i disagree. If he and the team are that elite he should be beating them. Your opponent can play how they want. The problem Dias has in this situation is one of the worst teams in PL history held us to a draw.To be fair he’s won 4 titles in a row, the treble, and in his worst year he’s got a chance of CL and will play in a cup final.
He’s an elite professional with a record that is almost fantasy in terms of it’s accomplishments in such a short period of time.
He can rant how he wants.
I don’t think Pep would be happy to stay and watch the team decline anymore under his watch.
I would not be surprised if he feels he no longer can make that difference that the CWC becomes his swansong
If that is the case then I would fully expect his successor to be already informed and ready to take the role for the new season
I always thought he would go at the same time as Txixi
I don't get that "important for games to come" win yesterday and City are basically over the line for Champions League qualification, now it's very much up on the air. Yesterday was a total balls up.Akanji played to give him minutes after a long injury absence. Likewise Haaland. That's important for the games to come.
They could have been but we also had plenty of chances in that first 30 mins too and could have score 3 or 4.Let's face it we are very lucky to be even the position we are now, Crystal Palace could easily have been 3 up against but for the thinnest of offsides, Everton hit the post when it was nil all and how Wolves not even getting one goal was bizzare. City really have to avoid going down the dippers, rags and ars route of clinging to past glories as some sign of guaranteed future success cause it isn't. Change is needed at City, first of all on the pitch but if next season shapes up like this has then they will have to look at the sidelines for the next big change.
Marmoush yes, probably a poor decision not to start him yesterday, not only in hindsight. The two young lads may yet blossom, but Nico looks all set to join Phillips on the scrapheap.I think Marmoush definitely has something about him. Nico and the others I'm not as convinced by just yet
We have to remember these are still young lads moving to a new league and playing for a coach who has ideas they won't have come across before. They might be playing in unfamiliar roles in teams set up differently to where they have come from.
We need to give them time. I certainly remember a lot on here who didn't rate "Plodri" until he understood Peps ideas and I think given time Pep tends to improve every player he's coached by some margin.
There's hope yet! :)
Yet we've beaten them twice.Watching Newcastle here is painful. Just everything we’re not right now. Energetic, fast, intense but quality in their attacking and passing.
Big, big Summer coming up.
Without inviting a pile-on, my personal feelings are Pep is burnt out and his messaging isn't inspiring total belief from sections of the squad?
To bring Akanji back yesterday was criminal, resulting in the entire back line being changed to afford it.
He compounded it by bringing Foden and McAtee into the starting eleven, losing the width and direct running of Doku and Marmoush.
City have fallen in to the trap which United and Arsenal have done, allowing incredibly successful managers to become bigger than the club.
Our executive are rightly in awe of what Pep has done for this club, but the lines have become blurred and there is zero threat of challenge to his authority because of what he has stored in the bank.
I'm starting to worry that some of the noises from sections of the fanbase remind me of what Liverpool and United fans have defaulted to when they cite previous trophy wins and some sort of defensive mechanism against failure?
The past is the past, means nothing all the records of recent years, if we are heading down a direction which is not the correct one.
There is a lot of pressure on Viana to deliver for Pep, but Pep also has to deliver for him. There has been too many instances of the obvious, certainly for a legendary coach on £20m a year, to have not seen them throughout this campaign.
I really don't expect or hear City to be signing any world class talents this summer, certainly not the ones which are needed to elevate us back to the quality we have previously displayed.
I don't know what the answer is, but we are merely kicking the can down the road if we think everything is going to be solved by Pep simply being here for another two years?
Maybe it will still be just that, the club WC is the last thing he needs after the season and private life has given him, same with Foden.That was exactly the plan, to leave with Txiki.
Not as important as winning the game right in front of you.Akanji played to give him minutes after a long injury absence. Likewise Haaland. That's important for the games to come.
ExcellentWithout inviting a pile-on, my personal feelings are Pep is burnt out and his messaging isn't inspiring total belief from sections of the squad?
To bring Akanji back yesterday was criminal, resulting in the entire back line being changed to afford it.
