But it does feel like a Pellegrini appointment before Kompany or Enrique is available in 2029 on a long term deal. Which is not a bad thing to look forward to if it all goes wrong and we scrapping for top 4 in the next few seasons and having a fallow period.
And Liverpool at Anfield.Maresca or who ever the new boss is, should not be judged until we've played Spurs twice.
How do you think he became 'Pep's mate'? The club heirarchy have reportedly been watching him for some time, and that was why they brought him to City as a b-coach in the first place.
You can have your doubts I'm sure a few will that's natural.However know for sure a lot of thought and work has gone ito the appointment and they will have very good reasons for their choice. Does that guarantee success no ,but no manager does.Without big dogs like Enrique, Kompany and Flick etc the current field of candidates is very limited - is Maresca still really the best available option now that Iraola has come on to the market? Never mind previous due diligence I have my doubts about Enzo, his experience, his tactics and his 'energy' quotient.
I don’t want to be negative but this Maresca bloke doesn’t seem a top class replacement. Maybe he will be brilliant but his managerial career seems pretty modest and his main qualification appears to be he’s mates with Pep.
Obviously if it is him he needs to be given a chance but we can’t set our standards by the fact the rags and others have appointed dross, he either hits the ground running or gets fucked off.
City aren’t the City of yesteryear and Brian who? We pay top dollar for players, staff and have the countries best academy, mediocrity may be ok at the rags but not for
The question is if Iraola has become available is Enzo still the best choice right now? Very difficult, Andoni has a very good PL track record and is highly regarded as a tactician - Madrid are supposedly moving to to appoint him.You can have your doubts I'm sure a few will that's natural.However know for sure a lot of thought and work has gone ito the appointment and they will have very good reasons for their choice. Does that guarantee success no ,but no manager does.
Thought the eye gouger was going back to Madrid ?The question is if Iraola has become available is Enzo still the best choice right now? Very difficult, Andoni has a very good PL track record and is highly regarded as a tactician - Madrid are supposedly moving to to appoint him.
It’s Vinny to you! Just like we always call Pep, Pep :-).And what if Maresca wins 2 trebles in that period and Kompany wins fuck all?
The question is if Iraola has become available is Enzo still the best choice right now? Very difficult, Andoni has a very good PL track record and is highly regarded as a tactician - Madrid are supposedly moving to to appoint him.
Think it does look like over the years he has seemingly impressed/convinced multiple people at the club. Pellegrini, Txiki, then Pep and Viana. Possibly Khaldoon, by extension.Given Maresca’s connections to Pellegrini, Txiki’s fingerprints are all over this appointment.
Im pretty sure he can fight fot titles if he gets great transfers in the summer. With our current squad? no way.City are going to hire someone who's been embedded in the Guardiola system. For 10 years, we've invested so heavily in a Guardiola ethos and embedded it across all youth age groups. It's what the owners like. We're not going to throw it all away with someone they're not confident on, or someone who doesn't fit the criteria. I also think Guardiola is most likely involved in selecting his replacement (to some extent).
Pep loves Maresca. So in Pep I trust.
He won the Championship win Leicester and got them promoted to the Premier League (they're now relegated to League 1).
He took Chelsea from 11th to 4th, won them the Club World Cup. Despite the owners being idiots with ridiculous transfer policies, and a very uncohesive squad. Look how bad they got after he left.
He's a good pick in my opinion. He's not Guardiola. But he understands Pep, he understands City, he was in our team when we won the Treble. He's a good pick.
Potter and Frank did do great jobs at Brighton and Brentford , it was after both decided to leave those clubs that their problems started!Yes - Maresca is the best choice.
Iraola has done well with Bournemouth. But people said Potter had done an amazing job at Brighton, Frank had done an amazing job at Brentford. Look how those went.
Im pretty sure he can fight fot titles if he gets great transfers in the summer. With our current squad? no way.
Not a chance we fly under the radar. All eyes will be on how we cope without Pep. Every setback will be commented on and compared to what Pep might have done. We'd need a season of also rans under a new manager before the spotlight was off us.Next season the pressure will be on lego head, so I think we will go under the radar, it'll be a whole new experience for teams coming up against us, they are used to a Pep team and Pep tactics. Maresca is similar but he has his own philosophy.
Iraola is not Potter or Frank and Bournemouth is not Brighton or Brentford.Yes - Maresca is the best choice.
Iraola has done well with Bournemouth. But people said Potter had done an amazing job at Brighton, Frank had done an amazing job at Brentford. Look how those went.
I thought Lijnders had just signed a new contract at City .... surely that would needed the agreement of any incoming new manager.I wonder were this leaves Kolo & Lijnders, I like that they are passionate on the bench. Hopefully they may still have a place at City