I agree with most things but you're wrong on two. Firstly, the traditional fullbacks were a defensive liability even if they were a great attacking threat. Using Ake at left back and sometimes Akanji at right back is the defensive solidity that won City the treble. Secondly, Alvarez didnt leave because pep underestimated his ability, he left because he would not be City's no.1 striker while Halaand was there.
I agree but now they have liabilities in the fullback positions. Gvardiol has been poor and Walker has fallen off. Someone traditional like Robinson at Fulham would have allowed another threat to be present for City
Regarding Alvarez, the complaints came over when he wasn’t given minutes in crucial games, for example during the elimination against Real Madrid. There was a lack of real confidence from Guardiola on him
I'm a Juve fan and thus don't watch much EPL but my main takeaway from watching City play us was that there was no plan B. They were just going to pass the ball side to side the entire match and hope for the perfect opportunity. But an Italian side is completely fine with that. Juve knew that as long as Gatti and Kalulu kept Haaland in check, we could limit City to long range shots that are easier to save. The plan worked to perfection, and the entire time I couldn't help but wonder where the change of plan was coming from. When Pep's Bayern came back from 4-2 down to break our hearts in the Champions League knockout stages, they were able to adjust tactically to what Mad Max had had that Juve team do. This time around, Pep couldn't do that
You failed to mention how important Alverez was to Foden. As a pair they fed off of each other scoring often. Now Foden does little. Spot on for Palmer, but we knew that was a grave mistake right away. The younger players do not seem to be the TEAM system that MC was. Few passes that ping-pong around the defenders allowing them to score so effortlessly.
basically the ultimate example of “don’t carry all of your eggs in one basket” - all of his best players are the best at one particular thing and when they’re out of commission or are neutralized there is no backup plan
Palmer forced a move, wasn't pep's/city's choice. Both zinchenko and cancelo did the same. Cancelo fell out with pep because of how he rotated the team (you can't let a player dictate your team selection), so he forced a move away. Alvarez wanted to leave, so Pep had no choice. Pep always says that if a player wants to leave, he won't stop them as it's their decision. Haaland is quite clearly in a transitional phase where he's adapting his game (if you watch City, you'll see he drops back more etc) so it's too soon to call him out. Finally, Rodri, his injury was due to an accident. He landed awkwardly on his leg, so it had nothing to do with his football workload. Whoever made this video clearly has a vendetta against pep as they clearly don't have any knowledge regarding each of these situations. So, with this video being completely wrong, I'll tell you our actual issue. Similar to liverpool a season or two ago, we have an ageing squad where players like KDB can't play back to back full 90s, and we don't currently have anyone near his level. Foden has been injured and is now unwell so hasn't been able to build consistency playing. It's difficult to buy players these days as all teams are struggling with the financial regulations the PL have put in place (most don't seem to realise). If the FA actually wanted to properly implement a system to stop clubs going into administration, they should monitor clubs' profit/loss to make sure the club is sustainable. They should also introduce a transfer and salary cap. This would need to be agreead ny all leagues though....... We need to buy a decent CDM and a playmaker. P.S. Doku can play on either wing. Grealish played CM against forrest. We have only a few non-versatile players but the majority of the squad can play in at least more than one position.
A winning mentality that does not understand the pain of losing and the failure to see in it the path towards success will always wither away at the first sign of failure. That ought to explain the 6 failures in a row for Manchester City under Guardiola which resulted in these recently unimaginable losses. Knowing how to lose is such an important ingredient of real success.
Letting Youth players leave has been a problem, and not giving them a chance aswell, although Palmer wouldn't be much help this year as our problems lie in our set up and week midfield not to mention he was never getting and chance and even now he would be behind both Foden and Kdb if he had stayed Fallbacks don't really make sense as we won the treble with 4 cb's, it's the way he uses his fallbacks that leeds us defensively unstable, Zinchenko cost us the Ucl and cancelo made us just as vulnerable 95 mill for Alverez who wanted to leave is no problem, its the desison to not replace him, with Palmer we have back ups, but we now have nothing for haaland It's not wrong to have these players they are effective, and teams struggle to stop them, tones of teams have those players and it's not a mistake Finally, yes 100%
I forget who but a coach once said that no matter how successful a coach is, after years he will lose his power on the team. His words won't have the same power and players will listen to him less and less. At this point, there are only two things left that can be done : either the coach leaves, or the players leave.
A few of your reasons seem quite strange. I mean, we can all agree about letting Palmer and Alvarez go, but saying things like Doku/Haaland being too specialist and Gvardiol/Ake not being capable left backs seem like very strange reasons that just don't seem true yo me.
