Pep Guardiola

Joan

Well-known member
Obviously not. They're 6 points behind with half of the season still to play. Perhaps he's doing a Zidane this year. Poor in the first half of the season only to peak after New Year.

Pep putting the trust in the CL? The times they are a changin'. :lol:
 

Messigician

Senior Member
"You have doubts that Man City with Messi can win the Champions League?

"Or Arsenal with Messi can win the Champions League? Or Chelsea with Messi can win the Champions League?

"Or Man United with Messi can win the Champions League? Don’t you think? I think.

"One thing is a team; another thing is a team with Messi. It is a different story."

"He played a Champions League final with [Pep] Guardiola, he is normally going to play in this season’s Champions League final with Luis Enrique," he continued.

"If, one day, he plays for Anthony, Anthony will go to a Champions League final with him. When people analyse teams, you have to remember that this boy makes everything different."
~Mourinho

It is true what he says anyone can win with Messi in the team. Pep has failed to win champions league without Messi. Pep needs Messi, Messi does not need Pep
 

Messigician

Senior Member
What are Pep's tactics? Cross the ball to 5 foot 9 players?

He's such an inflexible coach. Would love to see him at a small club without blank cheques or suffer an actual injury crisis.

He needs Barcelona more than we need him.
 
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BBZ8800

Senior Member
Obviously not. They're 6 points behind with half of the season still to play. Perhaps he's doing a Zidane this year. Poor in the first half of the season only to peak after New Year.

OR, MORE LIKELY, the history is repeating:
1. Pep came to Barca. He shocked the world for 2-3 seasons and then managers and teams have figured out how to defend and counter against his tactics.
And then Barca stopped dominating.
2. Spain did the same. They shocked the world for a few years and then it all stopped, exactly the same as in Barca's case.
3. now Pep came to England. Teams in England are even less familiar with his technical style.
He has totally shocked them and dominated them in the last season, but other managers usually have IQ and are able to learn on their mistakes and evolve.
Lately, teams are defending better and better against City and City is without ideas.
And since Pep is stubborn and unwilling to change anything, current results are not a huge surprise.

Btw, City's gameplan in the last 2 matches was:
1. pass the ball around the box till death, the same as Barca.
The opponents parked 2 buses around their box and City can't break them through the middle.
2. then the only other options are: counters or crosses.
But City is also slow and are forcing too much possession play so they don't have too many counters.
So, the only thing which they can do is: crosses.
And then they start to cross like crazy, and then in the box they have Barca's DNA Cfs in Jesus and Aguero :lol:

And then, City gets what they deserve=defeats due to Pep's stubborness.

Btw, what is Pep/City's plan B?
= there is no Plan B.
Pep's plan B was always=repeat a Plan A for 1000 times in row again and again and hope that it will start to work :lol:

So, let's sit down and see.
I have told numerous times that Barca's TikiTaka from 2008-2011 is outdated and figured out.
People here replied: NOOO! It is not figured out, we just HAVEN'T EXECUTED it properly :lol:

Well, now you guys will have your "father" Pep.
He will execute it properly, right?
Let's see whether the opponents will STILL neutralize him inspite of him executing it properly.

The point of a story: you can't sell the same shit for 10 years in a row.
You need to evolve.

And people here are acting as if Pep's style is some divine style which will never get figured out and neutralized, AS LONG AS you are executing it properly, lol.
 
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DonAK

President of FC Barcelona
Just enjoy Christmas instead of writing these wall of texts with faux stats. It's not life or death where you need to fill out multiple scenarios and force your narrative on people before you eventually disappear, are exposed and resort to changing the goal posts again. Rinse and repeat.
 

Messigician

Senior Member
OR, MORE LIKELY, the history is repeating:
1. Pep came to Barca. He shocked the world for 2-3 seasons and then managers and teams have figured out how to defend and counter against his tactics.
And then Barca stopped dominating.
2. Spain did the same. They shocked the world for a few years and then it all stopped, exactly the same as in Barca's case.
3. now Pep came to England. Teams in England are even less familiar with his technical style.
He has totally shocked them and dominated them in the last season, but other managers usually have IQ and are able to learn on their mistakes and evolve.
Lately, teams are defending better and better against City and City is without ideas.
And since Pep is stubborn and unwilling to change anything, current results are not a huge surprise.

Btw, City's gameplan in the last 2 matches was:
1. pass the ball around the box till death, the same as Barca.
The opponents parked 2 buses around their box and City can't break them through the middle.
2. then the only other options are: counters or crosses.
But City is also slow and are forcing too much possession play so they don't have too many counters.
So, the only thing which they can do is: crosses.
And then they start to cross like crazy, and then in the box they have Barca's DNA Cfs in Jesus and Aguero :lol:

And then, City gets what they deserve=defeats due to Pep's stubborness.

Btw, what is Pep/City's plan B?
= there is no Plan B.
Pep's plan B was always=repeat a Plan A for 1000 times in row again and again and hope that it will start to work :lol:

So, let's sit down and see.
I have told numerous times that Barca's TikiTaka from 2008-2011 is outdated and figured out.
People here replied: NOOO! It is not figured out, we just HAVEN'T EXECUTED it properly :lol:

Well, now you guys will have your "father" Pep.
He will execute it properly, right?
Let's see whether the opponents will STILL neutralize him inspite of him executing it properly.

The point of a story: you can't sell the same shit for 10 years in a row.
You need to evolve.

And people here are acting as if Pep's style is some divine style which will never get figured out and neutralized, AS LONG AS you are executing it properly, lol.

Pep was exposed in his first season.

He needs everything to be perfect for him to win. When things are not perfect he has no plan b because he is stubborn and tactically inflexible.

Lucho murdered his Bayern on the counter as did Real Madrid. Same with Liverpool too. His tactics are nothing special imo
 

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