Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[Gabriel]

Going to have to start taking more risks over the next eight games. Nunes, Lewis, and McAtee will all have to play in the coming weeks and not just against Watford. With no Rodri, Ake, and de Bruyne, we run the risk of putting too much on Kovacic and Bernardo, in particular, both of whom already look fatigued. We can’t play all three against the likes of Newcastle, of course, but they’re going to have to feature much more.

 

[handsofstone]

Really struggled

He's clearly wants us playing this way which makes it bizarre because we were equally inefficient against Inter

Teams will look at this and think why not jsut park the bus as we are gonna struggle to break them down as are vulnerable on the counter

He's clearly a genius but he's struggling to solve this puzzle

Thought his subs were poor as well, but that's never been his strong suit

 

[ProofMCFC]

Questionable last few games all In my opinion of course. De bruyne should have been rested midweek for this game. Walker should have played and Foden should have been on a lot earlier. Watching Akanji and Dias shoot from distance with Foden on the bench was infuriating. Still the greatest manager of all time and will get it right when it’s crunch time.

 

[Georgian Maestro]

I can't believe that he didn't at least try Doku wide right and Savinho wide left when we were chasing the game against 10 men. Everything was central and it was playing into their hands for long periods.

 

[fuskarn]

Questionable last few games all In my opinion of course. De bruyne should have been rested midweek for this game. Walker should have played and Foden should have been on a lot earlier. Watching Akanji and Dias shoot from distance with Foden on the bench was infuriating. Still the greatest manager of all time and will get it right when it’s crunch time.

he's been off it since after the treble season, last season he was genuinely doing bizarre stuff

 

[clarion]

Very poor management today. He made Ruben and Akanji creating our attack. We should have playing one step behind with Gundo and Jack.

 

[1Basti]

I guess he & the coaching staff briefed our players about their corners but the 2nd half was way more worrying....it looked & felt like a nightmare

did we really needed 3CB+Walker for another 20 min after the red card?...did we even need a CB at all in 2nd half?...i remember when he played a team with 10 midfield players at Juve in a CL knock-out game...are shooting from distance & crosses into the box our only weapons to crack a 9 men low block?...no combinations, no creativity, no offensive pattern, nothing at all...taking off Savio/Doku, Foden sub only around 70th minute, Bernardo on the wing again & Stones as a 2nd striker?..yes Stones scored the late goal but did he even touched the ball before that?

 

[Gabriel]

I can't believe that he didn't at least try Doku wide right and Savinho wide left when we were chasing the game against 10 men. Everything was central and it was playing into their hands for long periods.

Asked the same in the Match thread. Against ten there was an opportunity to stretch and tire them further, both physically and mentally. The players did it themselves against Chelsea but not since.

 

[Blu1]

Got it so wrong today some bizarre decisions & subs

 

[Goater=Legend]

Think it's food for thought with him the past two games, he's made some questionable decisions against teams defending.

The days of Bernardo being on the wing should be long gone.

 

[alexmcity]

Letting Dias be our main man outside the box was a mistake. Dias is a leader but lacks the technique to pass it around the box or shoot from outside the box. Bizarre.

 

[come-on-barney]

Classy interview from Pep compared to Arteta who gave us no credit at all. However, liked it when Stonesy called that Arsenal performance out for what it was.

 

[Blu1]

Wish he would sign another 3 years & stop pissing about :-)

This can’t be his last year too many unknowns with 115 & injuries. Going to be a difficult season. He deserves to go out on a high

 

[Damanino]

even for at least 5-10 mins he could have switch Dias with Foden-Gundo, let Dias go into the box, to disturb defenders and wait for potential cross, while let the shooting chance come out for Gundo and Foden once in a while. still Walker and Dias there to cover for any unlikely counter chance.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

All the faith in Pep to figure it out if Rodri is done for the year.

 

[Gigant]

Maybe, just maybe : in attack



and all other versions with Foden and KDB included

rest in a defence

 

[MCFCFanTX]

Saw his comments post game about how it's his duty to find the solution post Rodrigo. I can feel it. Baldy is going to cook up something incredible this season. We have a title to win, c'mon City!

 

[mexico1970]

Of all the comments from Pep over the last few months the one that stuck with me is that he wont be wasting any energy on the league cup.

 

[Dialog]

Pep is definitely destroying this record

 

[Uby]

All eyes on what Pep does without Rodri now, huge loss but no player is irreplaceable especially when you have the best manager ever. I am sure he will find the perfect solution in order to continue winning. The club pays him the big bucks for a reason!