Guardiola actually doesn't really play Tiki Taka football, he says he hates that term being labelled on his teams
Funny that you mention Milan, considering they literally are the massive club that they are because of Burlesconi injecting money into the club. They were the original sugar daddy team, just did it in a different era so they became a “historically great club”. Should have used a better example mate
I will always post this amazing analysis of Pep Guardiola's philosophy and how it works. Coaches like Thomas Tuchel, Maurizio Sarri, Paco Jemez, Paulo Fonseca, Joachim Low, Julian Nagelsmann and even Antonio Conte use a lot of Guardiola's principles but there is not a single coach who uses fully his methods..Why there are not so many coaches in the wolrld able to replicate Guardiola's Juego De Posicion football? Because it is really a very sophisticated system that needs a lot of coaching and very specific type of players to perform it : https://spielverlagerung.com/2014/12/25/juego-de-posicion-under-pep-guardiola/
True. No doubt he is a top coach. However Nolito and Bravo spring to mind as flops he had to spend again to replace.
Funny that you mention Milan, considering they literally are the massive club that they are because of Burlesconi injecting money into the club. They were the original sugar daddy team, just did it in a different era so they became a “historically great club”. Should have used a better example mate
To be fair, of all of his signings those two were the cheapest, and the oldest. Definitely not in the same mould of his other signings focussing on youth into the squad; I’d say he’s spent a lot but he’s also embedded a style of play few saw possible with this side 8 months ago.
+ Danilo who's been fine for City when called upon.
They may have spent 500m since pep but we have also spent a lot on players since. Top my head, 300plus?. We have marginally improved in terms of results, performances are still dire. City have exponentially improved and are playing probably some of the best quality football and showing the most consistent form (in a single year) that the premier league has ever seen. Peps execution from his signings has been magnificent and he got rid of all the dead wood effectively. Jose has messed around.
They are a younger and faster team than barca. If Messi doesn't have a blinder, City should win that fight.
That will never change unfortunately whilst Mourinho is in charge. It doesn't matter who is playing for us we will always play with the inferiority complex against the best teams. I find it difficult to criticise Conte for the way he approached the game today when Mourinho would've done exactly the same. There isn't a fear factor anymore when teams face United and maybe after he's gone we may move towards restoring that fear factor again.
Speaking personally I don't give a rats about guards of honour or winning it on the occasion of the Derby game.
As you end up saying I think 96 is the target for Pep. They will only worry about beating the current record of 95 points.
Already explained this in this very thread, but okay. Milan were a sugar daddy club as early as the 1950s. Same as pretty much every other italian club. Some were already sugar daddy clubs in the 20s and 30s...
Yes because posting rate is a factor in football knowledge or otherwise.
I am of the opinion that Jose is definitely negative and not getting the best out of our attacking players. However the gap between our spending and City's is nearer 200 million pounds if I am not mistaken. That's a pretty huge gap tbh. Also, when a manager can buy a player and then dump him next season without a worry in the world, letting him play as a sub all the time, then the playing field is just not the same.
How is acknowledging there's a gap between us an City a dig at us?How have you managed to use Chelsea's negativity to get a dig in at United
That's your own opinion. I'm not having a dig at anyone.
Personally, I don't care how far other teams are away from them, just us. And I don't understand why you'd be unsure why a United fan is worried about the gap between his team and the team above them.
I can mention it cause this is a forum, that's what it's for and again it's not a dig. You're being precious by interpreting it as one.
No exactly, I don't blame City fans either. I'd probably be enjoying it as well if I'd been forced to endure the likes of Michel Vonk, Lee Badbuy and Richard Edghill for 20 years. But, from the outside, it's all very hollow isn't it.
