Pep Guardiola - 2021/22 Performances

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Does look sometimes like hes trying to fit everyone in this season, last season you pretty much knew our starting 11 and we was far more solid.
 
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Goater=Legend said:
Does look sometimes like hes trying to fit everyone in this season, last season you pretty much knew our starting 11 and we was far more solid.
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The main change from midweek was bringing in Gundogan - and he was one of our better players. The players that had the worst games (Rodri, Dias, Walker) would have all been in pretty much every City fan's starting XI
 
lasereyes said:
The main change from midweek was bringing in Gundogan - and he was one of our better players. The players that had the worst games (Rodri, Dias, Walker) would have all been in pretty much every City fan's starting XI
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It was more the front three really. Last season during the UCL it was Mahrez - KDB - Foden. I think putting KDB back in midfield is a mistake in the high profile games. But we also have Sterling, Grealish and Jesus to fit in as well (not sure if Palmer is considered there yet)
 
Cobra said:
Wolves beat Spurs 2-0 last week with a 19 year old kid making his first ever start for them. The idea that Delap is too inexperienced to come and stand in the box and use his physical presence is just bollocks
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I have seen a lot of people say don't put academy players in tough situations? I mean why? Character is tested in tough situations not when you put academy player on field when you are 3/4 up. Posters here seem to have already decided that these youth players won't make any impact while we are chasing the game.
 
Didn't have the stomach to watch the match after I saw the line-up and with the added pressure of opening my own business.

If you want to know what is happening, read his comments from his interview that he gave weeks ago, where he said that Dias, Stones and others don't defend well, hence they have to retain possession as much as they can as a team.

If you read between the lines, he was essentially claiming that we don't need the mobility and work rate of Bernardo and Foden in the midfield and as long as we keep that ball, we will win. As a result, for three straight games, he has allowed Rodri to be exposed. That's him being stubborn and it will cost us the title.
 
The back four look lost today, they bring the ball forward but then hit a brick wall of players, there is literally no space to get the ball to the midfield, we need one of the central playmakers to drop back drawing some of the opposition and leaving space to exploit, otherwise we have 21 players in the last third, it’s too slow and congested. There also u lie previous years less options when someone has the ball, previously there were 3-4 out balls for every player in position now it’s just recycled backwards. I suppose if they don’t have the ball the opposition can’t score but it’s not helping us going forward. This isn’t a reaction to tonight’s game but it’s been happening over the last few months, we managed to get wins but it’s been hard work.
This is one of the reason we will again fail at the CL, Pep is stubborn and some players seem undroppabl, KDB has been poor for weeks, yet still starts, I’m sorry but Bernardo and gundogan would be starting for me. The next game against the rags will hopefully be easier as they should be more open against us, however they seem to step up against us at home, Stones needs to be central again with Dias as Laporte has dropped off dramatically, but again Pep seems to insist he starts!
 
It feels likes he either has too much faith in them, or not enough to move them around like this.
 
Needs a slap. Stop overthinking things and changing the key components of the side that's got us into this position. If he doesn't revert back to a real right back and Bernardo in central midfield ASAP as a minimum, we're going to throw this away.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Needs a slap. Stop overthinking things and changing the key components of the side that's got us into this position. If he doesn't revert back to a real right back and Bernardo in central midfield ASAP as a minimum, we're going to throw this away.
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Yeah, he needs to stop fucking Bernardo about and play him next to Rodri. He can do what ever he likes with the rest of the team.
 
I just dont get why he‘s moved bernardo. It should be a mid of rodri, Bernardo and then kev or gundogan for the last spot.
As soon as he deviated from that and threw bernardo under the bus we played shite.

Whats worse, is today you could see pep wasnt happy as he changed sterling, foden and Bernardo around every 5 minutes but never put Bernardo where we need him.

There was no space today. We needed a midfielder who could take the ball on the half turn to break the lines but we left him chasing shadows up front.

if we play that midfield against the rags we’ll lose.
 
super_city_si said:
I just dont get why he‘s moved bernardo. It should be a mid of rodri, Bernardo and then kev or gundogan for the last spot.
As soon as he deviated from that and threw bernardo under the bus we played shite.

Whats worse, is today you could see pep wasnt happy as he changed sterling, foden and Bernardo around every 5 minutes but never put Bernardo where we need him.

There was no space today. We needed a midfielder who could take the ball on the half turn to break the lines but we left him chasing shadows up front.

if we play that midfield against the rags we’ll lose.
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There is another possibility, due to Grealish's absence, we miss that control up front to make the false 9 system work, he is forced to play Bernardo up-front, you won't score well-constructed goals with intricate passing without the fear of getting countered with Sterling, Jesus or even Mahrez as your forwards. If Grealish starts against United, Bernardo will return in midfield.

The next best option is Palmer and he still hasn't recovered, and he even started him when we played Everton at home.

Maybe, he too is surprised of Rodri's complete inability to cover the ground and his remarkable ability to shit his pants when he doesn't have workhorses alongside him against counters.
 
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agreed with most of the recent comments on here, need to get Bernardo centre mid with Ilkay and Foden off the right wing. Play players in their best positions. For now, thats Rodri, Ilkay, Bernardo, Mahrez, Foden Jesus/Grealish. On last few games, Sterling and KDB on the bench
 
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