Guardiola - Official Manager of Manchester City

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And I think we'll get Suarez.

I want that to happen just to see the dippers faces if we lineup against them with Sterling-Suarez

[Slim]

And I think we'll get Suarez.

I want that to happen just to see the dippers faces if we lineup against them with Sterling-Suarez

You'd hear the boos all the way to the dole office.

[Crossie]

If Pep was watching that he'll be cringing about the way we took care of possession. Great gutsy win an all that but seriously, we were hoofing it for the last 20 minutes and it was just coming straight back at us. I don't think Champions play like that. We need composure.

[iwasthere2012]

If Pep was watching that he'll be cringing about the way we took care of possession. Great gutsy win an all that but seriously, we were hoofing it for the last 20 minutes and it was just coming straight back at us. I don't think Champions play like that. We need composure.

Poor decisions being made. Holding onto the ball like we had all night. No support for the player on the ball. Poor passing, lack of pressure on them coming out of defense....
You could go on. But we dug in. Kept a clean sheet. We have players capable of scoring even when we are playing badly, but keeping clean sheets will be key to getting us there in May.

Get it out of our system and hit Leicester with something a bit more vintage City.

[zuricity]

Can't really care about Pep, he is just a n other manager. He will screw up just like all managers do.

Our owner is far more important than him .

[bigblue]

Can't really care about Pep, he is just a n other manager. He will screw up just like all managers do.

Our owner is far more important than him .

Nope, all about the groundsman for me. Can't play tikitaki in a mud pit

[Mase]

Can't really care about Pep, he is just a n other manager. He will screw up just like all managers do.

Our owner is far more important than him .

Nope, all about the groundsman for me. Can't play tikitaki in a mud pit

Kolarov for me.

[Blue Since 76]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

[Dameerto]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

He spots talent.

[iwasthere2012]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

He spots talent.

Hopefully in our academy.

[Alioune DVToure]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

It's an interesting question. The other thing I wonder is whether he'd look to have a young English spine to the team, similar to how his Barça side provided the all-conquering Spain side with 7 or 8 of its starting 11.

This could be done over the course of 24 months or so, especially if he went for Stones, Barkley and - bit of a long shot- Kane & Alli this summer, and then waited to see who was next to burst on the scene. (Incidentally, I like Nathaniel Clyne and think we should've gone for him last summer).

[Douglas Higginbottom]

Page 11 of this thread already so god knows where it will get to by June! All pretty boring stuff.

[Blue Since 76]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

It's an interesting question. The other thing I wonder is whether he'd look to have a young English spine to the team, similar to how his Barça side provided the all-conquering Spain side with 7 or 8 of its starting 11.

This could be done over the course of 24 months or so, especially if he went for Stones, Barkley and - bit of a long shot- Kane & Alli this summer, and then waited to see who was next to burst on the scene. (Incidentally, I like Nathaniel Clyne and think we should've gone for him last summer).

Kane and Alli? Messi and Ronaldo would be cheaper than getting them two off Levy.

I've spent time enjoying watching Pep's teams play, but hadn't really paid attention to how he built them. As it's City, the press obviously think we're going to spend a fortune but it would be great if we could do it with the existing core of the team, some of our kids (Ian, Denayer, Angelino) and a few 'cheap' buys. Would piss the media off even more if they can't quote player prices at every opportunity.

[Alioune DVToure]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

It's an interesting question. The other thing I wonder is whether he'd look to have a young English spine to the team, similar to how his Barça side provided the all-conquering Spain side with 7 or 8 of its starting 11.

This could be done over the course of 24 months or so, especially if he went for Stones, Barkley and - bit of a long shot- Kane & Alli this summer, and then waited to see who was next to burst on the scene. (Incidentally, I like Nathaniel Clyne and think we should've gone for him last summer).

Kane and Alli? Messi and Ronaldo would be cheaper than getting them two off Levy.

I've spent time enjoying watching Pep's teams play, but hadn't really paid attention to how he built them. As it's City, the press obviously think we're going to spend a fortune but it would be great if we could do it with the existing core of the team, some of our kids (Ian, Denayer, Angelino) and a few 'cheap' buys. Would piss the media off even more if they can't quote player prices at every opportunity.

I did say it was a long shot.

[PrezIke]

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

Well said!

[PrezIke]

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!!

Something similar to this would not shock me at all.

[PrezIke]

And I think we'll get Suarez.

Really? I don't see that. Even Neymar or Messi seem more likely to me.

He just said if he comes back to England it would only be for Liverpool.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... dible.html

'You never know what will happen in the future,' he said in an interview with ESPN.
'If I was to return to England, it would be to play for Liverpool - not for any other team.

[PrezIke]

There's been a lot of guesses in the press that we're now going to buy Messi/Neymar etc, but does he actually have a history of buying that sort of player or does he buy very good players (£20-40m) and turn them into world class? I don't recall him buying a very expensive player before, although I haven't found a website showing who bought who. So will he buy a Pogba or rather someone at the level of a Silva or Fernandinho when we got them and turn them into the player we need.

He spots talent.

Hopefully in our academy.

I would think he already has, as I suspect part of the reason he is coming is his track record for interest in this area.

[Crossie]

We won't need to buy English talent from other clubs. We've got all the talent we need already in our EDS and youth teams.

Peps job is to take a fucking chance on a few of them and develop them, coach and mentor them into being all that they promised they could.

This summer should be used as a clear out of the players Pep will already know are too old and stuck in their ways or not able to play his way. Nasri, Martin, Yaya, Zabs, Clichy, mabybe the 2 Ferns, maybe Mangala but I'd be interested to see what can be done with him still.

We need 1 world class centre midfielder. Full back is a great position for a youth player because there is a lot of natural cover so we need to see what we've got coming through for those positions.

Then the big CB question. Has Kompany got it left in him? Especially after this summers fucking European Championships.

[City64]

Can't really care about Pep, he is just a n other manager. He will screw up just like all managers do.

Our owner is far more important than him .

Chicken Balti pie after a gallon of Stella for me .