Ok, so on point two, yes, Guardiola shouldn't have let some players go, but come on. Zinchenko is so transformative for Arsenal that I don't remember when was the last time he played in starting 11 there. Cancelo was strange decision, but they won everything after he left. Gvardiol to be bad choice at left is strange statement considering he was the best left back in the world at the end of last season.
0:22 Pep: messi is a competitor Messi: walks the first 5 minutes just looking, instead of pressing just watches other side play, has the most walking distance in every season I'm not saying ronaldo is better than messi actually in my opinion messi is better than ronaldo but saying messi is a competitor that is a big lie he is more like the secret weapon that everyone know it exist but ronaldo is hard working with an average talent and discipline so he is more competitive than messi but messi has a great talent, great luck, and a decent amount of hard work just enough to make him the best
@@Iliya8997 that alone should show you the hard work messi expelled in 2012. No one has beaten that record yet. And messi position may allow him to walk around but that is what you see all we know messi is reading the game in a way you could not understand of the ball positioning is important for finding pockets to dip in and having quality vision on the pitch
@strangeakatheone the walking is not for analysing the game is for the time he gets the position And yes 2012 was a hard year but that season Messi played striker(false 9) and strikers are one of the most running players sometimes. and messi is the goat, Yes that is unbelievable but who other do you expect to come close? Another is that I didn't say messi isn't hard working I said that pep exampling(don't know its a real word or not🙂) a player that hardly ever runs for the ball(for saving energy)for his players to run and chase the ball is a bad example
No dynasty lasts forever. 7 years of dominating English football is one of the longest reign. All of Sir Alex's teams usually lasts about 3-5 years of domination.
Sure but how many teams did SAF build and rebuild? How many iterations of Manchester United were there? That's why he's the Greatest Manager of All Time
I think Pep allowing players to leave just because they were wanting a bigger role was a mistake on his part. He should have convinced them to stay like Cole Palmer and Julian Alvarez. Zinchenko and Cancelo were meh 🫤 players. Julian Alvarez would have made a big difference this season, alleviating Halaand from defenses. Man City should sign Zubimendi or Kimmich to cover Rodri’s spot.
From the perspective of Palmer and Alvarez though they were behind KdB and Haaland in the pecking order, they knew their first team opportunities would be limited Zinchenko not a game changer, any Arsenal fan will tell you as much Loss of Rodri been the big difference for City, in a similar vein look at Chelsea struggles in the seasons since the cl final with kante constantly injured.
Theres no way youre calling cancelo a better fullback than gvardiol!! Even barcelona ditched cancelo at the end of his loan because he is a defensive liability
Only aging players played at 8 and 10. No back up for Rodri. Not wingers used on the wings. Defensive aging and injuries. Foden non-role being inconsistant. These are the reasons !!
After yet another disappointing results against Crystal Palace (2-2 draw), in which Rico Lewis got a red card, I'm 100% sure Manchester City will go trophyless this season. It only gets even worse as there's still an impending punishment as a part of 115 charges, which could have relegated them to the Championship!
The 115 is an investigation they haven’t been charged yet. Please can we stop accusing them without any proof that what’s been alleged it’s factual. Imagine the scenes if City are innocent. They will sue Arsenal and Liverpool for all the slander. Not to mention the FA
So he's finally getting found out? Put him in charge of a lower league club without much money. See how "great" this guy really is. Or how he's the most overrated manager of all time
So you’re saying he let too many players that don’t have a traditional position go, but also saying that he’s relying too much on players that only play one position? I don’t understand
The writing has been on the wall, if Rodri goes down they wouldn't survive. They failed to sign a replacement for him and then overplayed him so much that it was inevitable that he would be injured
Confident Pep will find a way to rebuild, but will it be too late for the title this season? Their title rivals need to capitalise on City’s drop in form.
The big problem is obvious - a lack of quality in most positions beyond the starting 11 GK - Edison is the obvious Number 1, but Ortega is a bit iffy and not anywhere near the level. Full Back they have Walker & Rico Lewis, Ake and Gvardiol can play left back and Akanji has filled in on the right but it’s not their natural position Centre Back is probably the best position for depth with Dias, Stones, Akanji, Ake & Gvardiol Defensive Midfield they only have Rodri Central Midfield is pretty well stocked with De Bruyne, Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, Nunes and Oscar Bobb Wings - Grealish, Doku, Foden and Savinho Striker - Haaland You look at that and you see the problem immediately - they have no natural left backs, they have no back up for Rodri, they only really have one player in Foden who can play on the right wing but it’s not his natural position and they have no backup/plan B for Haaland. They had Alvarez, Sergio Gomez, Joao Cancelo, Kalvin Phillips, Yan Couto, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte … plenty of options, now they don’t have that
Letting alvarez go lost me as a fan, am no longer a cityzen. Pep has always been literally breaking my heart. Loosing Toure,Sane, Palmer and recently Alvarez i couldn't take it anymore. Short term success for long term failure.
