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[Cobwebcat]

From Peps press conference after the interview -

“More than ever I'd regret leaving Man City now! I couldn't sleep, even worse if I think now I’m leaving the situation… impossible”.

“If they sack me, that could happen, if we continue. But leaving now?! No chance. If Khaldoon isn't happy, they can do it”.

Fair enough. Mixed messages if you look at the post below. Seems he is daring City to sack him.

 

[Father Paul]

Pep Guardiola: “I don’t have a defence! I’m the manager, I have to find a solution - and I don’t find a solution! This is a big club, when you lose 8-10 games - something wrong is happening! I can say the schedule is tough, I can say injured players - but NO! I’m the boss, and I’m not good enough - it’s as simple as that! I’m not doing well, that is the truth!”

Pep tonight he doesn’t know how to fix it.

I said some time back I felt he might be nearing the end of his stay. There was something terminal about that display today. If he is to turn this around he must start soon.

 

[Cuban heels]

Big test for Pep. The game has moved on and just trying to recreate another version of this City will probably not work. Wenger tried that at Arsenal and he and they just went steadily downhill so it's certainly not easy for a 'great' to reinvent themselves and adapt their thinking to a blank sheet and start again. We will see.

Interestingly, Arsenal have three ex City players (Jesus, Sterling and Zinchenko) and all look to have regressed since leaving City. So maybe the way City play is just mentally and physically exhausting. Remember Rodri complaining about the number of games last year?

Maybe, as others have said, we need a much larger squad so that burn out is avoided. We have 16 players earning more than £100,000 a week with 9 earning more than £200,000 a week! Bournemouth, who could overtake us in the League tomorrow, have 1 player earning £150,000 and the rest less than £100,000! So maybe, now that we are pretty much established as a top team we could attract really good players on 'realistic' sustainable wages? For instance, Antonee Robinson, Fulhams left back is on £50,000! Brentford's Brian Mbeumo is on £50,000. Matheus Cunha of Wolves is on £50,000. Now of course they would expect more at City and transfer fees are needed but all tree are good enough to get into the City squad without paying elite level wages.

This man speaks the most sense on BM

 

[s1ty m]

You Know what's Crazy.... We are so shit and 1 win in 11 games and still 5th and still in the Champions League and FA Cup.. I know still 5 points above United as well

The league is the best in the world. Sure, I'm 6' 4", with a 14 inch monster cock and 30 inch waste. Shoulders like Arnie, too.

It's a crap league. City with Rodri might be top. Might be. Really. Honestly.

Ask Ratboy Neville, he knows everything, the fully grown up ****. My arse.

 

[Roachy]

I think it's even harder to watch players like Haaland, Walker, Foden, KDB, struggling and Pep on the touchline like somebody in the park shouting at his dogs after letting them off the lead and they have done a runner

I'm pissed off with that today. We were not in total control at any point really but were doing what was necessary. Then we have an episode of total ineptitude within a couple of minutes to hand the tosspots a victory. Diabolical play at the back by us.

 

[adr2.8i]

Been holding back posting, still not sure what to say really. Been reading through all the posts, and a lot I agree with and some u can tell are written in anger and frustration.

I've calmed down quite a bit, but then I come on here and read some more and then I get pissed off again!

I just wanna say that I love Pep, I love what's he's done for us, so I'm not a Pep out. But....he's looking like he can't quite find a solution to get us winning at the moment...sometimes I think " come on Pep, try something different...change the formation or bring on some younger lads with legs and eagerness to impress"....but I guess when you've won so much playing the one way with the same players then he's gonna be reluctant to change things....I can't blame him really I guess....he has the trophies in the bank. But his tried and trusted men have largely been disappointing this season....injuries have played a part yes, and we know gundo wasn't really expected to be playing every single game at 34, but it's not Peps fault these guys are making so many errors. We're shooting ourselves in the foot almost every single game. It's crazy! Confidence is at an all time low and most of these guys haven't lost this many games in their lives (slight exaggeration i know) so it's alien to them and it seems like they can't get themselves out of this rut. I'm not sure dropping some of our main men for academy players would improve things?? Its not ideal for them to come into the 1st 11 with the club in such a poor run of form surely?? But then again if we don't try them then we'll never know I guess!! But we're severely lacking legs in midfield so maybe someone could be worth a punt? Unless we are waiting to make signings in jan?? Rumours of Bruno from Newcastle doesn't really excite me....when I see him he's a red card waiting to happen. But then again what do I know?
Let's just hope we do strengthen the squad these next few windows as younger fresh legs are desperately needed and as sad as it is, some of our trophy laden elder statesmen will need to be moved on, plus maybe and regrettably guys like stonsey and ake who are far too injury prone. Time waits for no man.

 

[Gordyola]

How can anyone have a none existent head?

head injury

 

[RayCTID]

Cannot ever remember a Manchester Derby, going back years and years, where one team has collapsed in such humiliating, pathetic, feeble style

Just shows again that we've become mentality weaklings

Grow some bollocks and sort your shit out ffs

The 3-2 home defeat in the Centurion's season where we could have secured the league title then but I wouldn't call that humilating either.

 

[Paulmcfc2703]

It's not just Rodri and tbf any team would miss their best player; the best player in the world that is.

We've also had KDB out for nearly all of the season so far. He's clearly still not match fit.

We've also been without Foden, he's been injured or ill for the majority of it so far.

Many are also knackered after running themselves into the ground to achived the 4th title in a row, which has never been done before.

This was compounded by them hardly having a break between seasons and hardly no preseason.

They're knackered. And many can't be rested due to injuries to others.

We haven't had a settle back four all season. Stones and Ake can't stay fit. Dias is only just back from injury.

I just think many on here should see that context and give them a break rather than laying into them and calling them useless or worse.

If anything posts like this should be shown for how inept the board has been.

We should have brought in Rodri cover 3 years ago

KDB missed half of last season so clearly can't be relied on

Foden is unfortunate but we have chosen to have a small squad and then chosen not to play the kids like O'Reilly/McAtee filling out gaps

Stones and Ake usually miss at least a third of every season each.

These are not exactly surprising issues when you look at the context

 

[bondsman]

You Know what's Crazy.... We are so shit and 1 win in 11 games and still 5th and still in the Champions League and FA Cup.. I know still 5 points above United as well

Doesn’t change the fact we’ve gone as a team. We are above some other shit teams as well but we don’t look like winning a game anytime soon so won’t be 5th for long