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Pep Guardiola; Premier League It Is!

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posted on 16/1/13

Pep to city. Jose to Chelsea.

posted on 16/1/13

Welcome to Arsenal.

posted on 16/1/13

On a serious note, Pep will NEVER move to Chelsea and Mourinho wil NEVER return to Chelsea either. Do you honestly think that Roman Abramovich will swallow his pride and appointment Jose again? Will he feck!

Pep will not go to Chelsea either. He likes to manages a football club, not be a token gesture. I don't see City getting rid of Mancini anytime soon either. They seem like a sensible bunch at the etihad, and prefer stablility.

All paving the way for Wenger to PSG and Pep to Arsenal!

posted on 16/1/13

Haha pep won't go to arsenal. Your clubs a joke.

posted on 16/1/13

Lol, you like concocting stories to make you arsenal fans happy. I'm sure you'll want Pep @ arsenal, I just don't see Pep there, you guys are so stingy, Pep's philosophy dosent fall in tandem with arsenal F.C

posted on 16/1/13

Haha pep won't go to arsenal. Your clubs a joke.
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Our club might be a tight fisted bunch of greedy clubs, run by an ambitionless wig wearing yank, but i think the title of Joke club is firmly in Chelsea's grasp. I mean only a lunatic would sack a CL winning manager and replace him with one that insulted the fans during his tenure at Liverpool.

posted on 16/1/13

Pep to Chelsea

posted on 16/1/13

I'm sure you'll want Pep @ arsenal, I just don't see Pep there, you guys are so stingy, Pep's philosophy dosent fall in tandem with arsenal F.C
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You're probably right, and i was joking about the real possibility of Pep coming to Arsenal. But i was serious about him and Mourinho not going to Chelsea. Your club just isn't conducive to someone like Pep.

posted on 16/1/13

We were losing games, our form was pathetic, RDM apparently had no clue. Something had to be done. Naturally when you replace a manager after a poor run of games, you start getting results, that's one angle, the other angle to this is that, there was no other better alternative @ that point. Rafa is a decent coach, he has his faults and all, but he is a decent coach for an interim basis

posted on 16/1/13

Pep's philosophy dosent fall in tandem with arsenal F.C
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Oh but this part i firmly disagree with. Pep's overiding philosophy has always been to promote their youth players as the core of the team, and to supplement it with more experienced players.

Wenger's Arsenal lately hasn't had much success, but the philosophy is exactly the same. The onyl difference is that Pep would want proper quality as his experienced players, whereas Wenger has opted for dross.

posted on 16/1/13

You're probably right, and i was joking about the real possibility of Pep coming to Arsenal. But i was serious about him and Mourinho not going to Chelsea. Your club just isn't conducive to someone like Pep.

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If Pep comes in and performs reasonably well, which I'm sure he will, Roman would never pull the trigger.

Chelsea F.C believes in building for the future, but we also must have a manager who can build with us!

posted on 16/1/13

If Pep comes in and performs reasonably well, which I'm sure he will, Roman would never pull the trigger.
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My opinion only, but i think this is very unlikely. Pep's whole philosophy is about being given the time and freedom to implement his standard of football from the top to youth levels. He beleives in total control over the transfer policy and the strict adherence to supplemented a core of home grown youth players with experience.

I'm afraid the recent reports suggest that your owner hasn't impressed Pep at all with his rash actions. Roman might have hoped to lure Pep after his self imposed exile, but he hasn;t succeeded in luring him to Chelsea.

