I wonder how many of those who were happy with a League Cup last season were pissing themselves laughing at united's "treble" under Mourinho.
Obviously the case but would the club accept the possibility of missing out on Champions Leagues games next season, this is no easy quick fix, you simply can't revitalise players running on empty.That is true.
We are 8 games into the season. Premature to conclude we are incapable of responding. The fact the club have just given pep a further 2 years suggests they believe we can.
Totally agree with what you say in terms of preparation, Pep's attention to detail is incredible, but in these circumstances it's impossible and will be probably be next season to and added to the fact of a major International tournament at the end of this season.
So a serious question, do we have to write off this season and maybe next season? With the extra possibility of missing the champions league qualification.
It really hasn't, teams played like klopp before Barca, teams played like Barca before barca,there is nothing new in football,klopp hasn't invented something new. You pick your style and you do it well. We aren't doing it well at the moment , Pep isn't blind he isn't stupid,it's difficult at the moment. He'll get things sorted and we'll start scoring and winning again.The game has seriously moved on from that wonderful Barca model.
Like it or not, the likes of Klopp have moved the goalposts, we now as a club have to repond.
Dont worry, York away is fun.He picks the team I get what your saying however if we have 5-6chamces to finish sitters and we don’t you surely can’t say oh he picked a shitty team. The players get immense wages to produce and they are not. Pep is very stubborn he does questionable stuff but a lot of the fault has to come on the players too. Some seem like they have no desire.
This is how I feel too. I honestly want a complete gutting of the midfield, but I know it won’t happen. Even Bernardo has to soon come into the sale category if there’s no sign of improvement. He’s giving us nothing, let’s be honest. He had so much credit in the bank but I don’t know how long he can rely on that.Think the next 2 years of Peps reign rests solely on The midfield getting a complete revamp
cut our loses on Rodri, get rid and replace him
replace Ferna he will be leaving in summer
ideally i’d get shut of Gundo too but doubt it will happen due to age and length of the contract
left back and striker need sorting as well but we’ve won the league with similar options
it’s midfield where the big drop off has come
It’s worrying though that the only 2 CM’s pep has signed are Gund and rodri, doesn’t bode well
I personally half worried they would build on it and become regular contenders.
Than our amazing season where they finishednsecond to us, and a knee jerk reaction from their board set them back a number of years.
The same could happen to us, how we, as a whole club, respond to liverpool's achievement last season could define the next few.
You could argue that, 3 times out of 5, staleness sets in.....see rags and the Arse. But both were successful for many years, as were eg pool under Shankley. So, I'm not sure there is a real pattern.Go on then, give us recent examples of successful teams with long serving managers. Because I can't think of any.
People might want a long term manager but we don't need one. There's no reason to think otherwise.
Edit: and Chelsea are the second most successful English club of the last decade after us.
not far off
You could argue that, 3 times out of 5, staleness sets in.....see rags and the Arse. But both were successful for many years, as were eg pool under Shankley. So, I'm not sure there is a real pattern.
Changing managers every 5 mins under Swales did us no good!
My bet is we have 3 or 4 under observation. The old european guard, a great cadre of coaches, are getting older. I hope we are looking at the younger guys.This can go either way. Pep gets his mojo back and we win the holy grail the owners want. Then he leaves and who do we replace him with.
Alternatively we get knocked out in the later stages of the Champions Lge and then miss out on top 6 place. Pep leaves and who do we replace him with.
I feel we've just kicked the can down the road. If we don't have a replacement already in view then that means we're asleep at the wheel.
I'd like to think we had a strategy in place but if the way we've let great players age without a replacement it does not bode well.
Take your blue tinted specs off pal. Pep has a fair way to go yet before he catches Fergie up. Many blues find it hard to accept how successful a manager he's been for some strange reason. Guardiola is nowhere near as successful as Ferguson at the moment.Pep Guardiola is the greatest manager in football history. Can't believe some blues want him out so we can replace him with someone who's greatest achievement is getting beat in a Champions League semi final....
Sterling?? Not yet I would say . Rest Absolutely.I'd be looking to replace Mahrez,Gundogan,Mendy,Zinchenko,Bernardo,StonesAguero and,if the right replacement was available,Sterling.
A couple of those can be done via the academy.