Pep Guardiola - 2025/26

meeesh said:
It was a bit of a tongue in cheek comment really, but you can’t deny that his game changed a lot from when he first arrived, his whole game regressed not just his shooting really, and as many have said that was Pep.

However like I have said in the past Grealish is his own worst enemy off the pitch, but a bit of a coincidence he’s not had pictures all over the place looking pissed or in a bar somewhere since he went to Everton
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He was pissed out his head in Dubai during the international break, just wasn't all over the papers as nobody cares about Everton
 
argyle said:
Two points off the supposed 'run away leaders'.

Where are the Pep out posters now? Waiting for another 5-4 win to vent their bile? Imagine being so spoint and entitled that you get angry over a win.

I dare anyone to look back at the last 5 pages and see the absolute state of the comments.

I was tempted to quote them but can't be arsed with their shitty replies.
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Thats why I use thread like this to find candidates to put on ignore and then after some time this place is really a bit better:) im all for the all sorts of discussions, but hate to waste my time too and yeah, many here are just a disgrace
 
alexmcity said:
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You don’t get Pep's point. True genius is in simplicity and doing the right thing for the team. Messi doesn't do difficult things to wow the fans but in order to help the team win.

There are trade-offs at times: playing beautifully or being efficient. Pep puts winning big trophies over doing nice tricks. If fans have to choose between winning the title and playing sexy football but losing to Arsenal, most will prefer the title. It's possible to combine these things, but at this stage of the evolution of this City team, it's mostly about putting the team and the results first.

BTW, nobody stopped Messi or Iniesta from displaying their natural ability. The reason they didn't do rabona crosses is not because they couldn't. This didn't make them robots either. Does Doku look like a robot?

Cherki is not the finished article. Pep wants to develop him into a team-first player. Some average players like Erik Lamela have scored rabona goals, it didn't make them special players.
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I got Pep's point perfectly well, thank you very much - even though I've no idea why the point(s) he raised could not be kept in the dressing room.
If Cherki believed he had the ability to put it on Foden's head at that moment then well done him for backing himself. As Pep himself said, he can't teach Haaland anything about scoring goals because Pep doesn't have that knowledge or skill set. Maybe as a former holding midfield player he (Pep) can't teach Cherki anything about creating chances in tight areas with that level of skill required either ?
I get it....leading 1-0 away at the Bernabeu in the 98th minute...try a rabona or run it into the corner to kill the clock? Of course, Cherki should do the latter every time. However, a chance to put the game to bed whilst already 2-0 up at home to Sunderland ? Yes, a calculated risk worth taking which sealed the win and lit up the whole stadium.
I didn't need to hear Pep banging on about Messi or keeping things simple. Football can be exciting and successful at the same time. Getting the balance right is the key and I hope Pep allows Cherki the same freedoms he allows Doku (my favourite player in the current team btw).
 
stan bowles said:
I got Pep's point perfectly well, thank you very much - even though I've no idea why the point(s) he raised could not be kept in the dressing room.
If Cherki believed he had the ability to put it on Foden's head at that moment then well done him for backing himself. As Pep himself said, he can't teach Haaland anything about scoring goals because Pep doesn't have that knowledge or skill set. Maybe as a former holding midfield player he (Pep) can't teach Cherki anything about creating chances in tight areas with that level of skill required either ?
I get it....leading 1-0 away at the Bernabeu in the 98th minute...try a rabona or run it into the corner to kill the clock? Of course, Cherki should do the latter every time. However, a chance to put the game to bed whilst already 2-0 up at home to Sunderland ? Yes, a calculated risk worth taking which sealed the win and lit up the whole stadium.
I didn't need to hear Pep banging on about Messi or keeping things simple. Football can be exciting and successful at the same time. Getting the balance right is the key and I hope Pep allows Cherki the same freedoms he allows Doku (my favourite player in the current team btw).
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"If Cherki believed he had ..." - at the professional level you do nothing on a belief. Nothing. Its like with a medicine. Its statistics. Nothing else should have mattered. And thing is Pep is telling Cherki and is going to tell Cherki in the future that by default he needs to look for a statistically best solutions not for other ones even if hes believing them.

"I didn't need to hear Pep banging" - you do not, because you clearly is not a one to learn things, but many others need it. We contribute to the club to pay Pep to tell Cherki exactly this - that he needs to keep thing simple, because in the long run thats better for clubs results.

Messi is accidental in all of this. Its a great example though for anyone, because hes arguably the best football player in the history and he never made rabona assist. Do you really cannot catch the greatness of this example and why to put it for Cherki?

Things are and should be communicated to players through various channels of communication, because the weight of message is different when something is done in public. And Pep is a master of communication as well, maintaining squad etc. Thats why he never been fired, not many been close to his longevity as a coach in the PL and most importantly nobody has ever achievied anything close to his results (win ratio etc).
 
stan bowles said:
I got Pep's point perfectly well, thank you very much - even though I've no idea why the point(s) he raised could not be kept in the dressing room.
If Cherki believed he had the ability to put it on Foden's head at that moment then well done him for backing himself. As Pep himself said, he can't teach Haaland anything about scoring goals because Pep doesn't have that knowledge or skill set. Maybe as a former holding midfield player he (Pep) can't teach Cherki anything about creating chances in tight areas with that level of skill required either ?
I get it....leading 1-0 away at the Bernabeu in the 98th minute...try a rabona or run it into the corner to kill the clock? Of course, Cherki should do the latter every time. However, a chance to put the game to bed whilst already 2-0 up at home to Sunderland ? Yes, a calculated risk worth taking which sealed the win and lit up the whole stadium.
I didn't need to hear Pep banging on about Messi or keeping things simple. Football can be exciting and successful at the same time. Getting the balance right is the key and I hope Pep allows Cherki the same freedoms he allows Doku (my favourite player in the current team btw).
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Pep knows more about management and communication than our fans combined. For the simple reason fans have no experience whatsoever in management at that level. Pep has managed more talents than any other manager in history too. All these complaints about his communication skills are rather odd. He knows what he's doing.
 
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