Pep Guardiola - 2021/22 Performances

[ninjamonkey]

I've said this before but I sometimes wonder if he gets so engrossed in the game that he just loses track of time and/or forgets he has subs. It's the most logical solution I can come up with as to why the hell he didn't use his bench tonight given there were numerous candidates to be brought off and the likes of sterling, jesus and gundogan all waiting to come on.

the team was crying out to be refreshed with 20 minutes left we looked laboured and lacking in energy and ideas and he does nothing. Defenders concentrating for 70 minutes want nothing less than being given a fresh new opponent to match up against, a player who might do different things, has different strengths and probably most crucially has tonnes more energy. How often do you see a scouse sub come on and score a late crucial goal, whereas, when we need a goal we just stick with the same players and the same approach that's not worked for the 70 minutes so far. His team selection was fine, his use of subs, or lack of, was shit.

 

[nellyonthewing]

We absolutely battered them for the entire second half.

No we began to run out of steam and ideas around 65 minutes .

 

[WallyA]

What's happened to the inverted fullback strategy? Seems to have completely disappeared in the last 2 months.

Cancelo basically playing like a winger rather than helping control midfield and ping balls over the top and Walker is so wide but crossing or ball control has never been a strength of his.

Possibly coinciding with double inverted wingers with Foden F9 and no longer LW.

Kinda miss it.

 

[come-on-barney]

Who would have thought that not embedding Delap into this team last season in place of Gabriel, when we desperately needed a striker, would come back to bite us?

We have got a 27-year-old youngster who will never be good enough to lead the front line, another one who doesn't want to play as a striker, yet still we sold Ferran to Barcelona.

Pep is a world class manager but sometimes you need guys like Rummenigge to keep him in check. 100 million pounds on Grealish, 50 plus for Rodri rather than going for someone similar in the mould of Fernandinho, deliberately phased out pace from this team, which led to ultra reliance on midfielders and now they are burned out at a crucial stage of the season. Let's hope we won't bottle it.

Phasing out the pace in the team was only going to go one way. No pace throughout the side. Never replaced Leroy. The team is also nowhere near as exciting.

 

[FantasyIreland]

He knows his best players,he doesnt know his best team.

 

[Lalaie]

And?
You suggested that not embedding a young striker, who has been injured most of the season, into the team was always going to bite us on the arse. I think you are talking out of yours.

It was this season that he suffered a major setback, why was he dropped after scoring on his debut when it was clear since day one that he can easily bully defenders?

Injury is just an excuse, he wouldn't have started him anyway, and it is evident from our pursuit of Haaland, whose link-up play is really not that good, that he is willing to give up control of possession for goals.

His record is abysmal when it comes to giving chances to youth players, if we had any average strike up front we would have won it, and Delap is far better than your average striker.

 

[argyle]

We absolutely battered them for the entire second half.

We had more possession.

Battered them would require us to actually score.

 

[ctwrd]

I don’t see that a sub means the result is different which is what people appear to be saying.

yes a sub might well have been made but the result is not a consequence of not making one.

usual suspects piling in as per

 

[Lavinda Past]

No it wasn’t. We were hammering them. We didn’t need to disrupt the rhythm with subs. 4-0 wouldn’t have flattered us tonight. He was right to stick with the team.

Just needed a couple of tweaks to try something a bit different up front imo.

Foden was terrible. Sterling could have given that little bit extra we were lacking.

At least we didn't lose!

 

[lee_wsm]

Do feel that’s peps downside not enough subs used when players are tired or need a plan b

 

[Craig]

What's happened to the inverted fullback strategy? Seems to have completely disappeared in the last 2 months.

Cancelo basically playing like a winger rather than helping control midfield and ping balls over the top and Walker is so wide but crossing or ball control has never been a strength of his.

Possibly coinciding with double inverted wingers with Foden F9 and no longer LW.

Kinda miss it.

