Pep Guardiola

[DrPepper]

I don't see him coming back in the near future but maybe during a new generation of Barca players. When Messi and co aren't there anymore.

 

[Kohe321]

I don't see him coming back in the near future but maybe during a new generation of Barca players. When Messi and co aren't there anymore.

If there is one thing watching football has taught me through the years, is that nothing like this is set in stone.

If we get a new board. If he starts stagnating at Bayern. If we need a new coach and everyone is positive for it. It could happen.

That said, if Lucho continues like he does now and we also win trophies playing like we do now, i wouldn't want to trade him, even for Pep.

I'd LOVE to see Pep as club president one day by the way, together with Puyol and Xavi in the board.

 

[FCBarca]

Noone questioned his accomplishments as a manager.
Or do you think his football acumen transcends into other aspects od his life and makes him a good person?

Is there anyone more Barcelona than Pep?...Any fan think they can lay claim to caring/loving the club more?...Most of us aren't even Catalan, I mean what do you think it means to live & breathe the club the way he does/has?

I think too many of you casually toss away his significance...It doesn't mean he can't be criticized/analysed but far too little respect given to someone whose approach & loyalty to the club defined the greatest & most successful era of the club...An era that can never be bettered

 

[Barcaman]

You are mixing up things. There's Pep as a player, Pep a manager, Pep a person.
Just like I am Bojan a friend or Bojan a father.
You can be great in some role in your life, worse in others.

And no, Pep a manager has not been that loyal.

 

[Luftstalag14]

Guardiola is certainly a Barca legend who probably still cares a lot about our club, but that doesn't mean he can't or shouldn't be criticized. Anybody can be criticized, he is no different. Some of the things he reportedly said almost shows a disdain not just toward the board, but to the club as a whole, which bothers me.

He clearly said he won't be coaching our team again. Perhaps many, many years later he might return in some sort of capacity, but not any time soon (5-10 years), in my opinion. So I'd say let's just remember him as a Barca legend and stop fancying him anymore.

 

[dakt]

I will never understand his statement that he will never come back. If his has any wisdom, he wouldn't have said that since nobody knows what tomorrow brings, or in short, never say never.

 

[Eetu]

If he gives half a maybe, press will drum it up for a couple months and a simultaneous cry of "I knew it!" can be heard all the way in Austria.

 

[Leo_Messi]

I love seing that he just can't hide his love for Barca. This club is in his blood, he can't fake feeling anything else. He was like a little boy watching Messi and the team play yesterday, that's just awesome to see

With the club under new management in the future I'm pretty sure Pep will return to Barca in some capacity some day, not necessarily as a coach, but I wouldn't rule that out at all. I don't care what he says to the media about this now when he's the coach of a different team, any quote now about that is meaningless, but a video like this says more than a thousand words.

By the way, that old man sitting to his left...

He keeps looking up at him with a big smile on his face at every reaction from Pep, and I can imagine what he's thinking... "You love this team and you can't hide it". Great stuff, thanks for sharing! :barca scarf:

Indeed.

That old man on his left is his father. The speaker in the video (it's Catalan) mentions it.

You are mixing up things. There's Pep as a player, Pep a manager, Pep a person.
Just like I am Bojan a friend or Bojan a father.
You can be great in some role in your life, worse in others.

And no, Pep a manager has not been that loyal.

I agree although you should not really put great emphasis on some of his comments to the media. Some are even "alleged" comments. It's also no secret that he has a cold/bad relationship with the current board and seriously can you or anyone else blame him for that?

 

[Irish_Cules]

You are mixing up things. There's Pep as a player, Pep a manager, Pep a person.
Just like I am Bojan a friend or Bojan a father.
You can be great in some role in your life, worse in others.

And no, Pep a manager has not been that loyal.

We all wanted Pep to be Barca's Alex Ferguson but he made it clear from the start it would never be that. We can't be bitter about him leaving and wanting coach somewhere else. He obviously felt it was for the best for both him and the club. It's clear from last night that he's still a fan at heart so I really don't understand this bitterness towards him. The only explanation is that people are hurt that he isn't fulfilling their fantasy of him staying for 20 years which is an incredibly unfair thing to hold against him.