Unfair to blame City for letting Palmer go, from Palmer's perspective he had Kevin de Bruyne ahead of him in the pecking order, he clearly knew he would get more game time at Chelsea
At the time Cole Palmer couldn't enter the first team given the kind of players they have. What Makes Guardiola good is not the players, it's the system. Put Big Sam into that team, and you'll see the difference.
Selling Palmer a massive mistake, but £40M for a player just out of the academy, too good to turn down I suppose, especially when the club is under pressure to ‘balance the books’. His value will be £90M now though 😢
Guardiola has always been an overtinkerer/overthinker. Hes s genius but his players aren’t expressing themselves in the same ways as the past. He looks like he needs a long vacation tbh but his squad is thin in the wrong areas, the ages of key players is catching up to them like crazy as well. Alvarez leaving and not signing a young(er) midfielder to back up Rodri were the biggest errors for sure.
In terms of midfield situation city shouldn't never let go of Kalvin Phillips and also guardiola or man city not signing many players honestly I think savinho is useless
It happened to man United they stuck with the winning team to long and it aged out and they had to start again . This team has been incredible but when you sell cole paler knowing how good he is to a rival you have issues
You made some decent points, but saying Pep made choices for "short term success" is a joke. They guy has been winning trophies for A LONG time. Nothing short about it. It's more that all things come to an end.
It’s simply he has failed to adequately sign replacements for the players he has sold and he hasn’t been able to effectively sign players to come in and start taking over for the aging players he hasn’t. The transition of the squad hasn’t been good. Almost every signing he has made in the last 2/3 years hasn’t worked out. When a team has been great for an extended period of time you have to start transitioning the squad. Like Liverpool have done in the last 2 years of klopp’s reign
Man, it feels like this video was made by someone who really really hate guardiola. I couldn't care less about guardiola but let's go thru the list : Palmer - now it's easy to say that this was a bad decision but 2 years ago, which player would you remove from the team to put Palmer? Cancelo and zin: zin is the 3rd option in arsenal these days. Cancelo had he's chances in Barcelona and bayern and didn't succeed. Alvarez : wants the be the first option but again (2 years ago) would you take kdb or haaland to put Alvarez? Today is easy to say yes but 2 years ago, no way.
@Glasi154 Yes, you're correct, but the point this video is trying to make is that decisions back then are affecting City now. My opinion is that they should have been thinking of Bernardo- Gundogan-Bruyne successor. Hence, letting go of Palmer is proving to have been a bad decision. Just my opinion.
You lost me when you said Zinchenko(who Arteta doesn’t give a game) and Cancello(who is in Saudi after being rejected by Barca and Bayern) were mistakes to let them leave
I am not a City or Guardiola fan but I have to admit that like Arsenal injuries have affected Man City. The rigid system he uses and the fact that he has never had to build a team that has not won for a while makes me question his ability.
All his teams are under investigation? What are Barca and Bayern under investigation for? Also what on field breaches are City being investigated for? How did Pep cheat with Barca and Bayern?
Only two mistakes pep made. 1. Underestimating the vulnerability with the absence of Rodri 2. Letting Julian Alvarez go. the rest is just a ramble. Palmer was never go work out at City. He was so good in the academy, but the senior was just much for him. He found his level at Chelsea and that is totally okay
@kwanele_dev Grealish is a waste of £100 million, and there are rumors they want to move him on in the summer ( great business by City. ) Doku, another winger who will never produce the amount of goals and assist that Sterling did. How can a team that spent over 1B fall apart because they missed a CDM? All we heard for years is that Pep can make any player great and your 2nd 11 can beat any team? Where is the proof? Foden looks a shell of himself. Grealish a drunkard. Walker has become a passenger, Gvardiol is probably the worst defender in the league but lets overlook that aspect because he pops up with a goal every 7 games. Your 2nd GK is Trash! Savinho cant score or assist if his life depended on it.
