Guardiola - Official Manager of Manchester City

[kennyboy]

Class article that.

BTW. I didn't know before now he`s name is Josep. Like our previous legend.

[Alioune DVToure]

For some strange reason I have a feeling that Pochettino will go to Chelsea with pellers taking over at spuds.

Snap.

Thoughts will wonder to where Pellegrini will end up next season, I think he will stay in England, possibly Chelsea or even somewhere like Everton.

Pellegrini to Everton is a bizarre shout. Here's my prediction:

Mourinho to Stretford
Pochettino to Chelsea
Pellegrini to Spurs

[PeterParker]

Let's clear a few things.

For us, the fans, we need to stay sharp and understand that the club did not "cheat" Pellegrini. We hit the jackpot. US, not Chelsea, not scouse, not arse, or filth, US. Guardiola chose us, so the football media will try to put the whole football eyes attention on the: "Oh, City did not treat fair Pellegrini". They will do this even if he will not win anything this season, because they will consider this moment from yesterday as the reason of his possible failure.

As all of you, I read many tweets from football journo's that almost called a disgrace what happend yesterday. Again, WE HIT THE JACKPOT, we got the best manager of the world, the creator of the tiki-taka Barcelona, the man who does what he does at the moment in Germany and so on, He will open a lot of doors for us, and while some are not able to bring Texeira in (Liverpool), the likes of Neymar would listen to a possible offer for us.

In my opinion, in the summer we will get a really big player, all because of Pep.

Regarding Pellegrini, he was and always be The Count, the big man. I am sure he had the best time here and all the respect in the world for the club. If you do not believe that and think even one second the club was not fair with him, look at how Bob Manc speaks about us and always reffer at City as: ~us-

More than ever now, the count will want to go out with a bang. Hope the players will react as champions towards a man that did very best with them

Take a bow, Mister Pellegrini,

YOU LEGEND

[City64]

Let's clear a few things.

For us, the fans, we need to stay sharp and understand that the club did not "cheat" Pellegrini. We hit the jackpot. US, not Chelsea, not scouse, not arse, or filth, US. Guardiola chose us, so the football media will try to put the whole football eyes attention on the: "Oh, City did not treat fair Pellegrini". They will do this even if he will not win anything this season, because they will consider this moment from yesterday as the reason of his possible failure.

As all of you, I read many tweets from football journo's that almost called a disgrace what happend yesterday. Again, WE HIT THE JACKPOT, we got the best manager of the world, the creator of the tiki-taka Barcelona, the man who does what he does at the moment in Germany and so on, He will open a lot of doors for us, and while some are not able to bring Texeira in (Liverpool), the likes of Neymar would listen to a possible offer for us.

In my opinion, in the summer we will get a really big player, all because of Pep.

Regarding Pellegrini, he was and always be The Count, the big man. I am sure he had the best time here and all the respect in the world for the club. If you do not believe that and think even one second the club was not fair with him, look at how Bob Manc speaks about us and always reffer at City as: ~us-

More than ever now, the count will want to go out with a bang. Hope the players will react as champions towards a man that did very best with them

Take a bow, Mister Pellegrini,

YOU LEGEND

Nice post .

I love MCFC with a passion and this is actually happening in my lifetime . I / we are truely blessed .

Ps Rags / haters go fuck yourselves sidewards and weap ! :-D

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

The media find it amazing how badly Pellegrini has been treated given how well he's done. Shame they never gave him any credit for it and shame he didn't win any managerial awards the season he won two trophies. Bunch of fucking hypocritical degenerates. It's really hurting them.

[gmercer1]

The media find it amazing how badly Pellegrini has been treated given how well he's done. Shame they never gave him any credit for it and shame he didn't win any managerial awards the season he won two trophies. Bunch of fucking hypocritical degenerates. It's really hurting them.

This all day long!

[Fesan]

So, since Pep said he thinks 3 years is the right time to be in one place I assume he will leave after contract is up?

He stayed at barca for four and reportedly regreted staying the last year. Assume he wont suddenly decide to stay here for longer considering his ties to barca?

[DoomMerchant]

Danny Murphy doesn't believe David Silva will suit Pep Guardiola's pressing game, with the current Bayern Munich boss taking over at Manchester City at the end of the season.

Hahaha.

So let me guess, murphy thinks he should move to liverpool?

Ho ho ho. This is going to be a lot of fun.

