Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[bluenova]

So you agree we haven't looked great much this season so far, glad we agree.

Their goal doesn't happen with walker or even Rico not playing inverted but the manager picks the side, the tactics and when to bring subs on if things aren't great.
Luck has nowt to do with those decisions.

Glad you can read what you want into my posts :/

Everton had less chances than any team we've played in the PL this season, and only scored with a 1 in 20 lucky shot. If you get upset over those kind of goals, the seasons must be very long for you.

 

[city warrior]

I said the goal doesn't happen if walker was playing or Rico wasn't playing inverted. You did see Lewis play didn't you? In the middle of the park like:-)

You did see the bit where I mentioned tactics?

I didn't bother with the rest of your post if you can't get the basics right.

This is a thread on Peps performance after games like all the other performance threads. If it upsets your delicate nature open a pep end of season review, ask the mods to lock it till the season ends.

I look forward to not seeing you discuss anything till then;-)

I mean you are cobstant critic of the best manager of all time and overreact every time we lose. Of course it is Pep thread, so we should discuss, but it's a shame that when we win there is barely any activity and as soon as we lose everythibg is chaos and the worst thing to ever happened

 

[Lavinda Past]

Don’t like it when the manager starts to criticise players openly. He’s almost hanging the players out. Not good when we’re not getting results that we should be getting. Next few games will see where we are.

Overweight, wrong body language... If he's trying to deflect responsibility for a poor run of results, he's not doing it very well.

It's poor team selection, delayed substitutions and sticking to unsuitable tactics.

If he's losing his 'magic' with some players, it's probably because they're mentally halfway out of the door.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

Based upon which performance for us so far ?

That's exactly his point.

 

[hilts]

I mean you are cobstant critic of the best manager of all time and overreact every time we lose. Of course it is Pep thread, so we should discuss, but it's a shame that when we win there is barely any activity and as soon as we lose everythibg is chaos and the worst thing to ever happened

Expectation is a reality you cannot escape from. It's why those at the top get the big bucks. As a supporter attitudes will change as a consequence.

You never saw Federer doing cart wheels when he beat the 15th best player in the world but you can guarantee he was mightily pissed if he had lost.

We drew to a crap Everton at home which dents our title hopes. Its gonna get criticism especially as it was a poor game. If you can't handle it don't come on when we don't win. Simples.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

That's exactly his point.

But was such a shit response to the point in question.

It's not always good to try and be a smartarse

 

[hilts]

Glad you can read what you want into my posts :/

Everton had less chances than any team we've played in the PL this season, and only scored with a 1 in 20 lucky shot. If you get upset over those kind of goals, the seasons must be very long for you.

Luck again. City player hits post and he is unlucky Everton player scores with very good technique and he is lucky.

Remember Wenger and his top 4 trophy well you have bestest him.


The more chances cup:-)

 

[wolviedinho]

It's interesting seeing quotes from Pep about body language, Foden and Cancelo.

Add to his quotes about how someone like Rico energises other players & Bernardo moaning about still being here.

Gundogan's future up in the air, Mahrez quiet quitting and a few world cup hangovers thrown in and you start to wonder if we have a serious motivation issue at the club.

We may have to accept that a few top players need to leave for us to progress. Warmer climate, won it all and not up for it again is probably the biggest problem we face.

No good having a world class player not performing. Shake up needed. Pep has been going on about how the players react. Have they got the same hunger and desire? Looks like a few don’t anymore.

Once we extended Pep’s contract we backed him over the squad and that tells me a few will be leaving in the summer. A season of discontent is upon us.

 

[city warrior]

Expectation is a reality you cannot escape from. It's why those at the top get the big bucks. As a supporter attitudes will change as a consequence.

You never saw Federer doing cart wheels when he beat the 15th best player in the world but you can guarantee he was mightily pissed if he had lost.

We drew to a crap Everton at home which dents our title hopes. Its gonna get criticism especially as it was a poor game. If you can't handle it don't come on when we don't win. Simples.

Maybe if we praise success as much, then it wouldn't be our reality. Reality can only be changed if we individually change. It sucks, but in football you lose more often than not, and we have the most succesful mamager ever, but if anyone reads this, they would think Pep is doing everything wrong most often than not, which is very far from reality.

 

[bluenova]

Luck again. City player hits post and he is unlucky Everton player scores with very good technique and he is lucky.

Remember Wenger and his top 4 trophy well you have bestest him.


The more chances cup:-)

Or having more chances in most matches over a season = four titles and five cup wins in five seasons?

If Gray had the technique to curl those in 100% of the time he'd win the balon d'or. He didn't chose to get the technique right today, City were just unlucky that it was probably the one time this season he'll hit a ball as sweetly.

I get the impression that you're not one for stats, but let's try with this:

The xG for that shot was 0.07 - that's based on thousands of other shots from players in the Premier League trying the same shot from the same area, with similar numbers of defenders in the way. That 0.07 means that for every 14 players that try that kind of shot, only one scores.

But that shot also had an "xG on target" of 0.62. That means that, based on those thousands of past shots, if a player gets this on target then they're likely to score, because getting it on target is the hard bit. It also means that a typical Premier League level player would need 9 attempts to hit the target once from that position.

That's what luck means.