Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[wattle]

This thread is an abomination today. For many reasons the team is not performing but the lynching of pep is way over the top. Give your heads a shake ffs. One bad season and the fans have turned on him? fucking mental.

Something rotten in the air tonight. I would rather keep Pep and not win another match.

4 titles in 5 seasons. Still 2nd and still favourites with the bookies to win it. Still in the FA cup with a favourable draw and still in the Chumps league after topping our group. Plus we're top scorers in the division and have the highest individual scorer. Self entitles spoilt brats on here

 

[paulsimpson]

He’s winding us all up here

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If Pep saw MOTD he would see the runs that Haaland made today. Get the ball into where he is running and he will score.
Haaland needs fed and provided loads of opportunities today to be given the ball. Unbelievable that the player makes a run and the cross never comes!

 

[Damanino]

big trouble in the dressing room imo, either with personal issues or Pep insisting on tactical changes which the players dont believe in or both.

the issues we had like certain key players kept on bench after WC, than body language issues at training, than Cancelo's urgent transfer out of the blue, then he keeps trying to prove a point with Rico Lewis, maybe to Txiki about squad strength, also a message about completely not using Phillips and Gomez two of his summer transfers.

we brought in Gomez as we missed out on Cucurella and (was arrogant enough to tell Zinchenko he is gonna have even less game time due to cucurella ) & to offset pressure on Cancelo who was our main LB last season.
Zinchenko gone, Cancelo gone, Cucurella never arrived and Gomez hardly gets a chance to look in. he may well be not good enough or not up to speed. by the look of it not even for a limited rotational role.

dont get me started on Phillips.
I bet if Rodri would get a 2 months injury Phillips would still be sitting on the bench most of that 2 months.

 

[Trojan1962]

4 titles in 5 seasons. Still 2nd and still favourites with the bookies to win it. Still in the FA cup with a favourable draw and still in the Chumps league after topping our group. Plus we're top scorers in the division and have the highest individual scorer. Self entitles spoilt brats on here

4 titles in 5 seasons. Still 2nd and still favourites with the bookies to win it. Still in the FA cup with a favourable draw and still in the Chumps league after topping our group. Plus we're top scorers in the division and have the highest individual scorer. Self entitles spoilt brats on here

big trouble in the dressing room imo, either with personal issues or Pep insisting on tactical changes which the players dont believe in or both.

the issues we had like certain key players kept on bench after WC, than body language issues at training, than Cancelo's urgent transfer out of the blue, then he keeps trying to prove a point with Rico Lewis, maybe to Txiki about squad strength, also a message about completely not using Phillips and Gomez two of his summer transfers.

we brought in Gomez as we missed out on Cucurella and (was arrogant enough to tell Zinchenko he is gonna have even less game time due to cucurella ) & to offset pressure on Cancelo who was our main LB last season.
Zinchenko gone, Cancelo gone, Cucurella never arrived and Gomez hardly gets a chance to look in. he may well be not good enough or not up to speed. by the look of it not even for a limited rotational role.

dont get me started on Phillips.
I bet if Rodri would get a 2 months injury Phillips would still be sitting on the bench most of that 2 months.

Phillips hasn’t been given a chance. He’s an international player. Once a manager criticises players in the media as Pep has done with a few this season it’s bad form. It’s no wonder a lot of the players are not performing

 

[sir baconface]

It's beyond belief that Spuds didn't have to do anything special to beat us. They just wait for the inevitable defensive fuck-up and it's job done.

Hardly beyond belief. It was totally expected. Happens every time against that shithouse team.

That apart, almost everything and everyone is currently looking either jaded or out of ideas.

 

[HolisticJim]

Which players are they? I haven't read any reliable source of player fall outs apart from Cancelo

No idea at all but it's easy to look at who isn't playing and draw suspicions.
Seems clear to me that there's been some upset behind the scenes and whoever it is - NONE of them are bigger than the club or manager.

So keep Grealish, Mahrez and Rico then?

As above - you have to cast aspersions at the normally regular players who suddenly aren't making the team and in some cases the bench.

You therfore also come to the conclusion that Grealish, Mahrez and Rico are not in that group of players.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

This thread is an abomination today. For many reasons the team is not performing but the lynching of pep is way over the top. Give your heads a shake ffs. One bad season and the fans have turned on him? fucking mental.

Something rotten in the air tonight. I would rather keep Pep and not win another match.

Pep will hang himself with continued bizarre formations (that only he is privy to) because his recent formations have been a head scratcher. Something isn't quite right ang it's becoming a concern.

 

[El_george]

Phillips hasn’t been given a chance. He’s an international player. Once a manager criticises players in the media as Pep has done with a few this season it’s bad form. It’s no wonder a lot of the players are not performing

I wonder if Foden and Phillips are mates (from the England setup and Leeds being not that far from Manchester in a fast car) and could Foden's 'attitude' be as a result of seeing his mate smeared atfer the World Cup (the weight thing)?

 

[wolviedinho]

Pep will hang himself with continued bizarre formations (that only he is privy to) because his recent formations have been a head scratcher. Something isn't quite right ang it's becoming a concern.

The only concern I have is that we are incapable of passing the ball into Haaland. We have good players and a world class manager. The season is done imo. We will hang on for a while but that zip/drive is not on show this season. When Kev was passing the ball to Haaland it all seemed so easy. Now Kev is off form and the rest are pants. On the face of it poor recruitment for what ever reason is a major factor. Last season our squad was not good enough and we just about got the job done. This season the old reliable players like Kev have gone messing. Only 1 player has stepped up with goals and that is Haaland.

Solution: buy better players and stop worrying about the letter writing cunts. Hard balancing act. One we must put right in the summer.

Pep can only do so much. He cant create with the wrong tools. Clear out needed. Far too many passengers not weighing in with goals or assists. The club needs to give him better players and not have him creating miracles each season.

Oh, stop buying English players. Productivity and quality has fallen as a result of our recruitment. We have dropped the ball big time in this regard. Can’t creative with out a bit of magic. Foden was our only hope and he is having a funny season.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

The only concern I have is that we are incapable of passing the ball into Haaland. We have good players and a world class manager. The season is done imo. We will hang on for a while but that zip/drive is not on show this season. When Kev was passing the ball to Haaland it all seemed so easy. Now Kev is off form and the rest are pants. On the face of it poor recruitment for what ever reason is a major factor. Last season our squad was not good enough and we just about got the job done. This season the old reliable players like Kev have gone messing. Only 1 player has stepped up with goals and that is Haaland.

Solution: buy better players and stop worrying about the letter writing cunts. Hard balancing act. One we must put right in the summer.

Pep can only do so much. He cant create with the wrong tools. Clear out needed. Far too many passengers not weighing in with goals or assists. The club needs to give him better players and not have him creating miracles each season.

I agree with much of what you say and most players Pep has asked for we have signed. Kev right now is either world class or bang average, but even when he's been bang average he has created several world class moments where he has landed the ball on a sixpence to Haaland, and he has. The problem is as a whole we don't look motivated and hungry enough to retain the league and seek further success right now. And right now i think winning the CL is a pipe dream we cannot fulfill, sadly.