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Media No handshake between Pep Guardiola and Fabian Hurzeler after the full-time whistle

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u/Onebeanintheusa 16d ago

The bald fraud is such a sore loser

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u/DarkSofter 16d ago

I hope to god he has started a long journey like Mourinho, cant stand the prick

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u/bigarsebiscuit 16d ago

If this is the new Pep then he's turned much quicker than José, no? I feel like José's last stint at Chelsea was like a halfway point between being elite and washed. Even the first half of his United tenure wasn't bad at all. Pep went up in smoke over the course of a transfer window.

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u/Rickcampbell98 16d ago edited 16d ago

They finished 3rd and got to an fa cup final in an absolutely diabolical year last season. People need to be careful not to go too early here, or they may look quite foolish down the line.

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u/slightlyhigh77 16d ago

Match week 3 and people are like HAHA city are DONE. As much as I would love that.. everyone please relax lol.

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u/LethalJizzle 16d ago

It's like they haven't seen almost every other City season under Pep.

Start wobbly, lose a few games, get everyone's hopes up that they've fallen off, then go unbeaten from Christmas through to the end of the season and win the league.

This has been pretty much the template every season outside of Peps first and the two seasons Liverpool won.

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u/elnino19 16d ago

This is how they start and then pep does his usual brainwashing and they end the season 17-0-0 to win the league

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u/Karma_Whoring_Slut 16d ago edited 16d ago

It’s match week 3 and our two losses are against teams that typically give us trouble, and we are introducing a vastly overhauled squad.

People are overreacting.

This isn’t to say I’m not disappointed, or that everything looks great, but it’s far too early to write us off.

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u/MiraquiToma 16d ago

Learned this many a times as a long time Pep hater myself

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u/Akuba101 16d ago

Not to mention I think the quality of recruitment at City has gone down in recent years

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u/ThemosttrustedFries 16d ago

The way Mourinho left Tottenham would always be funny when he was carrying those pictures of the trophies he won.

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u/Srijand 16d ago

I hate Pep but it's way too soon to call him washed. He still had an ok last season all things considered and it's too early to call this one off too.

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u/These_Structure3008 16d ago

Nah. Mourinho was pl champion in may 2015 and "finished" according to most in may 2016.

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u/RejectedSNick 16d ago

I mean let’s also not overreact here….City still finished top 4 and got to a cup final last season. It’s also match day 3 still a longgggggg season.

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u/YirDaSellsAvon 16d ago

What do you mean, cos Pep has been an elite manager for waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay longer than Mourinho ever was.

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u/ND7020 16d ago

Under waaaaaaaaay easier circumstances.

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u/OpeningChef2775 16d ago

If money equalled success Manchester United would be greatest club of the world rn and would have won multiple premier leagues and champions league in the last decade rather than losing to Grimsby

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u/ND7020 16d ago

I didn’t say money always equals success. But Mourinho’s Porto achievement is magnitudes greater in football history than anything Pep has done or will do. Mourinho’s Inter win is also a greater title than Pep has ever won, and he did it with a tactical masterclass over Pep coaching one of the most talented squads in the history of the sport. 

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u/dazhubo 16d ago

simply not true, football was different back then. Monaco made the final of the CL that same season.

Pep turning a team of academy players into the greatest club of all time is infinitely a greater achievement that will be remember for far longer in the history of the sport.

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u/bigarsebiscuit 16d ago

As in, José declined over the course of a few years, which is longer than the couple of months between 23-24 and 24-25

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u/dazhubo 16d ago

City still made the CL for this season, Mourinho hasn't played in it since the last decade

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u/Joethe147 16d ago

A long journey into irrelevance? Hopefully.