We have to win 7 league matches in a row. Atleast
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Pep Guardiola - 2020/21 Performances
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Didsbury Dave
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I thought Peo was brilliant yesterday. Resting Laporte (who is going to play a lot of games) and rewarding Stones with a start. As a player who’s confidence has gone, this was just what he needed and after two games with him back at his best, I think he’s back from the brink. I know Mahrez has been awful but he finally played at his best which will boost his confidence massively. Fern needed that full 45 minutes too and it was a good game to give Mendy because he was never going to be under any pressure.
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I thought mixed.I thought Peo was brilliant yesterday. Resting Laporte (who is going to play a lot of games) and rewarding Stones with a start. As a player who’s confidence has gone, this was just what he needed and after two games with him back at his best, I think he’s back from the brink. I know Mahrez has been awful but he finally played at his best which will boost his confidence massively. Fern needed that full 45 minutes too and it was a good game to give Mendy because he was never going to be under any pressure.
Good for the reasons you stated - plus resting Sterling.
But harsh on Foden, yet again, and placing more demands on KDB than were necessary. OK, KDB worked, and he did rest midweek, but I’m concerned over the longer term. Maybe he’ll be rested for Porto and Fulham.
An enervating performance, though, and an early goal so often dictates our game.
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We have to win 7 league matches in a row. Atleast
Beat Fulham and we are only 3 points behind Liverpool. Bearing in mind how poor our season has started that's a great position to be in
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I thought KDB looked refreshed and I suspect he won’t play midweek. I agree about Foden but his chance is coming now I think. I sense Pep is now getting them all on their toes and competing for places and some of them he’s leaving out to get them hungry again..I thought mixed.
Good for the reasons you stated - plus resting Sterling.
But harsh on Foden, yet again, and placing more demands on KDB than were necessary. OK, KDB worked, and he did rest midweek, but I’m concerned over the longer term. Maybe he’ll be rested for Porto and Fulham.
An enervating performance, though, and an early goal so often dictates our game.
If Sterling and Foden come back firing on all cylinders the next couple of games then that’s mission accomplished from Pep.
sir baconface
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Why?We have to win 7 league matches in a row. Atleast
To create a winning momentum and go back to top of the league.Why?
Arteta was the man. Missing him.
I'd like to see Pochetino.
Still think Arteta was the man?
Pep Guardiola: "It’s not about rest here. I saw KDB a little bit exhausted mentally [last week]. But right now I use the players who are in better conditions or more focused. If the players think they have been rested because I am rotating, they have made a big mistake..."
Pep Guardiola: "I put in every game the best players, sometimes for the benefit of the team, sometimes because of injuries, but especially the players who play well. It’s not about the players who believe, 'I deserve to start because I have been here for three or four years'."
Pep Guardiola: "It doesn’t matter if you have won a lot of titles in the past or you score a lot of goals — you have to show it on the pitch in the recent past, in the present and especially in the future."
Pep Guardiola: “The youngest player that we have, Phil Foden, gets the same treatment and opportunities as Fernandinho, our most experienced player."
Pep Guardiola: "He [Stones] was so concentrated on not making mistakes. What we're looking for from the back four is “don’t make mistakes”. The guys who help me, help the team, have more chance to play. The other ones? They have to wait for this opportunity."
PEP :In football, what you have done in the past, doesn’t mean you do it in the present. If the players consider this, they have a big mistake. By being good, you have a chance to play. It’s not complicated.
PEP :The other ones have to wait for the opportunity. Fight and wait for the moment and when they have the moment, do it as best you can – as well as possible. That’s how it works. What happened a week ago is already over – it’s in the past.
Pep Guardiola: "I put in every game the best players, sometimes for the benefit of the team, sometimes because of injuries, but especially the players who play well. It’s not about the players who believe, 'I deserve to start because I have been here for three or four years'."
Pep Guardiola: "It doesn’t matter if you have won a lot of titles in the past or you score a lot of goals — you have to show it on the pitch in the recent past, in the present and especially in the future."
Pep Guardiola: “The youngest player that we have, Phil Foden, gets the same treatment and opportunities as Fernandinho, our most experienced player."
Pep Guardiola: "He [Stones] was so concentrated on not making mistakes. What we're looking for from the back four is “don’t make mistakes”. The guys who help me, help the team, have more chance to play. The other ones? They have to wait for this opportunity."
PEP :In football, what you have done in the past, doesn’t mean you do it in the present. If the players consider this, they have a big mistake. By being good, you have a chance to play. It’s not complicated.
PEP :The other ones have to wait for the opportunity. Fight and wait for the moment and when they have the moment, do it as best you can – as well as possible. That’s how it works. What happened a week ago is already over – it’s in the past.
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Pep in ruthless mode
Glad to see that. I think this kind of treatment will do Sterling good. Needs to up his game.
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