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

[bigblue]

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

It's not really a legit question at all. Dave and Pep are two of the best in the world at the respective jobs. I'm sure that they are willing (and very eager) to collaborate together. If Pep wants Dave to not run as much to get the ball, I'm sure Dave will be ok with that. And I'm sure that Pep realizes how important Silva is to our team.

They are both very intelligent and to suggest that Dave will have a problem adapting to Pep (or vice versa) is just nonsense.

And if by "Engligh Iniesta" you mean a cheap knockoff then sure, maybe. Iniesta is head, shoulders, and 1000 miles above Delph. I know we all love Delph, but bring it in a bit.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

It's not really a legit question at all. Dave and Pep are two of the best in the world at the respective jobs. I'm sure that they are willing (and very eager) to collaborate together. If Pep wants Dave to not run as much to get the ball, I'm sure Dave will be ok with that. Silva is very, very intelligent and to suggest that he will have a problem adapting to Pep (or vice versa) is just nonsense.

And if by "Engligh Iniesta" you mean a cheap knockoff then sure, maybe. Iniesta is head, shoulders, and 1000 miles above Delph. I know we all love Delph, but bring it in a bit.

If anything I would've thought from our current squad that Silva ( or Nasri ) is best suited to the Iniesta role.

[Wonderwall]

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

It's not really a legit question at all. Dave and Pep are two of the best in the world at the respective jobs. I'm sure that they are willing (and very eager) to collaborate together. If Pep wants Dave to not run as much to get the ball, I'm sure Dave will be ok with that. Silva is very, very intelligent and to suggest that he will have a problem adapting to Pep (or vice versa) is just nonsense.

And if by "Engligh Iniesta" you mean a cheap knockoff then sure, maybe. Iniesta is head, shoulders, and 1000 miles above Delph. I know we all love Delph, but bring it in a bit.

If anything I would've thought from our current squad that Silva ( or Nasri ) is best suited to the Iniesta role.

I wonder if Pep told KDB to sign for City, I thought Bayern had an agreement to sign him before we came in for him!!

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

It's not really a legit question at all. Dave and Pep are two of the best in the world at the respective jobs. I'm sure that they are willing (and very eager) to collaborate together. If Pep wants Dave to not run as much to get the ball, I'm sure Dave will be ok with that. And I'm sure that Pep realizes how important Silva is to our team.

They are both very intelligent and to suggest that Dave will have a problem adapting to Pep (or vice versa) is just nonsense.

And if by "Engligh Iniesta" you mean a cheap knockoff then sure, maybe. Iniesta is head, shoulders, and 1000 miles above Delph. I know we all love Delph, but bring it in a bit.

This is it in a nutshell. Silva is top top quality and will be able to play exactly how Pep wants him to play. And I am sure Pep will be delighted to have him in the team.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Silva may actually be a problem for Guardiola, though not for the reason Murphy suggests.

Guardiola's system of players holding a position and waiting for the ball will not work well with Merlin as he roams the pitch seeking space, particularly when he nominally starts in a wide position. Does he accommodate him in the centre or make him stay wide?

it's a legit question.

I'm sure by now we've all see Terry Henry's breakdown of how Pep let them play. i would love to see some Silva heatmaps in the middle third of the pitch to know how much of a challenge what Henry described will be for el Magico.

Nasri certainly won't have a problem with keeping his chunky lesbian ass in one space and waiting for something to happen.

Delph, and Fern will flourish with Pep. In fact, Delph could turn into a little Pepito and boss the whole fucking show. English Iniesta. No joke. He's a million percent more suited to Pep than Yaya, obvs. Can't wait to see this happen.

How does it feel Soccs to finally get the last puzzle piece of your "English Barcelona" in place?

cheers

It's not really a legit question at all. Dave and Pep are two of the best in the world at the respective jobs. I'm sure that they are willing (and very eager) to collaborate together. If Pep wants Dave to not run as much to get the ball, I'm sure Dave will be ok with that. Silva is very, very intelligent and to suggest that he will have a problem adapting to Pep (or vice versa) is just nonsense.

And if by "Engligh Iniesta" you mean a cheap knockoff then sure, maybe. Iniesta is head, shoulders, and 1000 miles above Delph. I know we all love Delph, but bring it in a bit.

If anything I would've thought from our current squad that Silva ( or Nasri ) is best suited to the Iniesta role.

I wonder if Pep told KDB to sign for City, I thought Bayern had an agreement to sign him before we came in for him!!