He compounded it by bringing Foden and McAtee into the starting eleven, losing the width and direct running of Doku and Marmoush.
City have fallen in to the trap which United and Arsenal have done, allowing incredibly successful managers to become bigger than the club.
Our executive are rightly in awe of what Pep has done for this club, but the lines have become blurred and there is zero threat of challenge to his authority because of what he has stored in the bank.
I'm starting to worry that some of the noises from sections of the fanbase remind me of what Liverpool and United fans have defaulted to when they cite previous trophy wins and some sort of defensive mechanism against failure?
The past is the past, means nothing all the records of recent years, if we are heading down a direction which is not the correct one.
There is a lot of pressure on Viana to deliver for Pep, but Pep also has to deliver for him. There has been too many instances of the obvious, certainly for a legendary coach on £20m a year, to have not seen them throughout this campaign.
I really don't expect or hear City to be signing any world class talents this summer, certainly not the ones which are needed to elevate us back to the quality we have previously displayed.
I don't know what the answer is, but we are merely kicking the can down the road if we think everything is going to be solved by Pep simply being here for another two years?
Have we? Unless we won at Sid James Park because our goal counted double.Yet we've beaten them twice.
Maybe it will still be just that, the club WC is the last thing he needs after the season and private life has given him, same with Foden.
The guy will be burnt out before next season even starts, I hope Khaldoon/Viana are asking some very straight questions about his future and if it's right for the club and that's all that matters.
You are correct. I must be remembering a different game. Thought we'd done the double over them.Have we? Unless we won at Sid James Park because our goal counted double.
We have one?He or she would be top of the list.
It might have been the plan but Pep decided he would fuck everything up and sign a new contract and then follow that up with Txiki spunking £200m on signings that don’t play.That was exactly the plan, to leave with Txiki.
Harsh but a totally genuine position of the situation.Without inviting a pile-on, my personal feelings are Pep is burnt out and his messaging isn't inspiring total belief from sections of the squad?
To bring Akanji back yesterday was criminal, resulting in the entire back line being changed to afford it.
He compounded it by bringing Foden and McAtee into the starting eleven, losing the width and direct running of Doku and Marmoush.
City have fallen in to the trap which United and Arsenal have done, allowing incredibly successful managers to become bigger than the club.
Our executive are rightly in awe of what Pep has done for this club, but the lines have become blurred and there is zero threat of challenge to his authority because of what he has stored in the bank.
I'm starting to worry that some of the noises from sections of the fanbase remind me of what Liverpool and United fans have defaulted to when they cite previous trophy wins and some sort of defensive mechanism against failure?
The past is the past, means nothing all the records of recent years, if we are heading down a direction which is not the correct one.
There is a lot of pressure on Viana to deliver for Pep, but Pep also has to deliver for him. There has been too many instances of the obvious, certainly for a legendary coach on £20m a year, to have not seen them throughout this campaign.
I really don't expect or hear City to be signing any world class talents this summer, certainly not the ones which are needed to elevate us back to the quality we have previously displayed.
I don't know what the answer is, but we are merely kicking the can down the road if we think everything is going to be solved by Pep simply being here for another two years?
OooohhhhhYou have no idea. Phil isn't a robot. I don't know what job you do, but if you were struggling with a condition your performance would be affected. Despicable comment about his mother. Not sure why you feel the need to make such a crass comment.
There's that word again - 'entitled'. It's almost MAGA-like, the use of it on this forum.The general fanbase, the away fans, they all sing thank fuck we've got gaurdiola. The fanbase in general know we have the best manager.
The only manager better than Pep this year is Slot and Arteta. Are they really better?
We've been here before, pep turned it around we went in to win the things you would like to ignore in this.
The players we are buying right now are for pep. I hope the club don't go all United and start listening to an expectant and entitled fanbase sacking every manager that doesn't give immediate and ever lasting success. Things take time. We could be on the verge of another special run of success.
Right your turn, mention why pep is shite but don't bring up this failed season.