Is it just me or does it feel like Pep has cracked the code?

[SambaStyle]

I feel like he's found the right combination of players now to go on a tear and win the League/Champions league.

Look at all the results across the season so far. Every time the following players play, City have their biggest results.

Donnarumma
O'Reilly
Dias
Gvardiol
Nunes
Nico
Bernardo
Foden
Doku
Haaland
Cherki

Some are interchangeable in terms of results, Rodri, Savinho, Reijnders... But others are lacking pace/physicality. I'd go as far to say the Bold players are absolutely must starters.
If he can get that team on the field for 90-95% if the season, it stands up against PSG, Bayern, Arsenal.. easily.

People talk about last season as a reason why City are no longer the same, but look at some of the teams Pep had to roll out.

City team vs Real Madrid last year

https://www.whoscored.com/matches/1888119/live/europe-champions-league-2024-2025-manchester-city-real-madrid

So much physicality missing, lack of pace, lack of core leaders/spine. Will get revenge in a couple weeks.

 

[jimharri]

It's just you.





"TAXI!!!!!"

 

[deano ou812]

Let’s just not get too far ahead one game at a time does me and that’s a tough enough visit to Newcastle..

 

[cleavers]

People were getting carried away with how shit we were in September, lets not get carried away on the other side just yet, as deano says, one game at a time.

 

[TinFoilHat]

Slowly but surely.

Pep 3.0 (?) is still a work in progress.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

If we overrun Newcastle at St James' as easily as we dominated Liverpool at the Etihad then I'm a believer.

However I was at Villa Park last month and that was as flat and depressing as I've experienced all year.

It feels as though the starting XI v Liverpool plus Stones and Rodri,.can beat anyone
However we've then got a drop off to players who are either still finding their way or are simply not good enough

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

He's not cracked the code.
He wrote it

 

[SambaStyle]

If we overrun Newcastle at St James' as easily as we dominated Liverpool at the Etihad then I'm a believer.

However I was at Villa Park last month and that was as flat and depressing as I've experienced all year.

It feels as though the starting XI v Liverpool plus Stones and Rodri,.can beat anyone
However we've then got a drop off to players who are either still finding their way or are simply not good enough

Look at the personnel in that team.

 

[borassic]

Chill out lad

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Signs are good but there is much work to be done and improvement to come. Villa away was a reminder of that.

 

[Bald fraud]

Careful now

 

[Metal Biker]

It's more Pep creates the codes, other teams crack his code, so he creates another one that baffles them.

He's always one step ahead of the curve.

 

[chesterbells]

Mine’s a Guinness!

 

[Eccles Blue]

I'll answer the OP's question on the 24th May. Is that OK? :-) ;-)

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Everyone quoting Villa away is forgetting that we didn’t have a holding midfielder until late in the game and that ruined our shape. It was a blip. We have two now.

 

[SambaStyle]

Also sorry to say, but Bobb is no where near Doku.

O'Reilly is way better LB than Gvardiol too.

Nico Gonzales, Doku + O'Reilly are must starters

 

[WEMBLEY76]

He is the Alan Turing of football, ahead of his time, plying his trade on and in the way his namesake lives on doing it,despite not full appreciation of his impact,in his time.

 

[ell]

Only a few weeks ago we were shite at villa..

 

[Xhavenjoe]

He's not cracked the code.
He wrote it

Peps an enigma

 

[Corky]

Great what a run of homes games does, the litmus test to come.