Pep's contract situation | 2 year extension confirmed! (pg1817)

Some changes need making but not poch we need a new club leader in the mould of vinny and a new arteta to freshen things up on the training pitch xavi? Alonso?
 
Gordyola said:
This season mirrors Pep's first season and Vinnies was part of the squad!
Its obviously more complex than one single postion / player however City's style of play is vunerable to the counter attack, in Pep's 2nd and 3rd seasons something that Fernandinho was good at stoping. For whatever reason Pep decide to use Ferdy as a centere half leaving Rodri in the pivot role or playing a double pivot with Gudoghan. Rodri and or Gudoghan are somewhat ponerous so, not only were were more vunderable but we became slower in build up which helped opponents stop City; leting us have pocession, parking the bus and depending upon counters.
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Whilst I agree that this season does indeed almost mirror his first the difference is that Vinny isn’t hear now, he could have gone much sooner in my opinion. If you think back to the League Cup tie at Old Trafford in 2016 Pep picked a really inexperienced team full of youngsters and fringe players almost in an attempt to get us out of the competition it seemed, Vinny was part of that team, it was if Pep didn’t rate him and I remember thinking that Vincent’s days were numbered. By the end of the season due to other injuries Vinny was back in the team, with about ten games to go I think. We won most of these and I believe At that time Pep then realised that Vinny was vitality important to the club. That season was like one long audition If you like this season seems the same, only difference is we have messed up not finding a suitable replacement for our former captain.
 
He's not bigger than the club, as I'm sure Pep would be first to admit, because he's that kind of guy. Don't believe the sensationalist over-reactions in social media, baying for change or a 'crisis'. Pep and the board will decide how long he stays, and I hope it's longer than one more season.

As for bollocks about 'wheels coming off', and meltdowns, that's not how things happen at City these days. As we all saw in the Amazon documentary Pep and the players have regular meetings and any issues with tactics will be discussed and ironed out there, not in front of some nobhead journalists waiting to fill twitter with shite.

Pochettino may be an ok replacement one day, but hopefully not for a good few years yet, and by then who knows what managers will be available. Let's hope Pep signs a new deal soon and we go about next season meaning business to get the title back and learn lessons from the last couple of CL games.
 
Nobody is bigger than the club we all love, surely that is one thing on which we can agree. He should still be accountable.

If Pellegrini or Mancini had overseen this campaign, they would presumably be judged much more harshly by our hierarchy.

Yes Pep rightly has credit in the bank, but the very best keep moving forwards rather than dining out on achievements of previous years, no matter how awesome they were.

The owners are here for decades thank God, but they want us to rule Europe. We are nowhere near.
 
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ws01 said:
For the first time, I'm content with having him not re-sign.

We need to move onto the next stage and that is to have success in Europe. Unfortunately, Pep has proven he is no longer capable of delivering this.
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I‘m fascinated to know who this manager is that can take us on from Pep to the next stage....
 
The club has made a bit of a rod for its own back here.

By making the whole club about Pep, it’s like Diana Ross and The Supremes, “Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City”.

Guaranteed question for any new signing “How big an influence was having the best manager in the world, Pep Guardiola manage you?”

Calling him a “genius” to anyone who will listen. He absolutely is bulletproof, and it’s a terrible mistake.

According to DeBruyne’s reaction and various reports, the players have lost faith in his tinkerman tactics in big games.

But what can they do? Pep’s boss is his best mate! Txiki and Sorriano have been appointed specifically to bring Pep in.

No way can we let him go in to his final year. It’s either sign a 3 year extension on the proviso Gundogan stops getting preferential treatment, or thanks for two incredible seasons out of 4 and let’s bring a hungry, ambitious and more humble coach in.
 
Club in its current structure was built precisely to become Barca-lite and that included the recruitment of Guardiola. He will not stay indefinitely but I don't believe the longterm plan of the owners was to count on that - rather ensuring the foundation is set to build upon for years to come, even after he leaves
 
We needed Mancini to take us to the level of challenging for and winning trophies.

However, we then needed a change to galvanise the squad and in came Pellegrini who won the double and got us playing some of the best football we'd seen in a generation.

We then needed another change to elevate us to the next level. Pep came in and made us the dominant force in English football, we won 8 out of 9 possible domestic trophies including an unprecedented domestic treble (quadruple) and two back-to-back, title winning, record setting seasons in the league.

Is it possible we need another change to take us to the next level of competing in the latter stages and ultimately winning the Champions League?
 
kenzie115 said:
We needed Mancini to take us to the level of challenging for and winning trophies.

However, we then needed a change to galvanise the squad and in came Pellegrini who won the double and got us playing some of the best football we'd seen in a generation.

We then needed another change to elevate us to the next level. Pep came in and made us the dominant force in English football, we won 8 out of 9 possible domestic trophies including an unprecedented domestic treble (quadruple) and two back-to-back, title winning, record setting seasons in the league.

Is it possible we need another change to take us to the next level of competing in the latter stages and ultimately winning the Champions League?
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Yes. After 4 successive failures to even reach a semi-final I would say it's more than possible.
 
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