Pep. A better manager in Spanish than English?

[Ladybarn Blue .]

It is the way Pep says "Barm" .

 

[mancityvstoke]

What's Muffin in Spanish?

 

[Deleted member 77198]

What's Muffin in Spanish?

El choc chip

 

[mancityvstoke]

El choc chip

El Chip I'll go with

 

[Sir peace frog]

http://keepitonthedeck.com/blog/2017/6/13/pep-guardiola-the-worlds-most-sought-after-coach

cheers for that,ive bookmarked the page and will watch all the vids when ive got a bit more time

 

[hinchcliffes bulbous conk]

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...s-first-child-grief-and-the-joy-of-parenthood

Sad as fuck this, but confirms what Pep said to Harry Arter after the Bournemouth game. What strength from Arter, and credit to the class of Pep.

 

[CityAcrossThePond]

Read this interview with Dani Alves.

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...s-why-man-city-boss-pep-guardiola-is-a-genius

It fits the demonic intense genius image I had of Pep before he came. But I don't see it at press conferences. perhaps he is different with the players. At press conferences I think he struggles a little with the language. Perhaps it's the same with the English players, or do you think he does whatever it takes to get his point across?

Must be a bit of an obstacle for a manager to captivate and control his players when he has to do it in a different language?

Obviously not an insurmountable problem as he managed in Germany, and a 2nd year his English will be better.

Probably explains why so few English managers go abroad. They just can't communciate. We are so lucky. We don't have to learn another language when so many other people do, or maybe it holds people back not learning. The more skills you have and learning the better you can adapt. Somehow gone off topic!

I don't think it's language at all - Pep goes out of his way to learn the language of any team he manages.

Pep is a monomaniac - totally focused on football greatness - he does massively unprecedented things in terms of preparation - control of player diets/sleep time, film reviews, training, completely unafraid of any player and willing to drop them if it benefits the team, etc.

What's hampered Pep mostly in his first year at City are 2 things:

1) Pep has his style of play which he refuses to give up on - ball retention, attacking football, counterpress, play-it-from-the-back, etc. This style demands a fit squad to press for the full 90 and highly skilled players with great ball control skills and passing at every position; Pep won't compromise on this style of play.
2) Pep took over a squad that was aging, and was far from skilled on the ball at every position. The squad he inherited couldn't press for the full 90, couldn't retain the ball as he wanted, and was unfamiliar with his methods.

Pep did as well as I expected given the squad he inherited.

The upcoming season is the real test for Pep in the PL IMO - next year he'll have had the chance to completely revamp the squad to his liking.