Yeah, it’s a good point. Obviously there was that great shot from Cancelo when inside but during normal play he was mainly just out wide. Probably is to do with the 2 inverted wingers and neither of them having the pace to go on the outside properly. It’s worked at times but I always prefer at least one winger playing on their natural side to provide some genuine width. As opposed to starting very wide but always having to cut back inside and effectively slow the move down.

 

[Craig]

I don’t see that a sub means the result is different which is what people appear to be saying.

yes a sub might well have been made but the result is not a consequence of not making one.

usual suspects piling in as per

Probably shows that despite what the media say our squad isn’t quite as strong as it’s perceived. I mean apart from Gundo I wasn’t really arsed either about him making a change to bring Sterling or Jesus on. It’s usually inevitable the subs will happen with 10/20 to go when you’ve not scored but can’t say I was sat there thinking Jesus or Sterling would be game changers with a team sat so deep.

I assume that was Peps thinking otherwise Foden would have been hooked.

 

[robbieh]

If we lose the title it will be a shame, but not a disaster. Liverpool are a very good side. While we have a wonderful collection of midfielders they have a plethora of strikers.
We tend to have hot days, Lisbon away, followed by cold days in front of goal.
That's because Mahrez aside none of our forward players is a striker at heart.
The pressure is now on Liverpool. Arsenal are playing well. Let's see how it unfolds.

 

[meeesh]

If we lose the title it will be a shame, but not a disaster. Liverpool are a very good side. While we have a wonderful collection of midfielders they have a plethora of strikers.
We tend to have hot days, Lisbon away, followed by cold days in front of goal.
That's because Mahrez aside none of our forward players is a striker at heart.
The pressure is now on Liverpool. Arsenal are playing well. Let's see how it unfolds.

If we lose the title it’ll be down to just a couple of games including last nights debacle.

Pep is a stubborn bastard,however I’m still convinced we will be singing his name loudly in May after lifting the title once again

 

[kaz7]

Looked absent tonight. Hope he is ok in his head.

Lol

 

[blueparrot]

If we lose the title it will be a shame, but not a disaster. Liverpool are a very good side. While we have a wonderful collection of midfielders they have a plethora of strikers.
We tend to have hot days, Lisbon away, followed by cold days in front of goal.
That's because Mahrez aside none of our forward players is a striker at heart.
The pressure is now on Liverpool. Arsenal are playing well. Let's see how it unfolds.

If we get 90 or more points this season without a striker we'll have had a pretty good season. I think that would be enough to win it. If not then well done liverpool, we get a striker and win it back next year.

 

[kaz7]

Pep Guardiola on not making substitutions: "I thought about it. But the guys who were playing were playing good. The game was in a high rhythm..." [via
@MikeMinay
]

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

He had the power to change things but didn't. His failure to use the bench was probably the worst decision of the night. The team was screaming to be changed.

Pep deserves every negative comment tonight.

Before the game, I read somewhere that Palace play on a very narrow pitch. Perhaps that might explain why so many of our crossfield passes were overhit. IF that has some merit then you would expect Pep to have a plan B. Even Einstein got a few things wrong!

 

[Barcon]

There was nobody on that bench that I would have brought on. It would have been a different case if any of them were in good form.

 

[Pep Guardiola]

AMAZING, GUYS!


In Spain we have a youtuber called Djmario, he does a channel about football.

And you know, just an amateur guy that can play football like a 3rd division Liga player. He is not professional is more like a charismatic guy like all those youtubers can connect with people.

The traslation is that Pep says "I watched some matches played of me like a player years and years ago, and I played bad in some ways".

Then Djmario a answer "yes, me too. I watch me in video and sometimes I play bad, no fast...".

Then Pep answer them "yes you are ok. You play football VERY BAD".

"Are you telling me I play football very bad?", and Pep answer "yes, Im so serious. Im not joking. You play HORRIBLE. You don't know how to play soccer".


Hahahaha. Its fucking amazing. Pep is like a child who always says what he thinks.