According to the lad that runs @City_Watch, who seems to have a source close to KDB, that is exactly what happened.

[Wonderwall]

According to the lad that runs @City_Watch, who seems to have a source close to KDB, that is exactly what happened.

Poor old Karl Heinz!

[Foreverinbluedreams]

According to the lad that runs @City_Watch, who seems to have a source close to KDB, that is exactly what happened.

Poor old Karl Heinz!

Indeed, I hope Txiki gives him a Balotelli style wink the next time they meet.

[Spurge]

I have a lot of time for Pellers and what he has done but Pep is a huge upgrade. Its not acceptable that we have already lost 6 games before the end of January and some of our play away from home has been inept. Can you really see that happening under Pep, I personally cant.

Last season was also a right off and a massive disappointment which I don't think the owners will have forgotten. Pep is the best that you can get and I am buzzing about this appointment. Who would have thought the club with the biggest floodlights and Curly Watts as a fan would be causing such waves...

"this is how it feels to be city......."

I get the excitement about guardiolas appointment of course - his managerial record speaks for itself and his pulling power cannot be underestimated exciting times ahead, but exciting times right now as well.

Surprised with your comments about Pellers to be honest. You say you've got a lot of time for Pellers but to me it reads a bit like the patronising classic 'don't think I'm being rude' followed by the word 'but'.

Two trophies in his first season , sure last season by comparison was a disappointment, domestic cups particularly but a 'write off' I'm not so sure.

What point do you write a season off? This season for example you could havereasonably written off Chelsea's domestic season by the end of October perhaps relegation has been something closer on their minds than a champions league spot. Last season we finished 2nd, lost just 1 more game than in our title winning season and kept 14 clean sheets more than any other club. An extraordinary and exciting come back in our last 2 champs league games against Bayern and Roma saw us qualify for the last 16 of the champs league under Pellers for the 2nd successive season under his tenure, only to come up against Barca again. I found it exciting if not sometimes frustrating (reeling Chelsea in and letting them off the hook), but a write off - jesus!

So you point out we've lost in the league 6 times already and that its unacceptable, yes it's disappointing and I keep hearing how we should be walking away with it with our squad etc etc. We don't have a divine right to walk away with the title, we've had injuries to key players, we've not performed in certain games, teams set up to negate our threat, other teams are improving their squads. But in this season of unacceptable results, we find ourselves 2nd in the league, in the league cup final, in the FA Cup 5th round with another away draw against premiership opposition (7 goals scored 0 conceded) and topped our group in the champions league in what was considered another tough draw for us.

I really hope Pep doesn't let you down, sounds like you've set the margins for error incredibly tight. Conversely I really hope Pellers leaves the premier league and manages elsewhere in Europe or back in South America where he cant come back to haunt us

Last season, we didn't even challenge, no where near. How many points off Chelsea were we? Not arrogant enough to think we should win everything but I do expect us to make a fist of a challenge, last season we didn't which is a fact. I thought it was a write off and that's my opinion, clearly you have a different one.

At times this season we have been very poor, did you see us play Spurs and Liverpool. Two of the worst displays I have seen in recent times. I would say we started the season on fire with 5 wins out of 5 and then for some reason have dropped off, alarmingly at times. Seville apart I have not been impressed with our play. Is that the gaffer or the players? There are no guarantees this season that we win anything so it's all well and good saying we are in four competitions, how confident are you that we will any? With the squad we have I feel we should be doing better but again that's just my opinion.

I just think at times we lack intensity, under Pep I don't see that being an issue. Heard a lot about how he pushes and pushes his players to be the very best, i think that it just what this squad needs.

I accept that you and I see things very differently, it is all about opinions after all - no further debate necessary.

[blues2win]

I think the chances of Yaya staying are slim now tbh. I hope we don't get a sulkathon till the end of the season. His dreadful agent's already at it. Others who might be vulnerable; Mangala Fernando Zabaleta Bony Clichy Kolarov( positional discipline!). They won't all go straightaway of course; can't see him binning three ful backs in one go for instance. I hope he'll at least look hard at the medium term prospects of the likes of Maffeo Angelino and Manu Garcia. It would be sad if we bought in players who fucked up their long term prospects even if they're not quite ready for the first team ( and tbf may never be). If he comes to the conclusion having looked at them in pre season that they're never going to make it then fair enough. He has a reputation for bringing in young talent so I'm sure he will be open to considering our youngsters. Of course he's been hired to produce a top quality first team not a development team so he will want high quality imports to be sure.

