Pep Guardiola - 2023/24

[eastmanc]

Might as well close this thread then if Pep is above criticism.

Same for all the treble winning player performance threads.

He isn't but this is going over the top. City fans are becoming entitled.

 

[JewelZee]

Scutinized is a different word to criticised. No it isn't a cult, but not giving learning from the past and not expecting him to see what's needed and put it right is just fucking daft.

I certainly hope he does just that...

 

[K-Bo]

I think pep is getting it generally wrong this year, but he's probably earned a season like that lol.

 

[blueparrot]

I certainly hope he does just that...

He will, might be this season might be next.

 

[alexmcity]

Some people are a bit too quick to criticise Pep. It's not like we can be sure that if we played certain players over other players we'd be flying. Nobody really knows.

Plus, Gundo and Kevin are City legends. To play half a season without them and expect to cruise to the title shows lack of respect for them. Guess some fans never understood why Gundo was captain and so crucial. It will take time to properly replace him. Also, you can't bring new midfielders and expect wonders from them, unless they are truly extraordinary (say, Bellingham).

Given all the effort over the last 3 seasons, the
departure of important players, injuries to key players, dubious decisions by referees and some unlucky results, it's only natural we are not flying right now. But we have the squad to play much better. Hopefully the pain from those unfortunate results will refresh us mentally and help us in the 2nd half of the season.

 

[Legal Alien]

Some people are a bit too quick to criticise Pep. It's not like we can be sure that if we played certain players over other players we'd be flying. Nobody really knows.

Plus, Gundo and Kevin are City legends. To play half a season without them and expect to cruise to the title shows lack of respect for them.

I'd also add John Stones to that, he's been out most of the season and to be without all three of them has been a major loss for us.

 

[city warrior]

This place is hilarious whenever we have a bad run. All people here now know what to do better than the most revolutionary and best manager of this century by far. What are you doing on your current job when you could be making 20m a year?

This is not to say we cannot criticize Pep, but the volume and ridiculous criticism right now is laughable. I remember last year around this time- February having very similar conversations of how playing with 4 CB was ridiculous, how KDB should be benched, how a CB/RB stepping into midfield was awful and left us unprotected. The funniest part is that a lot of those people disappeared in the last 4 months, but I recognize some of the names now being back.

Wanting Pep out or even wanting to be something different, is like wanting peak Messi out of your team, only a complete imbecile would want that.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Making no subs then chucking Stones on in the 94th minute or whatever, seemingly makes no sense at all. I'm guessing he's trying to make a point to the players, and that's something that he thinks will benefit us through the course of the season, but obviously it's very frustrating to throw points away (again) like we did yesterday. 5 points behind arsenal is still not a (major) problem at this stage, and maybe we just need to be patient for now

 

[JewelZee]

This place is hilarious whenever we have a bad run. All people here now know what to do better than the most revolutionary and best manager of this century by far. What are you doing on your current job when you could be making 20m a year?

This is not to say we cannot criticize Pep, but the volume and ridiculous criticism right now is laughable. I remember last year around this time- February having very similar conversations of how playing with 4 CB was ridiculous, how KDB should be benched, how a CB/RB stepping into midfield was awful and left us unprotected. The funniest part is that a lot of those people disappeared in the last 4 months, but I recognize some of the names now being back.

Wanting Pep out or even wanting to be something different, is like wanting peak Messi out of your team, only a complete imbecile would want that.

I can only speak for myself but I defo don't want Pep out or any of that bullocks. What I want is for him to sit Walker and Alvarez next to him and stop playing Gvardiol at LB...let's start there...

 

[JewelZee]

And I will continue to slate him for his piss poor performances, Rodri has been our best in both EPL and UCL followed by Bernie.

Ah STFU ya mutt...