One day there will be a far more thorough documentary about Pep. This one barely scratched the surface. For anyone who has read Pep Confidential and The Evolution they'll know a lot more about where his footballing theories come from and his knowledge of the game, and indeed his genius.
But I still enjoyed the documentary. It was great to be reminded of how certain people were that he'd fail. That typical narrow-minded egotistical English opinion rearing its ugly head. Our league's too quick, too strong, too powerful, too good for him to succeed. Now the whole country from kids in the park, to non-league to the PL play a version of his football. You still get dinosaurs believing it's suicide to do so - I saw criticism of Boro playing that way against Chelsea. But it's far better to be teaching our future generations how to control, pass and move than to kick it as far as they can and header it.
I don't know about anyone else, but I always feel as though this is a bit of a dream. I did the tour of the Nou Camp as a kid. The famous names, the trophies. A million miles away from City in Moss Side. A documentary featuring some of the best players in the world from past and present, and a manager who won it all and idolised Cruyff...now in charge of City and breaking every record going.
As a club we'd won 4 League titles, 5 FA Cups, 4 League Cups and the Cup Winners Cup before he arrived.
He's taken that total to 9 League titles, 7 FA Cups, 8 League Cups and the CL, Super Cup and World Club Cup. In under 8 seasons.
