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I have seen nothing but praise even when he shouldn't be praised. It's like Beliebers. The man can't do anything wrong. And if people said this, it would be the usual "PL so stronk - we're the best" type of comments, which is said about any team or manager (sometimes players too) outside of England.
Really? Punidts and the media all said it he even referenced to it himself after he beat Man United
I have heard it quite a lot of the times and last season when they finished 3rd it was repeated and he was called "Fraudiola"
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No resistance whatsoever.
Which kit did you get home or away City? Name on back?
I support man united remember? I wouldn't support a local rival
I have heard it quite a lot of the times and last season when they finished 3rd it was repeated and he was called "Fraudiola"
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No resistance whatsoever.
Which kit did you get home or away City? Name on back?
He needs to dominate it the way Fergie used to. Thats the real challenge. Conte blitzed the EPL last season. Ranieri the year before, Mourinho the year before.. Pellegrini, Mancini.... no one has established dominance the way Fergie used to. Pep's City needs to be able to do this across seasons to be a truly great team.
Guardiola is achieving what he should do with those players. Ok that's unfair, in terms of style and goals he's achieving above that, but it's a confidence thing and he has genuine quality all around and confidence with it. That comes from battering teams, teams in this league who in general have no idea how to make a game tight, but also from the number of late wins they have. If they had drawn a couple of those games as they easily could have then they don't become any less a team just because they don't have a record book entry, it's just the breaks. One of Sterling's winners was an absolute fluke, you can't factor those things in.
Now they are almost playing without pressure because the title looks over in December, so it would take 2-3 bad results to create bad performances. On their day there are 4-5 teams who could beat them in a one-off game but the other PL sides show a shocking lack of consistency, everyone knows this so it's become a cakewalk for City. The winning streak is incredible and tbh it's only the pressure of keeping that going that creates any difficulty for them going forward.
Now they are almost playing without pressure because the title looks over in December, so it would take 2-3 bad results to create bad performances. On their day there are 4-5 teams who could beat them in a one-off game but the other PL sides show a shocking lack of consistency, everyone knows this so it's become a cakewalk for City. The winning streak is incredible and tbh it's only the pressure of keeping that going that creates any difficulty for them going forward.
to be honest a lot of these players are REALLY benefiting from the system he created.
I rate aguero, KDB and Silva as top players but I dont rate Sterling, Sane, Jesus, fernandinho that highly. Willian, Pedro and Hazard are better wingers in my books I might even take Diego Costa above Aguero. Salah Coutino and Mane are also on par if not better. Same with Lukaku, Ibra, Miki, Mata, Martial & Rashford.
On paper I dont think anyone except KDB would start at a serious top team, he has really created a unit that is greater than the sum of its parts. He doesnt have the best team on paper its on par with the best or barely edges the others on paper but he is getting them to perform as a unit at a much higher level than all the rest.
I rate aguero, KDB and Silva as top players but I dont rate Sterling, Sane, Jesus, fernandinho that highly. Willian, Pedro and Hazard are better wingers in my books I might even take Diego Costa above Aguero. Salah Coutino and Mane are also on par if not better. Same with Lukaku, Ibra, Miki, Mata, Martial & Rashford.
On paper I dont think anyone except KDB would start at a serious top team, he has really created a unit that is greater than the sum of its parts. He doesnt have the best team on paper its on par with the best or barely edges the others on paper but he is getting them to perform as a unit at a much higher level than all the rest.
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