Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[Don Karleone]

His tactics now are keep it tight for as long as you can and try to nick it in the last 20 minutes, we saw it against the rags, Everton, and Villa with some success, but doing it against Southampton is pathetic even if we won.

Relegation tactics, awesome. I agree with you btw.

 

[samuelyeboah]

fight with the missus again? Otherwise i dont know what the hell that was

 

[MillisleBlue]

Desperately needs to take a break from football.

 

[Chak19]

Relegation tactics, awesome. I agree with you btw.

I don't disagree with these tactics overall, he probably should've used them more frequently during the horror run in November and December and we might've clinched CL already, but use it against Southampton ? come on.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

I really don’t like his cowardly approach to the game. Could you have ever imagined being bored by a Pep side after watching us in 2017/18? I can honestly say, that if I wasn’t a blue, I wouldn’t watch us…it is that bad. We are fucking awful on the eye.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

The same people that said every lineup we picked for the games we ended up winning was disastrous, are now saying the lineup for this game we didn't win was disastrous... forgive me if I don't take your word for it. The players on that pitch were more than good enough to perform and simply didn't do it.

 

[mexico1970]

Is this the new Pep Out thread?

 

[Bluewonder]

The usual wankers and thickos are back. Funny how quiet this thread was when we qualified for the Cup final and won 4 league games on the trot.

 

[King Jay]

The same people that said every lineup we picked for the games we ended up winning was disastrous, are now saying the lineup for this game we didn't win was disastrous... forgive me if I don't take your word for it. The players on that pitch were more than good enough to perform and simply didn't do it.

kdb and Bernardo didn’t play good. He didn’t switch them out. Also KDB hasn’t been good in some games . Just because Doku got an assist there and Nunes scored a 94th winner doesn’t mean that the squad was good. Also pep refused to use fullbacks while not using wingers either. When I saw Foden - KDB - McAtee it reminded me of the United game right away . It doesn’t matter how good some players are. Bernardo, KDB and Foden will play regardless even when they offer nothing

 

[ZoneMCRR6]

I get the team selection criticisms but ultimately that starting 11 should still be beating Southampton

 

[01282]

He’s one stubborn fucker who won’t evolve nor come up with a plan B.

 

[Don Karleone]

The same people that said every lineup we picked for the games we ended up winning was disastrous, are now saying the lineup for this game we didn't win was disastrous... forgive me if I don't take your word for it. The players on that pitch were more than good enough to perform and simply didn't do it.

So change it earlier when it obviously wasn't working.

 

[ninjamonkey]

All on him yet again. Nobody can convince me that squad today shouldn't be smashing Southampton, they didn't because of the instructions pep is giving, the players are doing what he wants, what he wants is the issue and anybody thinking some potential massive squad overhaul in thr summer is going to change our fortunes has their head in the sand where identifying the real problem is concerned.

 

[bitterblue78]

Has he come out with I'm so so happy with the performance

 

[Bluewonder]

All on him yet again. Nobody can convince me that squad today shouldn't be smashing Southampton, they didn't because of the instructions pep is giving, the players are doing what he wants, what he wants is the issue and anybody thinking some potential massive squad overhaul in thr summer is going to change our fortunes has their head in the sand where identifying the real problem is concerned.

Yes, it's the fault of the guy who's won 12 league titles in 16 seasons, not the fault of the old players who can't fucking run anymore.

 

[King Jay]

Yes, it's the fault of the guy who's won 12 league titles in 16 seasons, not the fault of the old players who can't fucking run anymore.

He refused to bring on our 70M striker for 85minutes.

 

[blue moony]

Had a horrific season ....

 

[Goater=Legend]

The same people that said every lineup we picked for the games we ended up winning was disastrous, are now saying the lineup for this game we didn't win was disastrous... forgive me if I don't take your word for it. The players on that pitch were more than good enough to perform and simply didn't do it.

The reality is we've not been playing well even before this game, we've just managed to get over the line by a couple of goals or one.

 

[Damanino]

our style of play becoming slower and slower and more risk averse. this is due to shit recruitment but also because Pep wants this.

we dont just need few new transfers, we need complete reset tactically.

it would be ugly what Barca or PSG would to to us in CL later stages currently and thats what we need to aim for. we dropped so quick since 21-22 and 22-23 to where we are now.

being scared and slow in possession need to stop.

 

[pbueno16]

Yes, it's the fault of the guy who's won 12 league titles in 16 seasons, not the fault of the old players who can't fucking run anymore.

It is the fault of the guy who keeps picking the old players game after game. How in the hell is Marmoush only coming onto the pitch after 85 minutes with the form he's been in? How are Foden, Bernardo and de Bruyne even starting with the form they've been in all season?

We should've been putting one of the worst PL teams in history to the sword and we gave them a clean sheet!