Pep Guardiola - 2025/26

[Jonas.shaffer]

The buck stops 100% with Pep. It's all on him.

So, the players deserve zero criticism?

 

[borassic]

Something is clearly going wrong in the second half of matches. I’m not sure if it’s the team talk or that we don’t react to other teams change of shape, regardless of what it is, it’s not fucking good enough and the buck stops with Pep.

 

[richards30]

Something is clearly going wrong in the second half of matches. I’m not sure if it’s the team talk or that we don’t react to other teams change of shape, regardless of what it is, it’s not fucking good enough and the buck stops with Pep.

I wonder if he kicks off in the changing room and many of this group can’t handle it like the likes of KDB, Gundo etc could and use it to fuel themselves

 

[madloaf]

Pep could finish 8th this year and I wouldn’t call for his head
He can leave when he wants

All I know is when he leaves we become the next Chelsea. Maresca or someone inferior comes in for a year then we chop and change managers every season and won’t get near winning a title for a while.

Spoilt self entitled fans need to think carefully

What if he finishes 8th next year as well? Genuine question.

 

[jprkas]

Football cycles always come to an end none of us imagined for one minute thought Pep would still be here 10 down the line, maybe his time here is coming to an end who knows and who comes in to hopefully take us on another fantastic journey that Pep has taken us all on.

Here, Here, We live in hope. Pep looks tired just like Klopp said he was when he packed it in.

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

What if he finishes 8th next year as well? Genuine question.

He’s enough credit in the bank

 

[madloaf]

He’s enough credit in the bank

Again serious question, is there ever a time when you would want him to leave?

 

[Metal Biker]

Been patient for two years, hoping to see some spark that he can turn things around, a renaissance of sorts.

But he's looking increasingly set in his ways, refusing to change and picking his favourites that keep letting him down. I fear we've seen the best of him, and if we want to keep him, we as fans may have to start lowering our expectations of what he can further bring to the club.

 

[Blue Bogey]

The club needs a manager with fresh ideas.

Peps head is somewhere else. Let’s hope he can motivate himself and the team to win a trophy by end of season and he can leave on a high.

When we are winning he criticises players. When the players are struggling like we were in the 2nd half he loses his passion and folds his arms and says nothing. Then post match he states the team played well.

 

[TFC]

We're ready for a change. I can handle drawing, I can handle losing, what I have a really hard time with is the the half hearted shite we are churning out on the park at the moment. Against teams we are more than capable of beating comfortably. The effort level is pitiful and it isn't getting any better.

 

[Lavinda Past]

So, the players deserve zero criticism?

Responsibility for everything on the pitch ultimately lies with the coach.

It may well be unfair sometimes, but that's just the way it is in football.

 

[Dazzle84]

The team doesnt look like it's being coached. He doesnt react the changes made by the other team. The football is dogshit and nothing ever seems to change. Second halves have been bad for a long time but today was disgraceful.

The coaching thing is stark to me. It's actually unbelievable that a team of his looks so bereft of ideas

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Pep could finish 8th this year and I wouldn’t call for his head
He can leave when he wants

All I know is when he leaves we become the next Chelsea. Maresca or someone inferior comes in for a year then we chop and change managers every season and won’t get near winning a title for a while.

Spoilt self entitled fans need to think carefully

Moronic post

 

[Ajm1985]

Second half was pish for too long and his subs, as ever, are after the tide has turned and we are chasing to arrest the momentum.

First half was fine - only issues were those of the players making, with slipping, poor passing etc. Second half, we just became dogshit, didn't react and had zero energy. More than that, we looked clueless in possession until it was 2 all. If this was a one off, it could be written off but this year (2026) has seen far too many awful second halves, with some terrible losses. Pep needs to arrest this decline - he has a talented enough squad, it's on him now.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Moronic post

But plenty of fans want City back in division 2 so the new ones fuck off!

It's one of those self damage inflicting needs just like Brexit..

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Again serious question, is there ever a time when you would want him to leave?

No
He's done more for this club than anyone in my lifetime, breaking record after record. As I said, he can stay as long as he wants.

 

[eyalluvitt]

They don’t look badly coached. They are badly coached. Anyone who watches - especially the second halves - can see it. They’re uninspired. Boring. Stale. And lack all direction.

And massively unfit compared to our opponents

 

[Phil1]

Seems like the beginning of the end :-(

 

[madloaf]

No
He's done more for this club than anyone in my lifetime, breaking record after record. As I said, he can stay as long as he wants.

Fair enough. At least you're consistent. I don't feel the same way. You can’t feed today’s hunger with yesterday’s bread.

 

[Blue2202]

Most teams reflect the attitude of their coach. Our lads are no different. Pep's gone stale, so have they.

And it’s also up to the manager to instil and breed the winning mentality we’ve had in the past to see out close games and not break under pressure.

Unfortunately that mentality is evidently now gone, I don’t recall us being this mentally weak since before even Mancini.