The contract situation of Pep has become more of an interest to opponents than the City faithful. All of our rivals have already admitted that while Pep is at City, it is near impossible to even lay a glove on us. Pep has single handedly changed the dynamics of how competitive and near perfect you need to be to even have a sniff at the premier league title. So, any...
“My coach told me that i would never make it at the top level”- Patrick Schick Amongst the buzz of Haaland, it is quite easy to miss the fact that there is a striker who has scored more than Haaland in Bundesliga this season. Patrick Schick has scored 18 goals from 16 appearences this season, which is a goal every 71 minutes. Going just by goal scoring records would be...
No one’s place in this City team is safe. You might be the rock on which the the previous Premier League title might have been won, but even a slight dip in your form will see you benched. These are the standards on which the foundations of the current City team is built upon. There are no superstars in this team. The only superstar is you incredible work ethic and...
Right now, this question might seem like a non sensical one with Laporte having nailed down the starting spot alongside Dias. But, when it comes to the big games, i have a feeling that Pep is still not decided on the best partner for Dias. The primary reason for this is the fact that both Stones and Laporte offer significantly different qualities. The case for Laporte Pep has often said...
2 years ago, when Pep Guardiola asked a 16 year old defensive midfielder from the academy to join the first team training, it raised more than a few eye brows. The player in question had just joined the club a few months ago and i found it quite interesting that Pep had such a keen interest in someone who had spent just a few months at the academy. Also, a...
The amount of control this City team exhibits in a league known for its physical toughness, extreme competitveness and fixture congestion makes me think that we are even better than Pep’s Barca, which is considered as one of the greatest club teams ever. This statement might infuriate many Barca fans, but the more you think about it, the more you realize that this argument actually makes more sense than you...
Man City don’t just defeat you, they hurt you in such a way that the scars take forever to heal. Both the matches against Chelsea this season were a statement from City for the hurting defeats last season, specially the Champion’s league defeat. Chelsea came into the game with their title hopes hanging on to a non-existent string. Chelsea fans hoped that Tuchel could again produce some magic and defeat...
It is quite remarkable to look back upon Pep’s era at City and realize that he had achieved all of these accolades and broken numerous records without a proper left back. Yet, people don’t hesitate for a moment to call him the cheque book manager. Well, all that discussion about the critics can be left for an other day, because the greater success you achieve, more sore losers will take...
Walking down the memory lane to 2008, when even the very existence of City looked bleak and surrounded in financial darkness, the current state of City almost looks like a dream too good to be true. After the take over, elite clubs like Man Utd and Arsenal thought that City’s story would be similar to what happened to Chelsea after their take over. They thought we would initially spend big,...
When Sheikh Mansour presented Pep’s Barcelona with the Champions league trophy in 2011, he was mesmerized by the way Barcelona built up their winning machine. It was a dynasty built to frighten opponents. This was the vision with which the City project began. All our opponents think that City is about money and buying the best players. They could not be more further from the truth. Project City was all...
