Pep Guardiola - 2023/24

[JewelZee]

Still going with b?

Seriously? Pep was spotting these pretenders? It makes for a funny as shit narrative but in reality? LMAO

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Seriously? Pep was spotting these pretenders? It makes for a funny as shit narrative but in reality? LMAO

I accept your apology ; )

 

[Dobsy]

Pep may be Number 1 but I'm not sure berating a player on the pitch at the end of a game in front of fans like he did again last night to Guardiol is actually 'great management'. Coaching can be done away from the TV cameras.

He is giving him the feedback while the memory is fresh in his mind. Pep does it so often it clearly works. If Gvardiol can't take it then he doesn't belong here. The motivation should be to always improve over ego.

 

[Gigant]

This is what I want in every fuckin game!
This is what we missing in every game that we draw

 

[GaudinoMotors]

This is what I want in every fuckin game!
This is what we missing in every game that we draw

Exactly - we've been successful through our death by a housing passes, probing play. Shiny new toy Doku has got to a few. Demanding possession football, but on the break, doesn't work.

 

[Gabriel]

Since Luton away we have been going back to our possession based game and slowly strangling teams into suffocation. Save for the late blip against Palace, it’s been hugely successful. What we’re also seeing now, however, is something different: fluidity. When we played with no centre forward, the man up front was rotated and did the pressing selflessly like the lead goose in a V formation. The rest of the players largely stayed in their shape. In this latest incarnation, though, we’re seeing players change position multiple times both in halves and in games yet still working effectively as a team. It’s making it extremely difficult for opponents to pick up players and that in turn tires them mentally much sooner; Sheffield United were surprisingly quick to tire today. Looking ahead, the only problem with this new style is that we have two players (Doku and Haaland) that are probably not as adept at interchanging, so once they are fit, accommodating them might be a challenge. Going to be interesting to see how Guardiola manages this.

 

[Akira]

This is what I want in every fuckin game!
This is what we missing in every game that we draw

994 passes?! Pfft, can't even get 6 more to make it an even 1000. PEP OUT.

 

[Goater=Legend]

He must look at some of these players coming through now and think he's sat on a goldmine.

 

[FromPollockToSilva]

Brave enough to see that Bobb was a bigger threat than Grealish and make that call

 

[Gabriel]

Seems to know what he’s doing…