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He's a genius

Klopp is good too. But no manager currently comes close to guardiola. All those nonsense argument of spending money should go and sleep.

Pep Guardiola has penned a new two-year contract with City, keeping him at the Club until 2025.
In the course of six and a half seasons at City to date, the acclaimed Etihad manager has won 11 major trophies and broken record upon record along the way just for good measure.

The manner of those achievements has been married with an artistry, technique and brand of beautiful, beguiling football that has set new standards in the way the game is played in this country.

City fans, of course, are universal in their admiration and passion for Pep.

But the Catalan’s towering impact has also garnered the highest praise from his fellow managers too along with some of football’s most respected pundits and analysts.

We have gathered some of the comments and observations made in honour of the boss from many of the game’s most respected figures which provides a measure of his colossal standing around the world:

ZINEDINE ZIDANE:
“He always proved that (he is the best).

"First with Barcelona, then with Munich, now with Manchester City. That's my opinion. Some people can think other coaches are better but for me, he is the best.

"I've mentioned before that I've spent a few days with him when he was at Bayern, talking about training, how to manage a team, and he was quite honest, quite open, and I learned a lot talking with him."

JURGEN KLOPP:
“I would prefer Pep to be doing a sabbatical for four years!

“He’s the best manager in the world and he is proving that all the time, every day, it’s special what they are doing, it’s really special and I respect that.

"I can give [that compliment] exactly like that back, if they (City) are not the best team in history already to be honest.

"I cannot compare really with what was 20 or 30 years ago, but the football standard with all the things I know today, they are really, really, really good and I don’t know a better team to be honest.”

CARLO ANCELOTTI:
“Pep is a fantastic manager.

“I have a really good relationship with him and a lot of respect. He is a genius because he’s always tried to do something special on the pitch.

“I would steal the speed at which he can convey his ideas to his team. In this respect, he is phenomenal as he is in conveying his ideas to others.

“That’s the most complicated aspect, because every coach has his ideas in his own mind. But the real skill is conveying those ideas to a different person who then has to bring them onto the pitch.

“City remain a fantastic team, with a fantastic manager, and it is really tough to compete with them.”

ROBERTO DE ZERBI:
"I think Pep Guardiola's football is unreachable because he has shown such football in the UK and Germany and Spain.

"Guardiola is a great trainer and we are all looking at him."

MAURICIO POCHETTINO:
"For me, he [Pep Guardiola] is the best. I admire him and think he's doing a fantastic job not only at Manchester City but in Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“He is an amazing, intelligent coach, always thinking of different strategies and game-plans.

"I love to challenge him and teams he prepared. Not only the best manager. A club that trusts you

"It's always an amazing challenge to face Pep and for me he’s the best coach in the world. I love the football he tried to show at every club he’s been at. Yes, it's always an amazing challenge and it’s a very good challenge."

THOMAS TUCHEL:
"I have the highest respect for Pep because I am a huge admirer of his impact from his first day of professional coaching. The impact at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and now Manchester City.

“This is something I hugely admire, and this will never change. The biggest respect, look at the trophies and influence." he continued.

ARSENE WENGER:
"I personally respect him hugely as a manager and I think he’s had an exceptional career.

"I think he has done much better than I have and he's knowing very well what to do.

"He has exceptional teams, and he is managing them very well.

"I think I respect what he does because he has a clear vision of the game, he has a positive attitude, a positive philosophy.

"Even if he doesn't win I have as much respect as when he wins because I think people have an influence in the game. It's very important to have a positive attitude towards the game."


XAVI:
“Pep has helped us all improve.

“He has a way of understanding football which is unique. In one way or another he lets you understand how the play has to progress and he changed the way of defending by going forward. It’s something different – it’s not from this moment.

“He has been trained in Barcelona for a lot of his professional years. But he has also been to other places and this has nourished everything that he has seen.

“Then he had a lot of meetings with different trainers and coaches and he is someone who always wants to learn more.”

GARETH SOUTHGATE:
"Pep has been an innovator. When I watch kids' football now, when they can get on pitches that aren't flooded or frozen, I see them playing out from the back.

"Who coaches our youngest players? It's dads and parents who coach junior teams.

"I don't see [coaches] with heads in their hands saying 'Get it forward'. I think that's an impact of his team.