1. Palmer doesn’t fix our midfield losing every duel and our defence gifting goals every game. Pep has never known how to share mins with the kids 2. Fullback issue is pointless argument because we won the treble with 4 defenders who love to defend. Attacking fullbacks like Cancelo don’t. It was the reason we kept bottling the CL 3. Letting Alvarez leave wasn’t the issue. Pocketing the 90m and not getting a g/a forward was the issue. Not getting a body in a bigger longer season 4. The arrogance of the board and Pep has caught up to them. Deciding not to get him a parter or cover was the start of our downfall
They need a fresh midfield. Get Wirtz and Kimmich in the summer (both possible). Sell De Bruyne. Rodri, Kimmich and Wirtz is a fantastic midfield. Best in the world. Kovacic also in there who can backup Kimmich AND Rodri. Both combinations Kovacic/Kimmich and Rodri/Kimmich work great.
To much talent left and wasn’t replaced properly .. chemistry is none existent .. simple as that .. Rodri and debyrn was holding it together .. then he went a debyrne .. every time Rico Lewis starts they loose .. pep arrogance is his undoing .. it was a hell of a ride while it lasted .. what a team it was ..
Winning 4 prem titles is short term success? What’s short term is the slide they are in now . I do think city has made mistakes, but the ones detailed in the video are leaps and generalizations. Like you blame Palmer leaving on pep’s rigid style. Yes, losing Palmer looks awful looking back, but that same rigid style resulted in titles over the years. You can’t have one and not the other.
Not signing a rodri back up is the biggest mistake
They did sign a Rodri backup, never used him and then let him go. Remember Kalvin Philips?
@@abeljack6969Tbf, replacing an injured rodri to Kelvin philips is like replacing saliba with rob holding
@@alexnamely6157 🤣🤣🤣
@@abeljack6969 He didn't suit the city playing style
@@alexnamely6157 lmaoo
Who is here after the 2 - 1 loss to Man United 😁
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I agree with most things but you're wrong on two.
Firstly, the traditional fullbacks were a defensive liability even if they were a great attacking threat. Using Ake at left back and sometimes Akanji at right back is the defensive solidity that won City the treble.
Secondly, Alvarez didnt leave because pep underestimated his ability, he left because he would not be City's no.1 striker while Halaand was there.
I agree but now they have liabilities in the fullback positions. Gvardiol has been poor and Walker has fallen off. Someone traditional like Robinson at Fulham would have allowed another threat to be present for City
Regarding Alvarez, the complaints came over when he wasn’t given minutes in crucial games, for example during the elimination against Real Madrid. There was a lack of real confidence from Guardiola on him
Gvardiol has been good mate. Walker hasn’t
I'm a Juve fan and thus don't watch much EPL but my main takeaway from watching City play us was that there was no plan B. They were just going to pass the ball side to side the entire match and hope for the perfect opportunity. But an Italian side is completely fine with that. Juve knew that as long as Gatti and Kalulu kept Haaland in check, we could limit City to long range shots that are easier to save. The plan worked to perfection, and the entire time I couldn't help but wonder where the change of plan was coming from. When Pep's Bayern came back from 4-2 down to break our hearts in the Champions League knockout stages, they were able to adjust tactically to what Mad Max had had that Juve team do. This time around, Pep couldn't do that
Who’s here after the draw to Palace? 😂
We could've won if it wasn't for that red card
@@ComicBro173True
@@ComicBro173don't use red card as an excuse
Becoming arsenal now " "it's because of the red card" "😂
Me
Right after the draw
I think they'll need to overhaul the midfield like there a major holes in the midfield and Cdm
As others have pointed out, there's a gaping Kalvin Phillips-shaped hole in that midfield.
@oldskoolmusicnostalgia yep it's worse when pep can't trust younger midfielders until he realises their old and needs to overhaul the midfield
You failed to mention how important Alverez was to Foden. As a pair they fed off of each other scoring often. Now Foden does little. Spot on for Palmer, but we knew that was a grave mistake right away. The younger players do not seem to be the TEAM system that MC was. Few passes that ping-pong around the defenders allowing them to score so effortlessly.
Bro that kits intro is getting annoying
Skip it then?
Skip it then bro
Fr
Fr just skip it
Nah I love it
basically the ultimate example of “don’t carry all of your eggs in one basket” - all of his best players are the best at one particular thing and when they’re out of commission or are neutralized there is no backup plan
Who's here after United loss😂
Who is here after united win 😂
Me 😂
Me too 😂
Palmer forced a move, wasn't pep's/city's choice. Both zinchenko and cancelo did the same. Cancelo fell out with pep because of how he rotated the team (you can't let a player dictate your team selection), so he forced a move away. Alvarez wanted to leave, so Pep had no choice. Pep always says that if a player wants to leave, he won't stop them as it's their decision. Haaland is quite clearly in a transitional phase where he's adapting his game (if you watch City, you'll see he drops back more etc) so it's too soon to call him out.
