Pep Guardiola - 2022/23

[Saddleworth2]

I was proud of him at his press conference. Imagine Klopp in the same circumstances.
The points he made were correct and intelligent 1) Rashford did interfere with play 2) Phil was immediately flagged for offside by cms two or three times in the first half and play stopped. Why did that not happen to Rashford when he was two metres offside for their first? Will we get answers to those questions - not a chance.
I sensed rather than it being overt that he was disappointed particularly at the speed we lost the second goal (not the first time that has happened in big games sadly).
As always, classy, honest and professional. Oh but the officials had a fraction of that.

 

[Bluesince1979]

We are 2nd in the league and in the FA Cup and CL still.

I am not going to write this side, Pep or this season off in January.

I wasnt moaning , its just a fact (IMO) Our play has slowed to the point i am often bored at the mo.
I appreciate that opposing teams parking the bus doesnt help but we often dont take advantage of opportunities to get forward on the counter, opting to pass back just to keep possession.
Weve lost pacey players over the last few seasons other players are slowing down.

Whenever someone has a moan about pep they are deemed ungrateful, which is silly.
As a match going fan i am entitled to my opinion. And my opinion is that peps in a bit of a rut

 

[richards30]

I wasnt moaning , its just a fact (IMO) Our play has slowed to the point i am often bored at the mo.
I appreciate that opposing teams parking the bus doesnt help but we often dont take advantage of opportunities to get forward on the counter, opting to pass back just to keep possession.
Weve lost pacey players over the last few seasons other players are slowing down.

Whenever someone has a moan about pep they are deemed ungrateful, which is silly.
As a match going fan i am entitled to my opinion. And my opinion is that peps in a bit of a rut

Agree with this and pep’s frustration imo is rubbing off on the players. I worry about this season being his last as the players seem all of a sudden to not responding to how he wants to play? I imagine the weird formations and wrong player positions at times won’t be helping either

 

[FantasyIreland]

I think you are under the illusion that that is Pep's gameplan.

He has always preferred quick passes to break defenses down. It worked with Aguero because of his world class first touch.

It worked with false 9 because no one knew who would provide the shot on goal vs the pass.

But it is not working now because every defense knows the shot on goal is only coming from Haaland.

The only solution is since we've played false 9 for the past 2 years so they should all be chipping in with goals, but they seem to have all gotten old, lazy and seem to be happy keeping the ball and praying for Haaland miracles.

Defensively we also miss Ruben Dias.

Sometimes the simplest answer is the correct one.

No illusion,the game is exactly as i have described.Pep is the manger,he instructs our players how to play and he chooses the methods in which to do so.

Who's instructions are they following not to play the early/long ball if not Pep's?

 

[Bluesince1979]

Agree with this and pep’s frustration imo is rubbing off on the players. I worry about this season being his last as the players seem all of a sudden to not responding to how he wants to play? I imagine the weird formations and wrong player positions at times won’t be helping either

Yeah he seems to be searching for an answer but making things worse in the process.

What i know about football compared to pep is beyond tiny, but we need to get back to basics in some way

 

[blueinsa]

I wasnt moaning , its just a fact (IMO) Our play has slowed to the point i am often bored at the mo.
I appreciate that opposing teams parking the bus doesnt help but we often dont take advantage of opportunities to get forward on the counter, opting to pass back just to keep possession.
Weve lost pacey players over the last few seasons other players are slowing down.

Whenever someone has a moan about pep they are deemed ungrateful, which is silly.
As a match going fan i am entitled to my opinion. And my opinion is that peps in a bit of a rut

Didn’t say you was moaning, nor did I say you wasn’t entitled to your opinion.

I posted a fact about Pep and his record and then I said we are still in a great position in January.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Didn’t say you was moaning, nor did I say you wasn’t entitled to your opinion.

I posted a fact about Pep and his record and then I said we are still in a great position in January.

I appreciated that, its all about opinions.

Deep down i feel we will turn it round and go on one of our runs . Its just at the mo tough to watch.
Spoilt? Probably
Appreciative? Massivley

But we arent the city of old and i wont compare us to what we once were , we are a different club now. We should top notch

 

[blueinsa]

I appreciated that, its all about opinions.

Deep down i feel we will turn it round and go on one of our runs . Its just at the mo tough to watch.
Spoilt? Probably
Appreciative? Massivley

But we arent the city of old and i wont compare us to what we once were , we are a different club now. We should top notch

Haaland is the outlier here and as a team we need to learn to play both around him and get the most out of him whilst everyone else still shines and contributes.

Pep will solve it, no doubts.

 

[Bluesince1979]

Haaland is the outlier here and as a team we need to learn to play both around him and get the most out of him whilst everyone else still shines and contributes.

