Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

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wattle said:
Never have been one for knee jerk reactions, and probably stick up for our players and managers too much - I even got called a happy clapper once haha - whatever the fuck that’s meant to be. And I know we were totally cheated out of that today but are we getting into “taken the team as far as he can” territory? Something isn’t right at all this season. Our transfer window was shit despite Haaland. United could actually win the league this season by default. We should never have let that be a possibility. Maybe pep just isn’t cut out to make a big centre forward work. We just don’t create anything at the moment. It’s actually boring watching us at the moment. Never felt that since pep arrived. I dunno? It’s just not right. Hopefully he’ll conjure something up but I’m beginning to wonder. Kev and Bernie look totally shot of confidence. Why? Phil is a shade of himself. I used to think it’s ok because David silva, or yaya or prime Kev will sort things out when things get tough. I don’t feel anyone is leading the team on the pitch. I think we can write this season off to be honest. Unless we can get in form for the chumps league. Mind you could be worse. Imagine being Liverpool
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I think we’re boring to watch at the moment, but I also thought we were boring in the first half of the 2020-21 season. After the very poor Summer we had with the Arsenal FA Cup and Lyon CL games and finishing that 2019-20 season 18 points behind Liverpool.

We look like we did in that period. Really uninventive, slow, boring, 13 goals in our last 9 games… after 33 in our opening 9 games this season.

We can look dreadful - as we did a lot in Pep’s first season too - but out of nowhere we can go on a run.

A run of wins now looks more likely than it ever did in 2020-21 when we were about 8th yet went on to win 18 of 19 games.
 
100% the only player allowed that creative freedom to look for him is Kdb whos in bad form. The others have it drilled into them not to risk losing possession.

The system is neither working nor getting the best out of the players, playing 4-4-2 but De Bruyne is not a striker Mahrez and Foden are not wingers. It seems thats the way Pep to play in the champions league and he's using the domestic games to fine-tune this possesion based game.

We're giving teams to much respect with this sideways passing. The ONLY team we have played in the last 3 years that warranted this possesion, sideways backwards passing nonsesne is Atletico Madrid at the Etihad when they literally had a ten man defense. We are giving teams a boost by playing this system and an opportunity for referees to cheat us out of results.
 
Manchester_lalala said:
Money is what makes a club tick. Txiki hasn’t done a bad job over the years by recouping money from player sales. We’ll be in a very good position this summer to reinforce our midfield and get a winger in. I think you’re over reacting again.
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It's not an overreaction. I'm just commenting on the reality of the situation.

From the club hierarchy perspective, Haaland was the better move for the long term, giving us a top striker for a couple of years and a wad of profit when he goes. Txiki ticked all the boxes, and I expect him to do much the same with Bellingham.

From a 'Pep-style of play' perspective, Kane was the more logical move. A great striker, able to support the midfield and operate from deep, with long PL experience. He would have slotted into the team almost seamlessly, whereas even after 20 odd games, Erling Haaland (for all his goals) still looks like a square peg in a round hole for most of the time.

IMO, Haaland is a great striker who will score plenty of goals, Kane would have been a better all-round team player who would score a few less.

I suspect that Pep thought much the same. Kane would have necessitated less 'tinkering'.
 
Fantastic manager. He's clearly better than Ferguson in my book. Ferguson wasn't innovative, he was only about winning with whatever means, in particilar in his later years. He hasn't a disciple in today's game, not at elite level anyway. You look at the tables of the best leagues now and see the top teams are managed by Pep's disciples. Even ten Hag has learnt a lot from Pep.
 
alexmcity said:
Fantastic manager. He's clearly better than Ferguson in my book. Ferguson wasn't innovative, he was only about winning with whatever means, in particilar in his later years. He hasn't a disciple in today's game, not at elite level anyway. You look at the tables of the best leagues now and see the top teams are managed by Pep's disciples. Even ten Hag has learnt a lot from Pep.
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And they all have trusted assistants to question and support.
 
People are constantly banging about those Chelsea games. Chelsea are shite, even worse than us and even worse downward spiral with injuries. Stop bringing those games to say everything is fine
 
I think we have the best manager in football and based on what I have watched these last years I back him to turn this around. If it happens this season then great but if not, c'est la vie. That said, I am seeing enough these last few games to think we can turn things around this season.

I feel blessed to be watching a team that is always in the mix these last years and looks like staying in the mix going forward. The story of this season has not been written yet.

C'mon you blues.
 
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