Finally, Rodri, his injury was due to an accident. He landed awkwardly on his leg, so it had nothing to do with his football workload.
Whoever made this video clearly has a vendetta against pep as they clearly don't have any knowledge regarding each of these situations.
So, with this video being completely wrong, I'll tell you our actual issue. Similar to liverpool a season or two ago, we have an ageing squad where players like KDB can't play back to back full 90s, and we don't currently have anyone near his level. Foden has been injured and is now unwell so hasn't been able to build consistency playing.
It's difficult to buy players these days as all teams are struggling with the financial regulations the PL have put in place (most don't seem to realise). If the FA actually wanted to properly implement a system to stop clubs going into administration, they should monitor clubs' profit/loss to make sure the club is sustainable. They should also introduce a transfer and salary cap. This would need to be agreead ny all leagues though.......
We need to buy a decent CDM and a playmaker.
P.S. Doku can play on either wing. Grealish played CM against forrest. We have only a few non-versatile players but the majority of the squad can play in at least more than one position.
Thanks I read the whole thing
Spot on
Cole Palmer won nothing since leaving 😂
Plays hide and seek in big games
Why would they force a move? Guardiola, on one hand, is known for how players love him, and on the other hand, for how players hate him.
Who's here after 3-2 man united vs notingham forest
I mean Nottingham Forest owns Man United 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@ezraezra2928lmaooo my club is shite but watching city go through adversity feels good
@@samuelsamano3777 yup enjoying the downfall of city what a fall for the mighty united
@@kakun63 yeah… you just repeated what I said.
City 1-2 United. Not even a fan of either,but it's funny😂
5:15 Loll Maxx. Have you forgotten what he won in last 7 years. That's easily more than some of the great coaches won in their entire career.
Thanks to referees.
video idea: Where would Manchester Citys main players go if they got relegated?
We have done that. Check the channel
Hashtag United for sure
I’m here after the United loss, this is wonderful
The roost are coming to chicken for City. What a wonderful sight🤣😂😅
That's an interesting take... 😂😂😂
A winning mentality that does not understand the pain of losing and the failure to see in it the path towards success will always wither away at the first sign of failure.
That ought to explain the 6 failures in a row for Manchester City under Guardiola which resulted in these recently unimaginable losses.
Knowing how to lose is such an important ingredient of real success.
Also letting talents like Sane and Mahrez go among others also worsened the team's issues in terms of squad depth.
Letting Youth players leave has been a problem, and not giving them a chance aswell, although Palmer wouldn't be much help this year as our problems lie in our set up and week midfield not to mention he was never getting and chance and even now he would be behind both Foden and Kdb if he had stayed
Fallbacks don't really make sense as we won the treble with 4 cb's, it's the way he uses his fallbacks that leeds us defensively unstable, Zinchenko cost us the Ucl and cancelo made us just as vulnerable
95 mill for Alverez who wanted to leave is no problem, its the desison to not replace him, with Palmer we have back ups, but we now have nothing for haaland
It's not wrong to have these players they are effective, and teams struggle to stop them, tones of teams have those players and it's not a mistake
Finally, yes 100%
Here after Juventus game . Im united fan and im assuming that they will batter us badly this weekend.
hehe
Nice video
Thanks
You forgot to mention that Cole Palmer would have been a great understudy to De Bruyne especially with his recent injury history.
Season isn’t over yet. I won’t be writing Pep and city off just yet. And that’s coming from a Man Utd fan…
At last, a rival fan with a brain.
This is a spineless Man City fan , they are all going back to their original teams 😂😂😂
You probably wouldn’t be making this video if Rodri, Stones and Kovacic were fit and available.
Thats like saying Man United wouldn't be in this mess if SAF was still the manager. The idiocy of you City fans know no bounds.
2:28 attacking thrust? gvardiol
I forget who but a coach once said that no matter how successful a coach is, after years he will lose his power on the team.
His words won't have the same power and players will listen to him less and less.
At this point, there are only two things left that can be done : either the coach leaves, or the players leave.
A few of your reasons seem quite strange. I mean, we can all agree about letting Palmer and Alvarez go, but saying things like Doku/Haaland being too specialist and Gvardiol/Ake not being capable left backs seem like very strange reasons that just don't seem true yo me.
Surely Palmer and Alvarez left as they knew they were unlikely to be first choice ahead of KdB and Haaland
You actually explained everything that is pulling pep back
Ok, so on point two, yes, Guardiola shouldn't have let some players go, but come on. Zinchenko is so transformative for Arsenal that I don't remember when was the last time he played in starting 11 there. Cancelo was strange decision, but they won everything after he left. Gvardiol to be bad choice at left is strange statement considering he was the best left back in the world at the end of last season.
