The Pep myth

Eric gates hair said:
But it isn’t fact based.
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but the question has a huge element of subjectivity in it...maybe arsenal could have chosen not to build the stadium but win a couple more league titles...but the stadium is better for them long term...
gaurdiola has never had to work at a club with such a dilemma...barcelona are now rebnovating their ground and playing elsewhere and so its the current manager dealing with the issue,
 


The Situation said:
Almost seems to try to out-do himself tactically at times.

Prime example being the Champions League final last year with plenty of reputable sources reporting that no-one inside the club including the players agreed with him nor had any idea why he chose to set up the way he did.
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Both sides of Pep on show tonight.

A genius move to bring Doku on for Grealish which resulted in the equaliser and really pushed things on for City, despite Grealish playing very well.

Then with only 8 minutes of ET to go, he takes off his two best penalty takers.

No doubting how good he is obviously, but time and time again he makes a bonkers decision at crunch time in the CL that doesn't pay off.

Tonight, the CL final vs Chelsea, the semi-final vs Madrid in 21/22, and 3 semi-finals at Bayern all fit the bill.

Again, obviously a superb manager, but it's absolutely fair to critique his tactical decisions in the latter stages of the CL IMO.
 
Said for a long time, given the players, clubs and money at his disposal the blokes arguably underachieved more than being this new standard setting greatest manager ever
 
The Situation said:
Both sides of Pep on show tonight.

A genius move to bring Doku on for Grealish which resulted in the equaliser and really pushed things on for City, despite Grealish playing very well.

Then with only 8 minutes of ET to go, he takes off his two best penalty takers.

No doubting how good he is obviously, but time and time again he makes a bonkers decision at crunch time in the CL that doesn't pay off.

Tonight, the CL final vs Chelsea, the semi-final vs Madrid in 21/22, and 3 semi-finals at Bayern all fit the bill.

Again, obviously a superb manager, but it's absolutely fair to critique his tactical decisions in the latter stages of the CL IMO.
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The Doku change should have been done at half time. Grealish generally slows things down and cuts back inside.
 
BRMC said:
The Doku change should have been done at half time. Grealish generally slows things down and cuts back inside.
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Match thread littered with comments saying Grealish was excellent and shouldn't have been taken off. Doku was also getting slated. Didn't watch the 90 myself mind.
 

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