Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[super_city_si]

Agree . Don’t care what anyone says they are not playing for the manager .

I think they are. I just think we have injuries and those that are playing have absolutely nothing left in the tank. They physically/mentally can’t play the high press and recover.

We needed to recruit better and have a system ready for when they hit the wall, as pep has been predicting.

 

[DATOIA]

This season has all the vibes of 2019/2020 season...

Sane and Laporte get injured, Pep plays that stupid kid Garcia..
Sterling is our main guy. (I am so happy his career ended like it was supposed to)
Mendy plays a lot of games.. (puke)
David Silva is old, but Pep still pushes him in starting lineups.
All the players seem to be out of form and we experiment all the time.
etc. etc.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

This season has all the vibes of 2019/2020 season...

Sane and Laporte get injured, Pep plays that stupid kid Garcia..
Sterling is our main guy. (I am so happy his career ended like it was supposed to)
Mendy plays a lot of games.. (puke)
David Silva is old, but Pep still pushes him in starting lineups.
All the players seem to be out of form and we experiment all the time.
etc. etc.

This is a lot lot worse than 2019

 

[SamBlue]

This is a lot lot worse than 2019

Much, much, much worse! Emmanuel Petit over on tS has just made a very good comparison with a French squad that were unbeaten in 6 years and then just collapsed at one tournament too far.

 

[super_city_si]

Pep knew this was coming. He was expecting it last season but its here now. I'm really surprised he didnt/hasnt formulated a plan to play to when it happens. We clearly dont have the energy to play the same way

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

This is a lot lot worse than 2019

We had a midfield then. We don't have one now and Pep sides are based on a strong midfield.

Take Iniesta, Xavi, Busquets.. they were tanks.. small guys couldn't get the ball off them.

Take Gundo, Kevin, Rodri, Stones, Akanji.. they were tanks.. small guys couldn't get the ball off them in their prime.

We need big and strong players in the middle!

 

[sir baconface]

Is Pep in trouble if we lose against United at home?

Bluemoon will explode and Ric will be propelled into orbit.

 

[jimharri]

Has he gone yet?

 

[clarion]

I don’t mind losing matches when it’s part of rebuild and learning.
I have a problem with insisting on system with 34 years old and his 31 years old replacement.

 

[DATOIA]

Main problem is that our back five is constantly injured and there is no stability except Rico, which itself is another problem :D

Ake - plays one game, then is injured for 2 months. I think it's enough, it's not our problem that he spends more time in hospital, rather than on football pitch
Johnie - same, but I love Johny more and he has done more for this club.
Ruben - his injury was the main reason our crisis started
Akanji - also has a lot of injuries this season, wtf
Walker - I guess he also had an injury and didn't have a preseason.
Kovacic - same
Rodri - tragedy of our lives..

so 6 players and all of them have injury issues.

We need some new blood here, players that play 30-33 games per season and are available.

Pep loves smaller squad and these injury prone players make our squad even smaller, which means that players like Rico and Pussy and other ones get unthinkable minutes. Rico for example our n2 player in terms of played minutes and that's the big problem, he should be like 15 or 16 or something like that at max.