Is.. is that how you define a full on meltdown?!
'Pep' Guardiola sack watch
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noun
1. a disastrous collapse or breakdown.
"the global financial system suffered a major meltdown"
2.
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding.
I’m not sure how that helps your point, but that thanks for the info.
I wonder if it’s only had its current meaning since the advent of nuclear technology.
You asked for the definition of meltdown?
Xavi and Iniesta had already won La Liga in 2005, La Liga and the Champions League in 2006 and then the Euros with Spain in 2008 by the time Guardiola took over.
You can argue they were even better under him but let's not try and argue they were two no marks or that nobody really rated them before he became manager.
If you take over a team with Iniesta, Xavi, Etoo, Puyol, Henry and Messi you've got a pretty good setup to be successful I'd say.
You can argue they were even better under him but let's not try and argue they were two no marks or that nobody really rated them before he became manager.
If you take over a team with Iniesta, Xavi, Etoo, Puyol, Henry and Messi you've got a pretty good setup to be successful I'd say.
So Pep is going nowhere, as expected. If you ever wondered from where did Jose Mourinho bring his famous "siege mentality" it is from his days at Barcelona. They always had this inferiority complex to Madrid and this mentality helped them to shape their ways to be successful. Pep is a Barcelona man through and through and the whole situation now at City fits him as a glove. He will thrive in it, not escape from it as many of you thought he would..
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I mean, nobody doubted that Pep says one thing in public and does the other, and that he is happy to exchange some of his morals for money, it's hardly a badge of honor for him to wear.
No Champions League trophies (and just one final) at Bayern and City over 10 years is a poor look. If he takes on a genuine challenge next like Milan and succeeds then he’ll gain respect. Otherwise, he’ll look like the guy who inherited Messi and then had loaded dice in Munich and Manchester. To put his career into perspective (CL wins with Messi in 09 and 11, now 12 years ago) Fergie won his first European trophy in 83 (with Aberdeen!), then 91 (the first post-Heysel trophy for English clubs) then 99 (the first CL win for English clubs) then 08. Chalk and cheese.
Well alright then. If City get dipped, he has the chance to win Championship trophies too. And honestly.
I remember when he wore some badge protesting the treatment of pro-Catalan independence politicians in Spain a couple of years back and when someone pointed out to him the contradiction in doing that while managing City, he basically said "well different cultures, different rules". I'm sure Spanish politicians would say their rules are fine then if that's Peps logic. Peps always been a hypocrite. No more than Jose but still a hypocrite.
Did he realy say CAS proved them innocent? It didnt. It found some accusations were time-barred (partly because City dragged it out so long, for which they were fined) and some were unproven. They were never found innocent.
Yes, probably this. And of course declaring it's nothing to do with City's alleged cheating.
Pep will sack himself pretty soon.
He is very well respected in the football world by all the important people(legends of football, current top players, and commentators), which i assume it's what matters to him.
I don't think that being respected by nobodies from social media means anything to him, or any other famous person with common sense.
He sounded completely rattled.
He's trying to install a siege mentality, but no matter what is achievements at city people will just rightly accuse them of cheating.
City players don’t have the character for a siege mentality. Pep’s created a team of robots.
He says city were proved innocent with uefa, but they weren't. They were punished and had to pay a fine, so they were guilty. Plus the other charges were dropped due to some time barring bullshit.
I wonder if the rich view paying fines as not being guilty but just a tax
Hard for anybody to say he didn’t know what was going on when he’s out defending them like this.
He’s lying either way
He’s lying either way
Xavi was about to be shipped out by Barcelona before Pep joined for being too small after Pep Xavi is being discussed among the Goats of midfield. Same with Iniesta and Busquets they are now being discussed among the greatest in their position
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He’s a weirdo
So he's defending his boss for the period he was not even their manager?
Sound like he's really rattled and being on full defensive mode.
Why does he say that? He was at Bayern when that happened, wasn't he?
you think it can't possibly get any more pathetic and then he goes full martyr like that 
what an insufferable cnut.
what an insufferable cnut.
If I were in charge I’d investigate this immediately
Anyone else getting big Rafa Benitez 'facts' vibes from all this?
Pep looks like he hasn't slept in a week. Cracks are definitely appearing. Hahaha
Pep looks like he hasn't slept in a week. Cracks are definitely appearing. Hahaha
If I had to rank Premier League managers on how likely I would be to go for a pint with then... Pep would be near the bottom.
He’s clearly a coke head who would spend the night downing vodka and red bulls who ends up getting everyone involved in a barney before fecking off home
He definitely doesn't bring his own charlie either. "More than you can believe."
Yeah, they've never been involved in grueling title races requiring perfection
There's a good thread on Twitter on hypothetically getting drunk/high with PL managers, Pep included
I think his drug of choice was acid
He’s the oddest manager I’ve ever seen, which is saying something when he’s in the same league as Klopp.
100% coked off his tits half the time.
Yep. Quite clearly loves the snow. It’s obvious.
He's not even an endearing character, he's a weirdo asshole.
i guess you can say that and not give 2 shits about a liverpool backlash when they are 10th in the table
Pep's always had this side to him, it's just the clubs he's managed have usually done well enough to avoid him totally cracking but its always been there bubbling under the surface
So he's defending his boss for the period he was not even their manager?
Sound like he's really rattled and being on full defensive mode.
Fergie, Wenger, Mourinho... all won multiple PL titles and had discernible personality, in different ways. Pep is enormously successful and a football great, but he isn't fun or interesting to listen to, imo.
Fergie really was a one-off. Pep just isn't made of the same stuff.