If you want to be critical of Pep, do not hide behind someone else's argument.Oh I agree with that, but sadly that's modern human nature, to kick a man when he's down. But I don't think Capello was doing that. He's also a CL winning manager, so he has more right to an opinion that many of the hacks do. I guess his views come from the fact that he and Pep have very different ideologies regarding how the game should be played and how players should be managed.
Personally I don't think it shows much class critisicing fellow managers, and I don't think you'll ever see Pep doing that, but he's still entitled to an opinion I guess
Apologies for being pedantic but he's got the best win ratio of all time for England.
Don't agree with him by the way.
No it doesn't, but there is a question as to whether Pep is still the right manager. The number of mistakes he has made this season is alarming, as is the lack of commitment from the players in an important game.Watching us this past 9 years has been pretty amazing. Yesterday's game has no bearing on that.
It was an interview from last week, and he was asked about many things.Why didn’t Capello come out with these quotes at the end of last season or the season before if he genuinely thinks that
I would have took this season in return for the trophies we have won over the last three seasons.That Madrid game was to me when the pep era peaked. We were incredible that game. The noise in the ground, the hunger and desire from the players and fans. Everything just fell into place and we were magnificent.
Let’s not forget in the two finals v United and inter we barely got over the line. In one gundogan scored a couple of brilliant goals and in the other we rode our luck, struggled to break inter down and owe lukaku for missing a sitter.
Since then we have lost quality players due to sales or ageing. Mahrez couldn’t even get in that team yet he single handily won us the semi v Sheffield United and would win us games through his brilliance. Gundogan, Kdb and Bernardo have aged and all regressed, haaland had a freak season and hasn’t hit those numbers since, stones, ake are both injury prone and akanji also can’t stay fit. Walker has gone and he would single handily nullify mbappe and Vinicius in games.
The following season we won the league but we weren’t brilliant. We won many tight games. When it mattered we couldn’t break down Madrid and ended up going out on pens and lost to United in the fa cup final. That’s a clear regression from the season before. The reason for this imo is the sales of mahrez (he wasn’t replaced) & haaland wasn’t as prolific. We won the league mainly due to Rodri, foden and Alvarez.
This season we have taken another step back. Kdb, Bernardo and Gundo are all older and can’t win games for us, foden has seemingly fallen off a cliff and Alvarez left. Rodri getting injured was obviously a big issue but I doubt he alone would make a huge difference.
Since the Madrid game the team has been declining imo
We've had one bad year after 4 titles in a row.No it doesn't, but there is a question as to whether Pep is still the right manager. The number of mistakes he has made this season is alarming, as is the lack of commitment from the players in an important game.
We have just bought Marmoush. That was a transfer for this season. Why was he on the bench? There are so many questions you could raise about Pep this season. I am beginning to think that Pep's time at City might be coming to an end. I haven't made up my mind but I am watching other matches and looking at the player commitment and wondering why we don't see that at City. Perhaps the entire City squad needs a rest after an unprecedented period of success? I am unsure of my opinion at the moment, but I am not impressed when Pep goes into a press conference and defends a poor performance. It suggests to me that he is lost and overall I feel a disconnect between players, the coach, and the fans. The game at Bournemouth is very important.
Yeah but that's also why he's won stuffSo you disagree that Pep hasn't thrown away some of our biggest games by overthinking and trying to be too clever?
TrueAllardyce does actually ;)
Overall, I am too for the moment but it's a watching brief. It always is.We've had one bad year after 4 titles in a row.
I'm happy to give pep the chance to put things right.
"Why are you going to watch 90 minutes of passes and horizontal passes without fighting, without running." - This pretty much sums up yesterday's game
Ah that old stand by gets pulled out again. pep thinks deeply about every single game , it’s brought all the trophies it’s brought. On the occasions it hasn’t worked all of a sudden he’s just over thought that one game. It’s total bollocks. He thinks every game it’s who he is you take the rough with the smooth. There is more smooth than rough deal with, or don’t it’s you’re problem.Starting Rodri AND Fernindinho on bench for gondog in final vrs Chelski was definately a massive fuk up
He has just turned 26 and is partly for this season as attacking cover and partly for the future. When we bought Mahrez at a similar age it took a season to integrate him into the team.We have just bought Marmoush. That was a transfer for this season. Why was he on the bench? There are so many questions you could raise about Pep this season.
So was Mourinho for a time. Brian Clough failed at the end, possibly due to health reasons. Pep has made a huge number of mistakes this season, and the lack of commitment from the players in the 2nd half at Forest was alarming. The list of question marks against Pep grows bigger with every passing week. To his credit Khusanov is a huge success but then I could ask why is Marmoush on the bench? The creative midfielders are invisible such that the only inroads that City make against opposing sides are down the wings, and they are easily contained (Liverpool, Forest).Nope. Pep is the best in the business and the best in recent generations and nothing will change my opinion on that or him regardless of how this season has panned out.
We are a disjointed side, and everyone knows the reasons., we half way through rebuilding the side, of course it’s isn’t all working smoothly. We will finish the rebuild over the summer, and see a new team start to grow together next season.So was Mourinho for a time. Brian Clough failed at the end, possibly due to health reasons. Pep has made a huge number of mistakes this season, and the lack of commitment from the players in the 2nd half at Forest was alarming. The list of question marks against Pep grows bigger with every passing week. To his credit Khusanov is a huge success but then I could ask why is Marmoush on the bench? The creative midfielders are invisible such that the only inroads that City make against opposing sides are down the wings, and they are easily contained (Liverpool, Forest).
We look a very disjointed side.