Pep Guardiola - 2025/26

[Goater=Legend]

If he's planning on staying next season he needs to figure this out.

His refusal this year to play Rodri and Nico together is alarming.

 

[Columbia]

We were never going to win after the first tie so no surprise. Massive game on Sunday.

 

[mancityscot]

Absolutely love him, but it does seem like things are fizzling out

 

[Snape]

If he's planning on staying next season he needs to figure this out.

His refusal this year to play Rodri and Nico together is alarming.

I thought he was meant to figure it out last summer.

 

[pbueno16]

Couldn't it be at least a little bit on the guy who punched the ball off the line? Just a bit?

Tie was as good as over a week ago with his selection and lack of changes. Individual errors cost us today but they didn’t have as much weight on the tie as the first leg.

 

[bitterblue78]

Been next to woefull in the champions league with us. Should of had at least 2 more with the players hes had

 

[Sam69]

When he sees Bayern Munich thrash this weak Real Madrid team, he'll understand what modern football is all about, and what it means to play with two hard-working, defensive midfielders (Pavlovic and Kimmich).

He's completely out of his depth with his midfield of Rodri and his darling Bernardo.

These last two years, the club's image has taken a serious hit in Europe.

 

[Chak19]

When he sees Bayern Munich thrash this weak Real Madrid team, he'll understand what modern football is all about, and what it means to play with two hard-working, defensive midfielders (Pavlovic and Kimmich).

He's completely out of his depth with his midfield of Rodri and his darling Bernardo.

These last two years, the club's image has taken a serious hit in Europe.

We're back to 2017-2020 City with him except we're not even good domestically either.

 

[Gabriel]

Still unconvinced that he can get a bigger squad to compete for places and thus drive up the overall quality.

I see huge improvement in players such as Doku and Khusanov, and relative improvement in players such as Nunes and Gonzalez, but there are others that just appear to have plateaued.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

When he sees Bayern Munich thrash this weak Real Madrid team, he'll understand what modern football is all about, and what it means to play with two hard-working, defensive midfielders (Pavlovic and Kimmich).

He's completely out of his depth with his midfield of Rodri and his darling Bernardo.

These last two years, the club's image has taken a serious hit in Europe.

And in England

 

[Chak19]

When he sees Bayern Munich thrash this weak Real Madrid team, he'll understand what modern football is all about, and what it means to play with two hard-working, defensive midfielders (Pavlovic and Kimmich).

He's completely out of his depth with his midfield of Rodri and his darling Bernardo.

These last two years, the club's image has taken a serious hit in Europe.

Also what happened to the midfield 3 of Rodri-Silva-O'Reilly that was kind of working ? why did he suddenly decide that it wasn't good anymore ? nothing makes sense.

 

[Blue2202]

You're not arsed, but used them to make a 'point'?

What point? By making an apples and oranges comparison? A new manager is simply not going to suddenly win the league with this set of players.

Oh so you’re one of them, when we’re successful it’s all down to pep and when we’re not it’s all down to the players.

Could have guessed.

 

[roy.or.r]

His CL record really isn’t that good is it considering the players he had at his disposal?

 

[Blue-Ghana]

Madrid is not a great team; I can see Bayern destroying them in the next round . We have been outclassed by a lot of teams this season -Leverkusen, Madrid, Bodo Glint, and we were also lucky against Napoli, who are down to 10 men very early on. His tactics are not working

 

[Stiff Little Wingers]

Load of rubbish.the m

Load of rubbish. The man has given us something we never ever thought we would have, taken us to another final.
Robbed by corrupt VAR v Spurs, would have had another final but for2 goals in 90th minute by Madrid, would have got another semi final but list on pens after Etihad etc.

 

[Goater=Legend]

Feel like he's not apapting to the modern game. We don't have the players for his keep ball style so why not apart and allow teams more possession.

 

[ALDN_Ko]

You're not arsed, but used them to make a 'point'?

What point? By making an apples and oranges comparison? A new manager is simply not going to suddenly win the league with this set of players.

We were two points behind Arsenal. Then he started tinkering with lineups and making stupid decisions. Now we’re 9 behind with a game in hand. The only constant factor in that period was Pep.

What changed with the players? Nothing. Just the way this coach set them up

 

[JewelZee]

After Saturday, I was thinking you can only start at most 2 of Haaland, Marmoush and Semenyo. Today, I'm thinking you can only start 1 because all they can do is finish. Not a creative bone between those three skeletons.

Still think Foden should've started instead of Reijnders, but the subs throughout the game paid off.

Foden and Nico G in, Bernardo and Reijnders out...

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

He's carrying a knock and he's clearly not fit.

And even then he is better than Marmoush.

 

[blue_danube]

Haaland ….. he’s pathetic

He's not.

He's by far our best goalscorer despite the dip in form

We have the leading goalscorer in the league and Cherki, who has the best assists per minutes ratio in the league, actually one of the highest ratios in the history of the league.

What we need is them both playing and build up that connection.