martineverest:
he just started with the players he met... the only one he bought was gundogan,who was injured for 6months

kstyle2:
To be Frank, man utd has lost that fear and respect they once commanded. How can a team like man utd resort to using defensive tactics against sevilla, Tottenham etc. In the days of Fergie, this league would have gone down to the wire. Left for me, i think diego someone would do a better job at man utd than mourinho

phoenixthefirst:
Pep is a brilliant coach.

Highbrow:
Whether you like or loathe Pep, he is the best coach out there.

martineverest:
they might be expensive but average players which were made stars, courtesy of pep
pogba would have been a super star if he was under pep

Culin:



Was it not last season he bought Bernado silva and Ederson, in addy to Gundogan? what about Conte that started with players he was managing for the first time and still went ahead to win the premier league? Conte just brought in luiz, kante and alonso.

LegitBoy:
Best coach because he won the premier league in his second season? I wonder what you wer expecting with the huge budget and quality of players at his disposal. Conte won the league too last season with even a far lesser budget. Man city under pep is yet to live up to expectations.

LegitBoy:

How many average players were made stars under pep? Pep hasn't done anything spectacular in City yet for winning the premier league really because Leicester and Chelsea won it too even with a far less expensive budget. With all the money, Pep was thrashed home and away by Liverpool and you're here saying Pep is the best thing out there. Pep is already preparing for our another spending spree in the summer, Pep only get the best players and put them together not that he has worked with average players and make things work. Any small issue in the team, he will run to the transfer market. Best coach my foot.

Gr8amechi:
How many of the players he bought are world best players or world class??
Was Jesus Gabriel who was just 19 years world class?? Or was sane who was 20 when he was bought world class or was Gundogan world class??, was Danilo, a Madrid reject world class or was Delph a world class player?? Was stones or LaPorte world class??
Looks like you don't understand the meaning of the word world class, for you to call a player world class meaning he is among top 3 or top5 in the world for the position that he plays and none of the players pep bought is top 3 in the world for the position they play. Was ederson top 3 keepers in the world? He wasn't even ontop 5

Gr8amechi:
Hehehehehhehheheheh hatred has blinded you. Ederson and Bernardo was bought this season, last season Bernardo played for Monaco. now on Conte if he was so special why is he struggling to make top 4 after signing over 9 players? The thing you don't get is it's not about winning with anyhow and Through any means, that was what Conte did last season, they didn't have any European match so they concentrated on only epl hence had more resting time. And remember Conte bought luiz, Alonso last season immediately he took over Chelsea, he bought over 4 or 5 players so don't say he didn't sign any players at all

Gr8amechi:
Hehehehehhehheheheh hatred has blinded you. Ederson and Bernardo was bought this season, last season Bernardo played for Monaco. now on Conte if he was so special why is he struggling to make top 4 after signing over 9 players? The thing you don't get is it's not about winning with anyhow and Through any means, that was what Conte did last season, they didn't have any European match so they concentrated on only epl hence had more resting time. And remember Conte bought luiz, Alonso last season immediately he took over Chelsea, he bought over 4 or 5 players so don't say he didn't sign any players at all

Culin:



Was it not last season he bought Bernado silva and Ederson, in addy to Gundogan? what about Conte that started with players he was managing for the first time and still went ahead to win the premier league? Conte just brought in luiz, kante and alonso.

Highbrow:

No. Because he made average players like Sterling, Sane better. And because he has a wonderful game plan. And because he used his expensive players seamlessly with the old players.

Which team is yours?

martineverest:
overrated league

guadiorla opened their nyash

kstyle2:
To be Frank, man utd has lost that fear and respect they once commanded. How can a team like man utd resort to using defensive tactics against sevilla, Tottenham etc. In the days of Fergie, this league would have gone down to the wire. Left for me, i think diego someone would do a better job at man utd than mourinho

phoenixthefirst:
Pep is a brilliant coach.

kyjuan99:

Ac milan and inter used to attract world class players but that's not the case now
football is cyclic in nature
no team stays on top forever

badmrkt:
Feel bad about Man U losing, but I feel better knowing we whooped shiitys ass in their home. We own next season!!!

Reference:


I doubt that, on the principle that any prospector who cannot adapt to mitigating circumstances in his quest for excellence cannot enjoy long term success. It is good to be rigid and dogged in the pursuit of performance based on set pathways but the nature thrives on camoflague. The reason why bacteria, viruses and cancer is so successful is that it constantly mutates, changes to stay ahead of its pursuers.

Pep has stuck to a system of management comprising of players, clubs, technics and tactics that has and will increasingly become predictable. His deep seated lrgacy at Barcelona is the reason why the club hasnot been able to win the UCL for years now despite fielding some of the best players on earth. The Bayern he left is a much better outfit now and I predict they could go all the way and lift the cup.

As for Pep and City I simply cannot see them lifting the UCL except if all stars align for them and they play against a Marseille or Villareal in the final. In England what I see in Pep is what I saw in Arsene Wenger when he came to the EPL. He too was revolutionary in management, technics and tactics but his rigidity has not permitted him to enjoy the kind of long term success the more liberal Alex Ferguson was. Once the Premiership rises to the challenge of Pep it will carch up and Pep will haveno option but to buy success at any cost or move on to new grounds where they know him not like he is apt to do.

I wouldn't bet long term on him. Still not convinced.

Highbrow:
Whether you like or loathe Pep, he is the best coach out there.

chigoziri2403:
and Diego simeone isn't defensive?

Apina:

pep is a fraud

kyjuan99:

u called sterling and sane average??
u serious??
same sterling that was part of SAS(suarez and sturridge in liv) or sane that was already showing mad promise in the bundesliga
also nothing about players merging together was seamless cuz city finished 3rd last year

felaismyhero:
i dont loathe him,but am sure jurgen klopp is a far better coach.

LegitBoy:
Best coach because he won the premier league in his second season? I wonder what you wer expecting with the huge budget and quality of players at his disposal. Conte won the league too last season with even a far lesser budget. Man city under pep is yet to live up to expectations.

osazsky:
who needs DAT irrelevant cup,the EFL and fa cup shld be scraped or left for team B so that English teams can compete in d UCL,considering their prize money,eroupa too 10m

Highbrow:

And I think Benitez is a far better coach than Klopp.

martineverest:
simeone style is far different...he's into massive attack and massive defense with awesome type of football....he play a very good midfield too

Culin:



Was it not last season he bought Bernado silva and Ederson, in addy to Gundogan? what about Conte that started with players he was managing for the first time and still went ahead to win the premier league? Conte just brought in luiz, kante and alonso.

felaismyhero:
lol,funny you,did u know that the fa cup prize money is more than that of the league?

felaismyhero:
lol,funny you,did u know that the fa cup prize money is more than that of the league?