Pep to leave at the end of the season

Chelsea fan at work says they played their best stuff for years under him, his problem was in game management, he’d sit on his subs too long and when he did make them, often makes the wrong choice. But his plan A with how he’d set them up to start a game was very good.

Funny it’s one of the few criticisms some on here make of Pep, that his subs are too late and he doesn’t do enough to change it early enough when it’s not going to plan. Not saying I agree with that but some have said it.
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
Using your requirements, Pep would never have been given the Barca job and the world would have seen Mourinho limit Messi.

That being said, Mourinho should never have got the Porto job as he was a no mark before that too.
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Mods need to do something about that poster because there’s no way he’s a City fan. He’s a rag/dipper/tarquin here on a windup. His entire post history is a mountain of wumming and bullshit.
 
If pep leaves the worst thing we could do is pine for the past. It’s hindered the rags for years.

Pep is the one who wants to leave apparently so what can the club do? Appoint and carry on looking forward.

The weight of pep’s history will be like a shadow lurking if we don’t get on with it. So get ready for the 115 to disappear and it’s not as good as pep to be front and centre when the team is not playing well.

It crippled the rags. Can we avoid the same trap? Khaldoon it’s over to you.
 
Ban-jani said:
Chelsea fan at work says they played their best stuff for years under him, his problem was in game management, he’d sit on his subs too long and when he did make them, often makes the wrong choice. But his plan A with how he’d set them up to start a game was very good.

Funny it’s one of the few criticisms some on here make of Pep, that his subs are too late and he doesn’t do enough to change it early enough when it’s not going to plan. Not saying I agree with that but some have said it.
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Meet the new boss same as the old boss haha
 
I think the departures of Allegri from Juventus, Ferguson from United, and Wenger from Arsenal (and this season the departure of Ancelotti from Madrid) have shown other clubs that you can't just take a whole organisation - that's been behaving and playing and winning in an established way for years - and just put it on the shoulders of a guy who's been hired to carry on the exact same level of success and form another dynasty while also getting off to a flying start. All three of those teams (and Madrid this season) tied themselves in knots by going out and trying to land the guy who was going to maintain elite success without skipping a beat, even temporarily.

No Juve manager has made it to 60 games in charge since Allegri left the first time (in 2019), when they hired Sarri, then Pirlo, then Allegri again, and have continued hiring and firing an astonishing amount of managers for a club of their size. Sarri, Pirlo, Motta, Tudor, and now Spalletti have all been in the Juve dugout as permanent managers in the last seven years. Ferguson dumped the whole of United on Moyes' shoulders - big mistake. Arsenal dumped it all on Emery before giving the job to their Maresca equivalent in Arteta, another high-level manager who was largely untested when he was given the job. Madrid have re-hired Zidane and Ancelotti because they can't seem to get it right without them.

Maybe the best thing to do, long term, is to adopt the Barcelona model. Accept there will be a drop in standards, keep expectations relatively high, but don't pin it all on one guy to keep things going. After Pep it was Vilanova, after Enrique it was Valverde. Then after some faffing they landed on Xavi and now Flick. They're not the all-conquering, generational team they once were between 2009 and 2015, but they win titles on a regular basis, play good football, and - despite a gulf in financial power between them and Madrid - have been the strongest team domestically in Spain despite losing Messi and having basically no money to spend in comparison to Madrid. Maybe just having a glorified caretaker in for 2-3 years is the best way forward after someone like Pep.
 
Johnny Mars Bar said:
Mods need to do something about that poster because there’s no way he’s a City fan. He’s a rag/dipper/tarquin here on a windup. His entire post history is a mountain of wumming and bullshit.
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You get some fans that have zero patience or nuance. All that matters is winning.

To most, it seems beyond crazy to want our greatest manager ever ousted because he’s had one bad season. It’s hardly a Wenger situation.

Pep’s earned the right to go on his terms. I wonder if it is pendent on where the league title goes. I think he’s more likely to go if he wins the domestic treble.

To lost the league title and then announce he’s leaving on the last day of the season seems a little far fetched, but this is football. Who knows.
 
wolviedinho said:
If pep leaves the worst thing we could do is pine for the past. It’s hindered the rags for years.

Pep is the one who wants to leave apparently so what can the club do? Appoint and carry on looking forward.

The weight of pep’s history will be like a shadow lurking if we don’t get on with it. So get ready for the 115 to disappear and it’s not as good as pep to be front and centre when the team is not playing well.

It crippled the rags. Can we avoid the same trap? Khaldoon it’s over to you.
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We will avoid the same trap because despite our dominance and all our success, the club and fans have never become imbued with the same hubris that those cunts were
 
I’m not seeing this “keeping the chair warm” theory.

Yes it looks like we did that with Pellegrini. We were a different club then, we were building and we had the greatest coach ever coming in.

We’re now established as one of the biggest clubs on the planet. 15 years of success. The last 5 or so being up there with any club, ever. We’re built. We now need to sustain that.

We cant gamble on any coach who might do ok on the basis that an Enrique or Kompany comes through the door in 2-3 years and they go onto “do a Pep”.

We cant risk 2-3 seasons of no CL. 2-3 seasons of no Pl title. 2-3 seasons of Arsenal, the dippers or god forbid, the scum, pulling away and becoming dominant. From a sporting perspective but also from a business and optics perspective.

I cannot believe that the men running this club will sanction a succession plan that consists of a bang average coach with limited success coming in and keeping the chair warm whilst we wait for the next proper coach. It doesn’t sound very 2026 City. In fact it sounds ridiculous.

If Pep is going, the next guy needs to be the guy and he needs to be the long term guy.
 
Stoned Rose said:
I’m not seeing this “keeping the chair warm” theory.

