Pep to leave at the end of the season

[Coatigan]

Think that was a dig at the PL match rescheduling and having to play Bournemouth on the Tuesday.

Sure. It was said in reference to the whole season.

Pep often covers more with less. And leaves things open-ended.

 

[wolviedinho]

I enjoyed that, fair play to you, fair play to him too.

But... Everything he has said only reinforces my stance about them, as a collective.

So they have all known for months. They have also known City are trying to keep it under wraps. They knew Pep didn't want it brought up, or to distract from the season.

They supposedly have a job to report on what's going on (putting aside that it's bollocks, as that's not reporting on something going on, but turning valid enough rumours into stories) and have been desperate to report it.. sure.

So of all those months of knowing, and having a job to do and being desperate to report it - and they all chose the eve of the FA cup final, to grill pep every chance they got. To put words in his mouth. To try catch him out. To ask him immediately before the game. Immediately After the game. To sneak it in amongst other questions. To ask his players immediately after the game. To try catch Them out. To try get them contradicting him. Etc.

And then... when all that didn't work.. they just ran with it anyway! But! On the eve of a must win game to take it to the next day. When it was so clear at that point, that all Pep wanted to do was get to the last day, in a position to challenge, without distractions, and he would weather the storm himself if he had to.

What, they suddenly got new bits of information? No. JG actually says, Holt just decided to go for it. What, they suddenly had to do their job, that they had been sitting on for months? They couldn't wait another day, till after the game?

Bollocks. It was a calculated, maximum damage campaign, timed for that purpose alone. Not for their professional integrity, not in the interest of getting news out there, not even for reputational or financial gain. But to disrupt and interfere. With a club and manager trying so hard not to be interfered with. That has given them 10 years of solid gold for their jobs btw.

And THEN... even then.. they didn't stop to respect the game, but had to prod him on his reaction to it, the players' reaction. And obviously, continue after the game. And afterwards? Total silence! Sure, now they are happy to wait for the club to announce it.

They knew what they were doing. And when, and why they chose to do it.

Top post.

 

[wolviedinho]

Anyone know why I can’t post url using the link chain thing above? Won’t let me select anything on grey bar?

 

[Coatigan]

For what it's worth @twosips , despite how irate and disappointed I am in the whole thing, I did genuinely like watching your video, and JG's input and attempts. I also enjoyed his (so far Part 1) deep-dive article on Pep. If it was anyone else, probably wouldn't have bothered watching it, but I do think HIS coverage of City is generally fair. As I said it only reinforced my wider gripes though.

 

[Gesario]

Top post.

Seconded

 

[wolviedinho]

I would love for Pep to stay another season to spite the cunts. Credibility ruined and he could smile knowing he made them all look like the pack of rats they are.

Maximum damage to city is their one and only goal. Duty to report? lol sure and aliens have landed blah blah blah.

It’s done to damage the club, make money and comfort the red losers.

Let’s not pretend the socials are any better. Probably worse. That X is mental.

 

[Twisted-wheel]

Personally I would go for Andoni Iraola, I think he gets his team up for it and play great football. It could go to shit quickly under maresca

 

[Northmanc68]

The club is very very poor when it comes to communication - think back to the Friday night before the Wigan Cup Final and news leaking out about Mancini going … Pellegrini announcing in his press conference that he was going to be replaced by Pep , Fernandinho announcing he was leaving , this shambles - where’s P J Swales when you need him

 

[noseve]

It is so much easier to play fast when you are Bournemouth. Try playing fast against a back five or six and up to three DMs. If teams had set up against us like they do when they play Bournemouth, Haaland would be on 40+ league goals a year and Cherki would break the assist record. He may be an excellent coach but I am reluctant to make a judgement of a manager of a team like Bournemouth.

I often read on here about teams 'setting up' like this against us, but having watched the match involved that's not always been the reason that we faced two lines of defence.

More often than not it's because of our slow build-up allowing the opposition to get back into position - I mean, what else are they supposed to do? Stand on the halfway line and watch us approach their area?

When the opposition are slow in their build-up, we also get behind the ball, but I never hear anybody on here ask 'why are we parking the bus?'

In Erling's first season, we did play at a proper tempo and he scored 50+. It wasn't a case of teams learning how play against us - obviously they all knew all about him from his Dortmund days - but after the World Cup break we changed how we played and have never gone back to that tempo. It worked out well, naturally, with the treble, but with fewer weapons these days we need to exploit him more, and that means pace.