"That, coupled with us going to smaller-sized pitches and smaller games, all of that is helping football at the youngest possible age groups.

"Now he's having an impact with his [City] team playing in a manner which is different to anything else we've seen at the top end of the game.

"I always talk about us not getting off the island, so it's great we've had coaches coming on to the island to help us."

JOHAN CRUYFF:
"He is doing very well, step by step, doing things the way he thinks they should do. He is attentive to every detail and always tries to get the most out of each player.

"I'm very lucky to have coached people like Guardiola.

"This is not just about winning a game; it is something else. And that is what gives me most pride."


MARCELO BIELSA:
“Pep is a magical man.

“What he knows how to do is extremely difficult for me to try and I’ve already given up, but I have genuine admiration for what he does. Interpreting the novel decisions that he incorporates into a game is already a way of falling in love with football.”

MARCO SILVA:
“Probably? No. (He is) The best, by a distance. Not probably, for me they (City) are the best.

“Apart from that fantastic season Liverpool had two seasons ago, since Pep [Guardiola] joined the club they have been really dominant, not just in terms of results and winning trophies, but with the quality in their football."

“For people who love football in this country, they have been pleased to see it, because of the way they are winning football matches."

GARY NEVILLE:
“You just have to recognise Manchester City's outstanding football.

"Under Pep Guardiola it’s absolutely out of this world. The football they play is magnificent, it really is.

"I think Manchester City may have the greatest manager of all time and we'll look back in 10, 15, 20 years' time… just the way he has infiltrated countries, dominated football but also influenced others, I don't think I've ever seen it.

"You look at how he's won in three different countries, he's now dominating in this country - he's won four league titles in five years, and these are massive achievements.”

JAMIE REDKNAPP:
"Pep Guardiola, I think he is a genius. The players will run through brick walls for him. The football they play in midfield, from the back, it is a joy.

"Is he the greatest ever? I personally think with the style of football he plays, how humble he is, the way he improves players, I think he is the greatest ever. Already for whatever happens from here.

"There was always that argument when he was at Barcelona that he had Messi, Iniesta, Xavi. But now everywhere he goes you see the progression, the improvement.”

RIO FERDINAND:
Pep is the innovator - the best we have seen in our generation. You think Johan Cruyff in the past - Pep today.

“We love him because when he puts a team out there are questions all the time ‘Who’s going to be there? Who’s going to adopt this side of the pitch?’

“They’re the reasons we love him, he thinks outside the box, but then you can’t go and hammer him because ‘he got that decision wrong because he was experimenting or experimenting something different’.

"99 per cent of the time, it makes him different but separates him being world-class. He gets it right most of the time.”

GARY LINEKER:
“I’ll say it for him. He’s had, arguably, the most positive influence of anyone, ever on our game.

“Pep Guardiola has changed the way we play/think about the game.

“From our obsession with direct play to total football...and they said it couldn’t be done.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.mancity.com/news/mens/managers-and-pundits-sound-salute-to-pep-guardiola-63804789

My prediction for the match is Chelsea 3 Liverpool 1. Chelsea will use vex play ball. Plus this is not anfield.

WibusJaga:

To me, their chances of winning are:
EPL 1%
FA Cup 60%
UCL 40%

I like this... I think it's right ..but Chelsea will para for Liverpool ooo. Cause of that cup loss .

The final could be very well between Liverpool and city. It still seems Liverpool can win a quadruple and this can make thier achievement better than man city. Seems only man city can stop them.

Vinnie2000:
Lol. Just laffing@you. Even ur coach pep knows Madrid has the upper hand. He was panicky throut dis nite's game! Real madrid's experience will come into play next week. Guardolia's small boys cannot face the likes of Modric, Benzema, Casemiro, Bale and Marcelo in Santiago bernabeu. Mancity will be beaten 3 1. They shud try Epl.

You should be laffing at yourself for failing to realize mancity is not a small team. How do you even know pep knows Madrid have the upper hand. Seems you can read minds. What I read is man city 4 and Madrid 3. That logically is a goal advantage. And a goal advantage ( if u understand football) in a first leg, is an advantage in a second leg. So, man city has the upper hand.

