Pep's contract situation

Gabriel said:
He probably senses that this is the place where he can create his own legacy. Rather than be cast in the shadow of Cruyff, Guardiola is of an age where he can lay his mark on a club and perhaps even English football forever. He could never have done that at Bayern, who were already so established.

I think his decision will also make it exceedingly difficult for other top clubs in England to attract quality foreign managers. If Guardiola continues in a similar vein, you're more or less competing for two cups and closing a gap, which arguably makes managing a top English club a lot less attractive a proposition than it might have been. I thus anticipate rapid turnover in London and maybe even 'there' as well in the coming years.
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I suspect there are managers out there with the ego to think they could transform teams...
 
Gunnerblue9320 said:
Fab news. I would be really interested as to why he decided to stay on longer here then any of the other clubs?
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He has his old colleagues here, his team and none of the politics that surrounded him at Barca, and to a lesser extent, Bayern. He has free rein.
 
I'm glad he has renewed. I hope he has a similar effect on Manchester City that Johan Cruijff had on Barcelona and Ajax.

Unlike at Barcelona where he was fighting both outside attacks and internal attacks from the Rosell journalists, he looks so relaxed at City that his beard might actually blacken up.
 
Gunnerblue9320 said:
Fab news. I would be really interested as to why he decided to stay on longer here then any of the other clubs?
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He's become a manc. Loves the city, his family are happy here. Rates facilities at CFA as better than Barca. Has a great relationship with Tixi and Soriano. "Tixi is almost one of the family".
No politics as in Barca, no rigid hierarchy as in Bayern. With the chairman, the big four pow-wow once a year to work thru plans, objectives budgets etc. Once agreed, no interference, a free hand.
Its a dream job.
P.S. The owner trusts the chairman to look after the club and does not interfere. One of the few quotes from Mansour said exactly that.
PPS a dream for any old city fan like me. No more cups for cock ups.
 
Gunnerblue9320 said:
Fab news. I would be really interested as to why he decided to stay on longer here then any of the other clubs?
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Psychedelic Casual said:
On the MNF Special this is what was said;

GNeville; “the Premier League or the Champions League, if you had to select one...”

Pep; “The Premier League... no doubt! Will be a huge mistake if you think ‘okay now you have the Premier League now you’re going to focus on the Champions League’ *tut tut tut* would be a big mistake. I’d rather be out of the Champions League and win the Premier League again. I will take right now. The Premier League is the most important thing because it gives you the consistency and arrive in the right moment. The Champions League is so complicated, in one moment *clicks fingers and flicks hand as if to say ‘gone’*, and the teams are so good all of them so the Premier League is the most important.”

I think what he’s saying is that so many teams can win the Champions League but anything can change in an instant, be it a mistake or a referee decision, and anyone can get a favourable draw or just happen to go on a good cup run. It’s a lottery and isn’t a true measure of how good a team is. Winning the league is what it’s all about. If the Champions League was a league format (to qualify for it you have to win/finish high in a league format, and it’s called the Champions LEAGUE, so why is it not a league format?!) you could call the eventual winners the best team in Europe, but when teams 25 and 15 points behind their own league’s winners are competing in the final, you know it’s not about the best, it’s just a good cup run.

Now if you win it numerous times in a short period of time, then you’re talking about a team that can say they are the best or one of the best teams in Europe. Because they are showing a level of consistency like a league format shows. But winning the Champions League once in a period of time, it can just be a good cup run and mean nothing other than a trophy in the cabinet.

If we ever win it, great. If we don’t, so what?!

Pep said I that same interview; “Barcelona first won the Champions League in 1992, from 1955, Sir Alex Ferguson first won it in 1999, from 1985. These things...”

We might not win it under Pep and he’s comfortable with that. You can tell. It’s all about what happens in individual moments and they don’t even have to be moments of brilliance. Christ you can get to the knock-out phase and draw every game 0-0 and win the competition! To win a season long league shows who is the best. You have to score goals and win games. That’s why the Champions League should be for the Champions of leagues only. Even if we made it an eight team competition from the best eight leagues in Europe, make it a league format, home and away, that would be a better competition than we have now. The group stages are like the early rounds of the League Cup, just against some random clubs with funny names and with some very very poor players.

Pep’s right, it’s always about the League.
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Welcome aboard "the league never lies" you have learnt well young blue x
 
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