Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

Pep is too good a manager to just give up on, but I do have a number of reservations at this point. I’m concerned that he needs a rest above all else. It can’t be easy managing at the level of intensity he does for so long, and he’s seven years out from his last sabbatical. If we don’t hit the ground running next season and Liverpool start pulling away early on like they did this season, then I’m quite certain that he would resign.
 
Uncle Wally One Ball said:
No he isnt but he is in charge of a squad of them with those monetary issues you describe attached to them. Many of thosr players will be wondering just why the fuck they were left benched in the most important game we have had this season. He fucked it up, and expect KDB and others to start rightfully kicking off about it once the dust settles
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I’m not saying he got it right yesterday I think the opposite in fact, I was addressing the whole running his contract down dribble. It would make no business sense to sack pep instead letting him see out his last year. Personally if I was in charge I’d be waiting to see if the hunger and intensity is there next season and would not be taking extension talks off the table before then.
 
Forgiven him for last night based on two reasons 1 He has plenty of credit in the bank 2 Who is currently available and better? but he has to extend his contract, without that he wont neccesary garner commitment and respect from the dressing room
 
Jonesyy91 said:
Would you rather sack him and pay the massive compensation? I’ve never heard anything like it, it’s not as if we could get a fee for him and therefore should sell him with a year left he’s not a player!
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Not looking to sack him but like I said the club is bigger than any individual i also believe that Pep is an honourable man, if the club said it’s not tenable to go into the season with only nine months left as the media will be all over you asking about your contract. He could sign a rolling contract extension with an secret agreement that it can be terminated by either side at the end of each season
 
Don't forget the players asked Pep to stop tinkering after the league defeat at Spurs pre-Covid, so there has already been pushback from the dressing room. Judging by Kev's face last night there's more to come, and rightly so.
 
Gordyola said:
Not looking to sack him but like I said the club is bigger than any individual i also believe that Pep is an honourable man, if the club said it’s not tenable to go into the season with only nine months left as the media will be all over you asking about your contract. He could sign a rolling contract extension with an secret agreement that it can be terminated by either side at the end of each season
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Yeah but that’s all based on assumptions that he would even entertain that, peps always been clear on fulfilling contracts I can’t see him signing a 3 year contract then leaving after a year because there was a break clause. So if that option won’t fly the only others are to sack him or see how next season goes with a renewal discussion on the table. Which would you rather take?
 
Oasis94 said:
Don't forget the players asked Pep to stop tinkering after the league defeat at Spurs pre-Covid, so there has already been pushback from the dressing room. Judging by Kev's face last night there's more to come, and rightly so.
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Pep has always said he intends to stay as long as the players want him too...I very much doubt the likes of KDB actually want him out. They realise he has just about more pull than any other manager for attracting top players and improving them. They have won everything with him bar the CL.
Once the dust has settled and there has been time for reflection I am confident they will still back the manager and be ready to go again.
 
Jonesyy91 said:
I’m not saying he got it right yesterday I think the opposite in fact, I was addressing the whole running his contract down dribble. It would make no business sense to sack pep instead letting him see out his last year. Personally if I was in charge I’d be waiting to see if the hunger and intensity is there next season and would not be taking extension talks off the table before then.
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My point is that it would make perfect business sense if he has lost the players
 
Oasis94 said:
Don't forget the players asked Pep to stop tinkering after the league defeat at Spurs pre-Covid, so there has already been pushback from the dressing room. Judging by Kev's face last night there's more to come, and rightly so.
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How do you know?
 
skyblues said:
How do you know?
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Widely reported by the journos that City actually trust (few and far between!!) like Mullock and Blackburn. Not by any means saying it was a mutiny, or that they wanted him out then or want him out now, it's just an example of their thoughts on his tactical unpredictability.
 
Tugay One Cup said:
What has he done since to show he was? He peaked in 2012 and his style of play only works when we actually win trophies because otherwise it was just insipid. Might have bought himself a bit more time if he wasn't an arsehole but he turned everyone against him.

People just get nostalgic because of what he won us at a time when we weren't winning anything. Oh and he had a pair of bollocks.
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Bobby Manc would have changed that formation after 25 minutes last night. He was not afraid to pull someone off in the first half, or even sub a sub. He would not have wasted an hour.

I don't want Pep to go, but he needs to stop messing with the line ups. This season, we made more changes to the starting eleven than any other team. One thing any great team needs is defensive stability and you build from there. Pep will totally change the full backs or the defence, even if they have had a great game previously. All the great teams in history have had a solid and stable defence. We chop and change every single week. Our best spells under Pep have been when we have had continuity in defence. Last seasons run in being a case in point. Pep is like a cricketer trying to bowl a different ball every delivery.
 
Burtonblue said:
Lost the players?
On the basis of last night plus the FA cup semi?
I think our players deserve a little more credit than that....
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Your quoting that in isolation doesnt take the context of it into account. I was in an exchange with someone else. It also says IF he has lost the players
 
Exeter Blue I am here said:
All true, but surely a better way of achieving the goal of nullifying Lyon’s counterattacking threat, would have been to keep Walker and Cancelo back alongside the centre halves, or include Walker in the back 3, not pick 3 chronically slow centre halves and then deploy 2 more equally immobile holding midfielders in front of them. It was a disaster from the start and the only man who seems not to have seen it coming is the one man who should have
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Well I would imagine Pep wanted Walkers pace to nullify the threat of the left wingback (Cornet) and I think, even with Walkers pace, if you choose not to run or mark as he did for the first goal he would not be ideal for centre half. Pep clearly does not fancy him there as with all the injury problems in that position he has never been utilised.

Your correct we do have a number of slow players in DM and CM. If thats an issue I think that is a recruitment question, not particular to last night.
 
Nightmare Walking said:
Bobby Manc would have changed that formation after 25 minutes last night.
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Oh please, the guy would have got it to 1-1 and brought Kev off for Otamendi.

Maybe we would have done better in the game last night given that he actually knew how to set up a defence instead of resorting to cramming it but chances are we wouldn't have made it past Real or out of the group stage.

I get the criticism of Pep and I agree with it but "Bobby Manc" wasn't a tactical genius and people seem to pretend he had less and less faults the further away we get from his reign. He was the right manager for us for a time and nothing more.
 
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