No, his football has changed a lot compared to when he first arrived at Barcelona, it's very different.
What pep sticks to is a set of core principles about football and how it should be played, but there are very many different ways to do that and you only have to watch a game of Barcelona in 2008 and then a Bayern game this season to see that .
At Bayern this season he has been more than happy to have Boateng launching long balls over the top to the forwards. Which is something he would never have allowed at Barcelona.
His principles haven't changed, but the style of football has, and he has been prepared to do that based on opposition as well.
Haven't watched a lot of Bayern, but I saw a quote from another Bundesliga manager over the last couple of weeks saying that standing off them means you get battered, so they tried a Dortmund pressing style at which point Bayern went direct, over the top and battered them. Instantly changed in the middle of the game with no need for personnel changes, they just knew what to do.
Haven't watched a lot of Bayern, but I saw a quote from another Bundesliga manager over the last couple of weeks saying that standing off them means you get battered, so they tried a Dortmund pressing style at which point Bayern went direct, over the top and battered them. Instantly changed in the middle of the game with no need for personnel changes, they just knew what to do.
Anyone naive enough to think Guardiola is going to bring the same problems as Pellegrini in terms of sticking to his guns are in for a pleasant surprise next season.
If you think for one soitary second that Guardiola would have picked that back 4 from Saturday and not given a fuck about who we were playing against, you really don't have any idea about his approach to football.
Pellegrini takes pride in only concentrating on our team, how we can create chances and score goals. He spends very little time in preparing specifically for the opposition. That is blatantly obvious to anyone who has watched us play over the last 3 years, but more than that, Pellegrini has come out repeatedly and and said that's his approach. He actually thinks that's a positive, he wears it like a badge of honour!
Guardiola takes the exact opposite approach. He obsessively analyses opposition and how best to set up his side to win that specific game against those specific opponents. Anyone who has read anything about him will confirm that's the case.
Other than liking attacking football and prefering a high line, there are very few similarities between the two managers.
No, his football has changed a lot compared to when he first arrived at Barcelona, it's very different.
What pep sticks to is a set of core principles about football and how it should be played, but there are very many different ways to do that and you only have to watch a game of Barcelona in 2008 and then a Bayern game this season to see that .
At Bayern this season he has been more than happy to have Boateng launching long balls over the top to the forwards. Which is something he would never have allowed at Barcelona.
His principles haven't changed, but the style of football has, and he has been prepared to do that based on opposition as well.
Which City team will Pep produce....
Barca Mk1.....Tika Taka ?
Barca Mk2.....Louis Enrique ?
Munchen today ?
Barca Mk2 will probably be most suited to the Prem ?
Thoughts ?
Anyone naive enough to think Guardiola is going to bring the same problems as Pellegrini in terms of sticking to his guns are in for a pleasant surprise next season.
If you think for one soitary second that Guardiola would have picked that back 4 from Saturday and not given a fuck about who we were playing against, you really don't have any idea about his approach to football.
Pellegrini takes pride in only concentrating on our team, how we can create chances and score goals. He spends very little time in preparing specifically for the opposition. That is blatantly obvious to anyone who has watched us play over the last 3 years, but more than that, Pellegrini has come out repeatedly and and said that's his approach. He actually thinks that's a positive, he wears it like a badge of honour!
Guardiola takes the exact opposite approach. He obsessively analyses opposition and how best to set up his side to win that specific game against those specific opponents. Anyone who has read anything about him will confirm that's the case.
Other than liking attacking football and prefering a high line, there are very few similarities between the two managers.
It's simply the truth of the situation.Very intelligent post
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2892...ndesliga-to?utm_referrer=http://fw.to/u5d0cbK
He's certainly been busy. Much has been made of the trusty lieutenants that will accompany him to the Etihad Stadium from this summer, including right-hand man Manel Estiarte and head of analysis Carles Planchart, but there is also a team of representatives working behind the scenes to ensure that the Catalan hits the ground running.
It has already been made known to one concerned first teamer, for example, that he is very much in the new manager's plans. The youngsters are not beyond those plans either: it is believed that dossiers on City's academy players have also been requested.