There's no obviously realistic alternative. Overall, I hope Pep extends his contract but he's blemished his record at City. I still think he's a great coach but he is capable of errors of judgement.Assuming you don't want Guardiola, who do you want then?
We entered 5 competitions and won 2, and we were runners up in another, semi finalist and quarter finalists in the rest, most other clubs fans would think that a very good season, our problem is that in the previous 2 seasons, we've entered the same 5 competitions twice, so 10 in all, and won 7 of them, it doesn't matter who the coach is, that is a very hard standard to live up to.
For perspective 15 competitions, 9 won, in 3 seasons, this wasn't as good as the previous 2, but we still played some exceptional football, sadly we failed in 2 of the biggest cup games but that's cup gootball, and a few in the PL.
It isn't to me, I go watch to be entertained, and for most of the season I attended I found it very entertaining.great football is irrelevant if you end up with little.
The charity shield clearly isn't a priority, and I never go to it, but we enter it to win it. Yes the other 2 have been disappointing, but a very small number of clubs win the CL, and even had we beaten Lyon there is far from any guarantee that we'd have won it. We should have beaten Arsenal yes, but the better team on the day won (as in the CL), I accept that is what football is about, 2 teams may not be equal, but the less good team can still win (see Wigan in the FAC final), it's football.Charity shield doesn’t really count does it, we didn’t start our season to win the league cup, we’ve lost the fa cup and champions league to far inferior sides.
It isn't to me, I go watch to be entertained, and for most of the season I attended I found it very entertaining.
I've never watched City expecting trophies, I always hoped, but was for the most part disappointed on that front, I've always wanted to be entertained, and for the most part haven't been disappointed (at least the really bad years we had comedy value).
The charity shield clearly isn't a priority, and I never go to it, but we enter it to win it. Yes the other 2 have been disappointing, but a very small number of clubs win the CL, and even had we beaten Lyon there is far from any guarantee that we'd have won it. We should have beaten Arsenal yes, but the better team on the day won (as in the CL), I accept that is what football is about, 2 teams may not be equal, but the less good team can still win (see Wigan in the FAC final), it's football.
Except Marvin wanted him out under any circumstances 10 days ago.Yeah I agree with the @Marvin post fully. He still is the best way forward (by far) imo
I'm happy to take it as it comes, the enjoyment from the last 2 seasons was wonderful, but a bit disappointed this season, but I still enjoyed the EFL Cup final, it's how football works. We could support united, chelsea, or spurs, who had there normal trophyless seasons, arsenal won the FAC on merit, so fair play to them, everyone else won nothing apart from liverpool. 4 domestic trophies available, and we won half of them.that’s the kind of point of it for me, I don’t demand to win everything. We lost to a poor arsenal side without any fight. We lost to Lyon without much fight and we was never in a title race. Again I’m not expectant of everything but to lose gracefully at times. Arsenal played great football for years but won little, nothing goes down in history with how well you play.
If the last couple of seasons are anything to go by, our position in the league at the halfway point is an indicator of where we will finish by the end of the season as well. Guardiola can easily lose the dressing room as many managers have in the past and if the murmurs from the players are anything to go by many are already beginning to question some of his decision making. I'm sorry but the fans being in the stadium isn't the only way to gauge the support of the fans. Social media plays a huge role in determining whether the fans are behind the manager or not.
This is such a pathetic retort that has become a huge problem with many on this forum. If someone has an opinion that runs counter to the norm your first instinct is to call into question their fandom. Do one.
I believe Pep should either extend his deal or go this Summer. I don't want him managing City without a long term commitment to the club but I want him to extend because overall I recognise that even with the blot on his copybook he's a great coach.Except Marvin wanted him out under any circumstances 10 days ago.
You’re perfectly entitled to your opinion, though I would imagine that it will hold little truck with the vast majority of long-suffering supporters. ‘Rumours’ and ‘Many’ are simply your attempt to spin your chosen position. I too have heard ‘strong rumours’ that Guardiola will soon sign a contract extension and that ‘all of the players’ are fully supportive and cannot wait to play. The next few years are going to be fun.
However, judging by the repeatedly negative posts you have made about Guardiola, ‘Pep is a huge coward’, and players, Ake ‘Not good enough’ , Laporte ‘ Seems to bottle it in the big games’, Sterling ‘ He has been beyond garbage for months now’ , Stones ‘is a coward’, and Angelino ‘is fucking shite’, maybe ‘supporting’ Manchester City is just not your forte. :-(