Vinnie2000:
Man city Away record is VERY POOR! They went to Wanda metropolitano and started crying like little children! Is it Santiago bernabeu dey will perform? Sterling,foden, bernando,etc will BE OVERWHELMED! Dats how dey flopped against chelsea last yr! They will lose to Madrid 3 1 or 4 2.

The way you conjure facts is funny dude. Tell me how its poor. Yes atletico played better but that was in the second half. From the first leg to the second leg first half, man city were utterly dominant.
Also, what is in Santiago bernabeu that man city cannot win. Is it not 11 vs 11? Abi there is something inside that we don't know? Chelsea shit happened. Its football. But objectively, man city has the upper edge.

Vinnie2000:
Dis season alone, Liverpool has beaten Inter, AC Milan, Ath madrid and Benfica ALL AWAY. Can City try dis? Una just dey overhype dem!

Man city are very good. Its not overhype. They can play anyone and can beat anyone. If a team is very good, you give them their due. Liverpool is very good, man city too is. Plus, I don't see how Liverpool away record in champions league will restrict mancity from not beating real Madrid.

Vinnie2000:
THANK YOU! Mancity dat couldnt 1 goal against Ath madrid wants to score 3 at santiago bernabeu??. Real madrid are very experienced and will win dat match 3 1.

Couldn't score 1goal? Which game did you watch. Man city defeated atletico 1 nil. Plus, experience is good but football is crazy. Man city has the upper hand though.

Ximenez:
How many La liga teams has won the UCL?
Apart from Barca and Madrid, when last did any other team play in the ucl final?

Atletico Madrid played in the final. Two times.

OriOko88:
Na lie. City last outing away atletico gave them out. They' were so shaky in defense and atletico could have scored them. City is not so good at away matches. They hardly score. Dem no score single goal against atletico. So next week game is so risky for them. Pep knows this.

Your objectivity is blowing my mind. City aren't good at away matches. How? In the league they have the best away record. Or are you referring to champions league? Man city only especially when it is two legged and they have an advantage in the first leg ( except Monaco) man city are good at closing the game.
Using atletico game to sum up man city away record looks funny.

Kulas:
I said this earlier. Our defence and forward. All Madrid goals is defensive error as a result of shaky weak defence which was more reasons Pep immediately changed John Stones and converted a midfielder Fernandiho to become a false defender, yet it still didn't solve the problem. City missing clear chances as a result of no aggressive forwards(strikers). Goals galore. As it is based on the score line, the odd like i said still favours Madrid.

The more you say it favours Madrid, the more it looks like it favors city.
Second leg will be decided by who scores first. And I'm certainly sure that if city does, this time, they'll play more cautiously and win it.

Workch:
You are person not understanding anything but moving from pillars to post.

No one is here to discuss quarks and waves with you. The quote is about the evidence for existence of god and not a physics class for subatomic particles.

Let me ask you a question first. You are free to lie, I wouldn't know. Are you really open minded or hell bent on the fact that there is no evidence?

LordReed:
Yep, it's a hallmark of empty barrels to sound off loquaciously and loudly while conveying nothing useful. The contradictory nature of it is inherent in the behaviour.

Yes o bro you are right. That's how empty barrels work. Do you you wanna switch topic about empty barrels because you've lost track of the free thinkers stuff. I understand, I'm with you.

LordReed:
It's quite easy to spot empty barrels since they write a whole lot just to say nothing.

Dude I actually liked you. Why are you saying this. Awww. Hope I didn't anoy u. Plus empty barrels don't write things. They are not conscious. And I want to learn. Please . But is it possible to say nothing? Isn't that contradictory?

LordReed:
Yes and your question reveals your deficiencies. You can choose to look at it as a negative or choose to learn that is up to you. Asking someone to go look up the meaning of a word or phrase is not an appeal to authority so now go look up what appeal to authority means so you can learn.

This here:



Was you attempting a definition of freethinker with no reason to make such a guess. The OP hasn't even said he doesn't believe in a god but you jumped in with this conclusion.

