Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[cheekybids]

Ah yes, Voltaire was a lover of fautball.

Didn’t track back though

 

[halfcenturyup]

Didn’t track back though

"Baque-tracquer" to track back. You at the back, conjugate!

 

[halfcenturyup]

Not that one but a fine example of Voltaire’s sagacity. No, when Arteta was pressed yesterday more than once to comment on the charges levelled at City, he refused to comment saying he would instead ‘dig in his own garden’. Or as Voltaire said in Candide, ‘il faut cultiver notre jardin‘…I suspect Arteta knew he was quoting Voltaire in English.

It just occurred to me that Voltaire's work "Traité sur la Tolérance" was an early critique of the latest off-side rules. Forward thinker extraordinaire.

 

[cheekybids]

"Baque-tracquer" to track back. You at the back, conjugate!

Magnifique …

 

[halfcenturyup]

Just watched the second part of the PC. It was noticeable that the questions were much softer, more sympathetic even, than in the first part. Whether that is because the big-hitters like Sky, BBC had shot their bolts already on predictable questions or whether Guardiola made some progress getting his pov across, I don't know. But I thought it was noticeable.

 

[cheekybids]

Just watched the second part of the PC. It was noticeable that the questions were much softer, more sympathetic even, than in the first part. Whether that is because the big-hitters like Sky, BBC had shot their bolts already on predictable questions or whether Guardiola made some progress getting his pov across, I don't know. But I thought it was noticeable.

Who asked the first question, about the supporters?

 

[halfcenturyup]

Who asked the first question, about the supporters?

@tolmie's hairdoo ?

Edit: I meant TH may know, not that it was TH. Or ......... was it?

*** strokes chin, questioningly ***

 

[cheekybids]

@tolmie's hairdoo ?

Edit: I meant TH may know, not that it was TH. Or ......... was it?

*** strokes chin, questioningly ***

I wondered whether it was a loaded question, get a few points across.

 

[Keeper!]

Does anyone think Pep has done enough right now for him to get a statue outside of the stadium?

If not what more does he have to do during the rest of his time at the club?

The Stadium du Pep highly appropriate.

 

[supercity88]

I've always been annoyed when he talks about the history boys and suggests we don't have their experience, even though I know that is just to take the pressure off the club. But what he did in that press conference is way beyond a manager's duty and he has fucking stuck it to them. Sensational stuff.