Are you sure we are talking about City's group from this year? We had the champions of Italy and runners up the year prior, we had the Europa league champs, and Borussa m. Finished third in Germany. Hardly a cupcake group.Hardly the group of death. Probably the easiest group we've ever had. Everybody was saying after the draw we had a reasonably favourable draw for once and expected to qualify comfortably and most expected us to top the group.
Seeing quotes like this further bewilder me about the amount of derision shown to Pellers. If he wins the league this year, while being complicit with the move for pep - agreeing that it is the best for the team - as everyone believes, then he is an f'in legend. The amount of vile spewed on here is incredible. Leaving on the top for the best of the club is absolutely legendary.
Are you sure we are talking about City's group from this year? We had the champions of Italy and runners up the year prior, we had the Europa league champs, and Borussa m. Finished third in Germany. Hardly a cupcake group.
I've got to say, as much as his tactics and approaches to games p's me off, he doesn't half handle himself well in the media and represent this club immaculately.
Actual makes me feel guilty for wanting Pep, come on Pellers win us the quadruple as your final act!
Yeah, but still one of the, if not the, most difficult groups ( I guess United would argue about that).Already responded to somebody that said the same thing. Yes Juve finished runners up last year but they lost a handful of key players in the summer and there was the likes of PSG Barca and Bayern that we could of got instead of them. Sevilla only qualified for the competition via the Europa league and Gladbach were making their champs league debut. Both of those last two aren't particularly great sides. I'm not claiming it was a cakewalk of a group, there was no easy game but it's one of the easiest groups we've ever had and nobody expected us to struggle to qualify when the draw was made. Sevilla and Gladbach are both decent enough but not teams we should be struggling to beat, We got convincingly beat twice by the only team we should be worried about. I think before it started, most would of said taking 10 points from that group was the minimum we'd expect.
Yeah, but still one of the, if not the, most difficult groups ( I guess United would argue about that).
But as I mentioned, it is the accumulation of a number of these successes that show he is a good manager.
Under Pearce we lost in Europe to a team of part-time players. That is poor.
I feel for him, I really do and to think it could have all been so different or maybe not if Pep's arrival was preordained long ago.Can't speak highly enough of the dignified manner he's dealing with the media.
I've got to say, as much as his tactics and approaches to games p's me off, he doesn't half handle himself well in the media and represent this club immaculately.
Actually makes me feel guilty for wanting Pep, come on Pellers win us the quadruple as your final act!