chic2pimp:


Those same tactics got Him two CL as the underdog. Not saying Jose is perfect. As you know I am firmly in the Pep camp however He needs to change his tactics once in a blue moon. 2-3 games a season is not a lot to ask. He would have gotten Bayern to at least one Finals had He done that.

raumdeuter:


And how many times has the "Not getting hammered epped" you?

Maybe Guardiola will also come today and say he lost because he didnt have 11 men on the field? Not getting hammered I would have expected that will be getting you to CL semis regularly

The not getting hammered is why you probably are out of Europe altogether

chic2pimp:


Those same tactics got Him two CL as the underdog. Not saying Jose is perfect. As you know I am firmly in the Pep camp however He needs to change his tactics once in a blue moon. 2-3 games a season is not a lot to ask. He would have gotten Bayern to at least one Finals had He done that.

Danhumprey:
were you in a cave when the match was played? The match ended 2-1. And if not for our profligacy, we could have equalised and even won the match.


So get your facts right next time.

donjazet:

I don't know what you're saying. Bar the last 2 years, Chelsea has constantly been in the semis.

bigkesh:


If they play that game 100 times its still gonna go like that....
Even Arsenal did the same at Emirates


You gain soo much confidence with the possession that you leave spaces at the back

donjazet:

I don't know what you're saying. Bar the last 2 years, Chelsea has constantly been in the semis.

donjazet:


Probably an inexperienced one. Did you watch the arsenal game? Ludogorets actually played well. Their passes were very decent, hell!! They actually had more posseion than arsenal!! But what was the final score? The coach rather than sit back and try to catch them on the break, his team tried to attack and used a high line and arsenal use counter finish their life.

That is tactical inflexibility!!
This is not the 1st, 2nd or 3rd time that he has been disgraced in Europe, why doesn't he learn??

nateevs:


Because the team cost £400m.

raumdeuter:


The reason Pep is the most sought after coach is because of his style of play, City owners didnt get him to park the bus, they got him to help them play and win like Barcelona

I am sure you have heard of coaches winning ugly and getting into trouble with their owners.

donjazet:

Haha nateevs!! Wetin be your wahala?? I don't think we should have a problem with the spending so far as there was success which is the most important thing in football. Many teams and coaches have spent a lot of money without getting the necessary result.

Mourinho spent a lot of money at Chelsea, Agreed, but that team lasted Chelsea for a decade!!!! So why the complaints!!!

chic2pimp:
I am not necessarily advocating 'park the bus'. However I am all for making them hard to beat. He simply can't recreate what He did with Barca with other teams. Different players i'm afraid.

Let City win the CL first, then tell me the owners will be bothered about the way they went about doing that.

Greatihex:
Beautiful football my foot. Look at how pep just disgraced himself. Tomorrow they will be calling him the best Tactician, yet he can't find a way to nullify the players he coached for four years.
When mou will be getting his results, they will be calling it anti-football.
It was not this bad under pellegrini.

nateevs:


Because the team cost £400m.

raumdeuter:


2010 second round
2011 quarter final
2013 group stages
2015 second round
2016 second round

donjazet:


Dayo!! Always crafty! I clearly said BAR THELAST TWO years and you still included 2015 and 2016.

2014 semis
2012 WINNERS
2009 semis
2008 runner up
2007 semis
2006 semis

sinizia:


And you believe if City had parked the bus, they would've won? I don't believe so. Yes, they got rąped tonight, but i can see a bright future ahead if Pep gets it right. Too much respect given to Barca will earn the opposing team a rout by Barcelona.

nateevs:



Perhaps if he thinks like that, Barcelona won't be what they are now. That idea has carried them through almost a decade now.

What's to say he cannot re-create it?

If he can, then it begins with an absolute conviction in a philosophy. You don't park the bus no matter what. You pass the ball.

Once you understand this, you know the loss means nothing in the course of history.

donjazet:

Haba nateevs!! Wetin be your wahala?? I don't think we should have a problem with the spending so far as there was success which is the most important thing in football. Many teams and coaches have spent a lot of money without getting the necessary result.

Mourinho spent a lot of money at Chelsea, Agreed, but that team lasted Chelsea for a decade!!!! So why the complaints!!!

bigkesh:

And when you are a man down against Barca at camp nou every normal being who isn't an extremist like Pep would close the shop and hope to hit on the counter....
That he even came out and allowed Barca a lot of space with a numerical disadvantage shows he is a dunce...

raumdeuter:


2010, 2011 2013 were they in the past 2 yrs and you still failed to make the semis, Of course add 2017 to it that your park the bus coach failed to qualify you for top 4

Diademk07:


Let's see, did he sign Drogba, Lampard, Terry, Cech?

bigkesh:
City's previous meetings against Barca 2-0,2-1,2-1,1-0

If those are hammer,this is Chain saw

sinizia:


I agree with this. This to me, is Pep's greatest undoing. He made this mistake against Barca with Bayern. At one man down, he refused to lock up. He'd learn how to defend in such occasions though. There's no need to attack Barca when numerically disadvantaged.

donjazet:


He signed Drogba, started using a 22 year old Cech over the older experienced keeper and made Terry the captain at a very young age.
So yes. That team had all the imprints of mourinhos on it.

donjazet:


Dayo!! Always crafty! I clearly said BAR THELAST TWO years and you still included 2015 and 2016.

2014 semis
2012 WINNERS
2009 semis
2008 runner up
2007 semis
2006 semis