CL round of 16 14 Feb 2017

[McNamara That Ghost...]

I'll have it my way and at least get some enjoyment out of this charade.

[AFC Leveller]

Wonder if they started heating up the balls for the draw!?!

[Marc Overmars]

Christ, PL teams are just horrific in Europe.

[Özim]

Guardiola has been found out a bit this season, previously in his career he's basically managed the best side in the division, whilst he did well at Barca they were already a force before he arrived, at Bayern though he took over a side that had won everything and never won the CL, I see that as a failure overall.

This year in a division where he has competition he's come up short, never liked his style of play either to be honest.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Guardiola has been found out a bit this season, previously in his career he's basically managed the best side in the division, whilst he did well at Barca they were already a force before he arrived, at Bayern though he took over a side that had won everything and never won the CL, I see that as a failure overall.

This year in a division where he has competition he's come up short, never liked his style of play either to be honest.

I don't think the same tikka takka style of football that was there at Barcelona and Bayern Munich is there at Man City....i think they aren't a side that try and cut you open with short passes.

City's problem this season has been defence purely and simply.....it's been almost as bad as ours.

[Özim]

I don't think the same tikka takka style of football that was there at Barcelona and Bayern Munich is there at Man City....i think they aren't a side that try and cut you open with short passes.

City's problem this season has been defence purely and simply.....it's been almost as bad as ours.

To be honest I don't remember Bayern playing titka taka before he arrived, think they played a more incisive game from memory. My point was really that with both his previous sides he inherited an already great team, particularly at Bayern (but even at Barca who always have top players playing for them) and had very little competition.

I'm not a big fan of him to be honest, never have been, never liked his style of football and despite their success found his teams too one dimensional (a bit like Wenger). Whilst they could beat most team because of the sheer amount of quality they had, certain teams could nullify them if they got their tactics right (Chelsea being a prime example) and when that happened they seem to run out of ideas, their get out of jail card was having world beaters to get them out of jail really.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

To be honest I don't remember Bayern playing titka taka before he arrived, think they played a more incisive game from memory. My point was really that with both his previous sides he inherited an already great team, particularly at Bayern (but even at Barca who always have top players playing for them) and had very little competition.

I'm not a big fan of him to be honest, never have been, never liked his style of football and despite their success found his teams too one dimensional (a bit like Wenger). Whilst they could beat most team because of the sheer amount of quality they had, certain teams could nullify them if they got their tactics right (Chelsea being a prime example) and when that happened they seem to run out of ideas, their get out of jail card was having world beaters to get them out of jail really.

I didn't mention the style of football Bayern played previous to Guardiola arriving, I simply stated that City are not playing the same style of football as Guardiola had his teams play at Bayern and Barca.

Guardiola's weakness is that he is not pragmatic enough in his approach, but Barcelona were flagging before he got promoted to head coach to replace Rijkaard and with or without top players he still turned them into a dominant outfit.

I also think the Barcelona players and the Bayern Munich players under his tutelage were incredibly influential in Spain and then Germany winning the world cup.

[GP]

I didn't mention the style of football Bayern played previous to Guardiola arriving, I simply stated that City are not playing the same style of football as Guardiola had his teams play at Bayern and Barca.

Guardiola's weakness is that he is not pragmatic enough in his approach, but Barcelona were flagging before he got promoted to head coach to replace Rijkaard and with or without top players he still turned them into a dominant outfit.

I also think the Barcelona players and the Bayern Munich players under his tutelage were incredibly influential in Spain and then Germany winning the world cup.

England to win the next World Cup!

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

England to win the next World Cup!

I think that would be too much of a leap

You can't polish a turd

[GP]

I think that would be too much of a leap

You can't polish a turd

Yes you can. You get a very shiny turd. You'd probably need to freeze it first, mind.