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

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Knew this thread would be mad active right after the game. If we'd won that 2-0 would it have been a great decision to have extended? Majority of the posts here are sounding reactionary. Getting a new manager wouldn't have changed anything as quick.

No mate I don't swing from result to result - it stems from our overall performance levels.

The drop off is frightening...........

 

[Tugay One Cup]

I can't quite believe just how much people complain about the players.

If Klopp, Mourinho, Ole or whoever had this group of players and had them performing as badly then every single one of us would be pissing ourselves at their ineptitude.

But of course not. We're talking about the greatest manager in the world. You can tell he's the greatest because he's got about a million different criteria he needs in order to do a decent job, apparently.

I honestly think Pep could blow into a piano and some of you would blame it for not being a harmonica.

 

[robbieh]

We have plenty of very good players. Dias and Laporte get high praise on here.

Cancelo and Walker are better than average FBs.

I get that the PL might be too fast for Rodri. But what clubs wouldn't want keV, Raheem, Torres, Bernardo, Foden, Jesus and even an ageing Kun in their squads.

Guardiola is just not making the most of the squad and that's fine he has been amazing. The question is has he hit the wall? Only he knows. The fact that he signed a new contract suggests he thinks he's got plenty to offer City.

But at the moment he looks out of gas.

I honestly thought Mourinho was yesterday's man so it can be premature to right people off.

My main concern is that Soriano, Txiki and Pep are all in a self admiration bubble.

 

[Keeper!]

I can't quite believe just how much people complain about the players.

If Klopp, Mourinho, Ole or whoever had this group of players and had them performing as badly then every single one of us would be pissing ourselves at their ineptitude.

But of course not. We're talking about the greatest manager in the world. You can tell he's the greatest because he's got about a million different criteria he needs in order to do a decent job, apparently.

I honestly think Pep could blow into a piano and some of you would blame it for not being a harmonica.

So true, how many games have we lost in the last 18 months to teams with far less ability than ours?

Far too many, Pep is seriously underperforming with these players at this time.

Two of Three players are always going to lose a little form during a season, we have a team full.

 

[Keeper!]

We have plenty of very good players. Dias and Laporte get high praise on here.

Cancelo and Walker are better than average FBs.

I get that the PL might be too fast for Rodri. But what clubs wouldn't want keV, Raheem, Torres, Bernardo, Foden, Jesus and even an ageing Kun in their squads.

Guardiola is just not making the most of the squad and that's fine he has been amazing. The question is has he hit the wall? Only he knows. The fact that he signed a new contract suggests he thinks he's got plenty to offer City.

But at the moment he looks out of gas.

I honestly thought Mourinho was yesterday's man so it can be premature to right people off.

My main concern is that Soriano, Txiki and Pep are all in a self admiration bubble.

The scary thing with your last sentence is that Khaldoon seems to have joined in as well and that is a worry.

 

[robbieh]

The scary thing with your last sentence is that Khaldoon seems to have joined in as well and that is a worry.

I think Khaldoun is very diplomatic but he also seems to be quietly ruthless. If we don't make top 4 this season, he'll pull Pep aside and give him the opportunity to resign gracefully.

 

[garyCTID]

It’s his arrogance that annoys me. His utter reluctance to change what is so obviously wrong and not working. And each post match interview stating he is so proud of his players and that they were so unlucky. Total bullshit. Mahrez should be nowhere near the first team. Rodri just needs telling to sit in front of our centre halves and that he can only venture into the attacking third if we have a corner. Allow Silva to play in Merlin’s roving position and ffs stop putting him out on the fucking wing. He ain’t no fucking winger!

