The man is untouchable.

We all know it and so do the players.

He is Khaldoon’s man and has been a unparalleled success.

A bad season won’t change anything.

Pep if anything is being too loyal atm. Why? Because this group of players have went above and beyond. Reached untold heights.

Unfortunately most are injured/old/tired/lost the fight.

The boss has done his best for them this season and when he is telling 5 to go in the summer they will not be able to argue. We need this season unfortunately to shed our skin and go again.

Let’s turn a shitty situation into a positive.

Buying the right players to replace is very difficult.
No, he isn't untouchable. Because by default you're now saying Pep is bigger than the club. And nobody is bigger than the club.

Are De Bruyne and Stones untouchable? After all, they're veritable City legends.
 
Couldn’t agree more on the transfer business. Signed too many players who aren’t at our level. I’d genuinely love to know how much say Pep had in us bringing in Kovacic, Nunes, Doku, Savinho …

Also agree with the bolded part. But there the onus is on Pep to set us up in a way that our lack of athleticism isn’t so brutally exposed. Make us more compact, and don’t leave huge gaps everywhere.
" I’d genuinely love to know how much say Pep had in us bringing in Kovacic, Nunes, Doku, Savinho …"

Do you genuinely believe that Pep does not give his ok to all the signings at his club?
 
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No, he isn't untouchable. Because by default you're now saying Pep is bigger than the club. And nobody is bigger than the club.

Are De Bruyne and Stones untouchable? After all, they're veritable City legends.
Not bigger than the club but I don’t agree with your interpretation.

Pep has earned the right to do what’s best while still with us. Same goes for the players mentioned. He is untouchable, khaldoon won’t under any circumstances remove him.

A colossal figure in football. The club will never be in this position again with a manager.
 
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Not bigger than the club. I don’t agree with your interpretation.

Pep has earned the right to do what’s best while still with us. Same goes for the players mentioned. He is untouchable, khaldoon won’t under any circumstances remove him.

A colossal figure in football. The club will never be in this position again with a manager.
He's earned the right to rebuild; but the caveat to that is this "form" needs addressing. We can't let him continue like this indefinitely, because there are no guarantees it'll be sorted next season, nevermind this one.
 
" I’d genuinely love to know how much say Pep had in us bringing in Kovacic, Nunes, Doku, Savinho …"

Do you genuinely believe that Pep does not give his ok to all the signings at his club?
The signings are my biggest concern. Another 3 or 4 l poor ones and we may be on our spending limit and in a corner.
(Although United seem to be allowed numerous goes at a rebuild.)
Not saying it would be that bad but that's what happened with the Steve Daley saga, just signed a pile of sub standard rubbish and then had to rely on frees like Parlane and Tolmiie because the cupboard was bare.
Poor signings were the root of the decline.
 
" I’d genuinely love to know how much say Pep had in us bringing in Kovacic, Nunes, Doku, Savinho …"

Do you genuinely believe that Pep does not give his ok to all the signings at his club?
Surely you can countenance the difference between “can you go and get me Kovacic, Nunes etc.” and “ok, sure, I can work with Kovacic, Nunes etc.”. Hence “how much say …”
 
Surely you can countenance the difference between “can you go and get me Kovacic, Nunes etc.” and “ok, sure, I can work with Kovacic, Nunes etc.”. Hence “how much say …”

Pep Guardiola would have significant input into identifying suitable players in terms of style and ability.
He would have much less input into checks into an identified player's wider background / personality etc to establish suitabilty and ensure the player was 'right' for the dressing room / the club generally.
Pep would not be expected to have any involvement at all in fee / contract negotiations. It's outside his area of responsibility.

He would be the major driver in relation to first team squad and 'fringe' Academy players being released/sold by club.

He wouldn't be involved in the fees received for players or 'golden handshakes' etc. Contracts are not in his remit.
 
He's not got the players.

We can debate who's fault that is.

The fact is we have an old, injury prone squad with no athleticism.

The transfer business we have done recently has been poor, far too many 5 or 6/10 players signed instead of 8 or 9/10 players.

The club need to back Pep fucking big time in the next two transfer windows, it's the least he deserves.
He's not got the players to play his brand of football.

That doesn't mean he doesn't have players to produce a competent team.

We have the best transitional number 9 itw and the best creator in PL history. City should back Pep in the transfer windows but, currently, doing the same thing over and over again is killing us.
 
The signings are my biggest concern. Another 3 or 4 l poor ones and we may be on our spending limit and in a corner.
(Although United seem to be allowed numerous goes at a rebuild.)
Not saying it would be that bad but that's what happened with the Steve Daley saga, just signed a pile of sub standard rubbish and then had to rely on frees like Parlane and Tolmiie because the cupboard was bare.
Poor signings were the root of the decline.
Signings make or break any club.
 

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