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

If this is going to happen it'd be excellent for it to happen even sooner, quite honestly. Sign it tomorrow, show players, fans and media that this is a long term plan that all parties are committed to while things are not going totally smoothly.
 
If true then this is great news IMO. Even better would be if he signed that extension now and City announce it to the world - that would be the biggest fuck you to every so-called expert who has been predicting that he will chuck the towel in before long.
 
FantasyIreland said:
It would be very interesting to hear how the hierachy now view the rest of this season?

Are they content to take a hit? a season of transition? or is the chequebook coming out in the next few days?

I suspect it will be a mental summer.
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I am expecting an Erikssoneque type summer with signing after signing
 
Great news. It took Fergurson 6 or 7 years to get things right for the Shite and some people are writing Guardiola off after a dodgy three month spell!

He's adjusting to the league and learning. There will be bumps along the way, but I trust him to get it right. He's not a hired gun manager here to win tophies and then walk off in to the sunset. He's about building legacies and changing the football identity of the club.

I wouldn't want any other manager at City. He's the perfect manager to oversee the development of Sterling, Garcia, Sane and Gabriel Jesus. They could be the bedrock of a really special team in the future.
 
Let's not forget that in his last two clubs, as good as they were, both were member-owned and he had to work in an environment where he was answerable to people who always had an eye on elections. So he had ot manage upwards as well as manage the team. At City, he doesn't have that pressure as he's working in a management structure where he's fully backed by the executive and board and working with two key people he's comfortable with.

Along with others I'm not convinced those two have done a great job at all since they arrived but the proof of the pudding will be seen over the next few years.
 
I hope Pep sees this period as trial and error, we all know how long it it took Baconface to get a team together. Are we being too expectant too early? Maybe we are, but with such resources and backing Pep really needs to deliver. I hope he's regretting buying Bravo, IMO he's absolutely dogshit. The stats speak for themselves. 22 shots faced, goals conceded 14!!!! Goalkeeper or footballer??? I would rather have a goalkeeper who doesn't look like a frightened child between the posts and who, when the ball is fired at him that you don't have to close your eyes wondering if he will stop it. Teams must be relishing to play us knowing if they get into range and shoot, they'll more than likely score.
 
Shaelumstash said:
Great news. It took Fergurson 6 or 7 years to get things right for the Shite and some people are writing Guardiola off after a dodgy three month spell!

He's adjusting to the league and learning. There will be bumps along the way, but I trust him to get it right. He's not a hired gun manager here to win tophies and then walk off in to the sunset. He's about building legacies and changing the football identity of the club.

I wouldn't want any other manager at City. He's the perfect manager to oversee the development of Sterling, Garcia, Sane and Gabriel Jesus. They could be the bedrock of a really special team in the future.
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Agree
Pep's blue legacy
 
Excellent news.

We need to back him and accept that around 50% of the first team are no longer up to scratch.

He must be given the freedom to build and coach a fresh team.
 
I suspect he has been to the board and made a " We're gonna need a bigger boat" comment.

3 years is nowhere near enough to turn this around properly.
 
mat said:
Are we getting a player revolution too?

Brilliant news and a sweet fuck you to all the jurnos/pundit/jealous wankers willing him to fail.
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What about the same fuck you to the long term fans?

This is at completely the wrong time and without getting into what he did at Barca and Bayern, what's written in a book and what he should be doing, what have I somehow missed in the time he's been here that merits this? Factual answers only please, not blind optimism and God, do I want to be wrong on this.

So far, with the odd exception, the lack of the Emperors' new clothes is what I see.
 
waspish said:
Yep agree mentioned it on another thread. Going to take Pep at least 18 months to get his team and his team playing how he wants.

Problem is patients from fans these days with social media influencing the weak minded it going to be a long haul.

Owners have the manager they have chased for years they ain't not going to back him, he is setting is up as a club for many years it will take time.
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This is something that a lot of people aren't taking into consideration. The only way I see him leaving is if things get totally on top of him and it becomes a mental issue - something that could happen to anyone - or if results are so catastrophic that the club decide to have a re-think. The former is a concern as he left Barca and they're his club but I think there was a lot of politics involved whereas at City he has the full backing of his bosses. The latter I can't see happening because even if there is a bigger downturn in results than we are seeing at the moment, the club has invested so much time and effort into getting him and I think are prepared to allow things to get worse before they get better.
 
Very happy Pep is extending his stay here.

Just a shame the club didn't give him the right set of tools (i.e. players) to do his job properly in the first place.
 
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