It seems that he is having a bit of a struggle at the moment, I don't know what it is but it reminds me of that period in covid when he said that he didn't like his team. He will sort it out, whatever it is. Anybody that wants him gone is a bit silly in my humble opinion. All a bit knee jerk.He is coming under a lot of “friendly fire” atm. The rumblings on a few threads would rather have him replaced. Don’t know the posters and couldn’t be bothered reading their shite
Let's have the Phil back that was skinning fullbacks, release the handbrake .I agree with every word of this other than Grealish having plenty of pace.
To be fair, Pep is likely to be remembered as one of the top ten football managers of all time, and if you took a poll of other managers today, it's likely he'd be voted the best in the world. Your post suggested he always gets his tactics wrong.ya right pep is the only one who can understand football.
To a level far greater than mostya right pep is the only one who can understand football.
He can understand it far better than any of us and if you can't understand that simple fact then your opinions will be skewed. I don't always agree with him but I do understand the chances are exteremely high over 99% he's right and I'm wrong, and he'd be an idiot if he listened to my opinion. Simple fact is he's the best around and if any of us knew better we wouldn't be sat wasting our time on a football forum.ya right pep is the only one who can understand football.
or he is simply facing the reality of not having the pace of sane and sterling available to him.The quote from Pep tells me of a bit of irritation at the whining from fans for the "good old days" of Sane blowing down the wing. Pretty clear Pep thinks people are remembering that through rose-tinted glasses. If he wanted that approach again, he'd be instructing the team to play that way. Grealish and Foden both have plenty of pace if instructed to play differently, but they're clearly both being instructed to focus on ball retention and control. Unfortunately lack of an overlapping LB (which the club failed to buy last summer) therefore makes their job very difficult.
nah not true disagree. many coaches in grassroot or even some pundits can understand tactics as good as or even better than top most coaches. the difference is managing or coaching a team is not only about tactics. in that sense pep is the best manager/coach in the business. but to say he understands tactics better than anyone at all times is not true. many people on the outside of football can analyze the game better than pep I bet.He can understand it far better than any of us and if you can't understand that simple fact then your opinions will be skewed. I don't always agree with him but I do understand the chances are exteremely high over 99% he's right and I'm wrong, and he'd be an idiot if he listened to my opinion. Simple fact is he's the best around and if any of us knew better we wouldn't be sat wasting our time on a football forum.
to say he understands tactics better than anyone at all times is not true. many people on the outside of football can analyze the game better than pep I bet.
He most certainly doesn't have plenty of pace.Grealish has plenty of pace, he's just not allowed to use it with the way Pep wants him to play. Pep has moved to wanting his wingers to focus on control above all else.
hmmmmm.....nah not true disagree. many coaches in grassroot or even some pundits can understand tactics as good as or even better than top most coaches. the difference is managing or coaching a team is not only about tactics. in that sense pep is the best manager/coach in the business. but to say he understands tactics better than anyone at all times is not true. many people on the outside of football can analyze the game better than pep I bet.
Grealish has no pace mate. . No one in this team does (except haaland and Alvarez maybe) that's why "good old memories"..Grealish has plenty of pace, he's just not allowed to use it with the way Pep wants him to play. Pep has moved to wanting his wingers to focus on control above all else.
The fact it didn't cost us. Shows how poor Chelsea areWhat he asked of Rodri last night is up there with his decisions in the CL final for me.
Rodri is a class footballer, but thanks to the poor recruiting of his cover, he’s invaluable and Pep then decides to stretch him to his limits and ask more of him. The first half was such a bizarre tactical approach. Could and should have cost us last night.
Everything about that first half was wrong. Hopefully we never see it again.
No, otherwise they wouldn't be outside the gamenah not true disagree. many coaches in grassroot or even some pundits can understand tactics as good as or even better than top most coaches. the difference is managing or coaching a team is not only about tactics. in that sense pep is the best manager/coach in the business. but to say he understands tactics better than anyone at all times is not true. many people on the outside of football can analyze the game better than pep I bet.