We may all have to accept that we wont win this bent competition with Pep at the helm. Personally I am okay with that as I only care about the domestic stuff anyway but I accept I’m probably in the minority with that view.
It’s just that year after year after year after year he tries to be clever when what is required in the CL is pragmatism. He does it in big league games too but we invariably have 30+ games to make up for it in the league.
I’ll be quite happy to wait for success in europe until after Pep has left which I hope is in a few more years yet.
My only frustration this morning is that I believe Pep doesn’t see City as ‘big enough’ or ‘historically important enough’ to really be at the very top table and consequently feels the need to try and over egg the pudding in compensation.
Let’s have another few years of domestic success and worry about Europe when we change manager eventually.
I aggree.
Also all our best runs under his management, have come with injuries to key players,meanning the team picks it self.Good runs with injuries to KDB,LaPorte,Vinny.
It is like the injuries control the urge to tinker.
When we went on that record breaking winning run,it was with a back 2 central defender pairing of Stones/Dias every game.
Not only were we not losing,we were not even conceeding.
A normal manager would have changed fuck all.And Said i will see where this team takes us,that should have been the logic.
Not Pep,soon as La Porte recovered from injury,the tinkering started.
Just like that we started conceeding again,then losing.
It is like he can not help himself with a full squad.
Last night we needed an assistant manager that called him out before kick off,instead of "Yes Men"