Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[HolisticJim]

I don't think Pep seems mentally equipped to struggle. He looked a right state last night.

That said, I've had struggles in work and from my experience you can't be taking a knee jerk approach to these things.
It needs to be measure and analytical.

Some of the players need to leave just to have a fresh challenge themselves - Bernado for eg, maybe KDB, Walker. Stones is always injured and Gundo seems done now.
And a couple need to be brought in, RB, CAM, CDM and a striker.

It will refresh things.

The gaffer needs some honest people around him to take him out of it, put there arm around him and tell him to chill out.
Deep breaths.

Losing a few games of football isn't the end of everything.
Him losing his sanity over it is.

 

[fuskarn]

 

[Richie Rich]

Pep will get sacked before Dyche for feck sake.

 

[RayCTID]

He would really have to piss off Sheikh Mansour, Khaldoon and Soriano for that to happen

 

[Trojan1962]

I would be selling/ releasing KDB, Gundo, Stones and Walker this coming summer, so I didn't mention any of those.

Indifferent form is temporary and the players I mentioned are all in their prime and will be for a while.

It sounds like we're looking at Zubimendi and Ederson for the DM role and Musiala and Wirtz for the AM role. If you add two of those four to that spine you have the best team in the world again.

I've no idea on RB!

If we don’t get CL football next year we won’t get those players.

 

[John Wayne]

I didn't know we were constrained by 22/23 arrivals for future years.

Sorry, I don't know what you mean.

 

[Bluewonder]

If we don’t get CL football next year we won’t get those players.

I'm confident we'll finish in the top four, but we'll need to sign one of those DMs in January to do so.

I'm sure the club is aware of how acute the need is in that position.

 

[RayCTID]

I don't think Pep seems mentally equipped to struggle. He looked a right state last night.

That said, I've had struggles in work and from my experience you can't be taking a knee jerk approach to these things.
It needs to be measure and analytical.

Some of the players need to leave just to have a fresh challenge themselves - Bernado for eg, maybe KDB, Walker. Stones is always injured and Gundo seems done now.
And a couple need to be brought in, RB, CAM, CDM and a striker.

It will refresh things.

The gaffer needs some honest people around him to take him out of it, put there arm around him and tell him to chill out.
Deep breaths.

Losing a few games of football isn't the end of everything.
Him losing his sanity over it is.

That has crossed my mind and as you mentioned the seniors aren't helping matters. Even if they want to leave they should at least give one more push if possible for this season and they can leave with all their legacies intact (including Kyle Walker who is more un-attached at the minute).

 

[Trojan1962]

Until we get cleared of these charges I don’t think we will sign anyone in case the worst happens. Would any top player want to come here with this hanging over us. It’s gone on far too long

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I can’t believe Pep’s state of mind and abilities are being questioned. He had a few marks on his head and scratch on his nose that was already there before kick off.

As for his ability to manage this ‘crisis’, it is absolutely the case of having mental strength like we could never know to manage a club to the success he’s brought us consistently and constantly these last few seasons. To pull a team out of a slump will be fuck all compared to that.

Lots of drama within some of these posts.