0:22
Pep: messi is a competitor
Messi: walks the first 5 minutes just looking, instead of pressing just watches other side play, has the most walking distance in every season
I'm not saying ronaldo is better than messi actually in my opinion messi is better than ronaldo but saying messi is a competitor that is a big lie he is more like the secret weapon that everyone know it exist but ronaldo is hard working with an average talent and discipline so he is more competitive than messi but messi has a great talent, great luck, and a decent amount of hard work just enough to make him the best
for a player to score 91 goals in a year
@strangeakatheone so? Complete your sentence
@@Iliya8997 that alone should show you the hard work messi expelled in 2012. No one has beaten that record yet. And messi position may allow him to walk around but that is what you see all we know messi is reading the game in a way you could not understand of the ball positioning is important for finding pockets to dip in and having quality vision on the pitch
@strangeakatheone the walking is not for analysing the game is for the time he gets the position
And yes 2012 was a hard year but that season Messi played striker(false 9) and strikers are one of the most running players sometimes. and messi is the goat, Yes that is unbelievable but who other do you expect to come close?
Another is that I didn't say messi isn't hard working I said that pep exampling(don't know its a real word or not🙂) a player that hardly ever runs for the ball(for saving energy)for his players to run and chase the ball is a bad example
@@Iliya8997 I would not say he hardly ever runs especially in his prime but I see your point though and what you are saying
No dynasty lasts forever. 7 years of dominating English football is one of the longest reign. All of Sir Alex's teams usually lasts about 3-5 years of domination.
Sure but how many teams did SAF build and rebuild? How many iterations of Manchester United were there? That's why he's the Greatest Manager of All Time
Haha Philip Lahm he said...😂😂😂
I know right wtf
He was giving an example listen carefully.
No buying a RB another CM and selling Palmer biggest mistakes
I think Pep allowing players to leave just because they were wanting a bigger role was a mistake on his part. He should have convinced them to stay like Cole Palmer and Julian Alvarez. Zinchenko and Cancelo were meh 🫤 players. Julian Alvarez would have made a big difference this season, alleviating Halaand from defenses. Man City should sign Zubimendi or Kimmich to cover Rodri’s spot.
From the perspective of Palmer and Alvarez though they were behind KdB and Haaland in the pecking order, they knew their first team opportunities would be limited
Zinchenko not a game changer, any Arsenal fan will tell you as much
Loss of Rodri been the big difference for City, in a similar vein look at Chelsea struggles in the seasons since the cl final with kante constantly injured.
Theres no way youre calling cancelo a better fullback than gvardiol!! Even barcelona ditched cancelo at the end of his loan because he is a defensive liability
Who's here after they lost 2-0 against Juventus? 😂
Only aging players played at 8 and 10.
No back up for Rodri.
Not wingers used on the wings.
Defensive aging and injuries.
Foden non-role being inconsistant.
These are the reasons !!
Zinchenko can’t get a game for Arsenal . Cancelo had a behind the scenes fall out with Pep and Alvarez couldn’t get into the starting 11
That doesn’t mean City wouldn’t have been better off keeping them all.
Trust the process
We believe in Pep
After yet another disappointing results against Crystal Palace (2-2 draw), in which Rico Lewis got a red card, I'm 100% sure Manchester City will go trophyless this season.
It only gets even worse as there's still an impending punishment as a part of 115 charges, which could have relegated them to the Championship!
Keep sucking those lemons. You know f all.
The 115 is an investigation they haven’t been charged yet. Please can we stop accusing them without any proof that what’s been alleged it’s factual. Imagine the scenes if City are innocent. They will sue Arsenal and Liverpool for all the slander. Not to mention the FA
Yes
Zinchenko a natural full back 😂😂😂😂😂. He's a midfielder.
Please do a vid Leo about Omar marmoush
So he's finally getting found out? Put him in charge of a lower league club without much money. See how "great" this guy really is. Or how he's the most overrated manager of all time
So you’re saying he let too many players that don’t have a traditional position go, but also saying that he’s relying too much on players that only play one position? I don’t understand
He let go some of his versatile players that offered multiple tactical options. That’s what he means
@ but he said that he should’ve kept Cancelo and Zinchenko
why don't city just recall kalvin phillips? ipswich won't let him go or something?
The writing has been on the wall, if Rodri goes down they wouldn't survive. They failed to sign a replacement for him and then overplayed him so much that it was inevitable that he would be injured
Confident Pep will find a way to rebuild, but will it be too late for the title this season? Their title rivals need to capitalise on City’s drop in form.
