I hope this is true, but actions will speak louder than his words.Pep Guardiola: "It’s not about rest here. I saw KDB a little bit exhausted mentally [last week]. But right now I use the players who are in better conditions or more focused. If the players think they have been rested because I am rotating, they have made a big mistake..."
Pep Guardiola: "I put in every game the best players, sometimes for the benefit of the team, sometimes because of injuries, but especially the players who play well. It’s not about the players who believe, 'I deserve to start because I have been here for three or four years'."
Pep Guardiola: "It doesn’t matter if you have won a lot of titles in the past or you score a lot of goals — you have to show it on the pitch in the recent past, in the present and especially in the future."
Pep Guardiola: “The youngest player that we have, Phil Foden, gets the same treatment and opportunities as Fernandinho, our most experienced player."
Pep Guardiola: "He [Stones] was so concentrated on not making mistakes. What we're looking for from the back four is “don’t make mistakes”. The guys who help me, help the team, have more chance to play. The other ones? They have to wait for this opportunity."
PEP :In football, what you have done in the past, doesn’t mean you do it in the present. If the players consider this, they have a big mistake. By being good, you have a chance to play. It’s not complicated.
PEP :The other ones have to wait for the opportunity. Fight and wait for the moment and when they have the moment, do it as best you can – as well as possible. That’s how it works. What happened a week ago is already over – it’s in the past.
I think all of them to be honest. Sterling, laporte and BernardoGood to see him talking like this. Wonder who his words were aimed at? Sterling or Laporte perhaps? Maybe Bernardo?
Hopefully the whole squad. Perform at the level of a top, premier league winning team or don’t play.Good to see him talking like this. Wonder who his words were aimed at? Sterling or Laporte perhaps? Maybe Bernardo?
The new contract probably?Something has changed within Pep this last week. He seems to have opted for a tougher approach. I’m encouraged by it. He’s obviously decided it requires a different method to get the maximum out of the players.
But unless he was once certain he was leaving, why would it make him change his approach? I could be wrong but I think there’s been some serious talks between the coaching team and they are effectively admitting that playing the nice guy doesn’t work with this team. It was going a bit Pellegrini and I feel like he’s finally acknowledged it. Could be wrong though!The new contract probably?
Whatever the reason, it’s good to see him get a bit of fire back in his belly. I think the squad collectively needed a bit of a kick up the arse tbh.But unless he was once certain he was leaving, why would it make him change his approach? I could be wrong but I think there’s been some serious talks between the coaching team and they are effectively admitting that playing the nice guy doesn’t work with this team. It was going a bit Pellegrini and I feel like he’s finally acknowledged it. Could be wrong though!
I wouldn’t see it that way. He may have been mulling over a finely balanced decision for some time then, having reached a conclusion, naturally re-focused.But unless he was once certain he was leaving, why would it make him change his approach?