Please tell me you speak English so that I can disprove it. First, forming conclusions based on a question is quite delusional. Couldn't you just ask why I said this? Your logic is quite resounding ( I'm just messing with you).
And by attempt you mean I was making an effort to define it. Oh I think I get it now, without the question mark, you couldn't tell it was a question. My bad. Maybe next time for English sake I'll forget to put it again, so that I can confuse you. I really like talking to you ( I mean it, no offense)

Workch:
I don't mean that God don't exist, I man that "there's no evidence" that God exist.
OK, I agree with you that God exist in your mind

Is part of the perks of being an atheist misunderstanding statements? Cause if you really read what I posted you'll know that this physical elements I attributed as god (quark and wave) exist physically. So puleeease, tell me there is no evidence.

LordReed:
He was quite correct, your post revealed that you don't know who a freethinker is. Maybe you should look up who a freethinker is so you stop assuming you know.

Spot where I defined a freethinker. BTW, sorry to break it to you late, but I know who a freethinker is. Or let me rephrase that. Wouldn't it be fair to assume that a freethinker can objectively give a resounding definition without appealing to authority or follow other peoples definition of it?( now if u understand English you'll notice that the preceding statement was a question, b4 u assume I redefined it again)

AuthenticKing:
You don't fully know who a freethinker is.

U came up with the conclusion that I don't know what a freethinker it without even understanding what I posted. Cool. Your deduction is beyond my expectation. So tell me, when in my post did I define a freethinker and if u will my king, can u give me an authentic definition. Or I'll just assume boredom made you write this.( I'm starting to think I'm right)

Ken4Christ:
The most important thing in our lives is our salvation. And you can only get saved by accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. This has nothing to do with opinion. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

If it has nothing to do with opinion( your words not mine), then wouldn't that mean your opinion above is considered futile?

Workch:
how is the air I breath an evidence for god?

OK. Let me get this straight. When you mean god doesn't exist ,like u are inferring the fact than even if this stuff is not conscious and it's the primal stuff in which all things come from ( either a wave or a quark) and I call it God( I'm not "god of the gapping" here if you understand English). Does that mean
A. He only exist in my mind. It's entirely subjective since I just made that up. Which will be weird because
B. Its not entirely subjective because it exist physically and I choose to name it metaphorically as god.
Ergo, will then mean god exist non consciously since I decide to name it as god. Plus, it ticks all the necessary boxes to exist. First, it has a physical base, it is the reason for existence of all things and I choose to name it god.
So god exist. Except if you want to rephrase your topic headline as why a christian or Muslim god doesn't exist which we can still disprove. Enjoy thinking about it.

Dtruthspeaker:
if I mark my own answer script, then I run the risk that my score may not be true. So you judge me Truly for but let your judgement be True, Law Full and Fair.

If you are trying to confuse me, well, it worked. So back to the question. Are u atheist, theist or agnostic

Dtruthspeaker:
i have beaten him Dtruthspeaker 31- Workch 0 on this topic, WITH HIM FALLING SILENT, NEVER BEING ABLE TO COUNTER!

And as you can see, he is wary of going against me! of which I am bored of him, for he is an unusable failure!

Let another worthy opponent try.

Are you a theist or atheist. Or agnostic.

Let me guess. Some of you think you're free thinkers because you don't believe in the existence of a deity. How do you manage to deceive your brain. I'll love to learn. Since practice makes perfect.

Later they'll be saying he's fraud because of how much he spent. Tuchel and klopp are fantastic managers. But guardiola is right there with the best in history to have changed the game. And he isn't just changing it, he's winning trophies along side. Like a lot.
Tuchel was at PSG with star studded players worth a lot but delivered champions league with Chelsea instead. Guardiola is at man city with almost the same worth of players. He has won it with low budget barca at that time.(2x for that matter)

I am a believer in the fact that technology can alleviate humans from our most intractable problems. This includes blockchain and it's children: cryptocurrencies, NFT( non fungible tokens) etc. One way crypto works well is the creation of artificial scarcity ( this is how bitcoin works though). This way, it creates value for its coins. But one thing that has been a turn off, has been what is going on in the supposedly future of the internet. The metaverse.
The metaverse is ment to be a place where we can achieve our deepest desires collaboratively, keeping the users in charge. But now, it looks like just a medium to unnecessary create scarcity unnecessarily. Guys, this place is virtual and very big. Why monetize virtual land that is unlimited just to create value. Its just becoming a "mirror" of the physical world. Just replicating what we do here and dumping it virtually. Physical land works that way because physically, land is finite. We can't magically recreate a land from nothing. But the virtual land is infinite. What is "come buy land again" that is the pitch deck for decentraland, sandbox and bourgeoning metaverse/ blockchain projects and companies.
I just think that our nature just forces us to look for money in everything. Post scarcity is possible virtually because we can just code what is missing. But if what is missing should be traded for cash/coins then the metaverse is becoming just a replica of the physical world (with its disgusting problems) dumped virtually.