The big problem is obvious - a lack of quality in most positions beyond the starting 11
GK - Edison is the obvious Number 1, but Ortega is a bit iffy and not anywhere near the level.
Full Back they have Walker & Rico Lewis, Ake and Gvardiol can play left back and Akanji has filled in on the right but it’s not their natural position
Centre Back is probably the best position for depth with Dias, Stones, Akanji, Ake & Gvardiol
Defensive Midfield they only have Rodri
Central Midfield is pretty well stocked with De Bruyne, Kovacic, Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, Nunes and Oscar Bobb
Wings - Grealish, Doku, Foden and Savinho
Striker - Haaland
You look at that and you see the problem immediately - they have no natural left backs, they have no back up for Rodri, they only really have one player in Foden who can play on the right wing but it’s not his natural position and they have no backup/plan B for Haaland.
They had Alvarez, Sergio Gomez, Joao Cancelo, Kalvin Phillips, Yan Couto, Riyad Mahrez, Aymeric Laporte … plenty of options, now they don’t have that
Letting alvarez go lost me as a fan, am no longer a cityzen. Pep has always been literally breaking my heart. Loosing Toure,Sane, Palmer and recently Alvarez i couldn't take it anymore. Short term success for long term failure.
Unfair to blame City for letting Palmer go, from Palmer's perspective he had Kevin de Bruyne ahead of him in the pecking order, he clearly knew he would get more game time at Chelsea
At the time Cole Palmer couldn't enter the first team given the kind of players they have. What Makes Guardiola good is not the players, it's the system. Put Big Sam into that team, and you'll see the difference.
Bro was talking here like city last won the league 5 years ago😂
Cole palmer coming to chelsea is the same as chelsea letting go so many talents like kdb and salah
Who is here after 2-1 loss to Manchester United.
Haaland has more to his game, just can't use it in the system
His tactics is finished 😂😂
Am the happiest man they are going through this....City has always bein' a small team
Palmer would surely become De brune's heir and bring City back to the top
Put him in charge of Norwich and see how gets on with a shoestring budget
Selling Palmer a massive mistake, but £40M for a player just out of the academy, too good to turn down I suppose, especially when the club is under pressure to ‘balance the books’. His value will be £90M now though 😢
Guardiola has always been an overtinkerer/overthinker. Hes s genius but his players aren’t expressing themselves in the same ways as the past. He looks like he needs a long vacation tbh but his squad is thin in the wrong areas, the ages of key players is catching up to them like crazy as well. Alvarez leaving and not signing a young(er) midfielder to back up Rodri were the biggest errors for sure.
Pep must regret all of these poor miscalculations. Shocking from a mastermind like him😂😂😂😂😂
Who's here after Manchester uniteds win
In terms of midfield situation city shouldn't never let go of Kalvin Phillips and also guardiola or man city not signing many players honestly I think savinho is useless
It happened to man United they stuck with the winning team to long and it aged out and they had to start again .
This team has been incredible but when you sell cole paler knowing how good he is to a rival you have issues
6.Not demanding the combined GDP of Ireland and Germany to reinforce the squad.
Lol
Tells you everything when even the world’s best like pep can make mistake
You made some decent points, but saying Pep made choices for "short term success" is a joke. They guy has been winning trophies for A LONG time. Nothing short about it. It's more that all things come to an end.
It’s simply he has failed to adequately sign replacements for the players he has sold and he hasn’t been able to effectively sign players to come in and start taking over for the aging players he hasn’t. The transition of the squad hasn’t been good. Almost every signing he has made in the last 2/3 years hasn’t worked out. When a team has been great for an extended period of time you have to start transitioning the squad. Like Liverpool have done in the last 2 years of klopp’s reign
Pep is not a tactical genius. He just knows how to spend money..
Man, it feels like this video was made by someone who really really hate guardiola. I couldn't care less about guardiola but let's go thru the list :
Palmer - now it's easy to say that this was a bad decision but 2 years ago, which player would you remove from the team to put Palmer?
Cancelo and zin: zin is the 3rd option in arsenal these days. Cancelo had he's chances in Barcelona and bayern and didn't succeed.
Alvarez : wants the be the first option but again (2 years ago) would you take kdb or haaland to put Alvarez? Today is easy to say yes but 2 years ago, no way.
Plamer would replace Bernardo. Palmer has everything Bernardo has. Bernardo doesn't have the goal capability Palmer does.
@ like I said, now it's easy to say because Bernardo is not performing well.I am talking about 2 years ago.
@Glasi154 Yes, you're correct, but the point this video is trying to make is that decisions back then are affecting City now. My opinion is that they should have been thinking of Bernardo- Gundogan-Bruyne successor. Hence, letting go of Palmer is proving to have been a bad decision. Just my opinion.
