Man City

[LVGull]

No win in 6. 3 defeats, 3 draws. Could Guardiola be the big casualty of the season
Not as easy as being in Spain or Germany.

 

[Bakero]

Aren't they top of the league?

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Put out a 'B' side tonight.

 

[sussex_guy2k2]

They'd be idiots to get rid at the moment.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Could Guardiola be the big casualty of the season

That's just Pep talk.

 

[Prince Monolulu]

Poor game, two poor sides.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

What was almost more worrying was how United with pretty much a full side out, struggled to beat City's reserve team.

The Complete And Utter Shyster made a few strange decisions yet again.

 

[Lurchy]

No chance... who would replace him? If Guardiola couldn't make it work,who can? Not a lot of managers would have the confidence to go in after and think they could do a better job.

 

[Lower West Stander]

How long before reports in the press about players being "shocked" by his training methods?


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[pasty]

Must admit I am enjoying the "crisis" at Man City. There is something about the club I simply don't like. I know plenty of other teams have bought success, but not really to the scale of City. I've long since held the belief that the problem there is it fine having a collection of very talented individual footballers, but whenever they lose it is nearly always because that collection of very talented individual footballers don't appear to play as a team.

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

I noticed that Guardiola had reacted somewhat testily to suggestions that he hadn't managed in a truly competitive league before and said that until you'd worked in Germany or Spain you couldn't judge. And one broadsheet journalist was wetting himself last week about critics of Guardiola's insistence on playing the ball out from the goalkeeper.

Neither Guardiola or The Guardian may like it, but it's a fact that most teams here aren't going to hang back cowering in their own halves waiting for the next attack and are going to get in the faces of Bravo, Stones and company (and Kompany), especially after recent incidents. Pep should have had the same humility about a different league that he wants us to have about Germany and Spain. I still think they'll win it but there could be some uncertain moments on the way.

 

[MattBackHome]

Aren't they top of the league?

Indeed. What a load of guff.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Guardiola will fall out with the press in a short while as they dare question him.

 

[BensGrandad]

I hope he fails at City.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

He was so upbeat in the post match interview that I couldn't work out if it was bluff or that they genuinely were getting to grips with his tactics

 

[Easy 10]

This is the first time he has ever managed in a competitive league, its probably come as a bit of a shock to him.

 

[Normski1989]

They're still top of the league, so I can't imagine he has too much to worry about just yet. But they do seem to be struggling after their blistering start to the season. The next couple of games will either relieve any pressure on him or make it ten times worse.

I just don't understand why he's leaving Aguero out of the team. That's the biggest mystery in my opinion.

 

[Easy 10]

They're still top of the league, so I can't imagine he has too much to worry about just yet. But they do seem to be struggling after their blistering start to the season. The next couple of games will either relieve any pressure on him or make it ten times worse.

They had a great start, and where he's from, in his first job that would've left all but 1 team trailing in his wake, and in his 2nd job the League would already be all but over by now. The fact that despite that start the top 5 are still only separated by 1 point, and City are level on points with 2 of them, must be a bit of an eye-opener for him. Now we'll see his true managerial credentials.

 

[LU7 RED]

Still think they'll win the league. Went up there for our (AFCB) annual thrashing and although we were only 6-7/10 that day, they were superb and did us 4-0. Best team I had ever seen us play in 35 years, De Bruyne incredible. As the season before when they did us 5-1, Aguero and Da Silva were both out!!

Still think they are the best team in the league on their day by a bit.