Where next for Pep?

[Reg]

I can't think of many things that interest me less than where Guardiola will go next

The people have called for a poll!

Yesterday brought the news that Pep Guardiola wants to manage in England.


Guardiola said: “I need a new challenge and I want to use that chance to be a manager in England. I want to experience the atmosphere in England and I look forward to the stadiums there. I am 44 and it is the right time. There are offers but I haven’t signed for anyone yet. When I have a new club I will let everyone know.”

But maybe the right job in England won't come up, so I've added some foreign clubs to the poll as well.

[Magic]

Nice poll, mate.

[Pepe]

:harold:

[Reg]

Check it again suckers.

[Boydy]

Got to agree with Toby here. That stuff about him wanting to manage in England was on BBC Breakfast this morning. Who fucking cares?

[Pepe]

Pep, mate.

[7om]

Moyes to Man City, Mourinho to United and Pep to Chelsea, please.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Please not Chelsea.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You'd assume that the reason why LVG isn't at the dole office is because United have talked to Pep's people about him taking the job in the Summer.

Then again it is United and they just can't be fucked in sacking LVG and will hire Giggs and/or Gary Neville when he decides to leave.

[Giggles]

:yawn:

[Reg]

I don't mind, but I find it kinda odd that some people don't care. It's about as big as anything can realistically happen in football (probably just the likes of Ronaldo and Messi transfers that'd be bigger).

[Lewis]

It would be interesting to see him at United, since he wouldn't just be landing at the best side by a mile.

[Toby]

It's about as big as anything can realistically happen in football

:sick:

Nevermind who wins the trophies, lads, Pep Guardiola has a new team.

[Manc]

"Pep Step" the best dance workout since Zumba. Routines include "Tiki Taka" and "Yes I can, Catalan".

[John]

I don't mind, but I find it kinda odd that some people don't care. It's about as big as anything can realistically happen in football (probably just the likes of Ronaldo and Messi transfers that'd be bigger).

Fuck that.

There are a hundred things bigger than Pep Guardiola picking his new side every year. Who wins League Two this season is 'bigger'. That's the view of someone completely invested in the football transfers as theater shit-off rather than the game itself, and I didn't have you down as one of those.

[Weaver]

Send him back to the The Dugout.

[Reg]

:sick:

Nevermind who wins the trophies, lads, Pep Guardiola has a new team.
Yeah, I guess I meant anything comparable. I don't seriously think Pep picking a new team would be as big as Leicester winning the league, as I suspect you knew.

edit: John too

[Toby]

Yeah, I guess I meant anything comparable. I don't seriously think Pep picking a new team would be as big as Leicester winning the league, as I suspect you knew.

edit: John too

Then it's a meaningless point. It doesn't matter if it's the biggest conceivable managerial appointment to somebody who thinks managerial appointments aren't themselves very interesting.

[igor_balis]

Not arsed where he goes from a football-as-soap opera perspective, but I don't believe you all genuinely wouldn't give a shit if he joined an English team? I'm a tactical philistine but even I'd be intrigued by how he'd set up a team in the prem.

[Reg]

My point is that managers have a huge effect on what happens - probably more than any player can, apart from once in a generation types like Messi.

edit- that too, Igor. It's very interesting (to me).

[John]

Not arsed where he goes from a football-as-soap opera perspective, but I don't believe you all genuinely wouldn't give a shit if he joined an English team? I'm a tactical philistine but even I'd be intrigued by how he'd set up a team in the prem.

Once he's there it'd be an interesting spectacle, but caring about where he ends up six months in advance is for 'Pep' himself, fans of the clubs where he might end up, and twats who see transfers as a sport by themselves. That's it, and Reg is a Brighton fan so unless he's been hiding a hell of a secret under his hat there's only one conclusion.

[Toby]

Not arsed where he goes from a football-as-soap opera perspective, but I don't believe you all genuinely wouldn't give a shit if he joined an English team? I'm a tactical philistine but even I'd be intrigued by how he'd set up a team in the prem.

It'll be interesting to see what he does if/when he arrives. That's not what this is, given we're still in the January before the season in which he might roll up and as yet we have no idea what team he might go to.

