Uninspiring is sensible to me if I’m honest.
IMO the manager after Pep should be a ‘Pellegrini’ character. A safe pair of hands for a couple of seasons to serve as a transition between one big manager and another.
We all want to see Vinny manage City at some point but I don’t think it should be immediately after Pep.
I’m up for Maresca for a couple of seasons then see what’s happening with Vinny, maybe Gundo part of the back room staff too.
When Pep leaves it’ll be such a shock to the system there’s a high risk it all goes a bit ‘Moyes’, and we don’t want to risk burning a top target manager that way.
We are still in with a chance of winning up to 3 trophies.
We still have a third of the season to play, under our greatest ever manager, who has recently been defending this club to the hilt.
He still has a further year left, and despite speculation on his, which has been constant since the day he arrived, there has been no real mention of this being his last season.
He's not getting sacked any time soon, not a chance.
Why so much discussion on his replacements?
Because, despite going 35 years without a trophy of any description, people are bored after having gone one season without one (even though we did still make a final of course, and could still win a cup this weekend). The football Pep is serving up has been awful to watch. Sterile in attack, calamitous in defence and our corners are shite.
They want fresh blood to come in and play breath-taking football again. The type of football that's being played all over Europe by numerous sides at the moment (they just can't name those sides). The type of football Pep used to play with us before he burnt out, and when he had a team of seasoned high quality individuals that could fully implement his playing style.
Now he can't seem to get a tune out of the side even though we have world class players with bucket loads of trophies like Guehi (one FA Cup), Semenyo (nothing), Marmoush (nothing) and have lost the likes of De Bruyne, Gundo, Mahrez, Walker (won the fucking lot multiple times).
They are all signings under JG now.Because, despite going 35 years without a trophy of any description, people are bored after having gone one season without one (even though we did still make a final of course, and could still win a cup this weekend). The football Pep is serving up has been awful to watch. Sterile in attack, calamitous in defence and our corners are shite.
They want fresh blood to come in and play breath-taking football again. The type of football that's being played all over Europe by numerous sides at the moment (they just can't name those sides). The type of football Pep used to play with us before he burnt out, and when he had a team of seasoned high quality individuals that could fully implement his playing style.
Now he can't seem to get a tune out of the side even though we have world class players with bucket loads of trophies like Guehi (one FA Cup), Semenyo (nothing), Marmoush (nothing) and have lost the likes of De Bruyne, Gundo, Mahrez, Walker (won the fucking lot multiple times).
Why doesn't this apply to Maresca then?ut if the guys at the top do their due diligence and decide to pick him, I could understand it.
Gotta level with you, I absolutely love the idea of playing with overlords in midfield.Just watching a few vids of Maresca and how Chelsea played he's so similar to Pep. Inverted fullbacks , overlords in midfield only difference is he likes to rely on the special players that can change a game to have the most space possible. At Chelsea that was Palmer, Enzo and Estevao
Why doesn't this apply to Maresca then?
I’m not sure Pep is burnt out - he still seems to be full of piss and vinegar when he’s being interviewed. What I am sure of though is that we failed to replace the World Class players you mentioned (and others) with players of like quality and that’s why we are struggling.Because, despite going 35 years without a trophy of any description, people are bored after having gone one season without one (even though we did still make a final of course, and could still win a cup this weekend). The football Pep is serving up has been awful to watch. Sterile in attack, calamitous in defence and our corners are shite.
They want fresh blood to come in and play breath-taking football again. The type of football that's being played all over Europe by numerous sides at the moment (they just can't name those sides). The type of football Pep used to play with us before he burnt out, and when he had a team of seasoned high quality individuals that could fully implement his playing style.
Now he can't seem to get a tune out of the side even though we have world class players with bucket loads of trophies like Guehi (one FA Cup), Semenyo (nothing), Marmoush (nothing) and have lost the likes of De Bruyne, Gundo, Mahrez, Walker (won the fucking lot multiple times).
Clearly shows he's got shit judgement, plus he hasn't called anything right for years.Got fuck all to do with who City are appointing.
We might not be dominant but we do have a lot of younger players now and this team is 'clicking' in phases, our main problem is consistency. Our highs and high, they just don't last long enough. That's quite promising for the next few years IMO.If Pep was leaving behind a young, dominant side, I could get on board with hiring assistant/caretaker types to keep the train rolling.
If he's leaving behind a squad that needs work, that looks stale, that needs new ideas, with an attack that can't score, then that's a recipe for wasting 3 years treading water or going backwards.
Hopefully if and when Vinny takes the helm someone can convince him to ditch the cap.100% on the "get a pellegrini-type in until Kompany will take it" train.
As regard the rags, out of both cups at 1st attempt and no European football has pulled them out of the shit. Not really down to good signings, just fresh legs every game they play.I don’t think it will be half the drop off people are fearing. Unless we get a complete fucking idiot obviously. We won’t have won the league for 2 years or got past the last 16 in Europe for 2 years and it’s not as if we’re playing scintillating football these days either.
We’re not a great team anymore but we’ve got a very decent squad. Players like Khusanov, Josko, Cherki and Doku are all a good age to improve. I can’t see how we’d miss out on top 5 with the state of this league. Look at utd, decent transfer window last summer and a half competent manager for a couple of months and they’re 3rd. We’re still 2nd after a string of very average signings. Couple of good ones and we’d have a great chance of winning the league again.