Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[IrishBlueSince92]

I keep reading that he’s working so hard to change things and working long hours in his office to turn it around, yet every game it’s the same thing
Bar Grealish in midfield he hasn’t tried anything different

Injuries haven’t helped mind

 

[Dazzle84]

Huge caveat that he's got all the credit in the bank of course, but it's starting to look like he either doesn't know how to fix it or he's dogmatically sticking to principles. The last month has been a bit Mourinho for me, think he maybe regrets signing new contract.

 

[clarion]

This slow passing, Gundo, Rico bla bla will make us 10th in the league and out of every competition. Sadly

It’s not about injuries. It’s about injury. Our team depends on one player. The problem is we didn’t do anything to cover him. And we lost Alvarez providing no replacement.

 

[the plasterer]

Something is seriously wrong, yes he's stubborn but fuck me, getting ridiculous now, defeats against utd & villa which on this form are highly likely, he's in big trouble, this team has imploded beyond belief

 

[Charlesfarsbar]

He's HAS to be under pressure surely

Literally does the same thing every week and then goes ballistic nothing changes.....

Surely he knows its to slow, surely he sees our midfield has no legs, surely we need to mix up the personnel with youth or the shape

Something HAS to change and he seem incapable of doing so

Thought he was better than Sir Alex, but he's showing he has no idea what to do under some adversity

Not saying sack him, but we are in freefall going one way.... some hard truths need to be had

Sir Alex?

Fuck right off with that shit

 

[samuelyeboah]

either you try SOMETHING, anything, or give up. but its been 2 months of trying the same thing over and over.

 

[ashleycaulcott1]

Greatest manager of all time having a blip for the first time in over 15 years. Plenty of credit but fuck he’s stubborn

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

He's HAS to be under pressure surely

Literally does the same thing every week and then goes ballistic nothing changes.....

Surely he knows its to slow, surely he sees our midfield has no legs, surely we need to mix up the personnel with youth or the shape

Something HAS to change and he seem incapable of doing so

Thought he was better than Sir Alex, but he's showing he has no idea what to do under some adversity

Not saying sack him, but we are in freefall going one way.... some hard truths need to be had

Sir Alex on Blue Moon? Fucked up with that one

 

[City_Sean]

I think this one of those rare moments where the manager and the board need to take a look in the mirror and have a bit of self realization.

The squad year upon year has been eroded in both size and quality. The manager is constantly shrinking the size but is supplementing it with players he doesn't fundamentally trust.

This means that Bernardo, Walker, Gundogan, KDB and Rodri etc have all had to play far too many minutes. It's created injuries and fatigue which are now plaguing the squad. It was a dereliction of duty in the summer to not buy a six but they did it.

Everyone is saying this years a transition, but to what? We've barely bought any young players in recent years, the midfield tonight had a combined age of 97. If Rodri played instead of Gundo it would have been 93.

You cannot keep running footballers into the ground and expect them to be able to play high intensity footballers. The legs have fallen off this team and I think unless we remedy it by signing players in January it'll get worse.

The manager has to increase the size of the squad, if not he has to have an 18 of players that he actually trusts.

 

[Chak19]

Huge caveat that he's got all the credit in the bank of course, but it's starting to look like he either doesn't know how to fix it or he's dogmatically sticking to principles. The last month has been a bit Mourinho for me, think he maybe regrets signing new contract.

Of course he doesn't know how to fix it, not with the injuries to the defence and Rodri missing, this system doesn't work with the current players but he's refused to change it because he's a live by the sword die by the sword type of guy, we're going have to live with it this season, hopefully things will change when Rodri comes back or we buy a couple of midfielders than can fit straight in though I doubt that.