You're right, I've seen people calling his performance this year a "failure". It's so funny.
Pep Guardiola
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Nope. Don't care for Jose or Chelsea. Rather them win the title than City/Liverpool. They don't affect me so it's all good.
You on the other hand are bringing Mourinho jizz into this thread. Luckily for you, you aren't the only one.
Domestic double + CL final or Failure. Football sure has changed
Re Chelsea fans, noone is saying Guardiola hasn't fecked up in the past. Of course he has and of course he will in the future, and he will get criticized for it by his own fans and others. But the manner and severity of criticism from you lot, and the even more ridiculous conclusions drawn therefrom, really stand out as terribly biased. Reading it, one would get the impression that other top managers don't feck up, which is obviously far from the truth.
No it was you who constantly bring in Mourinho as cited in many posts above, but carry on with your guargasms. No one is asking you to stop deluding yourself.
I am very rational in my evaluation of Jose, In my view he is miles behing Freguson but miles better than guardiola. Only current manager who seem to have a chance of being better than Jose is Simeone.
But you clearly dont understand much about a) football b) internet arguments, so what can someone do. Go on defend all of guardiola's losses by pointing to Mourinho. atlease Chelsea has one of those 2 incharge.
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Didn't this come up before too. He shouted at media 2 weeks back saying he will surely be at Bayern. And Carlo is definitely going to be sacked. It's either Carlo or Rafa at City.
He said he'll still be managing Bayern next season. Hasn't ruled out leaving in 2016. And I'm pretty confident Pellegrini will still be managing City next season.
Do you believe Pellegrini will stay? He looks lost everytime he's asked about the future. Why not punt on Rafa short term?
He just gets pissed off with constant speculation that he'll leave. It's evident Pellegrini is very highly thought of by the Barcelona executives, they would not sack him just to install a stop-gap like Benitez. His first season he won the league, the league cup and was eliminated by a superior Barcelona side in Europe. This season he has faltered and we've performed poorly but he deserves another chance and I imagine he'll get it.
How good is your imagination bob?
Now we will see how good he really is.
No, squad that is already among the best in Europe. He might have unlimited funds but his transfer record at Barcelona was so poor. Could've been a great option to have but I hope after Klopp we get a manager with a more direct approach like Klopp or Ancelotti.
No, squad that is already among the best in Europe. He might have unlimited funds but his transfer record at Barcelona was so poor. Could've been a great option to have but I hope after Klopp we get a manager with a more direct approach like Klopp or Ancelotti.
Not wild enough for me to be able to see City sacking Pellegrini and replacing him with Benitez.
Better yet, why not klopp? They need to sort something out as silva's prime is going to be done soon and you don't just pick up that calibre of player on the street.
I think it is funny as Sportbild told today that Guardiola thinks about going against his rule for one year contracts and making a new contract until 2018 at Bayern...
He'll be at Bayern next season. After that its anyone's guess.
How does that equal to being given a chance if "as you say" there is already an agreement to get guardiola in 2016. Makes no sense, if pelegrini is just there for a year with this aging squad it could be an even shitter year for city next season. I highly doubt the sheikhs with limitless money will let that happen.
I dont think guardiola will go to city, he is more likely to go to United next if the next season is a trophyless one as well. United job is still by far the most prestegious one in England and comes with similar amount of money to spend on players.
watch this space if his vision is not well executed next season
He just lost the super cup (again) to Wolfsburg. Even Luis Enrique in some way has exposed his success to not be impossible as he is on his way to win the sextuple.
Is he really a special manager?
Is he really a special manager?
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I think you Bayern fans need to get #NeverSubMueller trending. Maybe this will help? 
jk, it won't
jk, it won't
It's a Super Cup.
Or, as Pep would call it: A super super Super Cup.
I'd like to see him build a team before I judge him as manager. Like Mourinho has done, like Fergie did many times.
You know the minute he gets subbed that we will loose such matches. It just leaves you to guess how it happens this time - who shoots the goal (had to be the Lord) or who mishits the penalty.I think you Bayern fans need to get #NeverSubMueller trending. Maybe this will help?
jk, it won't
I do not believe that it has too much to do with his playing anymore - it is like Murphy's Law and everybody in the team seems to know that it will happen...
I do not understand Pep - does he want to dare the principle or does he want to educate Müller. You really see how he feels - it is not about substitutions because he does not have problems with it in other matches.
that's so alarming
Well, it's always been that way. The team overall just "works" better with Müller. His goalimpact ratio completely backs that up. No other player positively influences his team's goal difference more than Müller does.
where does he play now? right wing coming in centrally?
Under Pep more often closer to the centre (with a license to roam), either as second striker or just behind Lewandowski, sometimes even in front of him. Much like our entire matchplan, nobody really knows what's going on anymore.
Yes, this team works better with him - even when he plays on the 8. Defensively it does not matter - offensively it often does.
But - it is not only about his play.
He has a track record for this thing now. That a Götze does not change anything when subbed in for Müller - we had that a couple of times now. Robben never scored when Müller was off the pitch - we had that now sometimes, too. Damn can't he let Müller just on the pitch and substitute somebody else. His track record is known.
Neuer gave an interview to Sky England prior to the World Cup and told how important it is to have Müller on the pitch till the end in the final stages...
So basically all he has to on these occasions is to play Müller till the end and he refuses to do it. It definitely sounds like something Guardiola would do.
But... He... Did... With... Barc.. Nvm
A glorified pre season friendly is all these super cups and community shields are. Bayern lost on penalties too something surely the most bitter Pep hater can't blame him for. Does it make Mourinho a shite manager losing the 2007 CommunityShield 3-0 on penalties? I think not. These super cups/Community Shields are good if you win, but not the end of the world if you lose, nor the crystallisation that a manager is overrated in some people's minds.
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For some he will be over-rated until he comes to United.
I agree with what you're saying, but sadly in some peoples eyes, he'll forever be the man who struck it lucky
From a recent ESPN FC article from Honigsetin:
"The minuscule attention span of modern football has also resulted in people blanking out just how much of a washed-up, broken team Barca were in 2008 before Guardiola took over as a rookie. The dressing room was split, the main players spent their time off in nightclubs and the side looked like a pale imitation of the 2006 Champions League winners in subsequent European campaigns."
http://www.espnfc.com.au/blog/espn-...uardiola-battling-perception-at-bayern-munich
He got rid of deadwood and made two good signings in Pique and Alves, whilst promoting Busquets. But the most important parts of that side were already there.
Compare that to what Mourinho and Ferguson have done at different clubs -- the difference is evident. Knowing how to build (and rebuild) a side isn't something all managers are good at, even coaches who are excellent in other ways. I believe Guardiola is as good a coach as there is, but in terms of building a side from scratch and becoming competitive and successful, well he has never done that. His transfer record is actually quite dodgy.
I'd agree with the part I've bolded. As for the part underlined, I think you're referring to Xavi, Iniesta and Messi and while they were already there, they hadn't become the truly great players they then became. Messi may have still ended up as great as he has been.
City, City, City....
Not sure he will like the Tiger's weather.
Xavi and Iniesta (along with Puyol) had just played quite a vital part in Spain's Euro 2008 winning campaign (Xavi was named player of the tournament).
The spine of the team was there (Valdes, Abidal, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Eto'o, Henry) -- he added Alves, Pique, and Busquets.
Messi would have been this good regardless imo.