Pep Guardiola - 2021/22 Performances

[Craig]

Raz & Jesus are known to score late goals the ones we had on missed everything

Neither are exactly clinical and the one who missed our 2 absolute sitters was Bernie not one of the front 3

 

[Blu1]

Nothing but stubbornness

Maybe he will show it to the players, that ur in my XI and as you didn't get the result needed, u won't be playing the next game. May see it applied to foden / Bernardo / Rodri

0 in game management, for a celebrated manager is dissapointing

Stubbornness is peps biggest weakness sadly & it pops up in games like this

 

[yankblue]

No subs is frustrating but that's just Pep. Not exactly like there were loads of goals on the bench either.

It's all a moot point if just one of the half dozen sitters were finished.

 

[01cravend]

Whoever plays there basically struggles and sacrifices themselves for the team. Such a waste when it’s a player as talented as Foden though

Others usually drop deep to get involved, Phil instead played on the shoulder of a deep line and tried nothing else. 24 touches of the ball.

 

[clarion]

Stubbornness is peps biggest weakness sadly & it pops up in games like this

Yes
Weakness.

 

[Craig]

Others usually drop deep to get involved, Phil instead played on the shoulder of a deep line and tried nothing else. 24 touches of the ball.

Not much point dropping when you’ve got about 5 there already and it’s that crowded. Somebody has to be in the box even if that someone is about 5 foot 8. He’s beyond wasted up there.

 

[DATOIA]

Truth is that we still miss Rodri-Bernardo-Gundo midfield, that's the best one Pep can choose..

But with that midfield you have to bench Mahrez or Foden or Grealish or KDB and all of them are undroppable..

Maybe it's logical to bench Grealish and return last year's line-up with Foden-KDB-Mahrez as the attackers and Bernardo-Gundo-Rodri midfield, but Jack is too good to be dropped and today he showed it..

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Hm... but as Pep chooses to play Bernardo as LCM, that's the easy one.. Just drop Bernardo and try this one:

----------------Rodri----------------
-----KDB------------------Gundo---
-Mahrez-------Foden------Jack---

 

[King Jay]

0 substitutions

Unbelievable

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Truth is that we still miss Rodri-Bernardo-Gundo midfield, that's the best one Pep can choose..

But with that midfield you have to bench Mahrez or Foden or Grealish or KDB and all of them are undroppable..

Maybe it's logical to bench Grealish and return last year's line-up with Foden-KDB-Mahrez as the attackers and Bernardo-Gundo-Rodri midfield, but Jack is too good to be dropped and today he showed it..

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Hm... but as Pep chooses to play Bernardo as LCM, that's the easy one.. Just drop Bernardo and try this one:

----------------Rodri----------------
-----KDB------------------Gundo---
-Mahrez-------Foden------Jack---

What has Grealish done to make him "undroppable"?

Drop Bernardo and leave the "undroppable" Jack?

Dude might be your Mancrush but we are talking football here.

 

[01cravend]

Not much point dropping when you’ve got about 5 there already and it’s that crowded. Somebody has to be in the box even if that someone is about 5 foot 8. He’s beyond wasted up there.

It's meant to help create space for the wide men. Allow them to come inside and give the fullbacks space outwide. Works for the dippers.

 

[Blu1]

We have not been flowing at our best for weeks now even when we win. We have been taking too many touches & sloppy with passing since Xmas.

We miss at least 1 top striker & back up striker. These chances missed every week are putting so much pressure on the entire team.

be sad if we don’t take the league & champs league as we are ahead of most teams but they all have top strikers. I fear it will be the difference

 

[Craig]

It's meant to help create space for the wide men. Allow them to come inside and give the fullbacks space outwide. Works for the dippers.

Mate, have you seen how quick their wide men are when they come inside? Also helps when one is probably the best player in the world at the moment. Mahrez and Grealish don’t have the kind of pace to do that and they also have fullbacks that can get to the byline like wingers.

 

[trumpton]

Basically played with 10 men with Phil yet Pep has left him on all game. Actually mental, his lack of in game management is the big part of the reason we have probably blown an 8 point lead in 7 games. Pathetic.

As I posted in the post match thread.

Played with 10, as you put it, to shoehorn Grealish into Phil's position to justify spunking the transfer fee on him.

Fuck Grealish off and get Phil on the left where he is most productive. Phil touched the ball twice in the first 20 minutes playing out of position to justify the selection of the no trick pony on the left.

Harsh, yes, but not seen enough in seven months to justify both the price tag, a place in the starting 11 and forcing a better option into an unnatural role!

 

[Lalaie]

Who would have thought that not embedding Delap into this team last season in place of Gabriel, when we desperately needed a striker, would come back to bite us?

We have got a 27-year-old youngster who will never be good enough to lead the front line, another one who doesn't want to play as a striker, yet still we sold Ferran to Barcelona.

Pep is a world class manager but sometimes you need guys like Rummenigge to keep him in check. 100 million pounds on Grealish, 50 plus for Rodri rather than going for someone similar in the mould of Fernandinho, deliberately phased out pace from this team, which led to ultra reliance on midfielders and now they are burned out at a crucial stage of the season. Let's hope we won't bottle it.

 

[Postman Pep]

Who would have thought that not embedding Delap into this team last season in place of Gabriel, when we desperately needed a striker, would come back to bite us?

Is the answer nobody?

 

[Trojan1962]

Bernardo except that RCM position is shite and always will be..

I'm biggest fan of Bernardo, but truth is truth..

Gundo is better LCM and should play there..

Bernardo shite Ive fucking heard it all now. Someone who is a fan of Bernardo doesn’t call him shite

 

[Damanino]

well the bogey team Soton away coming up this weekend in the cup. the one against Pep couldnt get 1 goal scored with City this season.

lets hope he learnt what went wrong vs Soton in the two games this season.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

well the bogey team Soton away coming up this weekend in the cup. the one against Pep couldnt get 1 goal scored with City this season.

lets hope he learnt what went wrong vs Soton in the two games this season.

Indeed. 3 points off Palace, Southampton and Spurs. With our record against the top sides we really should be 10
Points clear!

 

[DATOIA]

Bernardo shite Ive fucking heard it all now. Someone who is a fan of Bernardo doesn’t call him shite

If you play Ederson as a DM - he will be shite as well or KDB as centre back :D

Truth is that Bernardo never delivers his end-product when he plays outside his favorite position and that's RCM.

It's not a coincidence that he plays his best football when KDB is injured, because that's when he gets the chance to play RCM. Then KDB returns and Pep uses him as winger or False 9 or LCM and his level drops significantly.

That's the fact guys and I have become expert in these topics, so just trust me.

You either play Bernardo where he belongs or he should be dropped.

Remember how good he was in November-December period ? That's because he always played RCM.
Then KDB returned, Pep moved him and his form dropped.

Sad reality, but that's the 10000% truth..

Just look at these highlights and check -> 95% happens when he plays as a RCM... not as LCM, not as Winger, not as False 9, but that FUCKING RCM position.. Why there are not as much highlights from other positions ? because he can't play there.. :D

 

[Lalaie]

Is the answer nobody?

Certainly not, his performances in EDS didn't go unnotice as Dortmund tried to poach him away last window.