Yes it looks like we did that with Pellegrini. We were a different club then, we were building and we had the greatest coach ever coming in.

We’re now established as one of the biggest clubs on the planet. 15 years of success. The last 5 or so being up there with any club, ever. We’re built. We now need to sustain that.

We cant gamble on any coach who might do ok on the basis that an Enrique or Kompany comes through the door in 2-3 years and they go onto “do a Pep”.

We cant risk 2-3 seasons of no CL. 2-3 seasons of no Pl title. 2-3 seasons of Arsenal, the dippers or god forbid, the scum, pulling away and becoming dominant. From a sporting perspective but also from a business and optics perspective.

I cannot believe that the men running this club will sanction a succession plan that consists of a bang average coach with limited success coming in and keeping the chair warm whilst we wait for the next proper coach. It doesn’t sound very 2026 City. In fact it sounds ridiculous.

If Pep is going, the next guy needs to be the guy and he needs to be the long term guy.
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It’s does sound ridiculous mate. Reading your post made it sound nothing like city 2026. Maybe when khaldoon took control of the club, you could argue some mistakes were made and a few fuck ups since then but on the pitch it’s been near perfect. Actually it has probably been better than perfect.

So why can’t we plan succession? Do we have that little faith in the owner? I expect a top appointment after pep but in the back of my head they might want a coach who could become pep instead of a person who is now? Bit like how we recruit. Mostly buy good players with wc potential.

I don’t know, it’s sounds insane but maybe it’s actually true. Still think it’s ridiculous.
 
Stoned Rose said:
I’m not seeing this “keeping the chair warm” theory.

Yes it looks like we did that with Pellegrini. We were a different club then, we were building and we had the greatest coach ever coming in.

We’re now established as one of the biggest clubs on the planet. 15 years of success. The last 5 or so being up there with any club, ever. We’re built. We now need to sustain that.

We cant gamble on any coach who might do ok on the basis that an Enrique or Kompany comes through the door in 2-3 years and they go onto “do a Pep”.

We cant risk 2-3 seasons of no CL. 2-3 seasons of no Pl title. 2-3 seasons of Arsenal, the dippers or god forbid, the scum, pulling away and becoming dominant. From a sporting perspective but also from a business and optics perspective.

I cannot believe that the men running this club will sanction a succession plan that consists of a bang average coach with limited success coming in and keeping the chair warm whilst we wait for the next proper coach. It doesn’t sound very 2026 City. In fact it sounds ridiculous.

If Pep is going, the next guy needs to be the guy and he needs to be the long term guy.
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Never mind me telling you to mute me if you think I'm acting like a melt, I'm gonna have to mute you if you're in this sort of mood for the next three years. Lighten up a bit and have a bit of hope for the future, man!
 
Is the new chant ‘you can shove your Maresca up your arse’ after Rics news today or on billyshears ‘pep stays till the end’
 
Stoned Rose said:
I’m not seeing this “keeping the chair warm” theory.

Yes it looks like we did that with Pellegrini. We were a different club then, we were building and we had the greatest coach ever coming in.

We’re now established as one of the biggest clubs on the planet. 15 years of success. The last 5 or so being up there with any club, ever. We’re built. We now need to sustain that.

We cant gamble on any coach who might do ok on the basis that an Enrique or Kompany comes through the door in 2-3 years and they go onto “do a Pep”.

We cant risk 2-3 seasons of no CL. 2-3 seasons of no Pl title. 2-3 seasons of Arsenal, the dippers or god forbid, the scum, pulling away and becoming dominant. From a sporting perspective but also from a business and optics perspective.

I cannot believe that the men running this club will sanction a succession plan that consists of a bang average coach with limited success coming in and keeping the chair warm whilst we wait for the next proper coach. It doesn’t sound very 2026 City. In fact it sounds ridiculous.

If Pep is going, the next guy needs to be the guy and he needs to be the long term guy.
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Didn't Bayern gamble on Kompany
 
Ivan Lentil said:
We will avoid the same trap because despite our dominance and all our success, the club and fans have never become imbued with the same hubris that those cunts were
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Bwahahahahahahaahahahahahaah

excuse me..

Bwahahahahahahaahahahahahaahahahahaha

You sure about that??

Just look at the comments on this thread.. with we're too big for Maresca shit.
 
Mcfc1.9.8.0 said:
Of course he’s a no mark he’s done fuck all to have any credit to be taken over a top European club
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I'm Blue said:
‘If’ he’s decided to go it’ll be an almighty pisser, even more so if we don’t win the league.
Win a treble and I’ll understand it with him going out on a high.
‘If’ he leaves having only won the league cup that’ll be slightly irritating.
Won’t affect how fondly I’ll remember him though.
He’s given us far more than we could’ve ever have dreamed of and then some.
Whoever we get it’ll be a comedown.
This will more than likely be the greatest manager in our existence.
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He left Barcelona with “just” a cup win after dominating for so long! But that club at the top was becoming a problem for him..
 
Maresca trained by Pep, plays similar systems to Pep, has dealt with overpaid self indulgent players, not what seems to be our more level headed players with no egos, knows the club inside out, highly spoken of by chelsea squad.

On paper it seems like a sensible idea for a smooth continuation, and only the media and ourselves could derail it with negativity from the off.
 
urban genie said:
Maresca trained by Pep, plays similar systems to Pep, has dealt with overpaid self indulgent players, not what seems to be our more level headed players with no egos, knows the club inside out, highly spoken of by chelsea squad.

On paper it seems like a sensible idea for a smooth continuation, and only the media and ourselves could derail it with negativity from the off.
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Hear, hear. And hopefully he will bring Willy Cabalero as assistant manager.
 
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