Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[meeesh]

Just got the feeling what ever happens this season I think he be off end of the season hope am wrong

Agreed,been saying it in my mind for a few months,be good to get the CL before he does,but like tonight as bad as we were I won’t lose any sleep,but Saturday I’ll be a little apprehensive

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Just got the feeling what ever happens this season I think he be off end of the season hope am wrong

I think he needs a proper squad refresh this summer. Sorta like 2017 summer when we thought it was crazy that Zaba had to leave when he was 31.

Well Gundo, Walker are up there in age.

And Gomez/ Kalvin Philips don't seem to be City players.

If Txiki were having thoughts similar to mine, he'd trigger Lavia's release clause now since Lavia made Kalvin look invisible today.

Pep needs to control the midfield. Without that, there's no joy!

 

[kanovic]

Apart from Lewis who has only just emerged almost every player is currently going backwards under Peps tutelage.

Yea crazy that after he had made them all better and they won all those trophies

 

[WestGorton]

Be very careful what you wish for.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Thats possibly the most disjointed side I`ve ever seen unnecessarily put out by Pep

 

[Manc123]

we seem to be having a bit of a transition year which is kind of fair hes trying to find the best way to get the best out of a striker while keeping control. Its normal we played without a 9 for literally 2 years

 

[Cityfan]

Apart from Lewis who has only just emerged almost every player is currently going backwards under Peps tutelage.

We have hit a bit of erratic form, but do you seriously think Stones , Ake, Akanji, Laporte, Rodri, Bernardo, Mahrez etc can realistically be said to be going backwards?

 

[domalino]

This is the kind of performance - the whole team not performing, tactics not working or not being followed, general malaise - that would make Pep walk away if it was repeated a few times.


He always says he'll walk away if the players stop responding to him. There better be one hell of response on Saturday because half a dozen matches like that before June and we could be in big trouble.

 

[Kippax77]

Just don't get Kelvin Phillips.
Great in a side that avoided relegation but......hmmm

 

[WallyA]

The players let him down, but he also let them down.

He can't be switching things up as often as he does as he did today, like Walker at CB, thinking Gundogan could pair with the new Philips to cover the midfield like Bernie, or not just the personnel but actually changing the system entirely from a previous win.

Pep SHOULD know the players need consistency, if he still doesn't know how he wants us to set up, then that's a problem. All our title winning season had a clear formation and style of play, even with personnel changes, that made us work.

Simply rotating alot isn't bad perse (except maybe defense literally every game), but it's more the extra stuff Pep does that I have an issue with.