 

[come-on-barney]

Whilst I can accept that we have lost world class players and in most cases not bought at the same level, I still think his game management this season has been poor. The high line for their goal, was just madness. You can buy world class defenders and they will struggle with these tactics. It’s rinse and repeat every week, teams only need one chance. What do they say about doing the same again and again when it does not work. We have no pace in the midfield for a quick transition. When we attack it’s so slow we allow teams to regroup and park the bus. Then it’s harder to break it down. In our title wining seasons, we were so quick with the transition that teams could not regroup quickly enough. Sane has been a huge miss, and we have too many pedestrian players. The premier league is all about pace and we don’t have any. Yesterday was a poor lineup, we had nobody to make things happen around the box. Foden sat on the bench for 72 minutes. We all could see the second goal coming, but we wait until they score before reacting. We rarely make any substitutions to change a game. Kevin is having to carry this team and it’s affecting his form. He no longer has the same level of player around him in the midfield. Players heads dropped in the second half which is worrying, and not sure the players buy into the current tactics. The manager and players did not seem to be hurt enough after that defeat. Pep thinks we are not far away, far away from what is what I would question. We desperately need a strong number two who would question his tactics and team selection. I wanted Pep to stay but he really needs to step up now and earn his money. My concern was the comments about Khaldoon, has he been persuaded to stay when he might have been thinking of leaving. Time will tell, but for now Foden needs to be one of the first names on the team sheet. Get back to playing players in their correct position and those in form. A long way to go this season to put things right, and we can, but we need to change things quickly. How ironic would it be to have won the CAS appeal and not qualify for next season’s champions league. It would be ‘typical city.’

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Whilst I can accept that we have lost world class players and in most cases not bought at the same level, I still think his game management this season has been poor. The high line for their goal, was just madness. You can buy world class defenders and they will struggle with these tactics. It’s rinse and repeat every week, teams only need one chance. What do they say about doing the same again and again when it does not work. We have no pace in the midfield for a quick transition. When we attack it’s so slow we allow teams to regroup and park the bus. Then it’s harder to break it down. In our title wining seasons, we were so quick with the transition that teams could not regroup quickly enough. Sane has been a huge miss, and we have too many pedestrian players. The premier league is all about pace and we don’t have any. Yesterday was a poor lineup, we had nobody to make things happen around the box. Foden sat on the bench for 72 minutes. We all could see the second goal coming, but we wait until they score before reacting. We rarely make any substitutions to change a game. Kevin is having to carry this team and it’s affecting his form. He no longer has the same level of player around him in the midfield. Players heads dropped in the second half which is worrying, and not sure the players buy into the current tactics. The manager and players did not seem to be hurt enough after that defeat. Pep thinks we are not far away, far away from what is what I would question. We desperately need a strong number two who would question his tactics and team selection. I wanted Pep to stay but he really needs to step up now and earn his money. My concern was the comments about Khaldoon, has he been persuaded to stay when he might have been thinking of leaving. Time will tell, but for now Foden needs to be one of the first names on the team sheet. Get back to playing players in their correct position and those in form. A long way to go this season to put things right, and we can, but we need to change things quickly. How ironic would it be to have won the CAS appeal and not qualify for next season’s champions league. It would be ‘typical city.’

Great post, unfortunately.

 

[balotellishaircut]

There’s an old saying

“A good deed never goes unpunished”

From what I’m seeing is the club City have given Pep everything he wants, players, training ground, apartment etc

Now he’s punishing us by being stubborn and not installing change in tactics..

Unless he doesn’t know how to turn it around, but something has to give.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

It’s his arrogance that annoys me. His utter reluctance to change what is so obviously wrong and not working. And each post match interview stating he is so proud of his players and that they were so unlucky. Total bullshit. Mahrez should be nowhere near the first team. Rodri just needs telling to sit in front of our centre halves and that he can only venture into the attacking third if we have a corner. Allow Silva to play in Merlin’s roving position and ffs stop putting him out on the fucking wing. He ain’t no fucking winger!

His unwavering belief in 'the way football should be played' is his greatest strength and will ultimately always prove to be his undoing.

Mourinho is the perfect counter puncher to the Guardiola continuous (at the moment very slow and monotonous) onslaught........

 

[Fordyboy46]

We have plenty of very good players. Dias and Laporte get high praise on here.

Cancelo and Walker are better than average FBs.

I get that the PL might be too fast for Rodri. But what clubs wouldn't want keV, Raheem, Torres, Bernardo, Foden, Jesus and even an ageing Kun in their squads.

