Pep and his fancy footballing ideas

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Finally someone in the medi has decided to move away from the herd.

A priceless swipe at the macho arrogance that infests the British football media. Fancy this foreign bloke coming over here with his poncy ideas about how to play "the beautiful game". We need more game like the Red Extravaganza witnessed last Monday......

"Premier League should learn from Pep Guardiola, not pour scorn on him"

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/oct/21/premier-league-pep-guardiola-manchester-city-claudio-bravo

Well said Jacob :005: :001:
 
Great bit of reading I love the cartoon the hack kicking Pep of the pedestal wearing red tie and socks :026:
 
Indeed Colin. Classic image of the constant need within the DNA of the media to knock people down. One of my biggest concerns is that he will get tired of the incessant nit-picking, get wearied by the relentless drip-drip-drip of their negative, slanted questions, the verbal 'land mines' they want him to step on. He is well used to having the media all over him, heaven knows the Spanish hacks are not wallflowers, but he was at home there, was comfortable with the language of course and they were probably more appreciative of players being comfortable on the ball - in ALL positions.

That is why this piece is so good. It finally exposes the 'golden thread' that runs through the British football media IMO, the almost xenophobic approach to 'foreign coaches with their new dangled ideas'.

"Get in in the fahkin' box mate".......
 
It's unfortunately ironic that this piece is written for a 'newspaper' and by a 'writer' that have previous for having a go at us. Still, I suppose we should celebrate when they actually write something we agree with. :059:
I think/hope he's learned from his previous press contact not to take them too seriously and definitely not to be surprised when they twist what he's said into tomorrows back page headline. Watching his press conferences, i get the distinct impression that (whilst clearly nervous) he actually enjoys explaining his beliefs, and I think they are also quickly learning that to get the best from him they need to ask 'positive' questions, as they'll get much better responses if they do so. OK, they'll twist his words, but at least we get to hear him enthusing about our team and his ideas and can make up our own minds. We shouldn't be concerned about the sheeple :048:
 
I'm looking forward to Sky's Sunday Supplement tomorrow morning at 9. No doubt this week will be on the agenda, and the panel is Shaun Custis of the Sun, Andy Dunn of the Mirror, and Henry Winter of the Times.
Custis will probably have a pop (his brother is no fan of ours), but I'll wager Dunn and Winter will be more fair minded. We'll see.
 
Another good article by Oliver Holt....

"Suspicion and scorn fell fast upon Pep Guardiola last week. His fancy foreign goalkeeper made a critical mistake, his Manchester City team were dismantled by Barcelona and suddenly one of the greatest managers of the modern era found himself labelled by some as a charlatan.

They had been waiting for this ever since Guardiola took charge of City in the summer and now all that scarcely suppressed...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3863012/I-d-watch-one-Pep-Guardiola-s-failures-1-000-wins-safety-flat-liners.html
 
The Merse has spoken...

"Guardiola only has himself to blame. He’s starting to realise how much tougher this league is..."

http://www.joe.co.uk/sport/paul-merson-pep-guardiola/94728
 
" The critique of Fraudiola is partly born out of the modern cultural trend which believes that everything that is not perfect must therefore be rubbish"

I think the writer has it spot on, I particularly liked how he worded this, never a truer word spoken.
 
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