Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[dhruvblue]

Now Pep is in charge of incomings too

So what club it is? City or Chelsea? You think Pep's friend will sign a player without his approval. So good signing is on Pep but failure on Txiki?

 

[K-Bo]

Hopefully today puts to bed the sideways passing midfield trio starting together

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

There's just no way this doesn't come back to bite you, sir!

I'd be happy if it did and I'd take it on the chin, as he's reinvented the team multiple times. But everyone agrees that we need fresh blood on the field. He's not going to reinvent us in one final season, even if he stays.

 

[city warrior]

So what club it is? City or Chelsea? You think Pep's friend will sign a player without his approval. So good signing is on Pep but failure on Txiki?

Sure, he has an important saying, but the players he clearly wanted, Txiki couldn't get them. Guimaraes and Paqueta are certainly two players that Guardiola would love to have and Txiki fail in bringing them.

Is that Pep's fault? The midfield is Txiki's fault. Again, if it wasn't for Gundigan, Txiki would have not brought anyone for the midfield. Delusional

 

[city warrior]

Hopefully today puts to bed the sideways passing midfield trio starting together

I agree, but what other options are? I would like Rico, but that means Walker has to play and he is having a nightmare of a season.

O'Reilly or McAtee? You are joking right?

I am the first who would love to see both Gundo and Bernardo as subs, but we don't have what is needed. That's the reality.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Hopefully today puts to bed the sideways passing midfield trio starting together

If only

 

[Craig]

Bad day all round. Certainly not going to start going overboard though.

I’m just assuming it was down to players fitness. No way Pep’s watching that without doing the obvious sub he made so late without fitness being a factor.Obviously it’s a shame it wasn’t earlier as we’d have probably got something out of it

 

[daztrueblue91]

He's run out of ideas unfortunately. Need to let him go and bring in someone new for next season.

Recent performances do have that whole end of an era/going the motions vibe to them.

However, I think there’s a few mitigating factors before blaming Pep. We’ve been hammered with injuries and had piss poor recruitment for the past two years.

Any manager would struggle in those circumstances.

 

[warringtonblue]

I agree, but what other options are? I would like Rico, but that means Walker has to play and he is having a nightmare of a season.

O'Reilly or McAtee? You are joking right?

I am the first who would love to see both Gundo and Bernardo as subs, but we don't have what is needed. That's the reality.

Why not Mcatee? He has an eye for goal and why keep him if he’s never going to play him

 

[ProofMCFC]

If he does go at the end of the season then he’s gone and done a Ferguson and left the next manager with a load of old players and the worse thing is we’re relying on an unproven man at this level to fix it.