 

[Leo_Messi]

We all wanted Pep to be Barca's Alex Ferguson but he made it clear from the start it would never be that. We can't be bitter about him leaving and wanting coach somewhere else. He obviously felt it was for the best for both him and the club. It's clear from last night that he's still a fan at heart so I really don't understand this bitterness towards him. The only explanation is that people are hurt that he isn't fulfilling their fantasy of him staying for 20 years which is an incredibly unfair thing to hold against him.

A club like FCB can never have a "Ferguson type of manager" and Pep, a person that knows the club better than almost everyone else, knew that all along. Managers have much bigger powers in England especially at the top clubs (or at least they used to before "sugar daddy" clubs like Chelsea and Man City emerged almost out of nowhere) than at clubs such as FCB and RM. Those two are special clubs in that sense. With elections every 4 years (currently 6 years unless the new regime changes that), owned by socios etc. It's basically impossible to become a "new Ferguson" in such an challenging environment on all fronts.

The pressure, the enormous demands created by the media, fans, how spoilt we socios/fans are and how easily people can grow tired of you. The mentality is just different.

I too had a naive hope of Pep wanting to stay longer but that was more a hope than a conviction.

 

[FCBarca]

You are mixing up things. There's Pep as a player, Pep a manager, Pep a person.
Just like I am Bojan a friend or Bojan a father.
You can be great in some role in your life, worse in others.

And no, Pep a manager has not been that loyal.

I don't disagree that we can all have strengths & weaknesses anymore than acknowledging that Pep must certainly have weaknesses too...However, that's a far cry from criticizing either his barcelonismo, his play or managerial feats...Especially when you consider few of us know him as a person and those that do are effusive in their praise of him

I happen to believe being critical of his loyalty is no less an insult to the club legend than binning his contributions to the club...As I said before, who in history can claim to have given more to the club than Pep?...No one...So lacking loyalty?...There isn't a fan, soci, player or manager who could ever be more loyal to this club than Guardiola...The reality that some can even enter into a discussion about that reveals how spoiled people can be and how low this club has sank since Laporta's tenure

 

[Flavia]

I will never understand his statement that he will never come back. If his has any wisdom, he wouldn't have said that since nobody knows what tomorrow brings, or in short, never say never.

Because he won't come back as a coach. And he shouldn't. What he accomplished can't be repeated. He also has said he intends to retire as a manager when he is 50. And he's already 44.

 

[mssarm]

The man visited with his father and his best friend.

And Guardiola is certainly a great person with great moral values. You can see how he cares for his family and manages every aspect of his life in a highly respectable and admirable way.

How do you came up to that conclusion is beyond me."great morale values" and "manages every aspect of his life" -you don't know him and you can't make that kind of statement. He's a great coach-I'll give you that, but I'm not sure if he is great human being and he doesn't need to be. FFS the guy refused to visit his dying friend and colleague when he was all alone in NYC, away from his country. I really don't get why almost half of the members on this forum have this permanent erection on Guardiola. We love Pep Guardiola because he was amazing coach when he was coaching Barca.He is unique talent there's no doubt about that, but I could care less if he self obsessed psychopath or male reincarnation of Mother Tereza. Enough of these love letters .

 

[Richard.H]

How do you came up to that conclusion is beyond me."great morale values" and "manages every aspect of his life" -you don't know him and you can't make that kind of statement. He's a great coach-I'll give you that, but I'm not sure if he is great human being and he doesn't need to be. FFS the guy refused to visit his dying friend and colleague when he was all alone in NYC, away from his country. I really don't get why almost half of the members on this forum have this permanent erection on Guardiola. We love Pep Guardiola because he was amazing coach when he was coaching Barca.He is unique talent there's no doubt about that, but I could care less if he self obsessed psychopath or male reincarnation of Mother Tereza. Enough of these love letters .

This. It's crazy. There is a huge cult following for him.

 

[beautifulgame]

"Enough of these love letters"

Best quote in post pep thread.

Same goes with the hate letters.

Who gives a fuck. Treat the guy like a professional.

I'm concerned with him in football related matters.