Also, i think you're wrong to rule United out. I'm not convinced at all that Fergie will continue for much longer. If he goes, he will go suddenly, as to avoid the disruption of his previous retirement announcement.

posted on 16/1/13

Wenger's Arsenal lately hasn't had much success, but the philosophy is exactly the same. The onyl difference is that Pep would want proper quality as his experienced players, whereas Wenger has opted for dross.
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Ah, thank you. I think it dosent align as much as you are claiming it does. Do you remember Wenger selling your experienced established players off to rivals etc, Pepe would never do that. Another reason its diff philosophies is this one you mentioned, Wenger never goes for real quality, he likes going for dross, now will you be willing to spash out that extra quid for superb quality, that's something I think Pep would wanna look at.

posted on 16/1/13

Jorge Jesus is heading to Chelsea.

posted on 16/1/13

Come on, Pep to Utd? Nah, Fergie isn't going to go just yet, the man lives and breathes football, I personally think he has a couple of years left in him.

As per Roman's trigger happy, I honestly also hope that he can retire that finger @ least for now, we need some stability for crying out loud. Time will tell

posted on 16/1/13

posted on 16/1/13

Jorge Jesus is heading to Chelsea.


That has to be the Chelsea in Mexico!!!

posted on 16/1/13

Jorge Jesus is the next Chelsea manager

posted on 16/1/13

Pep will come to Chelsea....

The greatest rivalry right now in football is Mou vs. Pep what better way to prove your credentials than manage Chelsea and have a crack at winning the CL, something which Mourinho couldn't do....

posted on 16/1/13

I think it dosent align as much as you are claiming it does. Do you remember Wenger selling your experienced established players off to rivals etc, Pepe would never do that.
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That has nothing to do with footballing philosophies. The decision to sell our experienced players is everything to do with the need for cash and poor contract negotiations. Wenger would NEVER have sold those players, if left to his own device. The simple fact is that he has been forced to make profit from his experienced players by a greedy and ambitionless board.


Pepe would never do that. Another reason its diff philosophies is this one you mentioned, Wenger never goes for real quality, he likes going for dross
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Pep has bought his fair share of "dross" and expensive ones too. Ibrahimovich, though not a dross, was misused by Pep and floped at Barca, while Pep was responsible for expensive mistakes like Keirrison, and that russian/ukrainian player (who's name is impossible to remember).

Every manager buys expensive, experienced dross.

posted on 16/1/13

Pep would be mad to go to Chelsea and (career) suicidal to go to Arsenal.

posted on 16/1/13

Nope, best rivalry was Mourinho vs. Benitez.

posted on 16/1/13

Guardiola won't come to Chelsea in my opinion. Working for RA is a tough gig and if you fancy getting some ulcers, then work for him.

posted on 16/1/13

That has nothing to do with footballing philosophies. The decision to sell our experienced players is everything to do with the need for cash and poor contract negotiations. Wenger would NEVER have sold those players, if left to his own device. The simple fact is that he has been forced to make profit from his experienced players by a greedy and ambitionless board.
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A manager's philosophies must blend with the club's philosophies, now if Wenger never wanted those players sold, and they ended up being sold, how would Pep fare? They will still end up being sold even under Pep, and that my dear isn't one pep's philosophies, nor will pep be able to stomach that. The greedy and ambitionless board would certainly continue under pep!



Pep has bought his fair share of "dross" and expensive ones too.


Ibrahimovich @ barca was NEVER dross. Every manager buys expensive, experienced dross.
Oh come on, every now and then, every manager buys one player or two that dosent live up to his billing, but look @ Pep, he has been able to make up for it, the trophies and success has overshadowed any dross signing he made.

To be sincere, there are a lot of factors that would mitigate strongly against pep @ arsenal, it would be suicidal just as The_Red_Cognoscente has rightly said. Maybe mad to go to Chelsea, but everyone deserves to be a little mad here and now

posted on 16/1/13

How will it be suicidal to go to Arsenal? The fecking manager we have now has comfortably been in the job despite winning feck all for 8 years. His job has never been under threat by the board.

Our squad is still good enough to get 4th. All we require is someone to take on Wenger's philosophies and add that extra tactical element to it. With the debts, that has crippled our transfer policies, gone in 2014, we would be a great option for any manager.

It's not going to happen, i agree. Wenger won't leave at the end of this season, for starters. But you're making out that there's no chance whatsoever.

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