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

gutted with that yesterday, couldn't believe what I was watching. Sorry but Pep needs to take responsibility... EVERYONE knows what Vardy does and he's hurt us time and time again. He likes a high line and balls down the sides of centre-halves. So we play a high, exposed defence with a new centre-back partnership and with very little pressure on the ball in midfield, especially after Fernandinho went off. We never learn. Pep never learns. Jamie fucking Vardy... a 33-year-old chav sprinter in boots, manages to make us look like mugs every time. It was too easy to defend deep and smash us on the break once again. You can't ALWAYS win a game playing beautiful football... got to dig games out sometimes, and quite frankly I'm not sure we have it in us to do that.
 
sir baconface said:
There will be a few good up and coming guys who haven‘t yet hit the big time but know how to get the best out of their resources. The club will have a good idea of who they are.
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yeah I think Potter has star manager all over him, but he’s still to manage big players. Many an upcoming manager has failed at that hurdle.
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
yeah I think Potter has star manager all over him, but he’s still to manage big players. Many an upcoming manager has failed at that hurdle.
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Agree but there must be a tier of capable managers in between. Ones who have performed creditably in Europe, for example, without necessarily having a big enough team to win it. Rather that than someone who would need endless resources and all the stars in alignment.
 
Pep lives or dies by his success record. We enter this season with a manager who decided Sane didn't work hard enough for the team and should be benched, who had played a DM at CB to plug a massive hole the previous season nullifying his main strengths to the team, who continues to play a want away, unproven CB (not just yesterday when we were down to the bare bones), and who let go a more than serviceable full back in Danilo who we then exchanged for Cancelo plus a hefty wad and for whom we don't seem to know which is his best position. These are all decisions difficult to fathom the wisdom of. It feels to me Pep is coming to the end of his time with us (the spark, the drive, the total commitment to excellence seems to be fading with him).
 
Jefferson Airplane said:
gutted with that yesterday, couldn't believe what I was watching. Sorry but Pep needs to take responsibility... EVERYONE knows what Vardy does and he's hurt us time and time again. He likes a high line and balls down the sides of centre-halves. So we play a high, exposed defence with a new centre-back partnership and with very little pressure on the ball in midfield, especially after Fernandinho went off. We never learn. Pep never learns. Jamie fucking Vardy... a 33-year-old chav sprinter in boots, manages to make us look like mugs every time. It was too easy to defend deep and smash us on the break once again. You can't ALWAYS win a game playing beautiful football... got to dig games out sometimes, and quite frankly I'm not sure we have it in us to do that.
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Pep needs to take some responsibility, but not all of it.

It's not Pep's fault that 3 of our 4 defenders made blatant mistakes and gave away three penalties. It's not Pep's fault that Garcia wouldn't close Maddison.

Our defence isn't anywhere near good enough. We've signed a lad from a relegated Bournemouth and after 2 games he looks undroppable. That sums up our defence.
 
Jefferson Airplane said:
gutted with that yesterday, couldn't believe what I was watching. Sorry but Pep needs to take responsibility... EVERYONE knows what Vardy does and he's hurt us time and time again. He likes a high line and balls down the sides of centre-halves. So we play a high, exposed defence with a new centre-back partnership and with very little pressure on the ball in midfield, especially after Fernandinho went off. We never learn. Pep never learns. Jamie fucking Vardy... a 33-year-old chav sprinter in boots, manages to make us look like mugs every time. It was too easy to defend deep and smash us on the break once again. You can't ALWAYS win a game playing beautiful football... got to dig games out sometimes, and quite frankly I'm not sure we have it in us to do that.
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Pep is, as you say, responsible. For me, it’s his stubbornness to change tactics against certain teams that’s costing us, more so than the players who are following his philosophy to a tee. We’ve become very predictable and counter attacking teams have broke the code so if we carry on as we are, the same results will follow. Throw in a couple of £60m+ players who aren’t all that and the problems are exacerbated.

No wonder Neville was a shit manager. He was decrying Leicester’s approach yesterday when they were one down, saying how they were showing no ambition. However, most City fans watching that could see a familiar pattern emerging. Leicester didn’t change their game plan when they went a goal down, knowing that we’d keep playing the same way and they’d get a few chances.

I’m all for backing the manager to sort this out, but he needs to change approach, especially against counter attacking sides or he’s making it difficult for himself.
 
Keeper! said:
Players who are no longer responding to the manager, players who don't fit the managers system.

Pep's team has to play high tempo, high line defence requires great energy and effort, we don't have players who can do that.

Where was John Stones yesterday? I hate the guy but if he was left out for Garcia he has every right to throw his toys out of the pram.
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Apparently injured again stones , bit comical at this point he can’t seem to play two games in a row .
Don’t think there’s been a more injury prone player at the club , even Vinnie could string 6 or 7 games together before getting injured ,
 
kwm1988 said:
Apparently injured again stones , bit comical at this point he can’t seem to play two games in a row .
Don’t think there’s been a more injury prone player at the club , even Vinnie could string 6 or 7 games together before getting injured ,
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Not sure he was injured, if he was dropped for Garcia and if true that's apaling management.
 
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