Guardiola to be found out in the premier league

[HongKongToffee]

He should be winning the league with that squad and outlay,over 500 million spent in 2 summers.

Nothing less than a semi final spot in the CL should be done as well.

He should walk if he doesn't win the league though,no excuses from Pep,then he'll cross the channel to another moneybags team in Paris to work with his Qatari sheikh pals.

 

[Billy Dean]

I agree
He's now come to a league totally different to Germany and Spain
Here there are no easy games

There are loads of easy games mate

 

[dannyboy]

There are loads of easy games mate

This thing about no easy games in England is complete nonsense. That peak Barcelona team and Real Madrid would rip this league to shreds.

The only reason the bottom feeders in the Prem sneak a few results every now and again is because the top teams just haven't been that good. As evidenced by our mediocre record in Europe of late.

 

[naz]

He should be winning the league with that squad and outlay,over 500 million spent in 2 summers.

Nothing less than a semi final spot in the CL should be done as well.

He should walk if he doesn't win the league though,no excuses from Pep,then he'll cross the channel to another moneybags team in Paris to work with his Qatari sheikh pals.

The team he inherited was Mancini's team that had grown old and he's built a new side in 2 seasons. That's good going. There are a lot of coaches who have resources over a longer time-frame who have been unable to win titles eg Klopp and Wenger. I think Chelsea are favourites because I can see them winning games 1-0 when they don't play well, whereas City might concede on their bad days. I hope City win the league. Great to watch. Remind me of the great Arsenal side of old with the pace and quality in the side.

 

[naz]

This thing about no easy games in England is complete nonsense. That peak Barcelona team and Real Madrid would rip this league to shreds.

The only reason the bottom feeders in the Prem sneak a few results every now and again is because the top teams just haven't been that good. As evidenced by our mediocre record in Europe of late.

But La Liga has no depth. It is just 2 teams. Barcelona and Messi are nearing their end now. I know they are top, but they are at full power at the moment thanks to early humiliations. I think they will crumble at some point

 

[dannyboy]

But La Liga has no depth. It is just 2 teams. Barcelona and Messi are nearing their end now. I know they are top, but they are at full power at the moment thanks to early humiliations. I think they will crumble at some point

Sevilla and Atletico are very good teams. Honestly, the Premier League isn't all that. Just look at the way Atalanta turned us over midweek and we're supposed to be one of the better sides.

 

[naz]

Sevilla and Atletico are very good teams. Honestly, the Premier League isn't all that. Just look at the way Atalanta turned us over midweek and we're supposed to be one of the better sides.

Atletico are a good side, but more awkward to beat than anything else. Sevilla are not that good. Europa league is meaningless because many teams are just not motivated, or put out weakened teams.

 

[Prevenger17]

But La Liga has no depth. It is just 2 teams.

Lol nope

 

[dannyboy]

Atletico are a good side, but more awkward to beat than anything else. Sevilla are not that good. Europa league is meaningless because many teams are just not motivated, or put out weakened teams.

If Sevilla aren't that good then surely Liverpool aren't either and they're the 4th best team in England at the moment. The quality just hasn't been there in Premier League for a while now, hence Leicester winning the league and Chelsea going completely unchallenged last year.

Are we better than Villareal, Bilbao, Sevilla and Sociedad? I really doubt it. People can choose to live in the Sky bubble that tells them otherwise...

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Sevilla and Atletico are very good teams. Honestly, the Premier League isn't all that. Just look at the way Atalanta turned us over midweek and we're supposed to be one of the better sides.

And you only have to look at how the likes of Betis, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao, Real Sociedad and Celta perform (against us in some cases) to see that, as you say there's a good level in la Liga.

 

[Caolam]

If there are no easy games in the Premiership it is because teams don't try to win, many are content to sit back and hope for a draw or steal something on a set piece, we might be watching one later today.

 

[stipe]

Atletico are a good side, but more awkward to beat than anything else. Sevilla are not that good. Europa league is meaningless because many teams are just not motivated, or put out weakened teams.

Same Atletico who were 2 times Champions league finalist and champion of Spain in last few years and Sevilla 3 time Europe league winners in the row.Not good sides,lol.Also now you want to tell me that Everton wasnt motivated against Atalanta,what a load of bullshit.Yeah im sure that is reason we lost.Jesus Christ,campaign barely started and not motivated crap and this competition is below us bullshit already started.

 

[mkrudden]

He should be winning the league with that squad and outlay,over 500 million spent in 2 summers.

Nothing less than a semi final spot in the CL should be done as well.

He should walk if he doesn't win the league though,no excuses from Pep,then he'll cross the channel to another moneybags team in Paris to work with his Qatari sheikh pals.

What if they get Real Madrid, the best team in the world, in the Quarter Finals of the CL?

 

[cityfanrob]

My twopence worth: Pep has produced a higher level of football than any other City manager in my lifetime, from the start with what was still Pellegrini's team the peaks were higher than anything that had gone before. The quality of pressing and an extra zip to the passing were the first things I noticed that were a conspicuous improvement on Pellegrini and Mancini.

His biggest strength I think is in coaching intelligent positional play to allow both of an effective co-ordinated press to recover the ball and then to retain possession in recycling the ball until an opening appears but for the press to be fully effective you need to be having 60-70% possession because otherwise the players can't keep up the intensity of pressing without enough rest in between.

It's a bit of an all or nothing style which he's very committed too and it does need highly technical players for it to work but when it does it's highly effective and can dominate even very strong teams. His refusal to compromise is a weakness at times and last season I think he did make some selection and tactical errors while adapting to the English game, it's also fair to say if he didn't have the resources he would HAVE to compromise his style. However I think he's definitely heading in the right direction at City, most of his signings are young players and he's already improved the likes of De Bruyne and Sterling and even rejuvenated Silva in a different role. Beating Barcelona in the CL was also an important milestone as City definitely had a bit of fear of them before that.

Everything is in place now for him with the new players so anything less than top 2 and a title fight to the bitter end would rightfully be considered a failure (not that I'd want him sacked, barring some bizarre disaster of a season!)

 

[Connor]

Going well this lads. Well done.


Pep, genio.