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Mecka:
I've you noticed semenyo is two footed like dembele?

Yes, he is. Cherki is the same.

I just don't see any scenario in which City won't win the league. With what Maresca is trying to implement with his wing plays, Doku, Semenyo, Foden, Cherki will cook and Haaland will be well fed.

I don't get the obsession with putting your arms behind your back to avoid a handball. You can't fully commit to blocking a shot from that position. Dias is the master at that.

Mubama is a gem. I like what am seeing from Maresca so far.

Caicedobets:
All of these were from second season not his first when we was given the players he wished for
At least Dewsbury hall was 100% his call

There are also comments from way before Maresca and during his first stints. I.bime spelled it out quite clearly but go on with your agenda.

Jamiuokolaa:
Ferguson won the European cup winners cup with Lowly Aberdeen. What has Pep achieved outside the comfort zone of star players, sugar daddies and blank cheque books?

Absolutely nothing!




Show me Pep's record of not ducking like the scared rabbit that he is. Until then, y'all got no point.

I'm not wasting my time on a pointless subject.

Jamiuokolaa:
Sir Alex led lowly Aberdeen to European cup winners Cup glory - an achievement that eclipses all of Pep's achievements in this context.

He also accepted the Scotland NT job and
didnt duck like Pep the coward.

It is on Record that Fraudiola chickened out of the Italy NT job when he realised that a deal with the Italian Mafias is completely different from the one with Arabic sugar daddies that hand out blank Cheques to managers.

Pep should take up an NT job Asap.

We need to see him in a scenario where there is no 150m to spend in January when a season isnt going as planned

Many words while saying nothing.

Ferguson achieved nothing outside the UK. He never dared to test himself abroad because he knew his 'Queen's English' and comfort zone would be exposed the moment he left British shores. Show me Ferguson's international managerial achievements first. Then we can talk about Pep. Until then, this debate is pointless.

Caicedobets:
He was the head coach and in his first season
He had a say in transfers.
As for his fights it was regards the issue if the Chelsea SDs not signing a center back to replace Colwill and that was in his second season

If you say so.

Ibime:
Enzo Maresca clashed with Chelsea over team selection, he didn’t want decisions on line-ups or substitutions taken out of his hands.

Chelsea insist their model hasn’t changed and that any input on rotation came only from the medical staff, focused on player workload.

Maresca believed the problems went deeper, he felt pressure from above to rotate and boost the value of several young players.

— @JacobsBen



Chelsea coach is not a coach but an asset manager or portfolio manager, sharing minutes everywhere to maintain asset value after TDs have bought hundred wingers. Have been stating this fact since Clearlake came in

All those funny substitutions of Gittens, Tyrique, Delap, Blomblom, Felix, JP, centrebacks pairings and constant wholesale changes of wingers every match around 60 mins regardless of the needs of the match are testament to this.

Maresca simply got tired of being a portfolio manager and wanted to be a football manager. Ease of Conference league last season confused these clowns that you can overstock with mids everywhere and rotate anyhow, but now there is no conference league but serious business. CWC final and certain big games shows that Maresca knows what is needed to lock down big games and didn't make funny team changes or substitutions in those games. The rest of the time, he was just an asset manager for Clearlake

nateevs:
I have several posts reiterating this point. He was simply a development manager looking after assets.

Anyone who didn't understand this framework just didn't pay attention. It was clear in the hire brief. The business model looks to employ someone who plugs completely into the board's recruitment plan at all levels.

The football manager will have no veto over purchase and sales of assets, but will be a positive promoter of the model by ensuring value retention in assets, considerably, at all times. This is why he needs to share minutes and manage players.

Considering the SOW, Maresca has been the best tool the board of clowns could find. Despite the constraints, he over-achieved.

All you needed was to see team setup against big teams, and how he tactically outclassed his peers time after time. Unshackled, we had a tactically astute and adaptive manager who knew football to the core. Those who know know.