[Spurge]

I have a lot of time for Pellers and what he has done but Pep is a huge upgrade. Its not acceptable that we have already lost 6 games before the end of January and some of our play away from home has been inept. Can you really see that happening under Pep, I personally cant.

Last season was also a right off and a massive disappointment which I don't think the owners will have forgotten. Pep is the best that you can get and I am buzzing about this appointment. Who would have thought the club with the biggest floodlights and Curly Watts as a fan would be causing such waves...

"this is how it feels to be city......."

I get the excitement about guardiolas appointment of course - his managerial record speaks for itself and his pulling power cannot be underestimated exciting times ahead, but exciting times right now as well.

Surprised with your comments about Pellers to be honest. You say you've got a lot of time for Pellers but to me it reads a bit like the patronising classic 'don't think I'm being rude' followed by the word 'but'.

Two trophies in his first season , sure last season by comparison was a disappointment, domestic cups particularly but a 'write off' I'm not so sure.

What point do you write a season off? This season for example you could havereasonably written off Chelsea's domestic season by the end of October perhaps relegation has been something closer on their minds than a champions league spot. Last season we finished 2nd, lost just 1 more game than in our title winning season and kept 14 clean sheets more than any other club. An extraordinary and exciting come back in our last 2 champs league games against Bayern and Roma saw us qualify for the last 16 of the champs league under Pellers for the 2nd successive season under his tenure, only to come up against Barca again. I found it exciting if not sometimes frustrating (reeling Chelsea in and letting them off the hook), but a write off - jesus!

So you point out we've lost in the league 6 times already and that its unacceptable, yes it's disappointing and I keep hearing how we should be walking away with it with our squad etc etc. We don't have a divine right to walk away with the title, we've had injuries to key players, we've not performed in certain games, teams set up to negate our threat, other teams are improving their squads. But in this season of unacceptable results, we find ourselves 2nd in the league, in the league cup final, in the FA Cup 5th round with another away draw against premiership opposition (7 goals scored 0 conceded) and topped our group in the champions league in what was considered another tough draw for us.

I really hope Pep doesn't let you down, sounds like you've set the margins for error incredibly tight. Conversely I really hope Pellers leaves the premier league and manages elsewhere in Europe or back in South America where he cant come back to haunt us

Last season, we didn't even challenge, no where near. How many points off Chelsea were we? Not arrogant enough to think we should win everything but I do expect us to make a fist of a challenge, last season we didn't which is a fact. I thought it was a write off and that's my opinion, clearly you have a different one.

At times this season we have been very poor, did you see us play Spurs and Liverpool. Two of the worst displays I have seen in recent times. I would say we started the season on fire with 5 wins out of 5 and then for some reason have dropped off, alarmingly at times. Seville apart I have not been impressed with our play. Is that the gaffer or the players? There are no guarantees this season that we win anything so it's all well and good saying we are in four competitions, how confident are you that we will any? With the squad we have I feel we should be doing better but again that's just my opinion.

I just think at times we lack intensity, under Pep I don't see that being an issue. Heard a lot about how he pushes and pushes his players to be the very best, i think that it just what this squad needs.

It's good we are now wholly disappointed with second., Sis

Spurge - there's a big picture here mate which you aren't seeing. Pellegrini was only ever a caretaker. He hasn't been disposed of because of his record.

Sorry mate I'm very much aware of the bigger picture. I don't know about caretaker, Pellers was never meant to be in the picture. Because we delayed the sacking of Mancini, Pep didn't want to hang around - the vacant seat at the end of that season at Bayern was made available to him and he couldn't hold off any longer. What he did do was delay in agreeing to the length of contract - Bayern wanted him on a 4 year deal, he waited until Pellers was appointed at City on a 3 year and then agreed the same length of contract at Bayern - no coincidence of course.

So I've understood the bigger picture for sometime like many others I'm sure. If you read the first line of my post I make it abundantly clear that the appointment indicates exciting times ahead. What I was questioning was some of the statements made by SoF as I don't believe they were accurate in my opinion and I've responded to her post directly.

[ENIAM NAM]

Buzzing about this. Not just on the pitch but where we can take our turnover and sponsorship deals as well.

Welcome to the BIG time.

[Slim]

And I think we'll get Suarez.