Things that Pep needs to sort out

[PeterParker]

I am the last one to defend him, I've expressed many times my opinion on his brainfarts, also, but the players are to blame also, at least some of them.
Since they became the Fourmidables they have the idea football ended. It's hard for him also when all his game plan is going to shit when Laporte is sleeping, Edie is letting everything in and Jesus has one of the worst handball/offside rate I ever saw.

There is no one to give a proper talk in the dressing room and bring back the hunger.

[City64]

Give Dias-Ake a run as a centre back pairing. If we’re honest with ourselves, Laporte isn’t as brilliant as we like to make him out to be. I’m not writing him off, but he should be benched for a few games.

I really agree with this.
I also think we are thinking Laporte is more than he actually is and him being fit last season wouldn't have made any big difference in our display.
His name is connected to our last three exists from UCL: 0-3 with the criminals when Pep used him on the left and Salami ripped him a new one, his brainfarts with Spurs in the second leg, plus him going down too easy with Lyon.

He is a good fella to have around, but no chance in hell he can be a leader on the back.

We need to replace three players: Kompany, Fern and Aguero.
Let's say we did a bit with Dias who looks Vinnie material, but the rest two are critical in our development.

That’s basically bollocks . It’s all about our lack of firepower and cutting edge , the goals have dried up dramatically. We used to score goals with ease averaging 3 a game under pep , we are now on a minus goals difference in the PL the first time since 2002 that’s how bad the situation upfront is .

What's bollocks? We were talking about Laporte, mate.
Agree with the rest.

Laporte isn’t the problem , our midfield and serious lack of cutting edge and goals is pal .

[stevefromdonny]

we need to get our midfield working again, we need to work the ball a lot quicker then we are doing, way too many sidewards and backwards passing, get the ball up the field faster and fucking stop going forward like we are in a sprint final only to stop and wait for some1 to come to us before we try to go around the other player

[carl_feedthegoat]

We are wasting our fuckign time with baldie at the helm IMO - too many fans harp on about yesteryear's success and are too willing to give the manager a free pass for continually being SHITE for near on 2 seasons now.

If anyone really thinks this fuckign manager of ours will change his ways then your in for more shit results I'm afraid.

Foden didn't get a sniff and I'm telling you PeP thinks more of Mahrez than he does Foden.....more proof of that in his line up yesterday.(You will have the pep apologists for claiming a 20 year old is tired as he played 3 days ago ...........laughable beyond laughable )

Rodri is bang fuckign average and Laporte doesn't play for France because he makes errors like yesterday every other game he plays.

Baldie has to be the WORST tactician out of the worlds top 10 managers these last 18 months or so...hes fuckign last on the list IMO.......He cannot for the life of him make a tactical game changing sub.

I swear if this 'living off the past'' manager of ours mentions the 5 sub rule one more time he should be ridiculed for it in every sporting news outlet....fuckign ridiculous how he whines about this when he rarely makes more than 2 subs a game.

Worst position after 11 games since fuck knows when...............................He should be embarrassed agreeing a contract extension the way hes been managing us these last 11 games.

So you agree with me it isn't the players need addressing, granted one or two need moving on and dropping, however this current squad is more than good enough to be comfortably top two. I have no idea how we going to move forward with same shit served every week. Something got to change. I really want to back Pep, I just can't see how we going to get out of this mess without major changes.

We 100% do have the squad but its his fuckign starting line ups and refusal to make the right subs at the right time is why we are where we are IMO.

Foden should have come on the start of the second half (Id have fuckign started him but worse case , second half ) at a minimum but he decided to keep Mahrez on for longer than he should have...its those fine line bad decisions that cost us.

[sheblue]

Why is it that he waits 60+ minutes to make changes.
Can he not see what's not working and act sooner.

[Hazy2]

Half time should be Home Truths for some. How the fuck he allowed more of the same resulting in another 0-1 needs explaining. Bernado wtf he is gone to shit, no way is he worthy of starting CRAP again, boy do we miss David.

[carl_feedthegoat]

I said he will bring on Foden in the 80th minute when we are 2 nil down - he brought him on 8 mins earlier...............when we were 2 fuckign nil down.

I'm sorry......but regardless of love /dislike him...hes been a fuckign shit manager for a long time now and all we do is hope he regains his performance from 2 years ago.

I just cannot see it and if the Dippers finish miles above us, with their star defender out (Laporte was our excuse for failure) plus a fair few other important players of theirs out, then we will know who the real top manager is out of Klopp and Baldie.

[Sparklehorse]

I am always reluctant to point the finger at individuals but Mahrez has offered absolutely nothing in all the games he’s played this season, I do believe he’s a very gifted player, but for some unfathomable reason he is not coming up with the goods.
That being said, I suppose it could be argued that you play him to regain some measure of his best form but that should be in cup games, not vitally important league and CL games, you play your in-form players, particularly Foden after his great game for England a few days earlier.
Players like Silva, Vinny, Fern, Ya Ya are once in a generation players, they’ve all gone and Aguero is in his twilight. We are definitely a squad in decline and at the very best major transition.

