Pep to leave at the end of the season

I'd have laughed if you told me when he signed; that Pep Guardiola was going to be manager of Manchester City for 10 years. I thought we were going to get the initial 3 and maybe another two at most before he continued a manager world tour and go to Italy perhaps. Sitting here now, I couldn't be happier to have been so wrong.

The quality of play and the success that came with it speaks for itself, but it's even sweeter knowing how ingrained Pep became with the club, the fans and the city itself. The word "satisfied" that he used in his pre-match interview really hits for me. He's given so much and I hope he knows how much it means for everyone in City world far and wide.

DJ, play "Don't Look Back in Anger".
 
HolisticJim said:
I'm jealous that he's feeling burnt out and can take a work sabbatical.

I've got a snr job, feeling burnt out and I'm just getting a week off to recharge. Lol.

Jammy bastard!
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As a small business owner who is doing OK but never has any time to myself, I've often thought that it must be hugely frustrating for these managers and players to be earning all that money and never have the time to actually enjoy any of it properly. I always wanted to travel a lot but now I can afford it a bit more I never have the time.

Good luck to Pep and the rest of them, you have to have the time to enjoy what you have earned.
 
dickie davies said:
"To win on United's ground was a huge blow for Carrick. You really can't understate the rivalry between these two.
"I use the word rivalry advisedly, because I think there's respect. I think intense rivalry, almost like a sibling rivalry, because they've known each other since the mid-1990s, for 25 years, but it's almost like a sibling rivalry which can be more intense.
"I can absolutely promise you that nothing will have made Guardiola's heart sink - months ago - than the news that Michael Carrick was coming to Manchester. Honestly, he must have felt like ripping up his contract when that happened."
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LOL, fucking hilarious.
 
To be a true blue Mancunian is something born in us
For someone of Peps stature to become one of us is a thing all us should behold and be forever proud
Defining history making at its finest with humanity and greatness in equal measures
What a man what a City
We achieved it all x
 
blubanjo said:
Too many memories, too many great times, but what stands out for me is that first half performance against Real Madrid in the treble season. The best football I've ever witnessed by any side ever.......thank you Pep, we'll all love you forever.
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My god that was pure footballing heaven! What a memory. I was behind the goal where we scored in the first half. Bernado scoring 2. Best team in the world that night and that season. Thanks Pep for that night alone
 
youngbob said:
I think he explained himself well enough in the press conference today and he's explained it again in the interview Sky Sports have just dropped. He knows it's time to go because physically and mentally he can't give what the job requires anymore.

He's 55, his back is fucked, his marriage is on the rocks, and if he stays in a high-pressure job much longer he'll give himself a heart attack. He's talking about wanting to leave football behind for a bit, to spend time with his dad and his children, maybe to patch up his relationship with his wife, to go on holiday, to rest and play golf, to actually be present in the lives of the people he loves. Being a football manager is a 24/7 job and it's slowly worn him down.

You can see it in him that he's become softer, more sentimental. In moments where people have criticised him this season you've seen people saying that the Pep of 2026 is miles away from the "We are tired? Fuck you!" Pep of 2018 and even the "academy is ready" Pep of 2023. The love and passion is still there but the steely-eyed intensity has faded and that almost paranoid manic eccentricity has started to disappear as well. He knows it's time to rest.

The skinny feisty 45-year-old Catalan ideologue who took over in 2016 is now a slightly podgy 55-year-old honorary Mancunian who's without a mum, without a wife, and filled with (as he says in his last interview with Sky Sports) regrets. He needs to spend time on himself, on the parts of his life he's neglected in order to give as much as he can to the City job. I agree he's an addict, but I think he's an addict who's realised that he has to kick the habit now.
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He looks happier than we’ve seen him in ages which makes this a lot easier for me
 
ysmsa said:
Fair play, it is a huge gamble though.

Pellegrini vibes, keeping the seat warm, for who though?
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I'm not sure it is. The guy has experience at top level as a player winning trophies, and a very good record in his first forays as a manager. Getting Leicester promoted, a team in disarray when they were relegated (their words not mine), is a huge achievement and you only have to look at what's happened to them since to understand that. Chelsea haven't done any better before or since his time there either.

He has experience of this club from youth level to the very top level and having worked with Pep and favouring a similar style, I think we could be very pleasantly surprised especially given how well the club is run. Khaldoon won't have brought in just anybody without doing the ultimate research in getting the best he can, and let's not forget both Mancini and Pellegrini won tiles, something nobody had done previously since Mercer's days in charge.

I think those expecting City's imminent demise are going to be sadly disappointed.
 
pbueno16 said:
I'd have laughed if you told me when he signed; that Pep Guardiola was going to be manager of Manchester City for 10 years. I thought we were going to get the initial 3 and maybe another two at most before he continued a manager world tour and go to Italy perhaps. Sitting here now, I couldn't be happier to have been so wrong.

The quality of play and the success that came with it speaks for itself, but it's even sweeter knowing how ingrained Pep became with the club, the fans and the city itself. The word "satisfied" that he used in his pre-match interview really hits for me. He's given so much and I hope he knows how much it means for everyone in City world far and wide.

DJ, play "Don't Look Back in Anger".
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I was thinking Masterplan
 
City Man said:
My thoughts e

My sentiments exactly. I would just add how privileged I feel to have been sat there, in that ground, watching that breathtaking football through those glorious years. Farewell Pep and thank you for creating so many fantastic memories.
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Thank you Blue
 
Just watched the 2017/18 SKY 100 (all the 106 league goals that season) and looked at all the fixtures in print as I did.

The 2018 League Cup win v Arsenal was Peps first English trophy and I had forgotten just how much pressure the press was putting on Pep to win his first pot. Can he do it here?

With hindsight of what came after this it really makes you realise that you should not take any notice of what most journos write as they are just there to aggravate situations.
 
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