Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

Well with having a midweek off for a change, there's plenty time to get things straight on the training ground surely this week, and who knows maybe a player or 4 back to full fitness come Saturday.

It's been a good hunting ground for us in the past Villa Park ,(apart from last season), so get the team picked correctly to win the match, and try to start the Christmas period of games with some confidence, otherwise it's gonna be over come January the thought of qualifying for Europe...................unless the chequebook comes out that is.
 
People saying he’s changed things but he hasn’t really. Tactically we remain the same week to week. He hasn’t to find a way to get Haaland in games. We have to play with more intensity and move the ball quicker. Maybe be more direct I actually think for one game at least it would surprise the opponent as right now every team in the league knows what we are going to do and we don’t have the players to play that way. If our system isn’t working that has to change because you can’t change enough of the players right now
 
bondsman said:
The work rate and energy really aren’t there you’re spot on.
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Zero pressing to win the ball back for a start hence why our possession stats are dropping.
When we move forward we let teams setup while we pass for no reason because every player wants to play safe.
When we lose the ball we have players jogging back
No goals in the team at all

Zero leadership in this team aside from Dias. Every single player (kdb, Bernie, walker included) is hiding

How did we end up this shite?
I’d just play a couple of youth players against villa
 
jaiguruKun said:
Our game management us absolutely wank.
Walker is still tearing around the pitch like he's in his early 20s and constantly out of position. He contributes nothing in the buildup or offensively. He should be told not to cross the halfway line under any circumstances.
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Another completely brain-dead moment came when he gave the ball to Nunes before the penalty mistakes, and for some reason decided to run up the pitch instead of dropping deep like anyone with more than four brain cells would do.
 
Tb1981 said:
Zero pressing to win the ball back for a start hence why our possession stats are dropping.
When we move forward we let teams setup while we pass for no reason because every player wants to play safe.
When we lose the ball we have players jogging back
No goals in the team at all

Zero leadership in this team aside from Dias. Every single player (kdb, Bernie, walker included) is hiding

How did we end up this shite?
I’d just play a couple of youth players against villa
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He ended up with a team where no single player is able to press as a part of a team-pressing. Ad hoc formations to plaster the gaps, age, wrong build, simply not knowing how, pick any of those. This was the rule number one of his game plan he gave up in order to fit Haaland in and it all started from there. So you have Haaland ambling around while Kev or sometimes FOden making those ineffective mad dashes past him that would just leave holes behind.
Yesterday's game was such a god example, every time there was attempt to press in line whether up front or in the middle, on of our players on the wing would be a second late at least, mostly happened with Bernardo and Walker on our right and you have Doku who just does not defend. He lost the ball just before he was subbed, was very dangerous turnover for them, he didn't even bother to run back. Nunes at least realised he fecked it up and then he really fecked it up.
 
Tb1981 said:
Zero pressing to win the ball back for a start hence why our possession stats are dropping.
When we move forward we let teams setup while we pass for no reason because every player wants to play safe.
When we lose the ball we have players jogging back
No goals in the team at all

Zero leadership in this team aside from Dias. Every single player (kdb, Bernie, walker included) is hiding

How did we end up this shite?
I’d just play a couple of youth players against villa
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Pretty much my feelings.
As an example would we have scored their second goal yesterday? I highly doubt it as we just don't ask enough questions.
 
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