Pep to leave at the end of the season

bridgeno1 said:
Just wanted to add that whilst I guess being selfish I'm glad he's gone, I'm also grateful for what he's done for the league, the standards he has set and the legacy he will leave. Wish him all the best, seems like a great guy too.
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Hopefully the drop off is not too big and we are still in the mix with you next season. You must be worried that the greaterest team in the world has just appointed the greaterest ex Boro manager ever
 
Dodge said:
Forgive the ramblings of an over emotional 64 year old man, who should probably know better, but here goes.

Peps 10 years at the Club have pretty much been the soundtrack to my recent life. I met the current Mrs Dodge the Christmas before he joined. She was told early doors that the one thing that will never change will be me and City. 6 months later I dragged her up to the CFA to the Pep greeting and from that moment on she was hooked. Within a couple of years she had her seasoncard and we've travelled all over England and Europe ever since. Kharkiv twice, Belgrade, Madrid too many times, Leipzig, Dusseldwarf, Basel and many others. Along the way, met many a hardened Euro away Blue who have become the best of friends. At Porto, I met for the first time in 20-odd years my very best mate from my teenage/early 20's years. The guy who used to hitch-hike round the country with me, as City daft scallies, ducking and diving in the dark days. The guy who I'd have took a bullet for, who I fell out with over stupid argument. Pep, getting us to that CL Final, sorted out that friendship, which still flourishes to this day. I lost my old man to cancer the year before Pep came. After the Pep greet I took the new Mrs Dodge to Southern Cemetery to see him. She noticed that his grave was covered in white feathers, which we thought nothing of at the time. At Istanbul, at the final whistle, when we were all thinking of the people we'd lost who didn't get to see us make history, you can imagine our thoughts when Mrs Dodge noticed a white feather float down from the sky at the final whistle.

That's the point of my post really. The personal memories that that man has given us will live forever. It's not just a footballing legacy, it goes far beyond that. The man hasn't just changed Manchester City. He's changed people, families, friendships. Changed the worlds perception of Manchester. Changed everything for the better.

What an absolutely blinding legacy.

So again, 10 years on, I'll be dragging Mrs Dodge up on Monday to wish him a fond farewell, in the balmy Manchester sunshine (he's even changed the fucking weather), sink a few scoops with mates and raise a glass to Josep Guardiola Sala.

Salud Pep, nice one.
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outstanding post mate
 
I wonder if being kept in the group is to give him a break and then he comes back all guns blazing well I can but hope in my imagination
 
I think Pep was always leaving this year. The extra year last announced was probably to stop speculations and questions all this season etc. Pep only had to say he would honour his contract.
It would have been messy, so i think he did the right thing. A clean and tidy ten years is almost perfection.

Will we ever see success like this again? Probably not. But what other team will either?
City have set some records that may never be beaten.

Thank you Pep!
 
city saint said:
I wonder if being kept in the group is to give him a break and then he comes back all guns blazing well I can but hope in my imagination
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He has been rewarded like Fergie had, only in this instance Pep wont stink the place out for the new manager/s.
 
Thank you for coming when many scoffed.
Thank you for staying when many scoffed.
Thank you for making my Manchester City dreams come true and more.
You deserved better than the last few years of sniping and bitterness from those outside the club trying to tarnish your achievements.
There will never be another and I'm forever grateful to have witnessed it all.
Take care, good luck and hopefully see you again one day x
 
Shame Ljinders is leaving too. But cant expect someone who was klopp and peps right hand man to agree to be one of Enzos assistants
 
Dodge said:
Forgive the ramblings of an over emotional 64 year old man, who should probably know better, but here goes.

Peps 10 years at the Club have pretty much been the soundtrack to my recent life. I met the current Mrs Dodge the Christmas before he joined. She was told early doors that the one thing that will never change will be me and City. 6 months later I dragged her up to the CFA to the Pep greeting and from that moment on she was hooked. Within a couple of years she had her seasoncard and we've travelled all over England and Europe ever since. Kharkiv twice, Belgrade, Madrid too many times, Leipzig, Dusseldwarf, Basel and many others. Along the way, met many a hardened Euro away Blue who have become the best of friends. At Porto, I met for the first time in 20-odd years my very best mate from my teenage/early 20's years. The guy who used to hitch-hike round the country with me, as City daft scallies, ducking and diving in the dark days. The guy who I'd have took a bullet for, who I fell out with over stupid argument. Pep, getting us to that CL Final, sorted out that friendship, which still flourishes to this day. I lost my old man to cancer the year before Pep came. After the Pep greet I took the new Mrs Dodge to Southern Cemetery to see him. She noticed that his grave was covered in white feathers, which we thought nothing of at the time. At Istanbul, at the final whistle, when we were all thinking of the people we'd lost who didn't get to see us make history, you can imagine our thoughts when Mrs Dodge noticed a white feather float down from the sky at the final whistle.

That's the point of my post really. The personal memories that that man has given us will live forever. It's not just a footballing legacy, it goes far beyond that. The man hasn't just changed Manchester City. He's changed people, families, friendships. Changed the worlds perception of Manchester. Changed everything for the better.

What an absolutely blinding legacy.

So again, 10 years on, I'll be dragging Mrs Dodge up on Monday to wish him a fond farewell, in the balmy Manchester sunshine (he's even changed the fucking weather), sink a few scoops with mates and raise a glass to Josep Guardiola Sala.

Salud Pep, nice one.
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I didn’t think I had any tears left!

Love that story. Good for you mate.
 
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