Guardiola is just not making the most of the squad and that's fine he has been amazing. The question is has he hit the wall? Only he knows. The fact that he signed a new contract suggests he thinks he's got plenty to offer City.

But at the moment he looks out of gas.

I honestly thought Mourinho was yesterday's man so it can be premature to right people off.

My main concern is that Soriano, Txiki and Pep are all in a self admiration bubble.

Exactly, it's an old pals act with those three, still thinking back to those glory Barca days and seemingly not able to forget about them. As I've posted before, they will never sack Pep, Pep will leave when he thinks he can get nothing else from these players, and I honestly think it could be before the end of this season

 

[r.soleofsalford]

His system has been rumbled and he either doesn`t know how to change it or as I feel too fucking stubborn.

Our opponent wont change their system of playing against us while its working so we have to change ours

 

[Keeper!]

There’s an old saying

“A good deed never goes unpunished”

From what I’m seeing is the club City have given Pep everything he wants, players, training ground, apartment etc

Now he’s punishing us by being stubborn and not installing change in tactics..

Unless he doesn’t know how to turn it around, but something has to give.

The clubs wallet is the one giving.

20m contract for Pep, big pay deals for Sterling and KDB and yet all 3 have a lot to prove with their collective showing this season.

Added to that a 500k contract on the table for Messi and a contract extension for Kun who has not been seen yet.

 

[balotellishaircut]

The clubs wallet is the one giving.

20m contract for Pep, big pay deals for Sterling and KDB and yet all 3 have a lot to prove with their collective showing this season.

Added to that a 500k contract on the table for Messi and a contract extension for Kun who has not been seen yet.

25m contract for Pep, it increased by 5m on him signing this new deal.

 

[B\connellblue]

We have gone from being the most exciting free scoring team the league has seen to being absolute toxic to watch. We could still be playing and not score. Main reason? we do nothing at speed anymore, we don't suffocate the opposition with our press anymore. Slow, boring, shite football. 10 goals in 8 games says it all really. Sort it out Pep.

 

[blueinsa]

We have gone from being the most exciting free scoring team the league has seen to being absolute toxic to watch. We could still be playing and not score. Main reason? we do nothing at speed anymore, we don't suffocate the opposition with our press anymore. Slow, boring, shite football. 10 goals in 8 games says it all really. Sort it out Pep.

Toxic to watch?

Fuck off lol.

 

[SidJames]

feels like Pep is done tbh.

Not sure what changed with him over the last year and a half.

During our successful 2 seasons,he kicked every Ball on the touchline,living it,breathing it.Constantly gesticulating to the players.

Players didn't track back,they were benched.

last season it felt like all of them took a sabbatical,including Pep.None of us begrudged them that after the previous 2 seasons.

This season Pep just looks mostly disinterested.Sitting in the Dug out looking at his Watch,watching the team play mostly the same way they have for the last 18 months.Point blank refusing to make any changes until it is too late.When he does rouse from his slumber,it is never to address our obvious on field deficiencies,it is usually to compound them even further.It can not be me the only one who is getting tired of it.

Pep treatment of Foden also seriously pisses me off.I feel like Pep is making a point of not making him an integral part of our team.MSM are all in agreement that Foden is one of the best talents in English Football,"And yes he is that good".Our team is screaming for youth,and energy and drive to play Pep demanding game.Yet inexplicably Pep overlooks him pretty much every game,favouring players doing fuck all every week.WTf is going on ?,Serling,and KDB are blowing out of their arses,and he still refuses to give Foden more game time.Does he not rate the highly rated English talent ?

My concern now is we will bring in Messi on £500,000 a week ,and Foden will be pushed further down the line for the next 2 years.

Phil could walk in to any team in the Premier League.

 

[B\connellblue]

Toxic to watch?

Fuck off lol.

Are you enjoying this particular brand of football that seldom results in the ball ending up in the oppositions net, yet after the first opposition attack end up in ours. It's rubbish.

 

[bluemoon32]

Pep is living off past exploits as much as some of the players are, it all seems too cosy