If Sky still did 'playercam' it would be an eye-opener just watching how many times there are chances to play him in that are ignored.

 

[Gesario]

So is he going ? Confirmed or not ?
Serious question .Not scrolling through the last 100 pages

I’m hoping he turns round and says he’s doing his last year, put these fkrs back in their box

 

[J.G.Blue.]

pete the badge?

No he is a racist now, Keep up.

 

[1961_vintage]

P?

Swalesey.

 

[pride in battle]

I enjoyed that, fair play to you, fair play to him too.

But... Everything he has said only reinforces my stance about them, as a collective.

So they have all known for months. They have also known City are trying to keep it under wraps. They knew Pep didn't want it brought up, or to distract from the season.

They supposedly have a job to report on what's going on (putting aside that it's bollocks, as that's not reporting on something going on, but turning valid enough rumours into stories) and have been desperate to report it.. sure.

So of all those months of knowing, and having a job to do and being desperate to report it - and they all chose the eve of the FA cup final, to grill pep every chance they got. To put words in his mouth. To try catch him out. To ask him immediately before the game. Immediately After the game. To sneak it in amongst other questions. To ask his players immediately after the game. To try catch Them out. To try get them contradicting him. Etc.

And then... when all that didn't work.. they just ran with it anyway! But! On the eve of a must win game to take it to the next day. When it was so clear at that point, that all Pep wanted to do was get to the last day, in a position to challenge, without distractions, and he would weather the storm himself if he had to.

What, they suddenly got new bits of information? No. JG actually says, Holt just decided to go for it. What, they suddenly had to do their job, that they had been sitting on for months? They couldn't wait another day, till after the game?

Bollocks. It was a calculated, maximum damage campaign, timed for that purpose alone. Not for their professional integrity, not in the interest of getting news out there, not even for reputational or financial gain. But to disrupt and interfere. With a club and manager trying so hard not to be interfered with. That has given them 10 years of solid gold for their jobs btw.

And THEN... even then.. they didn't stop to respect the game, but had to prod him on his reaction to it, the players' reaction. And obviously, continue after the game. And afterwards? Total silence! Sure, now they are happy to wait for the club to announce it.

They knew what they were doing. And when, and why they chose to do it.

Cunts the lot of them !

 

[Marvin.]

I’m watching it and it’s good @twosips . No idea why people (especially on here) feel the need to diminish others. But such is life.

It's not a case of diminishing others, it's a case of observing the football media's comments in relation to Manchester City. If you don't know what I am talking about, see Barney Ronay's article on Pep and the Dark secret which is a diatribe on the innate supremacy of liberal democracy over ex-colonies.

They have had the Pep story for months. They chose to go overboard with it at the critical moment of the season.

 

[citizen_maine]

It's not a case of diminishing others, it's a case of observing the football media's comments in relation to Manchester City. If you don't know what I am talking about, see Barney Ronay's article on Pep and the Dark secret which is a diatribe on the innate supremacy of liberal democracy over ex-colonies.

If I didn't know before, I sure as fuck don't know now.

 

[Marvin.]

If I didn't know before, I sure as fuck don't know now.

Then you are an uneducated person, and you should learn some history.

 

[Gordyola]

Thanks. I asked because pep leaving stories (like haaland and aguero leaving stories) are an annual event - a bit like the rags signing superstars stories tend to pop up when they want to sell season tickets.
I was wondering why this time the story was given credibility so quickly and reported so widely as fact ahead of any official news from the club.

If it hasn’t been for that snake Holt it would still be a rumour but it’s just awaiting the club and Pep’s announcement Probably tomorrow morning before he has to do his last pre-match PC Also strong rumours he bought a £13m property in Barca near his marital home where his ex and youngest live

 

[pepguardiola'smoustache]

I love Cheeseman - I was at Junior Blues when I was a kid and he randomly came over to me asking if I wanted a signed Ali B shirt - slipped me the winning ticket that some kids had just given him and told me to say Id just found it. Class

all things considered,
i think this gets my vote as the best post of the thread.

 

[citizen_maine]

Then you are an uneducated person, and you should learn some history.

and you are lacking a sense of humour

 

[Gordyola]

I would guess some of the MEN fellas, Sam Lee, people like that. There are some that I feel get an absurd amount of abuse, mainly just for reporting negative news. I've seen people blame journos for City losing the title for breaking this story for example, which is absurd. As if anyone in an industry like this wouldnt go with a story this big

I doubt the Manchester lads would have broken it That snake Holt is the man to blame think he and his rag newspaper had malicious intent