Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

[madloaf]

Continues his year long sabbatical. Should come back refreshed next season.

 

[mexico1970]

No, we’re not.

And most of us never have been

But we as fans have every right to question Pep’s team selection and tactics today.

Pep has had one of those infamous team selection and tactics days when everyone watching the match could see it was wrong from the start, and it wasn’t going to work.

He won’t, but god forbid if he starts with the same team next week in the cup final.

It will be all change again for the cup final next week.

He got it wrong, we move on and wait for the next game. Some comments about it being easy are pretty stupid and if you don't think so then it's arrogant.

I trust Pep before an amateur tactician who knows best. The fucking drama on the matchday thread can be a bit raggy and cringey.

 

[pbueno16]

As I said, entitled.

How is that entitled? Merely expecting to do what most if not every team in the league has done this season is entitlement?

 

[mexico1970]

How is that entitled? Merely expecting to do what most if not every team in the league has done this season is entitlement?

Take the good with the bad, to be a good winner you have to be a decent loser too, hell we didn't even lose today.

We shouldn't and don't always win.

 

[super_city_si]

If only football was that fucking easy :)

Would help he brought on the guy that shoots before the 84th minute.

 

[pbueno16]

Take the good with the bad, to be a good winner you have to be a decent loser too, hell we didn't even lose today.

We shouldn't and don't always win.

1 point against one of the worst teams in PL history is a loss when we're still in the thick of CL qualification. It's not entitled to be alarmed that we've barely won the games we've won over the last few weeks and still have Fulham and Bournemouth to play.

 

[mexico1970]

1 point against one of the worst teams in PL history is a loss when we're still in the thick of CL qualification. It's not entitled to be alarmed that we've barely won the games we've won over the last few weeks and still have Fulham and Bournemouth to play.

That doesn't matter it happens in football, it's unpredictable.

Play the same side every week isn't even remotely doable, and no win is a given.

 

[mexico1970]

Would help he brought on the guy that shoots before the 84th minute.

To be fair mate you're not saying managing a 4 in a row premiership winning side is easy like some are, but fuck me it's Armageddon to some.

 

[balotellishaircut]

To be fair mate you're not saying managing a 4 in a row premiership winning side is easy like some are, but fuck me it's Armageddon to some.

We could quite easily miss out on top 5, that’s why some are fretting and rightly so, with a win today the seasons finished but it seems like this season doesn’t want to end.

 

[Bluewonder]

You havent paid attention to what I said.

Thats fine, im tired of saying it over and over again, enjoy your day.

I have, you're making a weird point that he cant get back to previous levels because they were so high despite him repeating those levels with 3 or 4 different teams over the course of his career, achieving half a dozen extraordinary feats.

 

[mexico1970]

We could quite easily miss out on top 5, that’s why some are fretting and rightly so, with a win today the seasons finished but it seems like this season doesn’t want to end.

It's not the fretting it's the claim that it's so easy.

Personally I couldn't give a fuck about the chumps league so I am sitting pretty, what the club wants is another thing.

 

[balotellishaircut]

It's not the fretting it's the claim that it's so easy.

Personally I couldn't give a fuck about the chumps league so I am sitting pretty, what the club wants is another thing.

What’s easy ?

 

[pbueno16]

What’s easy ?

Beating a team that's lost 28 out of 36 games. Don't bother with this one, just another ostrich.

 

[mexico1970]

What’s easy ?

Some people are claiming getting a win in the premiership is easy, a foregone conclusion.

Now that's arrogant isn't it? No respect for your opponent? Raggish?

 

[alexmcity]

The most baffling part for me was waiting 83 minutes to bring Marmoush on. Doesn't make any sense given we needed a goal and he's arguably our most dangerous attacker right now.

After fathering a child, Savinho's form has fallen off a cliff. So, subbing him on instead of Marmoush didn't make sense either.

For the first time since his arrival I'm worried about Pep. He tries to be nice to players who are off form or just not good enough. Both his line-ups and in-game management are questionable.

Guess we have promised Kevin to start him every league game. It's costing us. He has moments here and there but is a shadow of his former self.

 

[pbueno16]

Some people are claiming getting a win in the premiership is easy, a foregone conclusion.

Now that's arrogant isn't it? No respect for your opponent? Raggish?

They're the second worst team in PL history so we should be doing much better than giving them a clean sheet! It's not about not respecting them, it's about believing that we're capable of much better than going there and hardly having any good chances.

Figure out the difference between concern and arrogance.

 

[mexico1970]

They're the second worst team in PL history so we should be doing much better than giving them a clean sheet! It's not about not respecting them, it's about believing that we're capable of much better than going there and hardly having any good chances.

Means fuck all, instead of being raggish we should say they defended well and move on. Pep won us 4 titles on the trot and now we have a lynching party because we drew at Southampton?

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

The most baffling part for me was waiting 83 minutes to bring Marmoush on. Doesn't make any sense given we needed a goal and he's arguably our most dangerous attacker right now.

After fathering a child, Savinho's form has fallen off a cliff. So, subbing him on instead of Marmoush didn't make sense either.

For the first time since his arrival I'm worried about Pep. He tries to be nice to players who are off form or just not good enough. Both his line-ups and in-game management are questionable.

Guess we have promised Kevin to start him every league game. It's costing us. He has moments here and there but is a shadow of his former self.

Absolute madness leaving it that late.

 

[balotellishaircut]

Some people are claiming getting a win in the premiership is easy, a foregone conclusion.

Now that's arrogant isn't it? No respect for your opponent? Raggish?

I know what you’re saying, but when can you say “we should be winning today” without it sounding arrogant playing against a team like Southampton, no disrespect but they have conceded 80+ plus goals and have 11 points.

 

[pbueno16]

Means fuck all, instead of being raggish we should say they defended well and move on. Pep won us 4 titles on the trot and now we have a lynching party because we drew at Southampton?

Raggish is demanding we win every game and trophy there is without contest. Calling everyone you don't agree with raggish is pointless and completely misses the point of discussion in a form.

Myself and plenty others are saying we needed the three points and should have done better to win them, not that we deserved them or that they were owed to us. The latter is arrogance. We're just debating tactics and selection, not calling for Pep to get sacked. Try to have some nuance.