Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[Kippax77]

So you’re judging a player who has just started his first game, hmmm.

We are in January now.
He got his 30 mins of Pep so he could make sure he was available for the England squad and then....

 

[Manchester_lalala]

We are in January now.
He got his 30 mins of Pep so he could make sure he was available for the England squad and then....

So what are you suggesting, he injured himself and made sure he timed it just right to return back to fitness before the World Cup? Struggling to understand the relevance of it being January. He’s fit now and he can start playing games for us and getting up to speed. Writing a new signing off after about 100 minutes of football is nonsense but it’s something I expect to see on bluemoon these days.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Happens to all the greats eventually (an argument for Paisley as an exception). Suddenly the aura slips through familiarity. Players no longer willing to run through walls and buy into the excitement of new ideas and methods, etc. etc. Is it resurrectable? Big test.

 

[nellyonthewing]

The squad look leaderless . They are reacting to him working his notice. His sometimes bizarre tactics and selections are not resulting in new strokes of genius with this group .He dreams of the Champions League they are on a go slow.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Personally think he felt obliged to sign a new contract

 

[Goldust]

Great manager and all however does some totally bizarre stuff and would be a cluster fuck, if his apprentice at arsenal wins it. Especially giving them 2 top players. Zin should be our left back and Jesus should be out wide or playing up top with Halland. By the way I would have jesus all day over Alvarez.

 

[Paul1970]

I don’t know what I believe really after such an abysmal showing but anyone think Pep knew what he was doing and played who he played with the oncoming schedule in mind? Take a look at the scums fixture list to see my point. They now face the frantic madness we have faced a good few times.
In the strangest of seasons what trophy is easiest to give up on?

I don’t class Brentford Everton and even Fulham as major tests mate and that was in the premier league which is our bread and butter . We are way off it and pep is a major part of it . I get he is our greatest manager and probably the greatest manager ever but he us getting it wrong week in week out and it needs sorting

 

[Craig]

Great manager and all however does some totally bizarre stuff and would be a cluster fuck, if his apprentice at arsenal wins it. Especially giving them 2 top players. Zin should be our left back and Jesus should be out wide or playing up top with Halland. By the way I would have jesus all day over Alvarez.

I always liked Jesus but you have to say Arteta has got the best out of him not Pep. He’s playing at a level i’d gave up on him playing. It’s only over about 5 months but he’s playing at a staggeringly good level in a team playing the kind of exciting fast football we used to. Fair enough the goals had dried up but his link up play and confidence is top class now.

 

[urban genie]

Maybe this is just what happens when Pep stays longer than he normally does at a club, he gets bored with perfecting the greatest title wining machine and hoovering up trophies and decides to go mad scientist and experiment with formations and players to relieve the monotomy of it all in his head ;-)

 

[meltonblue]

Think a bit too much is being read into it tbh. We’ve got a few players seriously out of form and a few players we have been overplaying to compensate.

Yesterday was the right game to rest some and try and play others into form, it’s just that none of them took their chance last night.

I don’t think we’ve worked out how to transition with Haaland in the team properly still either, although I always thought that would take a while - I’m more surprised how effective he’s been already tbh.