Pep Guardiola
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Devils
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Stunning statistic.
He'd be a perfect fit for current Barca.
Stunning statistic.
He'd be a perfect fit for current Barca.
FC433
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Certainly underwhelming, but I still would keep him because he is just that good. What I would do, however, is to bring a better sporting director.
That's it. Pep perfects his team tactic, technique but also break their fighting spirit.
BBZ8800
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I am writing the same post for 5-6 years in a row, let's do it again.
Pep's style is the best style in the world for league matches.
Remember, in a league, you don't play against equals but against weaker teams.
In La Liga, the champion is not the one who wins in El Classico but the one who wins more consistently against Elche, Getafe and Levante.
And Pep is master of that. He found a system, players, smart players, tactics = perfect for winning 100 points in each season.
But against weaker league teams:
1. you don't need mental strength
2. you don't need leaders
3. awesome tactics, smart players and high technique are usually more than enough
On the other hand, in CL semis and quarters and semis, you don't play with Wolves and Elche but with equal teams.
These teams maybe don't have as much technique as City, but they are more aggressive, more combative, braver, have leaders.
Since Barca, Pep always hated players with strong personalities and clashed with Etoo, Zlatan, Yaya, Mandzukic.
He likes yes-men, not strong individuals.
Also, he likes smart players who will understand his tactics and movements.
In short, Pep's type of players are:
1. extremely technically gifted
2. usually very smart
3. usually Betas and submissive
The point no3 is not a problem in league matches.
But it always hunts him down in key moments of CL knockout matches.
Also, there is an element of winning, which RM has since they are winning all the time.
While Pep and City are now under pressure like Messi for Argentina.
About City, I'll write again: who is their leader? Good guy Kevin?
Lol. A good one.
It will be a miracle if a team ever wins something big with that type of a leader.
Their only combative players are Walker and Zynchenko.
All other players are a textbook example of players whom we would buy and who would lose 0:4 at Anfield every season.
People write for years how Pep is unlucky.
You can't be unlucky for 10 years in a row.
He chosed and bought those players.
Or: players with those technical and MENTAL traits.
On the other hand, how many times have RM made a CL miracle in the last 10 minutes?
It can't be luck.
On the other hand, Barca made those miracles twice in the last 20 years: 2008 and against Psg.
Now compare how Barca and City are often losing CL ties in away games or in the last 10 minutes, while RM is doing the opposite.
And draw a comparison between Barca DNA and Pep's teams and you'll find the answer.
His style with that (personality wise) type of players is good only for league tournaments.
He can win a CL only with out of this world talent like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, inspite of them not being too mentally strong.
About Pep and Haaland, you can't have it both ways.
A huge part of Pep's football is a domination due to a false 9.
If you remove false 9, you lose a lot of possession and interchanging positions.
With a Fc, he'll get a lethal finisher but his whole team will be weaker.
So a catch 22.
A lot of our fans will never like posts like this one because Pep is the core of Barca, Barca DNA players are our heart and soul.
My theory is a slap in the face to a lot of Barca's ideas. And as we can see, Xavi is heavily still living in that world. A lot of fans will live in that world as long as they live.
There are two options:
1. this football is awesome and Barca and City just need better players
2. or this system is flawed. It works in a league but in a CL works only if everything is perfectly aligned.
The sad thing is, Barca's football is lagging 15 years behind Pep's City.
Barca lacks everything.
Pep has physicality, unlike Barca.
But he lacks leaders, mental strength and more aggressive/combative players and a no9+true wingers instead of 6 attacking midfielders in midfield+forward line.
Pep's style is the best style in the world for league matches.
Remember, in a league, you don't play against equals but against weaker teams.
In La Liga, the champion is not the one who wins in El Classico but the one who wins more consistently against Elche, Getafe and Levante.
And Pep is master of that. He found a system, players, smart players, tactics = perfect for winning 100 points in each season.
But against weaker league teams:
1. you don't need mental strength
2. you don't need leaders
3. awesome tactics, smart players and high technique are usually more than enough
On the other hand, in CL semis and quarters and semis, you don't play with Wolves and Elche but with equal teams.
