“Pep Guardiola is setting the premier league on fire this season!” “He may have created the best team ever to play in this league.” “Pep is proving all of his critics wrong this year.” All are phrases uttered and used by pundits, journalists and fans alike as Manchester City continue on their incredibly impressive run […]
Pep Guardiola
The Sport Editorial
Paradise for Guardiola As the Paradise Papers expose the immoral dealings of Britain’s elite – perhaps expose is not the right word, for they simply reinforce what we already knew about the tax dodging nature of the richest – and illustrate the startling gulf between the wealthiest and poorest, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City have created […]
Pragmatism or Purity? A look at footballing ideology
“It is better to fail aiming high than to succeed aiming low”. – Bill Nicholson. A re attacking dominance and pretty play the essential ingredients for success in football and does pragmatism lead to boring ‘Stoke City style’ football? (sorry, Stoke fans.) On the purist side of the fence, we have Jurgen Klopp and […]
The revolution will be televised
In just 3 months since Manchester City’s first Premier League game against Sunderland, Pep Guardiola has transformed the way that City play football, with both his 4-3-3 tactical formation, that has lead him to so much success at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but also the way in which he has revitalised the players, most notably […]