Bluemoonadam
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Jeez - "a blot on his copybook"He did a very good job at Barca but the tools were there for him to do so. He didn’t need to rebuild and bring in a whole new squad of players. He has done well with all his clubs(except in Europe for us and Bayern) but he has been at places where he has received top class support from two of the biggest clubs in the world and one that is developing into one.
It’s why it’s a fools errand to compare managers some get given jobs with every chance to succeed most are on a hiding to nothing. A genius doesn’t fail so often and for so long in Europe. A flawed one could though.
He has the habit of getting beat by teams with so called inferior managers and players if the Pep acolytes are correct in their judgment of him.
If he doesn’t win the champions league while he is here it will be a blot on his copybook that no unbiased supporter can deny. The league and the champions league which is the ultimate prize nowadays is how big clubs and their managers are judged. In 10 attempts he has won 3 of those trophies.
In his first year with us he didn’t have the players to play how he wanted so he did what was expected and didn’t win anything. Should he be judged as a failure in that first season? Absolutely not. Should he be judged as a genius when he wins things with the so called best owners, directors and players but not the big one?
What would be par for the course for a run of mill good manager with the backing he has had? If Pep hadn’t come and say Klopp did who knows what would have happended.
I would guess we would have done better in Europe but had less domestic cups, the league? I have no idea how he would have compared.
The only thing I know for sure is he hasn’t been good enough in Europe. Maybe next year eh.
Plus, his name starts with Manc !!This Italian manager looks good....
All I know is it's a great time to be a blue and long may it continue. We all know our rivals and the media are looking forward to the day when Pep leaves. Hope that day doesn't come personally. Be careful what you wish for ladies and gents. Be happy with what you've got. I know I am and I'm looking forward to seeing what Pep does with the team next season.Jeez - "a blot on his copybook"
As a fan base, some of us are getting very entitled and on the current success, the older generations, of which i am one, would have literally only ever dreamed of the current success in the past! WTF can we all not just enjoy the incredible ride we are on?
- Pep just won his third Premier League title with us.
- It now means he's won a trophy every 24 games during his managerial career.
- Pep has won 10 trophies with City. comfortably more than any other City manager
Yes. the CL will be nice WHEN it comes, but i am more than content with what we have right now and what we will have more of in the years to come.
What an incredible time to be a City fan ............... at last !!!
Fkin enjoy it FFS !!! :-)
Do like the not good enough in Europe complaint about a manager that gets to a European cup final. As if suddenly anyone not winning a champions league isn't good enough despite winning the league and a cup. Not quite sure who they think we'd be better off with.Jeez - "a blot on his copybook"
As a fan base, some of us are getting very entitled and on the current success, the older generations, of which i am one, would have literally only ever dreamed of the current success in the past! WTF can we all not just enjoy the incredible ride we are on?
- Pep just won his third Premier League title with us.
- It now means he's won a trophy every 24 games during his managerial career.
- Pep has won 10 trophies with City. comfortably more than any other City manager
Yes. the CL will be nice WHEN it comes, but i am more than content with what we have right now and what we will have more of in the years to come.
What an incredible time to be a City fan ............... at last !!!
Fkin enjoy it FFS !!! :-)
sat this morning reading all the crap about city players wanting a move and Barcelona trying to poach them
but my question is does pep walk right back into barcelona any time he wants ?
i get the feeling barcelona are after pep big time and trying the old lady trick (we need you) to build us again
pep is that good a manager he could walk right back in there. even if they have a manager half way through a contract and playing well they would sack him and replace him without a blink of a eye
pep saying all the right things about barcelona and big them up every time he asked a question about them
yes i know he's a barcelona man loves the place like we love manchester. but its that little thing for me that does not sit well with me and pep when he talks about manchester city in europe and little history in champions league
we always see clubs popping up like spurs and others getting into finals and without so called history
it bug's me that our manager says things like that because any club can win it if they don't have much history
As in … he came before pep. We were still on the journey. Since the barca boys came in it was only ever about pep.How was Pellegrini “much earlier on in the club’s journey” than the guy who succeeded him?
Not a lot to disagree with.sat this morning reading all the crap about city players wanting a move and Barcelona trying to poach them
but my question is does pep walk right back into barcelona any time he wants ?
i get the feeling barcelona are after pep big time and trying the old lady trick (we need you) to build us again
pep is that good a manager he could walk right back in there. even if they have a manager half way through a contract and playing well they would sack him and replace him without a blink of a eye
pep saying all the right things about barcelona and big them up every time he asked a question about them
yes i know he's a barcelona man loves the place like we love manchester. but its that little thing for me that does not sit well with me and pep when he talks about manchester city in europe and little history in champions league
we always see clubs popping up like spurs and others getting into finals and without so called history
it bug's me that our manager says things like that because any club can win it if they don't have much history