MaxInDHouse:
That should tell you that you were never a Christian if you don't understand that.
Because people call the same name doesn't mean they're worshipers of the same God!
The first century Jewish religious leaders claims they're worshiping the God of Moses, Jesus also claims he's a worshiper of the same God but they're always contradicting one another! Matthew 12:24; John 8:44
So how did Jesus help us to unravel the mystery?
Well Jesus taught us that God is a spirit and so His worshipers will worship in spirit and truth {John 4:24} so if you're from Canada and i am from Australia once we share the same line of thought it simply means we are worshiping the same SPIRIT (GOD) Matthew 12:46-50 compare to John 17:22

I know worshipers of my own God, they are in all the countries of the world and we share the same line of thought WE ARE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES!

Apart from us all other religions will continue to contradict themselves even if they're from the same religion (church) that's the secret to distinguish between pure worship and false religions! Luke 11:23

Really. If u start reading the bible from genesis you'll see contradictions ( well, if you read it literarily).

(For open minded people only***)
Hey y'all. I've been wrapped up about the concept of the singularity lately. For those new to the concept, its a time when artificial intelligence(A.I) surpasses human intelligence. In this stage, It'll become way more smarter than any human that has been alive or that will even come to exist. Our current level of A.I though, is still in its early stages. So, at this stage what it will do can be "God like". Like it could do things that can we can't even imagine ( that's because its waaaay smarter than us).
So, this got me thinking. What if in this vast multiverse, a civilization has achieved transcendence and it's advanced machines become self aware and expands its intelligence self recursively. And creates a universe which is ours as a medium to efficiently achieve a grand cosmological goal that is totally oblivious to man due to our primitive intelligence. And what if this is the reason we haven't seen another intelligent life out there.
It may sound strange but our world is strange already. ( so this can fit in perfectly). Plus, what if the concept of free will( which I believe is largely subjective and I kinda doubt its existence) is non existent and all our actions are programmed cosmologically to achieve its goal : a unification of man and technology which is exponentially happening.
And lastly ( maybe I shouldn't be putting this), what if this spiritual plane of existence that most religions acclaim exist, is just an another advanced virtual plane created by this A.I.

timbros:
Klopp and Tuchel viewing him as the best means nothing. Klopp and Tuchel view Ralf as godfather too. Is he more successful than them?

It means a lot. Plus, he his more successful than they are. His impact in the sport in modern times is unrivalled. I don't judge a good manager by trophies. I judge them by influence and tactics. Guardiola has the influence. Plus his tactics is spot on. So if we add trophies and he his still a fraud in your eyes, then your understand of the game is lacking.

airmark:
Shots perfectly fired at target.

By the time Fraudiola wins Ucl with Man City, we will compare the amount he spent on players before winning it with those spent by Klopp and Tuchel.

Its so funny how you view pep as fraud. Jurgen klopp and tuchel view him as the best. Gengenpress could be attributed to former coaches like sacchi etc. But modern wise, pep barca transformed its use. Even tuchel claimed he learn most about football from pep barca. So, even if he doesn't win a champions league( which he has won for that matter), he his still one of the greatest coaches now. Certainly above the ones mentioned.

Anagkazor:
You say fellow Christians are tired of him.
Please speak for yourself.
If you are a Christian and you hate or you get annoyed whenever Righteousness posts ,then I doubt your Christianity.

Many of you are just claiming Christianity to fill forms,you don't know the essence of it.

While I appreciate Elon's contribution to humanity,even on the Crypto world but see truth is
GOD delights in the earth...He created other planets,but HE situated man on the earth,so moving man to Mars where Yahweh Elohim didn't put man is moving out of jurisdiction.

You know what,Elon has God to contend with.

I rest my case

Sorry just curious. How do u know that God don't want man to move to another planet?