Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[Lavinda Past]

Theres no way he wouldn’t have signed off the squad for the season , if he hadn’t been happy he would have walked.

£20m+ a year isn't easy to walk away from, especially when you're surrounded by sycophants.

His reputation was at it's peak at the end of 22/23. That's when he should have 'retired'.

 

[Chak19]

Let down with shite recruitment, injuries and players making ridiculous mistakes.

He'll turn it around but he needs a squad revamp.

He's as much to blame as Txiki for the lack of recruitement.

 

[applejuice]

Let down with shite recruitment, injuries and players making ridiculous mistakes.

He'll turn it around but he needs a squad revamp.

Lets pretend Pep is not part of shit recruitment.

And managers are not responsible for teaching players not making ridiculous mistake week in week out.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

IMO Haaland would move a lot more, if he thought he had any chance whatsoever of receiving a quick pass/through ball etc. I wouldn’t move either, if every time I moved, I watched my midfielders pass backwards/sideways. We have a midfield and bunch of wide men, that aren’t fit for purpose.

Any city fan doubting haaland us either not a city fan.
Or just insane..what other player would these people rather have than him.. yes he's ina bad patch.
But still top scorer in the league.
If he's not he's close to it.
He's not a great footballer.
But he's a fucking amazing goal scorer.
We're so lucky he plays for us.
Please let's not forget who we are.
We're man city.
Used to have the best fans in he world .
Not entitled twats.
Not aimed at you personally.
But fuck me.
I've watched city with Nigel Glen horn.
Nigel cough.
Carardi or how ever you spell it.
For give me I'm dyslexic.
But let's calm down a bit.
We will come again.

But dot doubt the one genuine world class player we have..uts the system not the player

 

[MCFC1993]

He's as much to blame as Txiki for the lack of recruitement.

The lack of the numbers maybe but I don't believe he identified players like Kovacic or Nunes. Both were done because deals were there. Even Gundogan was a deal out of convenience.

I believe he wanted Rice but we didn't want to pay.

We've compromised too much in the last 2 seasons and we've come out of it with a squad lacking technical and physical qualities.

 

[meeesh]

Don't let Nunes melt down take away that the whole game was awful and honestly I had no idea why rags did not win earlier.

Because they are fucking wank that’s why, worst side we’ve had at etihad all season, and they still beat us, must have been in our half 6 or 7 times all second half, but a stupid fucking idiotic mistake has cost us in this game simple as

 

[MCFC1993]

Lets pretend Pep is not part of shit recruitment.

And managers are not responsible for teaching players not making ridiculous mistake week in week out.

Part of it but some of the players bought in the last 2 seasons were deals of convenience for the club and not first choice targets.

I don't believe for a second that Kovacic, Nunes and Gundogan were on Pep's radar but he was probably told the other targets (I.e. Rice) weren't achievable.

 

[Richie Rich]

big problem is the squad is not fit. I dont mean the injuries, I mean the players that are are fit are not really fit, look tired, look slow. we seem very tired around 30th minute in recent games in November, December. with the schedule is being as it is, is it only gonna get worse?

it effects our overall play, speed of our play. slow, almost timid at times, our passing is slow too, allows more mistakes, allows opponents to close us down better etc

6000 games every season but the man wants a small squad. If the players are physically exhausted and frail, it is largely his fault.

 

[the plasterer]

Think he will quit, looks shot, everyone has him sussed at the moment and he has no answer

 

[paulsimpson]

Well the great reputation is evaporating and being tarnished so he's surely got to think of this in the coming days. It's hard to regain once it's lost. I love the man but soon he could be in Alan Ball territory with regard to amount of losses totting up. Turning it around from here would be something incredible. The next 3-4 weeks are going to define whether he signs one or two players or gets a fully fit defensive back line.