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

[Blue Til Death]

Still not convinced it's in our best interest to renew.

Name a better, available manager in world football. There is the dilemma, cutting ones nose off to spite ones face is not an option...
I hope Pep signs a 5 year deal...

 

[Keeper!]

Did anyone suggest he was doing us any favours?

Many on here think he is doing us a favour with his presence.

 

[dobingsdobber]

Many on here think he is doing us a favour with his presence.

Perhaps we are doing him a favour by employing him and giving him possibly the best working conditions of any coach in Europe.

 

[heslops barnet]

If I recollect correctly, Pellegrini did state that the final year of his extension was kind of optional. If it's the same with Pep, we are not even sure he will be there next season.

as long as barca are in the crap....the more chance of Pep renewing

 

[blueparrot]

Many on here think he is doing us a favour with his presence.

Not doing us a favour, but as the best coach of the last 12 years he can just about choose his job, so we are fortunate he has stayed and looks like staying longer imo.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Name a better, available manager in world football.

That's a bit of a nothing argument, to be honest.

 

[HelloCity]

That's fair enough. I can see that point of view but I don't share the same optimism.

Sometimes people forget that Pep is overseeing the evolution from Hart, Zabaleta, Yaya, Kompany, Silva and soon Fernandinho and Aguero.

There’s no manager in the world who would do a better a job at overseeing that transition in my opinion and it has been a very understated part of the job Pep has done at the club while he has been here.

 

[Phil1]

Many on here think he is doing us a favour with his presence.

There’s an awful lot of idiots on here though.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Sometimes people forget that Pep is overseeing the evolution from Hart, Zabaleta, Yaya, Kompany, Silva and soon Fernandinho and Aguero.

There’s no manager in the world who would do a better a job at overseeing that transition in my opinion and it has been a very understated part of the job Pep has done at the club while he has been here.

Again, I can see where you're coming from but I don't think Pep or any other manager is going to rebuild this team into something long lasting on his own. That's down to recruitment and the quality and mentality of the players we bring in. The manager can have input in that department but when you look at the failed transfers of the likes of Sanchez, Jorginho and Maguire (and if we're taking the reports of Pep being extremely disappointed at missing out on them as fact), I think it shows he isn't exactly bang on the money when it comes to freshening up the squad with quality young players.

In my opinion, the most important thing a manager can do is get the most out of the squad he has at his disposal and I don't think Pep has done that for over a year. It's not a question of results and silverware but one of performances and fixing recurring issues and I think things have stagnated under him.

I get that he's Pep Guardiola and his pedigree speaks for itself but you could have said the same thing about Mourinho about seven years or so ago. Times change and I'm not saying he's fallen behind but it does happen to even the greatest managers so I'm not putting more faith in him than I think our performances deserve just because of his name.

 

[Coatigan]

Does it not worry you when they state this as the reason for joining?

We are Manchester City FC, not Pep FC for me it still paints us as a small time club riding the shirttails of a great manager.

All three of those players should have been jumping at the chance to join us 'whoever' the fucking manager was.

It pisses me right off tbh.

Doesn't worry me in the slightest.

I think u kinda missed the point tbh.