Pep is simply the best coach in world football by a mile. The owners will not fall for this latest crap being peddled that he is a failure because he hasn't won the CL or that he's a failure because he's only ever won it with Messi and will do everything they can to keep him at City for as long as possible. I hope they succeed.
if it was Pochitino not winning a thing after 5 years, then maybe i would agree. but this guy is a trophy winning machine. there aren't that many around, if you hadn't noticed.5 years is enough, he has done enough for this club. He has given this team an identity, made them better, changed the club culture, but ultimately, for City to move forward, they need to step up in Europe, and good as he is, maybe he just isn't the man to carry them forward season after.
Replacing him won't be as tough as some are making it out to be. Just need to make sure the decision isn't rushed and everyone is on board.
Why do we have no "Laugh at the lunatic" emojis on this new site? Definite oversight, @Ric5 years is enough, he has done enough for this club. He has given this team an identity, made them better, changed the club culture, but ultimately, for City to move forward, they need to step up in Europe, and good as he is, maybe he just isn't the man to carry them forward season after.
Replacing him won't be as tough as some are making it out to be. Just need to make sure the decision isn't rushed and everyone is on board.
When you say “them”, don’t you mean “us”?5 years is enough, he has done enough for this club. He has given this team an identity, made them better, changed the club culture, but ultimately, for City to move forward, they need to step up in Europe, and good as he is, maybe he just isn't the man to carry them forward season after.
Replacing him won't be as tough as some are making it out to be. Just need to make sure the decision isn't rushed and everyone is on board.
Why, why down?After Pep the only way is down and/or a gamble on a younger coach. Either way, we should try and keep him for as long as possible.
If you're taking Poch over Pep it's time to call it a day. Maybe take up fishing or something.
There’s a reason the biggest and best jobs in world football get offered to Pep and why Poch has been unemployed since leaving Spurs.Until Poch is given the same resources as Pep it will be impossible to know whether he can compete at the highest level.
I also highly doubt Pep could have done as good a job at Spurs as Poch did.
Maybe, but with Pep it feels different.Why, why down?
We have one of the finest squad of players in world football, magnificent training facilities, an incredibly ambitious owner, becoming the manager/coach of Manchester City FC is a dream for 99.9% of the managers in the world.
Pep Guardiola is one the finest managers of his generation but there will be life after Pep, and there will be further success.
We have just said goodbye to the clubs finest player in David Silva, but we carry on, and we now possibly have the pleasure of one of our own taking that mantle in the coming years in Phil Foden.
It took time for Bayern to get over him leaving but look now, quickly evolving into a young, exciting side.Maybe, but with Pep it feels different.
Pep's the once in a generation manager, one of the all time greats. This may seem contentious but he's a better manager than any of our players are as players (barring maybe KDB). Replacing Pep will be like United trying to replace Ferguson or Real Madrid trying to replace Ronaldo (the recent one). You can get someone in who's actually really good, but it's highly unlikely they'll have the overall impact and quality of the previous incumbent. And unlike with players, there's not exactly a large pool of top managers to bring in and if they don't work out it's much harder to just get someone else like with a player.
There's a very good chance that whoever comes in after Pep won't reach the highs he achieved. HOWEVER that's not necessarily an awful thing. The next guy could still be absolutely high quality and still achieve great things for us. Luis Enrique never hit the highs Pep did at Barcelona but he still did phenomenally well there.
True. I think the long term goal is for the effect of Pep to leave a side in place that's predisposed for greatness, as opposed to Ferguson who left a very leaky ship behind. That way we can have a run of not necessarily perfect managers and yet get back up eventually when we find the right one, like Bayern with Flick.It took time for Bayern to get over him leaving but look now, quickly evolving into a young, exciting side.
Yes nearly winning things is quite a good achievementUntil Poch is given the same resources as Pep it will be impossible to know whether he can compete at the highest level.
I also highly doubt Pep could have done as good a job at Spurs as Poch did.
There’s a reason the biggest and best jobs in world football get offered to Pep and why Poch has been unemployed since leaving Spurs.
Also, what exactly did he do which Pep couldn’t replicate bar a CL final where they shit the bed?
I just find the argument that Poch hasn’t won anything to be lazy
There’s a reason the biggest and best jobs in world football get offered to Pep and why Poch has been unemployed since leaving Spurs.
Also, what exactly did he do which Pep couldn’t replicate bar a CL final where they shit the bed?
Be interesting to see if the 'City project' is agile enough to evolve and move with the times. If we keep falling short in Europe will we still appoint future managers based on the Barca Lite preference for a specific style of football.My preference would be Nagelsmann, his tactics seem to fit with the philosophy of the City project.