Well I do know Greenwood and his accuser/partner are still together and actually have 2 children together but I'm supposed to be all worked up over this?
You're ignoring one main point there Dom. Where have I said I want him? Or Maresca. I've made one response in terms of having them here and that is that Italian managers have done bits in the UK in the Prem era. Which they have.Of course, because an abused woman has never stayed with her abuser.
I tell you what, I'll send you the transcript in a PM because this is derailing the Guardiola performance thread, and then you can tell me how you'd like a guy who thinks that's fine be the public face of our club.
And he's not even won anything. And he fights with every owner he's worked with. Literally no chance he's even mentioned in the conversation when it's time to replace Pep.
You're ignoring one main point there Dom. Where have I said I want him? Or Maresca. I've made one response in terms of having them here and that is that Italian managers have done bits in the UK in the Prem era. Which they have.
Agree. That was my bad. That's why I "liked" your response to me even tho you were letting me have it a bit. I took a mea culpa but then you wanted to keep pounding me so I figured now I'm going to get my own back up. That's about the extent of it.I didn’t reply to you, I replied to someone advocating De Zerbi, by explaining why he’s never gonna be considered for the job. then you jumped in defending Maresca for some unknown reason.
You give them way too much credit. They will benefit for sure, but they have played zero part in it.And their have waited for City and Liverpool to collapse.
We could be worse with another manager.He’s 18 months left no way he’ll sign another extension and no way he turns this around in 18 months. It’s time to go and get someone else in fresh ideas may as well start now or at the latest end of may rather than being in this position or worse in 18 months.
What decent players will sign for us not knowing who their manager will be in 18 months cause pep is going
Yes, because that Leverkusen squad that whacked us last night was a juggernaut loaded with world class players that Pep couldn't possibly compete with considering the shit squad we have. On our own pitch no less. Ya gotta feel for Pep being asked to beat that Leverkusen team with our shit squad. How can any coach be expected to win important matches without having a top 5 player in the world at every position on the pitch. So unfair...We could be worse with another manager.
Recruitment is and has been poor. The club need to shake off the buy cheap make good players and buy 2/3 world class players in their position. How we go about this is anyone’s guess? seems hard to get the players we want so we buy next in line and unfortunately you will get duds. For every Alvarez you have 2 x sav/lewis type players.
Fix the recruitment and you win games. Tactics comes a distant second if you don’t buy what’s needed especially in a pep system. Football hasn’t moved on, the team had in the past amazing ball possession based players who made it tick.
Anyway, buy shit no matter who is in charge and you will get Inconsistent performances and that means losing games.
The club has become complacent and maybe that’s part of this journey but maybe it could have been avoided.
Or you’re just impatient and given time we will improve again.
It’s hardly like we’ve dropped into oblivion. We’re 2nd/3rd best team in the country.
100% get your point but I’d say there is slim to no chance pep stays after his two year extension so we will be looking for a new manager soon enough anyway. If pep was still tearing the PL and CL apart obviously there be no way I’d want change but maybe the summer is the best time to cut ties rather than drag out the inevitable another yearWe could be worse with another manager.
Recruitment is and has been poor. The club need to shake off the buy cheap make good players and buy 2/3 world class players in their position. How we go about this is anyone’s guess? seems hard to get the players we want so we buy next in line and unfortunately you will get duds. For every Alvarez you have 2 x sav/lewis type players.
Fix the recruitment and you win games. Tactics comes a distant second if you don’t buy what’s needed especially in a pep system. Football hasn’t moved on, the team had in the past amazing ball possession based players who made it tick.
Anyway, buy shit no matter who is in charge and you will get Inconsistent performances and that means losing games.
The club has become complacent and maybe that’s part of this journey but maybe it could have been avoided.
Pretty sure they know who they want after Pep!We're the most erratic / unpredictable team in the PL.
We've got the weakest squad we've had since the takeover.
The prospects of significant improvement this season are not high. Our current league position is almost totally reliant on Erling Haaland. Maintaining that position is probably 100% reliant on Haaland being fit / available for the remainder of the season.
We're stuck with too many substandard players on long and expensive contracts, most of whom will be near impossible to move on without incurring significant losses.
Pep is stale. Very stale. The club's current recruitment team already has a poor record, and the club hierarchy appears to have little or no succession plan in relation to Pep's impending departure.
All is not rosy by any means.
Defo that. I'm just thinking that's a given especially with Bernardo and Kova on their way out. But yes, get me that type of midfielder.
As an aside, I agree Reijnders is not great defensively regardless of that goal saving block he made in the box tracking back yesterday. But he is an excellent attacking 8. I have no idea why Pep keeps putting in some deeper roles when in reality he's closer to Foden in terms of profile than he is a six...
Pretty sure they know who they want after Pep!
If he Vinnie were a real manager, he’d take over Doncaster and bring them up, like Klopp would have.People think Kompany loves City so so so much so he will join to work under Soriano and weak recrutiment team under Viana. He is loving life in Bayern, zero reason to be here.
We haven't got a clue when it comes to the player transfer market. What makes you think the manager market will be any different??Pretty sure they know who they want after Pep!
Vinny is the main target I’m certain.Though they’ll have to pay hefty compensation to Bayern.I honestly doubt that they do. I wouldn't be at all surprised if they try to tempt him to stay by waving £30m a year at him.