Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[01cravend]

Have a feeling that he knows his philosophy of old is reaching the end of its course. Good teams comfortably sitting back, limiting us to 1-3 shots on target and tearing us apart on the break. It has to be why he is constantly trying new things this season, none are really working though. And imo that's due to the core of his philosophy, possession. Pair that with having no real plan b and you find yourself in a rut when things aren't working.

At Bayern when possession wasn't working, they would drop deep and lure oppo up the pitch and they(usually Boateng) would ping balls over the top to runners. It was a brilliant plan B but unfortunately Haaland aside, all the pace in our team has been weeded out.

So what's the alternative? Pep is seemingly looking for it but has yet to find any consistency. I hope a good summer of squad rebalancing will see us with more options to change games on the fly ect. We need some serious pace, more creativity & snap centrally and a couple solid fullbacks whose noses don't bleed when they approach final third.

 

[domalino]

It has to be why he is constantly trying new things this season, none are really working though.

He's not trying new things though? That's the problem. He's doing the same thing but with a weaker, knackered squad.

Swapping having a defender who moves into midfield vs. a midfielder who moves into the back 4 isn't really changing the basic structure of how we play.

I'm amazed he's not reached a point of "fuck it lets just attack and win 5-3", instead he seems so scared he's sapping all creativity and threat out of the players.

 

[MillisleBlue]

Our bald fraud has clearly lost it and needs to pack his bags now if he thinks we all want to win every game 4 - 0. We wanna win every game 15 - 0 !

Pep out.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Some of the comments saying hes done is no different than in the 19/20 season when was struggling.

Pep will turn it around like he always does.

What i will say is that the players are taking too many touches and holding onto it instead of releasing it. The midfield are guilty of it. What happened to the two touch football?

 

[Paul1970]

People thought he was done in his first season they thought he was done in 2020. Some people are incapable of learning, you must be one.

I do think a few of this team are done though and pep will need to re invent his squad

 

[01cravend]

He's not trying new things though? That's the problem. He's doing the same thing but with a weaker, knackered squad.

I ain't seen much pure/our peak 4-3-3 this season? At least not consistently

Seems he's compensating in areas.
Inverted fullback back with a vengeance this season.
Like fully playing Lewis in 2 positions and sticking with it despite it causing Rico to get constantly caught up the pitch. Why? I assume to add more control, to continue to be risk adverse with Haaland up top in lieu of a false 9?
This means no support to the wide men, who by design are meant to cut in often but are now hogging the touchline to provide the width abandoned by our fullbacks. This leaves Haaland more isolated and puts a spotlight on his ignored runs.

Attempted 4-4-2 a few times then dropped it again the next game.
Bernie at LB

Guess its also things he's doing/not doing
Game management being the big one.
Freezing players out and thus further thinning the squad
Constantly rotating the backline

He's having a nightmare tbh

 

[Lavinda Past]

What do I make of it?

Bollocks is what I make of it mate.

Fair enough. It's all about opinions.

I hope you're right, because we could end up in a right mess if we hang on to past glories for too long, like Malcolm Allison or the GPC.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Not sacking Pup Guardiola and appointing Sean Dyche could bite us on the arse.

 

[B\connellblue]

Some of the comments are just laughable. Im surprised the fail hasn’t put out a headline yet; ‘Posters on Man City Fan Site are more expert at game management than Guardiola’.

as Jim Mcdonald used to say ‘will you catch yourself on’.
He didn’t make a sub because he thought the 11 on the pitch were in the best position to get a result against one of the very best German teams at their gaff.

He is working so fucking hard to bring more glory to our club, I really can’t Believe the criticism and sniping that goes on on here. We won the fucking lottery when we appointed him and long may he continue with us being the innovative genius that he is.

If he though the 11 on the pitch were in the best position to get a result during the second half then he was wrong.

 

[Saddleworth2]

Fair enough. It's all about opinions.

I hope you're right, because we could end up in a right mess if we hang on to past glories for too long, like Malcolm Allison or the GPC.

all true. Or we might end up with big lugs and the PL.

He has done more than enough for me to trust him until he fails and I would expect him to walk before that happens.