No respectable manager will continue indefinitely with such technical constraints. It might work for a season.... once you win something, you expect more power over your squad. If you don't get it, and you won't with this clown board, it ends just like this.

Caicedobets:
The signings were his call
...
Under his watch for that sizeable amount
He wasted club resources

Can you bring evidence of this? It's clearly on record here that Maresca had little say on Chelsea transfer dealings and that was what lead to fights with management and his subsequent wanting out.

Caicedobets:
This was maresca spend and luckily snatched top four on the last day of the season
I just pity City
Sha stay alive movies will be made

I dare you to list those players if shame won't engulf you. Tosin, Jorgensen (Gk),Neto, Dewsbury, Veiga, Guiu lmao. You should actually be thanking Maresca for getting to 70points with those mugs.

Caicedobets:
Mancity would soon be found out under maresca
I see moyes scenario( post Ferguson) loading

Stop dreaming, In his first season at Chelsea he got 70points and 20wins with sub standard players and Jackson for a striker. With better players at City he should realistically be getting 14 to 20 points more and that should place him about 83 to 90 points which should put him firmly In title contention. If Rodri stays, we definitely win the league especially with the addition of Anderson to replace Silva. If Rodri leaves then we need to get that Moroccan boy.

andrewbaba44:
You go wait tire for pep ,at least he won ucl at 2 different clubs unlike zidane wey Dey run from top clubs

If zidane was available nobody go give maresca city job ,or when carrick getting Man U job self

My zidane agenda too sweet

City would have had nothing to do with Zidane. We went after Maresca because he plays similar style to Pep and learnt from him.

princeabdul:
pep can't fail with Spain, they have a template, system the profile to execute their football. It's not super Igus

Pep is Catalonian. It will be hard for him to take the Spanish job. He's more likely to take over as England coach than Spain. Tuchel is not well liked and if he doesn't deliver from now until the Euros he will be replaced.

Jamiuokolaa:
All the elite coaches Klopp, Zidane, Carlotti etc have taken NT jobs.

Pep should also take one NT job - he should stop running away

How many national team job did your Ferguson take? Scratch that how many different leagues did he even prove himself. We know the real reason he was afraid of leaving the UK.

UEFA will definitely breakout from FIFA,it's just a matter of time. Capitalism is just a cancer to everything.

andrewbaba44:
Na him e no win 2 ucl ?

He won 2 ucl at Barca

Pep Barca will never loose to that tuchel team in a ucl final ,that was a footballing disgrace

K

Jamiuokolaa:
Una don forget nau nau?

Nawa o

We are saying the same thing. Everything he won at Barcelona, he replicated at City. His greatest achievement at Barcelona was the Treble and he did that at City as well.

Jamiuokolaa:
Pep managed 2 other teams in the last 10 years.

10 years of coaching and we are yet to see him replicate anything remotely close to the Barca Magic.

Tells you a lot



Pep at City and Bayern are nowhere near 2009 - 2011 Barca...arguably the greatest team in the history of the game.

Bayern? The same Bayern that were getting sodomised in the CL every season such that Pep had to run away?

So much for dominance



That is what we are saying.

At Barca, he didnt need an overhaul per se.

When he got to the PL and his Ass was getting handed to him, he had to recalibrate and adjust to his realities and even in that regard, he never came close to his Barca achievements.

He surely wouldnt have enjoyed such kinda dominance if Sir Alex were to be UTD manager.

What did he win at Barcelona that he didn't replicate at City? Pep city was just as dominant as his Barcelona side especially when you consider how difficult English football is compared with Spain yet he broke all EPL records. No coach has dominated English football like Pep.

Carot:
08 united v 23 city
Who is winning?

When you take into account that Ferguson was Pep's boy even as a rookie then this is not a contest. 9/10 times city of 23 beat Ferguson 08. A better comparison is this.

popizaino:
At the risk of sounding insensitive.

May your team be coached by a cancer patient and a Jordi Roura level coach when next you meet PSG with Luis Enrique.