These teams maybe don't have as much technique as City, but they are more aggressive, more combative, braver, have leaders.
Since Barca, Pep always hated players with strong personalities and clashed with Etoo, Zlatan, Yaya, Mandzukic.
He likes yes-men, not strong individuals.
Also, he likes smart players who will understand his tactics and movements.
In short, Pep's type of players are:
1. extremely technically gifted
2. usually very smart
3. usually Betas and submissive
The point no3 is not a problem in league matches.
But it always hunts him down in key moments of CL knockout matches.
Also, there is an element of winning, which RM has since they are winning all the time.
While Pep and City are now under pressure like Messi for Argentina.
About City, I'll write again: who is their leader? Good guy Kevin?
Lol. A good one.
It will be a miracle if a team ever wins something big with that type of a leader.
Their only combative players are Walker and Zynchenko.
All other players are a textbook example of players whom we would buy and who would lose 0:4 at Anfield every season.
People write for years how Pep is unlucky.
You can't be unlucky for 10 years in a row.
He chosed and bought those players.
Or: players with those technical and MENTAL traits.
On the other hand, how many times have RM made a CL miracle in the last 10 minutes?
It can't be luck.
On the other hand, Barca made those miracles twice in the last 20 years: 2008 and against Psg.
Now compare how Barca and City are often losing CL ties in away games or in the last 10 minutes, while RM is doing the opposite.
And draw a comparison between Barca DNA and Pep's teams and you'll find the answer.
His style with that (personality wise) type of players is good only for league tournaments.
He can win a CL only with out of this world talent like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, inspite of them not being too mentally strong.
About Pep and Haaland, you can't have it both ways.
A huge part of Pep's football is a domination due to a false 9.
If you remove false 9, you lose a lot of possession and interchanging positions.
With a Fc, he'll get a lethal finisher but his whole team will be weaker.
So a catch 22.
A lot of our fans will never like posts like this one because Pep is the core of Barca, Barca DNA players are our heart and soul.
My theory is a slap in the face to a lot of Barca's ideas. And as we can see, Xavi is heavily still living in that world. A lot of fans will live in that world as long as they live.
There are two options:
1. this football is awesome and Barca and City just need better players
2. or this system is flawed. It works in a league but in a CL works only if everything is perfectly aligned.
The sad thing is, Barca's football is lagging 15 years behind Pep's City.
Barca lacks everything.
Pep has physicality, unlike Barca.
But he lacks leaders, mental strength and more aggressive/combative players and a no9+true wingers instead of 6 attacking midfielders in midfield+forward line.
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BBZ8800
Senior Member
If an African curse if forcing him to buy yes-men who crumble under pressure and playing with 6 attacking midfielders and zero Fcs and wingers, then yes, it's a curse
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If an African curse if forcing him to buy yes-men who crumble under pressure and playing with 6 attacking midfielders and zero Fcs and wingers, then yes, it's a curse
BBZ is back and with a bang
we missed you
JamDav1982
Senior Member
He played a CF in both games.. Jesus and played a winger in Mahrez but dont let truth get in the way.
KingLeo10
Senior Member
FTFY. I been seeing this since 2014 dawg.
Messigician
Senior Member
bbz means striker like zlatan or lewa not false 9 weakling like Gaby
mahrez played cam for leicester and isnt really fast traditioanl winger like sterling and sane were
JamDav1982
Senior Member
He had Lewandowski and x2 wingers at Bayern.
Try again.
Jesus and attacking players scored 5 goals across the two legs and that is area to focus on?
You are the brains trust as usual.
Messigician
Senior Member
yup he sure did
he also had aguero and sterling plus sane
he moved away from that slowly but surely
JamDav1982
Senior Member
Yip and Aguero played majority of games as did Sterling and Sane before started wanting to leave.
Didnt move away from anything.
They tried to sign Kane last summer to replace Aguero and most likely about to sign Haaland.
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