I understand the why, but is there no room for a little emotion in the game anymore? Would have been a perfect chance to give Philips a last few minutes and KDB his first since trudging off at Burnley on Day 1!At 3 - 0 he would have, not 2 - 0. Remember Palace!
This is Pep you are on about, the consumate professional, best Manager in the game of all time and remains humble enough to know there is always something to learn and improve on.
On the stream I had, it had Richard Keys and Andy Grey at half time moaning about how boring City were to watch. 1: We aren't here to entertain the neutral. 2. It's not us that are boring when the opposition has all 11 players in the box and if they could they'd have all the subs on the line.That was bloody dull, you can’t blame Sheffield for setting up that way but it strangled the life out of the atmosphere they had zero ambition, onwards and upwards we go, thought we played as well as could be expected against a parked bus
He scored against them at their place and I think likes the idea of scoring against his old club!! ;-)Good game I thought, really enjoyed it, not easy to score against an 11 men defence.
Is Walker just smashing them in for fun in training though cause I can't see any other justification for him constantly having a go from outside the box when his goal rate from there is 0 in 1000 games.
Even if the position doesn’t matter, time with the team may help. I can name a few players who got better under Pep, so it certainly seems possible.Agree mostly, but re Gvardiol, will playing him in his proper position improve his aerial combativeness, will it make him stronger in 50/50s, will it give him more recovery pace, will it make his passing more accurate?
Just got home. Did what we had to against a team with no ambition, other than keep the score down. What a player we have in Oscar, looks every part a first team player. Loved his introduction, and some trust by Pep. He knows he’s ready.
Rodri just sensational.
Not his biggest fan, but thought Kova was excellent.
I wish the fans around me would lay off Gvardiol. Judge the lad in his proper position.
Kevin’s warm up loudest cheer of the game!
Was Pep playing?Thought Guardiola was excellent, looks so comfortable on the ball and has settled in straight away unlike a lot of other players in their first year. played some nice intelligent passes to the forwards. we have some player there.
Anyone got a picture of the team today posing with the 5 trophies?
Take a screenshot of MOTD beginning of our gameAnyone got a picture of the team today posing with the 5 trophies?