Pep Guardiola - 2024/25

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WesthoughtonJohn said:
Totally agree Gaz.
Shifting some of those wages may be an issue, as could injury records for the likes of Stones.
So yes we need the clear out accomplishing it is another matter
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Dont think the comments will pan out to impact much. The club know what he wants, needs, and like to work with.

They'll be working from that already.
 
Brightwell Bros. said:
That mad winter form notwithstanding wed have pushed Liverpool and probably fallen at the last hurdle.

The football hasn't been ideal but during that run we barely had eleven senior players to field.

I just don't understand how anyone can say the problem wasn't the squad this season.
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I am sure that there is a very strong correlation between results and injuries.

If Pep wants a small squad, then every player has to be fit to play 25 plus games a season. We have some players who I would regard as injury prone. Should we retain them? Can we continue with Pep's small squad model in a season with huge and increasing physical demands? You would need players who are resistant to injuries. We don't have many.
 
Marvin. said:
I am sure that there is a very strong correlation between results and injuries.

If Pep wants a small squad, then every player has to be fit to play 25 plus games a season. We have some players who I would regard as injury prone. Should we retain them? Can we continue with Pep's small squad model in a season with huge and increasing physical demands? You would need players who are resistant to injuries. We don't have many.
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Think Pep has said as much. We need 14 players who can play twice a week, serious injury not withstanding. Stones, Ake, Grealish, Kova, Foden have not done that for us this season. We can afford a couple of players but not all of them.
 
decmancity said:
And Pep dominating the biggest league in the world, smashing every record that's ever been and attracting superstars and keeping them at the club for several years is now somehow a bad thing.
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It is when the football on show becomes tired and boring to watch, and when your top transfer targets opt for other clubs.
 
Amazing tribute for king kev last night. I’m not ready for when Pep leaves but I’m curious as to what send off he gets. Maybe a stand named after him?
 
Lavinda Past said:
It is when the football on show becomes tired and boring to watch, and when your top transfer targets opt for other clubs.
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I don't disagree based on this season but has probably earnt the right to fix it.

As for transfer targets going elsewhere, only so much he and the club can do.
 
Goater101 said:
Amazing tribute for king kev last night. I’m not ready for when Pep leaves but I’m curious as to what send off he gets. Maybe a stand named after him?
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I would name the Academy after him. We are the house he built from here.
 
Lavinda Past said:
It could have been even better Bob. It should have been.
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No. At some point you hit a physical and mental wall. Four in a row in this league, in this country is difficult, seen as impossible even. Same with a domestic treble. Until we did it. This club. Our club. No one else. Take pride in it. Enjoy the moment, bask in the achievements and look forward to the next cycle of players and challenges.
 
I agree the squad is too big. I wonder who will go? Hopefully the players who are not available for half the season. I truly think Grealish can run the midfield creativity given the chance. Maybe living in Kdb shadow held him back. I suppose we will see in the club world cup.
 
Not gonna get involved in the daft debate about binning Pep off, but he’s a trying bastard sometimes.
We’ve just had a season wrecked by injuries due to overplaying, to the point that our centre back pairing in Lisbon comprised our 5th & 6th choices, and when Pep himself many times lamented the demands on his players, and now he wants an even smaller squad?! Beats me……
 
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BobKowalski said:
No. At some point you hit a physical and mental wall. Four in a row in this league, in this country is difficult, seen as impossible even. Same with a domestic treble. Until we did it. This club. Our club. No one else. Take pride in it. Enjoy the moment, bask in the achievements and look forward to the next cycle of players and challenges.
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As far as I'm concerned we were owed this season last year and the fact Pep squeezed a fourth league title out of those players is testament to his management not that this season is evidence of his decline. If you were offered the last five years we have had, painful cup finals included, again for the next five years every single one of us would ask whether they want the signature in ink or blood.
 
Gaz (FMwkdsoul) said:
it is, if you have to tell 7-8 guys they arent even gonna make the bench every game.
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yes, if you only look at the numbers, but if you look inside, you will see that there is a significant number of players who are either burned out or almost unusable for various reasons (thousands of minutes played, old age and injuries), you cannot count on them if you think you are fighting for the biggest trophies (and I guess we do)
 
skybluepower said:
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This is not big squad!
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It feels smaller because there are a number of players who are constantly injured and a number of players Pep doesn't trust.

Managing the squad and having those difficult conversations is part of his job so he can't avoid it, however he has to be serious & realistic about who comprises a smaller squad. We can't be successful having a smaller squad with 4/5 players who are injured and/or unfancied. Also can't have an old core playing as much as they did this year. If it's a call to clear the decks then grand.
 
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