[ross.mcfc]

He could start by looking at his own conduct.

Sitting in the dugout looking like a spoilt child having a strop because things aren't going his way does not inspire a fight to the end mentality. He was sitting with his hands folded and slumped on his seat consigned to defeat with 10 minutes to go last night.

[Mase]

He could start by looking at his own conduct.

Sitting in the dugout looking like a spoilt child having a strop because things aren't going his way does not inspire a fight to the end mentality. He was sitting with his hands folded and slumped on his seat consigned to defeat with 10 minutes to go last night.

The season we had the cameras around for the All or Nothing doc, you could see how hungry he was. After the Wigan match where he was having a dust up with their manager and he burst in to the changing room shouting for everyone to sit down - that was proper passion. I couldn’t imagine him doing that last night after the Spurs match, no way.

[failsworthblue]

Find a dynamic midfielder who can just shore up that space in front of the back four.

Accept he made a big mistake with Mahrez and get rid , that signing more than any has polarised this team over the last two season.

Get rid of Mendy , we need steel back in this team not social media jokers.

Have more faith in the youngsters and give them a chance , no matter how much i detest those wankers from trafford , they at least believe in bringing through their youth players.

Get the fuckin passion back!

[Harry Dowd scored]

Find a dynamic midfielder who can just shore up that space in front of the back four.

Accept he made a big mistake with Mahrez and get rid , that signing more than any has polarised this team over the last two season.

Get rid of Mendy , we need steel back in this team not social media jokers.

Have more faith in the youngsters and give them a chance , no matter how much i detest those wankers from trafford , they at least believe in bringing through their youth players.

Get the fuckin passion back!

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[carl_feedthegoat]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... d-19325498

He needs to decide whether or not to keep this player and play him now and again or sell him to 'the path to glory Dortmund' .

[ayrshireblue]

Find a dynamic midfielder who can just shore up that space in front of the back four.

Accept he made a big mistake with Mahrez and get rid , that signing more than any has polarised this team over the last two season.

Get rid of Mendy , we need steel back in this team not social media jokers.

Have more faith in the youngsters and give them a chance , no matter how much i detest those wankers from trafford , they at least believe in bringing through their youth players.

Get the fuckin passion back!

Bang on about Mendy, Laporte is getting similar with his comments after every defeat. Try just a bit more in the game and nobody will question your desire.
Sickening to see Stones clowning about with Hart before the game yesterday. Stones and the rest of the players should have told Hart to fuck off and get back to warming the Spurs bench. Remember Neville to Schmeichel when he played with us, that's how I want my players to be from the minute they get off the coach till the final whistle against former team mates.

[zuricity]

Relax you lot. We've got two games a week until Mid January, That's a big ask for the squad. It will all sort itself out once Little and Large turn up in January.

[Mase]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/delap-man-city-goal-haaland-19325498

He needs to decide whether or not to keep this player and play him now and again or sell him to 'the path to glory Dortmund' .

Remember when he said he’d play him and it lasted for two matches

[nottsblue]

His back room staff will do for a start.

I get the impression they neither motivate or challenge Pep or the players. We have had for some time now, the aura of going through the motions. This filters down from the top. Pep is so focused on his work and the fine details he cannot do it alone and needs a strong staff to help convey what his vision is. You could see this in the All or Nothing documentary from a couple of years ago. That spark seems to have dwindled somewhat.

Staying at the top of your game season after season is incredibly difficult and for my money we have been too complacent. A few bollockings and dropping of players wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen

[nottsblue]

Relax you lot. We've got two games a week until Mid January, That's a big ask for the squad. It will all sort itself out once Little and Large turn up in January.

Defoe and Crouch?

[brite blu sky]

Well which is it ?
1. Guardiola's world famous strategy is perfect and it is simply that our players are not up to delivering it properly 100% all the time.
2. Our players are basically all very good, give or take, but the strategy they play with is predictable and has been sussed out, Oh while also leaving the team vunerable to oppo that have fast clinical attacking players.

There are a lot of ways to play football, a lot of basic strategies and a lot of in play strategies - that's the beauty of it.
Personally i think if you just keep doing the same thing, all season or all game then you will get sussed.

I'm afraid that PG is just going to keep banging on with the same thing. While lesser teams will get caught out technically and those wins will mask the fact that this system is tired and predictable.

It's ironic that a good solution to this problem is exactly the same thing that would drive Guardiola nuts. Buy a brilliant individual player that wont conform to the system and demand he always plays. ( think Zlatan type ).

Will PG see this - 99.99% doubt it.

I just hope City buy Haaland for a fucking ridiculous amount of money, and so force PG's hand.

[Nick]

Find a dynamic midfielder who can just shore up that space in front of the back four.

Accept he made a big mistake with Mahrez and get rid , that signing more than any has polarised this team over the last two season.

Get rid of Mendy , we need steel back in this team not social media jokers.

Have more faith in the youngsters and give them a chance , no matter how much i detest those wankers from trafford , they at least believe in bringing through their youth players.

Get the fuckin passion back!

100000% this

This he doesn't seem arsed so why sign? Is he not gonna try until bum boy comes in?