Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[JewelZee]

As long as he chooses.

Putting Pep aside anyone who places ANY individual above the club is a false supporter...just saying...

 

[handsofstone]

He needs fit players , no fucker could deal with this crises any better and add to that the team who pushed us over the line last year are mentally shot and their bodies are letting them down , add the young player like rico and sav and i include thor as he is still young and this is the perfect storm

The charges must be weighing heavy on everyone to differet degrees as well

It is a nightmare but pep said he wouldnt leave us in a mess so i am with him as long as it takes

This was hard to read

His injuries are bad but the players and squad he HAS is not even close to 1 win in 13 games

Other teams have worse injuries and they've faired better with worse players

 

[super_city_si]

Our passing has turned to shit for one. So many loose passes again today particularly from the defence and midfield.

Big reason. Because of the poor passing, no one is brave enough to try and split the lines and so its sideways and sideways again. All very safe and predictable until we get pressed and either lose it or go backwards.

 

[eastmanc]

I think a lot is overdoing it a bit. The first half was good but once we missed the pen, heads once again dropped a bit, energy levels were poor at times and overall, there were still some very poor moments in the match.

Our passing has turned to shit for one. So many loose passes again today particularly from the defence and midfield.

The other is that we are not challenging for loose balls hard enough (Doku on first goal for example) and are allowing crosses and shots to come in too easily by not closing down quickly enough. Happened 3/4 times today again.

It was an improvement on the dire second half against the rags and awful second half against Villa but it’s still nowhere near where we need to be to get ourselves into a top 4 position,

Whilst I agree with all that you said I still think we were a lot better, especially in the first half. Admittedly being better today isn't difficult as we have been really poor in the last two months.

 

[blueparrot]

Putting Pep aside anyone who places ANY individual above the club is a false supporter...just saying...

A false supporter, that’s funny one just saying. Just the 50 years a supporter.

 

[JewelZee]

Because three months of "they've been so so good" has really lit a spark under them hasn't it?

LMFAO...

 

[mancity111]

Big reason. Because of the poor passing, no one is brave enough to try and split the lines and so its sideways and sideways again. All very safe and predictable until we get pressed and either lose it or go backwards.

Its turgid to watch , many other sides are far more entertaining that us with lesser known players and supposedly less ability off the pitch as well.

Love Pep to bits but he is having a shocker of a season and its reflected in the performances and the results.

if you are one of those who back against us its a money pit these days.

We might not win a game until we are underdogs and its high time we were.

 

[trueblue1972]

This was hard to read

His injuries are bad but the players and squad he HAS is not even close to 1 win in 13 games

Other teams have worse injuries and they've faired better with worse players

To be fair we've come 'close to winning ' on several occasions , switching off and making stupid mistakes saw we didn't

 

[eastmanc]

This was hard to read

His injuries are bad but the players and squad he HAS is not even close to 1 win in 13 games

Other teams have worse injuries and they've faired better with worse players

Who has had worse injuries? This season we have injuries to nearly all the squad apart from Haaland, Bernie , Rico, Savio, Gundo and possibly Ortega. The injuries have been horrendous and to really important players in really important positions.

 

[blueparrot]

I thought the same thing at first and believed Kova could be the backup though I still had major doubts but it's obvious now that he's not, he may have the good game here and there but he can't do the job consistently, he's simply not a 6, like I said knowing how long this season was going to be the club should've been proactive and brought in a true DM because there was no guarantee that Kova could've done the job, obviously no one was going to better than Rodri or even close but we just needed someone who could be consistent and reliable.

Like who, which 6 that was any good would have wanted to play second fiddle to Rodri. May still be behind Zubemendi still seemingly not that keen to come.