You lost me when you said Zinchenko(who Arteta doesn’t give a game) and Cancello(who is in Saudi after being rejected by Barca and Bayern) were mistakes to let them leave
Don’t forget letting Romeo Lavia leave
Its like he's trying to win on Hard mode.
I am not a City or Guardiola fan but I have to admit that like Arsenal injuries have affected Man City. The rigid system he uses and the fact that he has never had to build a team that has not won for a while makes me question his ability.
All peps teams are under investigation! Is he really a top coach? I doubt he is? Seems cheating is part of his game plan and tactics.
All his teams are under investigation?
What are Barca and Bayern under investigation for?
Also what on field breaches are City being investigated for?
How did Pep cheat with Barca and Bayern?
Only two mistakes pep made.
1. Underestimating the vulnerability with the absence of Rodri
2. Letting Julian Alvarez go.
the rest is just a ramble. Palmer was never go work out at City. He was so good in the academy, but the senior was just much for him. He found his level at Chelsea and that is totally okay
What a load of nonsense. Palmer is >>> Savinho by a country mile and he scores and assists unlike that bang average Brazilian
@@hackle511 City let go of Palmer, and went for Savinho but yeah go on...
@kwanele_dev Grealish is a waste of £100 million, and there are rumors they want to move him on in the summer ( great business by City. ) Doku, another winger who will never produce the amount of goals and assist that Sterling did. How can a team that spent over 1B fall apart because they missed a CDM? All we heard for years is that Pep can make any player great and your 2nd 11 can beat any team? Where is the proof? Foden looks a shell of himself. Grealish a drunkard. Walker has become a passenger, Gvardiol is probably the worst defender in the league but lets overlook that aspect because he pops up with a goal every 7 games. Your 2nd GK is Trash! Savinho cant score or assist if his life depended on it.
Palmer is not a winger @@hackle511
1. Palmer doesn’t fix our midfield losing every duel and our defence gifting goals every game. Pep has never known how to share mins with the kids
2. Fullback issue is pointless argument because we won the treble with 4 defenders who love to defend. Attacking fullbacks like Cancelo don’t. It was the reason we kept bottling the CL
3. Letting Alvarez leave wasn’t the issue. Pocketing the 90m and not getting a g/a forward was the issue. Not getting a body in a bigger longer season
4. The arrogance of the board and Pep has caught up to them. Deciding not to get him a parter or cover was the start of our downfall
Foden was the defaqto cover for Alvarez. Remember also that Echeverri is coming in, in January to set the EPL on fire.
Pep always favored his friends players over skilled players
They need a fresh midfield. Get Wirtz and Kimmich in the summer (both possible). Sell De Bruyne. Rodri, Kimmich and Wirtz is a fantastic midfield. Best in the world. Kovacic also in there who can backup Kimmich AND Rodri. Both combinations Kovacic/Kimmich and Rodri/Kimmich work great.
As a city fan I feel sad😢
It's only one bad season. Cheer up, mate
As a rival, I feel HAPPY!!
Good. It's your turn. Hope it lasts
Sneaky you, just putting "Carson in the background"
It's Guardiola, not Gahdiola.
Who’s here after rico Lewis got sent off😂
We lost, win or draw
Not a fan of ManC but how is that funny?
To much talent left and wasn’t replaced properly .. chemistry is none existent .. simple as that .. Rodri and debyrn was holding it together .. then he went a debyrne .. every time Rico Lewis starts they loose .. pep arrogance is his undoing .. it was a hell of a ride while it lasted .. what a team it was ..
I would frame it as long term success with some short term consequences
why everyone thinks is the rapture? he won titles for years. he does need to prove to anyone. Pep is among the goats
Aguero!!!!
Winning 4 prem titles is short term success? What’s short term is the slide they are in now . I do think city has made mistakes, but the ones detailed in the video are leaps and generalizations. Like you blame Palmer leaving on pep’s rigid style. Yes, losing Palmer looks awful looking back, but that same rigid style resulted in titles over the years. You can’t have one and not the other.
Here after the disaster class against United
Not a city fan but come on they have a old midfield. They didn’t sign backup for Rodri so that’s there mistake and is showing
The excuses for Pep by these City fans show how deluded they are
Am an Arsenal fan but 15 games into the season and City are been written off ... my people would say "I laugh"!
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Another loss for city and worse, they're loosing to crystal palace ffs
And btw a draw for city is a loss for me
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Trophies, income and geography.
Where would you prefer to play?
In the sleet or in the sun?
Especially if you come from sunny climes.