If you wanted to give them a team talk it was that team selection - Leverkusens manager sticks that up in the dressing room and simply says "this is how little they respect us"!!I cannot believe the XI he started the game with. Utter disbelief when I saw it. The lack of respect for Leverkusen from him is fucking disgraceful.
So we are stuck with him forever then, might as well rename the club. Would any other manager be doing any worse than him over the last 18 months. Throw in the turgid football he has us playing and I don't see what we have to lose by replacing him. It's happening at the end of this season anyway ,people need to get over it and do Whats right for the club. The success we've had under him will never be repeated ,that doesn't mean he remains forever.and who could replace him ?
Andoni Iraola has no track record with big clubs
Fabregas ? he is part owner of Como
Kompany will not leave Bayern yet
Arteta won't come to City
Alonso, maybe, he still need to be fired first
Amorim - he was my first choice before he went to Manure, now he's stock has plumeted
Nagelsmann is a shout, but that depends on how WC will be going
Luis Enrique does not sense to me - older than Pep and won't be long term appointment
i'd back Pep
Yes . No press. And that midfield space was like the Leverkusen CM had walked inside the Tardis. Watching their number five showboating with ease time and again as he danced around our press in their right corner then chipping it up the wing or nonchalantly pinging it across the back was probably the most entertaining part of the evening .i think it was shape and positional awareness that was very damaging last night. Leverkusen shut us down from the top of the pitch all the way back to their box, admittedly we made it a bit easier for them but they did it all night. Conversely, they played out from defense to wingers or central midfields very easily and repeatedly, with our lads stood miles off them. Off the ball we were as bad as you see a Pep team.
They played through us with ease, and broke our non-existent press virtually every time they tried playing out of the back.i think it was shape and positional awareness that was very damaging last night. Leverkusen shut us down from the top of the pitch all the way back to their box, admittedly we made it a bit easier for them but they did it all night. Conversely, they played out from defense to wingers or central midfields very easily and repeatedly, with our lads stood miles off them. Off the ball we were as bad as you see a Pep team.
Im not pep out. But any of those managers will get us the same results as pep is currently getting us.. any manager worth his salt finishes top 4 with usand who could replace him ?
Andoni Iraola has no track record with big clubs
Fabregas ? he is part owner of Como
Kompany will not leave Bayern yet
Arteta won't come to City
Alonso, maybe, he still need to be fired first
Amorim - he was my first choice before he went to Manure, now he's stock has plumeted
Nagelsmann is a shout, but that depends on how WC will be going
Luis Enrique does not sense to me - older than Pep and won't be long term appointment
i'd back Pep
This is a stupid argument. Someone will have to replace him sooner or later.and who could replace him ?
Andoni Iraola has no track record with big clubs
Fabregas ? he is part owner of Como
Kompany will not leave Bayern yet
Arteta won't come to City
Alonso, maybe, he still need to be fired first
Amorim - he was my first choice before he went to Manure, now he's stock has plumeted
Nagelsmann is a shout, but that depends on how WC will be going
Luis Enrique does not sense to me - older than Pep and won't be long term appointment
i'd back Pep
There’s no turning this around with the squad we have sad ending to a wonderful career at city but it’s time he went. Nobody would’ve wanting him to go at the end of 4 in a row but in hindsight that was the best time to go.
Overthinking it...Was this the big "two fingers" to the board?
This is what you've bought me, kind of thing.
I mean there's a clear best 11 that has been played an unusual amount of times this year, this 11 felt very very left field and had something of a protest about it.
Pep had a shocker last night but getting rid!!There’s no turning this around with the squad we have sad ending to a wonderful career at city but it’s time he went. Nobody would’ve wanting him to go at the end of 4 in a row but in hindsight that was the best time to go.
Yes should have sacked him after four in a row. Tool.
Look what happened when Shankley left liverpoolPep had a shocker last night but getting rid!!
Look what happened across town when their most successful manager left.
Very few of those Pep non-negotiables remain. We don‘t press well. We’re not compact as a team. We don’t have those clear, and clearly drilled, patterns for playing out from the back and through the lines. We don’t put much of a premium on dominating the centre of the pitch (in terms of quality or numbers). We don‘t have attacking players who control the tempo of the game at the top end of the field.Even though last night was especially bad, the fabled 5 second rule that people used to associate with Guardiola simply doesn’t exist anymore.
Liverpool are shit and in free fall in leaguekind of weird how even though its only two games, the vibe has completely changed from after that liverpool game. things suddenly seem bleak. team seems very very weak all of a sudden. at the back in particular we're back to scary times.
And only 4 points behind usLiverpool are shit and in free fall in league