Next Manager after Pep

[Phil1]

Given the amount of people who know better maybe the powers that be should look closer to home for the successor?
With this level of insight there must be a potential DoF also :)

I wouldn’t trust this lot to run a Bath never mind the most successful English team of the last decade :-)

 

[Lavinda Past]

I think Agueros brain fart was responsible for one of those games but don’t disagree too much about the gist of what you’re saying. He won’t be here forever so we will see what comes next.

Edit, the Aguero moment was the game before the two you mentioned but I genuinely believe the next results could have been different had we won that league game.

An equally stupid Aguero brain fart was at Barcelona under Pellegrini. Although 1-0 down at the time, we were (thanks mainly to Joe Hart) well in the game and had them on the back foot. Then the penalty... perfect height, under powered, the save cost us the game imo.

But once again I digress... As you say, we'll have to be patient and see what comes next.

(We Bluemooners don't tend to do patient very well...)

;-)

 

[Lavinda Past]

If you ask for the best national_teams ever, everyone will say either 1974 Holland or 1970 Brazil. A lot of people would even say 1982-1986 Brazil. With clubs, most would say Ajax 1971-1974, Milan 88_94 or Barca 08-12. There are other teams that have won as much. Some have won even more. Why are these teams the best? Because how they played. And when Pep’s gone, most people will consider this City the best PL team ever. Why? Because how we play.

You can find it boring, but be sure of something. You are in a super minority, and none football expert would share your opinion.

Being the best team ever doesn’t necessarily mean that it doesn't get boring at times.
I have a friend in Barcelona who gave up his season ticket at Camp Nou for that very reason, and only goes to the 'big' games.
A lack of decent opposition kills the game, regardless of how great a team is, and that applies in every sport, at every level.
Some City games have been downright dull in the past few seasons. Not Pep's fault... the opposition's. We should give them a chance to liven the game up!

 

[Marvin]

I never said 'get rid'. I'm talking about his eventual replacement.

Don't assume that Pep is the only coach who could get the best out of our current squad, with a few additions, or that he has cornered the market on tactics.

Let's face facts...whether we like it or not, Tommy Tootle has had Pep in his back pocket tactically over the last two games. Largely down to Pep brain farting at the worst moment, but it's clear that he had Pep on the back foot and overthinking.

Saturday was a classic example of Pep not making the right changes at the right time. He's only human.

I don't think so. Every player was below par. i don't think tactics came into it

 

[Lavinda Past]

Here's one example from Saturday: it became obvious that we weren't building properly from the back so he made Gundogan drop back alongside Fernandino at half time to provide us with link up play. He makes changes like this all the time to respond to what's happening on the pitch.

I obviously missed the positive difference that made to our game on Saturday... Whatever Pep tried, we were still shit.

 

[Northblue]

I think Agueros brain fart was responsible for one of those games but don’t disagree too much about the gist of what you’re saying. He won’t be here forever so we will see what comes next.

Edit, the Aguero moment was the game before the two you mentioned but I genuinely believe the next results could have been different had we won that league game.

FA cup game was the first, followed by the league then CL - Aguero pen was in the league game

 

[Lavinda Past]

I don't think so. Every player was below par. i don't think tactics came into it

That my friend, is a discussion I do not intend to get into.
Sufficient to say that we'll see where we are when we meet them this weekend.
A draw would be a good result imo.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I obviously missed the positive difference that made to our game on Saturday... Whatever Pep tried, we were still shit.

Sorry, where did I say it worked?

In any case, you’re not a City fan, your a Mancini fan. Anything that anyone at the club does is shit to you since the day they saw through your hero.

I suspect every trophy since has hurt you a bit more hence the incessant bitterness on here

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Must have missed that change.
Did it work?

 

[hilts]

Must have missed that change.
Did it work?

You missed a player coming deeper to get on the ball more? My god man I was gobsmacked at such an usual bit of coaching that my surprise was greater than when I saw the Loch Ness monster on the M25.