Guardiola to be found out in the premier league

[JimEFC]

I agreed with Lawrenson (yeah I know) this morning reading his predictions.
Its the worst team he's ever managed, and in the strongest league he's ever worked in.

That about sums it up for me. Plus instead of a winter break you get a fixture overload. Seems he was brought in to get City further in the CL and eventually win it, but you've got to qualify for it too and that means you can never relax for a game against Burnley or Hull like you could against Osasuna or Ingolstadt.

 

[Bustard]

Bravo and Stones for £70m...horrible signings

 

[d34noj]

Yes, he reckons that if you score enough, you don't have to defend.

The old Galacticos mantra. In which point of time they won the square root of bugger all.

 

[ChrisBlue]

You're telling me without the best players in the world in a League that isn't dominated by two sides he's struggling

Shocked

 

[bring the ghost on]

Its the worst team he's ever managed.

What a privileged managerial career he's had when the worst team he's ever managed has Sergio Aguero, Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, etc.

 

[degsy]

I agreed with Lawrenson (yeah I know) this morning reading his predictions.
Its the worst team he's ever managed, and in the strongest league he's ever worked in.

That about sums it up for me. Plus instead of a winter break you get a fixture overload. Seems he was brought in to get City further in the CL and eventually win it, but you've got to qualify for it too and that means you can never relax for a game against Burnley or Hull like you could against Osasuna or Ingolstadt.

you could well be right.

 

[PhilM]

While driving earlier I MOTD Extra on Radio 5 Live and one of the pundits (unsure who but an ex-footballer) mentioned about consistency.

Chelsea this season have made somewhere around fifteen changes to their starting XI, whereas Citeh have made over fifty to their defence alone.

Leicester were built on consistency last season and Chelsea are going along those lines this season, while Pep is going along the tinkering lines.

While he may not be happy with the squad he has got and players are underperforming, perhaps if he roughly stuck to a XI they may improve.

 

[Rook]

NBC had a good feature on City. They pointed out how you can just chuck long balls and even if the city defender gets his head on it there is no one within yards to pick up the ball because a lot of time the mids camp out around the center line. So it goes right back to the oppo.

 

[Rook]

Bravo and Stones for £70m...horrible signings

I initally thought we should have just banked about 20M of that transfer fee and use it to buy him back in a year or 2. If Stones is partnered with a no nonsense defender like Williams he's still quality.

 

[riddick]

His literal own quote is "the Premier League is NOT better than La Liga".


Has he not lost more matches at this point than any point in his career?

 

[TheBigIguana]

His literal own quote is "the Premier League is NOT better than La Liga".


Has he not lost more matches at this point than any point in his career?

The premier league isn't better but it's more competitive. Teams in La Liga don't pack it in and defend as much as prem teams do when the big boys come to town so it's easier to just pile up goals. Here you really have to work to beat Burnley or West Brom

 

[rbm]

Give any driver the best car in F1 and he'll look great.

Give him a car no better or worse than 4 or 5 others and he'll look ordinary enough.

Simple as that

 

[bicycleheader]

so much continued wrongness in one thread

 

[Walken]

Bravo and Stones for £70m...horrible signings

He paid actual dough for bravo!! had it in my head he was a freebie

 

[Saint Domingo]

I thought Stones needed to move to City and Guardiola for the good of his career and English football? He's making more errors now than he ever did with us.