Discussion: Manuel Pellegrini 2015/16

[come-on-barney]

The dreadful decision before kickoff is one thing. The fact he then said he would do it again, is quite another. Here was me thinking he had finally decided he was going to start using tactics & balanced teams, rather than just believing any old 11 he puts out with no centre midfield, will do the job. But it was an illusion.

I said the other day there is no point in replacing him unless Pep is lined up. The fact he is pretty much affirming that he believes in that ridiculous system with knackered Yaya 'chasing' 24 year old sprinters towards a 97 year old cb next to a slow fullback & nervous neddy cb partner, means he's unfit for the job imo.

Suddeny at half time he brings on a geezer who has never played for us, in a system we don't usually play, with the same defence & complains that it didn't work..

The players knew. Joe Hart knew. That's why he was running around like a fucking lemon. He knew we were lined up wrong & was panicking, thus making it worse. Yaya himself must surely know he can't do that job, he hasn't got the legs, yet is repeatedly asked to make a **** of himself.

What happens next, is that players such as Silva, Kompany, Aguero & even Yaya, get together & sort out Pellegrini's fucking mess, & we go on a winning spree & he takes the credit. Or they can'ft muster it & we need to rely on his managerial/motivational skills. Which means we finish 6th.

I hope we come up with a big win on Wed for the sake of the club. Then we can get back on track.

But this fucker taking credit for it ? He is a very lucky man to have this job.

Hart was totally hacked off with the tactics yesterday, and my guess is not the only one.

 

[PaulMoulden'sRecord]

He obviously does believe that they played badly.

But he doesn't seem to accept any responsibility for this.

 

[Dogtanian]

I agree the team selection was baffling to say the least, but if you believe being in the technical area makes you the better manager? OK

Yes because seeing no reaction at all is far better

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I wasn't sat next to him to understand what he was discussing with his technical team, but I would bet discussions were taking place. As always, we don't know what goes on behind closed doors and for all we know, that was the best starting 11 he had available.

I get everyone is tetchy because we were hammered at home by the dippers, but some seem to want to make this the biggest disaster since the Titanic. We lost to the better team yesterday. Manuel played some part in that, so did the 11 on the pitch.

The old "behind closed doors" explanation.
That normally comes out on fight back Monday.

 

[robbieh]

Just out of interest what are our options?

I feel for some reason Pep is bound for London, whether that be Chelsea or Arsenal.

Are there great managers waiting in the wings, or is Carlo the safest pair of hands?

 

[mosssideblue]

That first paragraph is your favourite, go to excuse whenever we've had a stinker. Of course we don't know if that was the only team available to him but the fact that the players who should have started were on the bench tells us that they Were, at the very least, available.
It was a ridiculous starting line up. No shape, no energy and from where I was sitting no real game plan. We had a midfield pairing that have had very limited success (that's being kind) together. A brand new CB pairing, one of which is too old and the other to inexperienced without Kompany or Ottomendi to hold his hand and a full back in Sagna who's head wasn't in it from the first minute (understandably so btw)
So when you start a game with so many potential problems through the middle of the park you're asking for trouble - even more so when up against a Liverpool team who were always going to play one way.
Everybody (bar you and Pellegrini it seems) in that stadium could see a mile off how it was going to pan out. The only surprise was we kept the score below 6.

Your correct, it is a go to expression I use because its the one fact we do have. I'm all for opinions as to where it all went wrong as that is what the forum is about. Many though will use supposition as fact on which to base an argument. I'm just being devils advocate.

 

[RandomJ]

All this waiting for Pep makes me nervous. If we get him then great but if we don't and we have to fall back to managers like Ancelotti who has a great record but he is just more of the same. I really do feel we missed the boat on Klopp. He has the democratic, nice guy side of Pellegrini mixed with the passion and tactical nous of Mancini. He would have been perfect for us.

 

[cookster]

I really don't understand why he is here. He brings nothing to the table.

We seem to have an ability to play well in the first half of any league game. We have gone in at half time with a lead once in the last 10 league games.

If you look at the last 2 games v last season's top 6.

Chelsea w 3-0, d 1-1
Arsenal l 2-0, d 2-2
Utd d 0-0, l 4-2
Spurs l 4-1, w 1-0
Liverpool l 4-1, l 2-1.

So played 10, won 2, drawn 3, lost 5.

He makes baffling decisions 9 out of every 10 games, whether that's his subs or his formation, or his starting line up. He never learns or even attempts to learn from his mistakes. Last season we played 2 in the middle v Liverpool and got battered at Anfield. Here we are again with the exact same issue but this time along with this he rests on current form our 2 best defensive players for no apparent reason.

For someone who does fuck all on the touch line seeing him make basic fuck ups week in week out is very tiresome.

Results clearly indicate, against decent managers/opposition he doesn't have a clue.

 

[come-on-barney]

All this waiting for Pep makes me nervous. If we get him then great but if we don't and we have to fall back to managers like Ancelotti who has a great record but he is just more of the same. I really do feel we missed the boat on Klopp. He has the democratic, nice guy side of Pellegrini mixed with the passion and tactical nous of Mancini. He would have been perfect for us.

Yeah and would be interested to know if KazzyDeyna's comment yesterday that Guardiola is off to the rags is just a guess or based on real inside information. If Guardiola is a no go it does make not going for Klopp even more ridiculous. Just hope we have someone else lined up if we are going to replace Pellers or maybe the one year extension is for real!

 

[@BluePhil8]

Just out of interest what are our options?

I feel for some reason Pep is bound for London, whether that be Chelsea or Arsenal.

Are there great managers waiting in the wings, or is Carlo the safest pair of hands?

You say that like Carlo isn't an elite manager.