Those are just cheap excuses. That Barcelona team finished la Liga with 100points yet lost 7:0 over two legs. Bayern flogged and dominated different teams using 4, 3 or even 10 atb. Juventus playing 3atb isn't why they lost, Bayern were simply monsters that season.

popizaino:
Reason why i hate 3 ATB and Conte all together. They did not only beat juventus like person way theif for Alaba but also played the hell out of them.

all attacks vs Juventus - Home (2012/13)

pic.twitter.com/kGBCMRPXXS

— ً (@FL4_FCBM) July 24, 2026

That same Bayern flogged 4-3-3 Barcelona 7:0 over two legs.

StarchAndBanga:
33 Premier league appearances

13 non penalty goals
9 penalty goals
11 assists

Still very good numbers (24 non penalty goals/assists in 33 games) if u minus the penalties

I agree it was a good season but an outlier. He's not going to replicate those numbers again unless Chelsea gets insane amount of penalties.

Nearly 2 weeks later and Messi fans are still crying over the world cup and golden ball.

Sportsweb:
I need my Cole Palmer back...

Nearly 50% of his goals that season were from penalties.

afrodoc:
Where is Hidden Hazard?

Even Lampard too.

popizaino:
List turned Rodri into crude oil.

Maybe we might find his name when we dig further into the earth crux.

This nigga is scrapping the bottom of the barrel to make himself happy lmao. The same site dropped this on Rodri just this week.

popizaino:
Come and tell us what happened when Luiz Enrique started Rodri as his DM at the Euro 2020?

Who was the Dm when Spain got eliminated? When Rodri took over the Midfield from 2022 how many international titles have he delivered? Like I said you have nothing to argue for Busquet over Rodri. You are just making noise after noise.

popizaino:
It will be too simplistic of me to call your point as redundant as saying Barcelona are also suffering for trusting Messi earlier while allowing Dembele to leave the club because Dembele went elsewhere and they won back to back UCL.

No,but Rodri was the only effect that got Spain the euro 2024,not Fabian Ruiz,Merino,Nico Williams,Lanine Yamal and Daniel Carvayal and Morata who their experienced to a young squad?

Not Luiz de la fuente who brought was too return back to the basis of Spanish football by keeping more of the ball in the midfield but na Rodri who had to content with CB role because he will never have been able to displaced SB no matter the hype.

Recency bias na very terrible thing

Your arguments are watery. You brought up Rodri starting at cb to accommodate Busquet as some sorts of got you when it's actually a stain on Busquet. He had no business starting for Spain back then and it showed in their performances before and after he left. Rodri is Spain midfield kingpin not Ruiz or whoever you are listing.

You are just throwing things at the wall looking for whatever sticks when you have nothing. Rodri has achieved more individual and gotten to higher heights than Busquet. He's also a more complete player than the latter. Rodri being better than Busquet doesn't diminish his ability. He's also one of the greatest Midfielders in history.

Enzo5:
Pep Guardiola says no to Italian national team head coach job offered by the Federation.

And the excuse...

Guardiola considered the proposal this week but wants to dedicate time to his family, recharge and return into football later on.

Interpretation; when a better team or national team comes along like England or Spain

Pep left City to take at least a year long sabbatical, so why would anyone think he would immediately jump into another job? The man clearly wants time to rest and recharge, just like Klopp did.

popizaino:
Maturing is realizing Rodri plays as a CB for Spain cause of this same old Busquet. But we are in the era of award so ability and technicality doesn’t seems important anymore.

Rodri KO pedri ni.

Spain suffered for it and got knocked out of that world cup. One of the biggest sin of Enrique was trusting Busquet over him. Immediately Rodri went to his position the Euros and World cup followed. Busquet was good, Rodri Is just simply ten times better.

The Spanish generation of 2008 to 2012 maybe stronger on an individual level but this current generation will surpass their achievements.

The Laporte I knew at City was very slow and error prone especially in big games. I can never forget that champions league game against Tottenham and the one at Bernabu plus even the one at Etihad. Surprised how solid he was at the world cup but I don't think he will be able to cope with Flick high line.