Juanma Lillo | Leaving the club before the CWC (p52)

Tricky_Trev said:
Has he changed his opinions of positional play then? He did an article for the athletic after the World Cup saying he regrets promoting this way of playing, that he doesn’t like it when the system is king and he wants it to be the players’ individuality that finds the solutions on the pitch. Very weird to write an article of all your regrets surrounding this style of play to then return to it so soon. Maybe I’m missing something.
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Pep has changed the way we have played about 3 times since he arrived. That's what's kept us at the top.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
City will have a plan....they have short,medium and long term plans for everything and everyone.

Who ever replaces Pep will be a full disciple of the clubs football etho.

The club will be fully cognisant of the failed decisions of other clubs and will probably have a consultancy working on every scenario as we speak,it's what they do !!

He or she will be the same but different but will come from a small pool of 3/4 max.

Pep is a complex,restless character but he seems to relish to challenge of beating the anti City establishment.

He is an anti authoritarian and a rebel and he loves City,Manchester and Mancunians.

He got life left in him as head coach at City and then later as a global ambassador.

Viva Josep.
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However big or small the pool, it will be 100% masculine.
 
mdj0520 said:
Or maybe he balances pep out? We need to be fluid and have different quivers to our bow.
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We have already become much more fleixible because of Haaland. We even looked like we were playing 442 in some of the pre-season matches, or at least for periods of matches. We are certainly more direct than we used to be. Lillo could be perfect at this point in our development. Pep never stands still.
 
Finally, still one more can come unless Carlos Vicens is stepping up. Would want one guy just to shout at 4th ref and berate the ref and asking for VAR reviews when it suits us. :)
 
Dodge said:
Most important signing of the window for me. It can't be underestimated the positive influence this guy has on Pep. They are brothers in arms.

Maybe, just maybe, this might get us an additional year or two from Pep.
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I totally agree. Pep is so intense and absorbed that he needs a top assistant who he trusts and who can temper him slightly. This is a very significant signing for us.
 
Gone for a Burton said:
Pep is a complex,restless character but he seems to relish to challenge of beating the anti City establishment.
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This is why Masters and his cohorts, Levy and his cabal, and the supporting cast of the bought-and-paid-for client media lickspittles are so, so important to our continued success.
 
Damanino said:
Finally, still one more can come unless Carlos Vicens is stepping up. Would want one guy just to shout at 4th ref and berate the ref and asking for VAR reviews when it suits us. :)
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New rules say if two people are in the technical area they get a booking and that assistant managers even shouting onto the pitch can be booked too. It's a bit of a madness, but you know we'd get both barrells of it.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
We have already become much more fleixible because of Haaland. We even looked like we were playing 442 in some of the pre-season matches, or at least for periods of matches. We are certainly more direct than we used to be. Lillo could be perfect at this point in our development. Pep never stands still.
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Yup. Watch out for 3-3-3-1. You heard it here first.
 
The harmony in our club, and the consistency of leadership, from top to bottom, has to hugely impact on the sporting and commercial success of the team. Pep seems absolutely thrilled with this appointment and players witnessing such harmony within the management team cannot excuse lower levels of performance - there are no excuses not to perform at your ultimate level.
 
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