[igor_balis]

I will find it more interesting how he'd set up a team in the Prem in 6 months, but I'm still at least a little bit curious where he'll go right now, if only in a 'oh it'd be cool if he took over an English team' sense. And I'm certainly not a transfer-obsessed Pep Mate kinda guy. Shades of grey ennit.

[Magic]

My WDYTOE on Reg looking all the more accurate. :drool:

[Reg]

Once he's there it'd be an interesting spectacle, but caring about where he ends up six months in advance is for 'Pep' himself, fans of the clubs where he might end up, and twats who see transfers as a sport by themselves. That's it, and Reg is a Brighton fan so unless he's been hiding a hell of a secret under his hat there's only one conclusion.
I do follow United casually as well, but I'd be just as interested if they were out of the picture. Guess it's because I'm a tactics wanker and so am more interested than others, so will talk about it now whereas you might only in May or whatever.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I might actually have a penny or two on a shock Wenger resignation. Arsenal is not only in London (as the Germans will tell you), but stylistically their players would adapt to his football most easily, you'd think. City might sound easy with old Jordi Shitstain and Carles Barçawankio upstairs, but in reality he'll be shifting Yaya Touré (again), having to buy an entire new defence and the whole of the first season would be spent on getting Joe Hart's first touch and intense facial expressions up to standard.

At United he'd have to just basically get the whole lot in a room, machine gun them and start again, so the challenge is the 'challenge', and I find managers actually don't ever take 'challenges' but rather the easiest job available. Chelsea, well, where to start. Mikel at centre half :drool:

[simon]

I want to see him at Chelsea and I think it could happen.

[Toby]

I can't remember who it was, but I sort of nodded in "that makes sense" agreement when somebody suggested he'd be too up himself to go to Chelsea or City. If Arsenal were to win the league this year, as they really should be doing, it'd probably be the best chance Wenger will have to step back on a high note.

[simon]

Mikel was a monster at the weekend, by the way. How I've missed him. :drool:

I hope we never sell him.

[Reg]

My WDYTOE on Reg looking all the more accurate. :drool:
Not really. It made me chuckle, but it was pretty nonsensical.


Reg - Secretive crybaby twat. A masturbator of heatmaps and stats and not someone I'd like to have a chat about footie with.
"Secretive" - it's largely a football and FM forum, there's nothing wrong with not live blogging my breakfast.
"Crybaby" - where's this from? Aren't you way more likely than me to respond emotionally to a post? This post is as close to a seethe as I'll get.
"Heatmaps" - Nope. Just as likely to read up on ticket prices effecting fans, for example, as I am formations and whatnot. I like all aspects of football.

[Magic]

Seething.

[Chrissy]

This has Man City written all over it. The interesting thing is that we know he's moving and know it's likely England.

I'd like to see him in charge of someone like Man United. Just to prove the decline is irreversible.

[Reg]

At United he'd have to just basically get the whole lot in a room, machine gun them and start again, so the challenge is the 'challenge', and I find managers actually don't ever take 'challenges' but rather the easiest job available.
You're right, bit of a shame really. To be fair to him, Erikson has taken some challenging jobs in terms of culture, language etc but that's likely been money-motivated.

[Giggles]

Reg :cool:

[Lewis]

"Likely" = Fucking hell mate come on.

[igor_balis]

You're right, bit of a shame really. To be fair to him, Erikson has taken some challenging jobs in terms of culture, language etc but that's likely been money-motivated.

Life Regista, he was motivated by life.

[Giggles]

Life Regista, he was motivated by life.

And fanny, most likely.

[TG09]

If Arsenal win the league, AW will step down and Pep will step in.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've got a book somewhere that came out during that brief period when we all thought Sven was an actual genius (2001ish, I suppose) which is effectively an account of Svennis and some cod psychologist from Sweden talking about football psychology (with no moments of levity whatsoever) in a coffee shop for about six hours. It's quite magnificent.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HJBPCE12L._SX313_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

I would say 'a Gripping read', but I've given up puns for lent.

[John]

Misread that as Hakan Motson initially. What a second that was.

[Kikó]

He's going to city and he'll piss the league. It's the most exciting thing in football at the moment for me.