Pep will solve it, no doubts.

Agree. We have the worlds best striker but he is ambling about up front looking like brett angel at the mo.

 

[jrb]

Death by a 1000 sideways and back passes.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

No illusion,the game is exactly as i have described.Pep is the manger,he instructs our players how to play and he chooses the methods in which to do so.

Who's instructions are they following not to play the early/long ball if not Pep's?

I think you are right, I have heard him say take a pass back in one of those city documentaries.

 

[Keeper!]

No illusion,the game is exactly as i have described.Pep is the manger,he instructs our players how to play and he chooses the methods in which to do so.

Who's instructions are they following not to play the early/long ball if not Pep's?

Do you think we have anyone in the dressing room that would go face to face with Pep?

After losing Kompany and Fern, I would say no.

Same goes with his coaching staff, Lilo Lil would have his say, not sure the others do anything but agree.

 

[hilts]

Pep has a big job on here with a rebuild.
Right back and centre halfs we are covered.We need 2 competent left backs.
Gundo,Kev need replacing.
Cancelo just needs moving on.
Jack and Phil on thin ice.Its not Peps fault that most players are vastly miles off it at the moment.
We need to be a liitle pragmatic even when the scum were dominating they didnt win it every year and they had less competition.
Just need to try and nick a cup and we must learn the right time to let players go piss can was a master of that.Maybe we should try playing 2 up top and having a plan b,you win games by scoring goals not passing sideways and back.
Still onwards and upwards at least we are not watching the likes of Brannan and Creaney

That league Cup looks winnable this year:-)

 

[hilts]

i didn't watch the match because i was working, and have no intention of rewatching it, i've seen the goals though,now according to what i've read after a cagey first half we dominated the second half,thats what ive read/watched, i've also read that the first goal changed the game completely , now if that is true what has pep got wrong , we dominated the 2nd half ,got the goal at a very tough place to go in front of a manic 75000 fans and looked set to win the game(again not my opinion), we aren't going to get many chances in big games against a team on form and contrary to city's fans thought on blue a half decent team .

before the world cup we were playing the same way and the big lad got 27 goals,i do think we are off it a little bit, but according to what i've read the 2nd half was like the dominant city we are used to, so again what did pep get wrong yesterday or did the players heads go after that first goal.

It's not about one game as that would be utter folly. We have been playing poorly for a lot of the season, real turgid football.

Now with these players we will win games but our standard has dropped and its past the stage of just a blip. We can only say we have time to turn it round for so long.

Every bad result or performance comes with excuses as is the way with every great team on the slide. You never know until it's too late.

Anyhow let's hope things change as we have been saying for quite a while. Pray for a spurs win or draw today and hope pep comes up with something.

 

[PPT]

The thing is, nobody knows what's going to happen. Nobody thought the Centurions would lose from Wigan of all teams, and nobody thought we were going to win 21 games in a row after lingering in midtable in December 2020.

I think this team will win things this season, and some of the performances on the way to the trophies will be incredible.

Many are victims of the recency bias: several poor games and we are not good enough any more. Naive. The potential of this team is huge, and it is likely to get realised over the next months, given who is the manager.

I wish I was as convinced as you are.

 

[Blue Maverick]

I don’t like Peps body language, this might be a season too far for him, hes Coming over as if he’s reading headlines and fans views. He came out with not interested in Carabou cup and league last night, his digs at his formations and team selection. I do wonder if the Haaland deal i something he really wanted, I’ve said before he’s never really had this sort of player before and maybe it’s fucking with his head how to put him in. Alvarez seems more the model of his player but Haaland is undroppable because of the hype. I honestly think if we win the CL this year he walks citing burnout.

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

We’ve got one or two free mid weeks coming up. Hopefully time on the training ground to sort this out

 

[JWCH-99]

Pep guardiola is our greatest manager ever by far and has give us enough success and amazing Memories for a lifetime. Even if we win nothing this year and it’s another year like 18/19 where we are massively off the pace I have the utmost faith that with a few personnel changes and adaptation to a no.9 rather than false 9 that we will be back to our glorious best in no time

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

It will be the 31 major trophies it has given him and the clubs he has managed probably.

You're smart comment just makes you look silly, it's clear to see we're playing different this season than any other season with more focus on ball retention with no risks..

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Pep guardiola is our greatest manager ever by far and has give us enough success and amazing Memories for a lifetime. Even if we win nothing this year and it’s another year like 18/19 where we are massively off the pace I have the utmost faith that with a few personnel changes and adaptation to a no.9 rather than false 9 that we will be back to our glorious best in no time

Huzzah!!