If he gets some of the injured players back and they stay fit especially in defence, the results better improve because he can't do that bad with these players.What i can't fathom is that everyone hails Pep as a genius but yet he couldn't see what was eventually coming with a squad full of aging players.
I think he's done personally.
We will continue to drop points form now until Jan/Feb, where eventually an agreement will be reached between him and the board where he will depart ways. And we will all look back and say he should have gone around Christmas time.
Could any one of you idiots please explain why, with the disruption of all the injuries and the limited availability of replacements, for whatever reason, you expect any difference now than you expected at the start of this bad run?First time I've seriously seriously doubted him for about three years. Really really hope this isn't it.
Not that long, Mourinho was obviously past it after his tenure at the rags.A decade.
Think today it was the attitude of the team and delay of subs after half time. Was clear as day that players were running on fumes and United were in the ascendancyNeeds to do something different though. Constantly expecting the same players to play differently is infuriating.
Last 7 prem games LLLLWDL
4 pts
GF 7
GA 14
Pep was never interested in the England jobThat is not 115. 115 has been there for 2 years now. If Amorin had concerns he would not be on the list.
Pep stayed because he could not get Brazil or England national team offer. They could not offer the wage.
Garbage. You're not telling me the best manager in world football couldn't command a top post if he really wanted one. And of you waved a big enough cheque and a get-out clause at Amorin you would have got him had you wanted him.That is not 115. 115 has been there for 2 years now. If Amorin had concerns he would not be on the list.
Pep stayed because he could not get Brazil or England national team offer. They could not offer the wage.
I think that’s unfair. This team is fucked. Proper fucked. Everyone is miles off it both form, physical and mental. The players are good enough to be top 3 piss easy but have absolutely nothing in the tank.If he turns this around after blowing a fortune in Jan would that confirm other fans view that he is only a cheque book manager?
I expected things to be bad but not this bad, there is absolutely no way in hell the avalaible players should be losing to Juventus on Wednesday let alone to this crap rag team, no way we should blow a 3 goal lead against Feyenoord, no way we should be conceding 4 against bang average sides like Spurs and Sporting, if only some of those results happened fine, we've seen that even with the best City sides, but they shouldn't all happen in a month's time.Could any one of you idiots please explain why, with the disruption of all the injuries and the limited availability of replacements, for whatever reason, you expect any difference now than you expected at the start of this bad run?
Or if you should be sacked after a few bad weeks - with mitigating circumstances - after giving the best years of your career to your current firm? Or how you expect world class players to sign up if we're going to toss them out with the waste when we're done with them? We won the title just a few months ago FFS, not 5 years ago.
The fact that so few of you seem to be capable of understanding any of this explains why Pep's a world class football coach and you're not. We're 5th in the table, not 15th. Get a fucking grip. If the team capitulated as badly as most of you lot we'd be bottom by now.
we're going through a totally understandable bad patch
For the record I am very much Pep in, and totally agree a bad patch were coming. But calling this a totally understandable bad patch is selling the situation short. 1 win in eleven, and the type of losses and performances is a genuine crisisGarbage. You're not telling me the best manager in world football couldn't command a top post if he really wanted one. And of you waved a big enough cheque and a get-out clause at Amorin you would have got him had you wanted him.
City's board didn't because they know better than you lot and have proved it for over a decade. Unlike you lot they're not about to fall apart and panic just because we're going through a totally understandable bad patch, and by the way, that's all it is, not the apocalypse.
But it doesn't matter that hes the best manager ever. A title like that is a result of an entire career. In the moment, hes not able to turn this ship around. As counterintuitive as it sounds, a worse manager would be more beneficial for this team.How can you improve on the best manager ever .we're shit at the moment.
And some is on him.
But swap him.
Question him.
Not me mate..in pep we trust..and if he doesn't turn it round we still owe him nothing.
And we never turn on him.
We will always be grateful for what he's done
Do you support both Madrid and City?But it doesn't matter that hes the best manager ever. A title like that is a result of an entire career. In the moment, hes not able to turn this ship around. As counterintuitive as it sounds, a worse manager would be more beneficial for this team.
I am also firmly in the Ancelotti fuera camp for Madrid, which is still a minority among us, precisely because of his trophy cabinet. But that doesn't matter, when you're not able to implement your ideas on the pitch, or if you don't have any, best thing you can do is leave it to someone else.
Half a season of bad results is more than enough time for big clubs like City and Madrid. Just leave and the shroud will be lifted. You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
Exactly, we mocked Klopp when Van Dijk got injured and used that as an excuse for a poor season, can't have it both ways, the players available should be doing far better than they currently are.And Juve and Rag have more injuries.
more than half of PL teams have more injuries and their managers don't cry loud about it every single interview.
Before anyone mentions Rodri, if a manager build a team of millions around ONE SINGLE player it is bad management. You don't do that even running a Tesco Express.
If he turns this around after blowing a fortune in Jan would that confirm other fans view that he is only a cheque book manager?
Have you seen a cheque book manager revolutionising football? Two of the managers that can win the title this season worked with him at City. Arteta finished above Klopp two seasons in a row, Chelsea are great this season. Another of his disciples manages Bayern and is doing really well.
Many oppo fans won't recognise Pep as the best no matter what. They will always label him a cheque book manager. Should we care about that, though?
Kompany isn't doing really well, he is doing the least he should do.