Media discussion - 2025/26

dadnlad said:
only twenty trophies well seventeen ok but no mention number of finals achived too
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I’ve seen 15 mentioned - presumably taking out the euro supercup and cwc.
Always cutting back his achievements to get the average trophy per season down to Ferguson levels.

It’ll be 10 next as the LC is a ‘mickey mouse’ cup.
 
bluetonium said:
I wonder if slurgie had gone to Spain to test his ability, would he have been as big a success as Pep was here? Surely that would be the mark to measure by?

Oh wait, no I don't. I already know the answer. He'd be sacked by Christmas for failing to adapt his kick and run tactics (sorry, famous wing play), with the bullying of officials not paying off in an environment where he holds less sway, refuse to learn the language, and once he's gone suddenly the case of the 1001 missing sangria bottles would be solved conclusively.

Seriously, different languages, cultures, living away from family and friends, the expectation to be the best from day one, an incredibly strong and competitive league forcing the winner to regularly achieve 90-100 points to win it, slurgie never had to contend with any of that. He was seconds from the sack, never once has Pep been in that position.

I mean, the man ruined a footballing legacy over an argument over horse spunk, left his club with no succession plan or future proofing, refused to speak to the BBC for decades because they aired evidence which suggested his son was on the take, attacked and hit a player with a football boot, regularly psychologically pressured referees to unduly influence decisions and even play the amount of time he wanted rather than was correct, on a scale never seen before or since, has certainly been up before the courts more times than Pep, and flaunted gender equality and employment rights when he rejected and shamed a female physio for wanting to work in mens football as being highly inappropriate, in his opinion. Hardly any of which has he ever been held accountable for, far from it he's revered and praised by a conveniently forgetful media and public.

Also, Pep got 100 points in a single season. Did slurgie? Not quite, 92. Back when there were 22 teams in the league and an extra 4 games per season.

He also broke the British transfer record six times, whereas pep did it just the once with Grealish. With inflation, and using the totally money inflation model, that equates to:

Scooby Doo £152m
Veron £157m
The dog botherer £112m
Cole £92m
Pallister £100m

Grealish £116m


No contest. Right, I'm late now!
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You missed Pep s win to games ratio was 10% more than Slurgessons.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
I read an article about the BBC yesterday that said that groups of staff have a defined line on various subjects and, despite the requirement to remain impartial, woe betide anyone who doesn't follow the party line.

The article specifically referred to trans rights, but said there were also other areas where there was an enforced line set by a group of staff, in defiance of the charter. I think most of us already knew that. Time to rip that rancid organisation apart and start again.
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Here's a link to the article: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20260517/281505052856699
 
Gabriel said:
I can’t imagine any line of work where you are blessed to be sat with its greatest ever exponent for a decade and you fritter it away asking inane questions. What a waste of his time; what a waste of your lives.
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Absolutely this. I remember this inanity when we were going head to head with Liverpool and they had the opportunity, week after week, to talk proper football tactics with Pep and Klopp and they were singularly, unable to so do. What a bunch of wankstains…
 
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