Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[Ajm1985]

Yes I agree that he should change things and become more pragmatic, but it's clear he won't do it, what can we do except complain about it ?

haha yeah, fair fucks. Hope that he does check Bluemoon on a burner account?

 

[Tico Warrior]

Can never understand why he wants a small squad but mains every press conference about how many games the players have to play

I don't either. He went on and on about needing five subs, hardly uses one most of the time. Said the league cup was unimportant and we are in an injury crisis, plays almost the whole first team and three defenders get injured. Wants McAtee to stay, plays him 2 minutes in the league. Don't understand.

 

[KDB4ever]

Only 1 win in our 10 last matches.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Sick of reading him say we played good after a turgid performance. We fucking didn't! you don't lose 7 of the last 10 games if you're playing good.

Also just read him and a couple of the players talking about us creating chances, what chances? Was i hypnotised by the walking pace football and have completely blanked out these chances we had? We had one proper chance all game, not even enough to pluralise it.

If Pep truly cannot see the issues, What is his backroom staff doing? Why is nobody telling him his plans aren't working and they need a drastic change?

 

[super_city_si]

he asks Lewis to join midfield to create advantage but what is the advantage? because the disadvantage is clear at the back, but honestly I dont see what the inverted fullback brings this season to us. does it make us harder against transition? not at all. do we create more chances due to it? not at all. its like we are just doing it without purpose or because some variation of it worked in previous years.

while defence gets very little help from midfield. a midfield of Gundo, Grealish, KDB, how they are helping the defence?when Gundo the deepest midfielder is often closer to the opponent box than the midfield line when opponent makes a run with the ball on our half.

this high line only works well with great pressing and great ball possession, meaning rarely lose it in dangerous positions, if we lose it, lose it very high up and try to win it back with strong pressing or make a fault up there, or a tactical foul for a yellow. but nothing like that is happening, we lose in dangerous position, no pressing any sort of, and we are just brutally slow with Gundo and Lewis in there, with Lewis trying to be back to his fullback position and Walker is just imo done due to his personal life, divorce, quite embarrassing media stories.

Spot on. Lewis inverts to the 8 spot most of the time. Press is wank and we have too many players too far forward but not pressing effectively. Wheres the mid to mop up?

He’s done the same thing for 10 games now and it’s not working and won’t work with the personnel we have available. But he’ll do the same against the rags and we’ll lose.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Is it just me or does Pep almost sound sarcastic in his post match press conferences ?

 

[applejuice]

Yes I agree that he should change things and become more pragmatic, but it's clear he won't do it, what can we do except complain about it ?

if we continue this form we will see something like this... eventually

hopefully things wont get that ugly

 

[RayCTID]

Give him until the end of the Summer transfer window and see what players he'll have at his disposal. At worst he will have one more season.

 

[applejuice]

Spot on. Lewis inverts to the 8 spot most of the time. Press is wank and we have too many players too far forward but not pressing effectively. Wheres the mid to mop up?

He’s done the same thing for 10 games now and it’s not working and won’t work with the personnel we have available. But he’ll do the same against the rags and we’ll lose.

we won only one game in this terrible run when Pep ditched the inverted fullback bullshit and played Gundo + Grealish as the base, Josko as a traditional fullback bombing up and down. Everyone got a great day even Walker had his best game in the 2nd half when he subbed on! Bernado looked alive!

Then he switched back to Rico the reverted fullback messing up the midfield. Grealish could not get on the ball when he needed and when he got the ball he was surrounding by Juve players. Doku was visibly less effective than previous game because no support from Rico. Gundo could not get involved as much as he like.

I got the idea that we are short in defenders but it is not difficult to ask Rico just simply fulfill a traditional simple fullback role holding the width and focus on defending. Or get someone like JWE a try he is a traditional fullback.

When the things clearly went north Pep just asked Bernado Grealish Doku and later Savio to switch positions without simply acknowledge the problem is Rico in the midfield.

Get him off the midfield. You bald head should at least try it once before giving up!

 

[PeterBarnesShorts]

I hate to say it,but I think I could be witnessing one of the quickest and most alarming drop offs in football history!?It’s a bit more than injuries etc..Don’t love the club any less mind!It’s just like City isn’t it?!We see things you’d never see…