged on to see if there was a thread after reading this quote on BBC. It's atrocious! Doesn't matter what way you spin it, he's calling his current club a small club. Ridiculous. I'd sack him for saying it.
Doesn't seem much of a secret, tbh.
Ragrets, he's had a few...
Is this so different from Jose's prioritisation of the Europa League, a competition he previously considered a failure for Chelsea?
Yes.