On August 17 2018 18:59 Pandemona wrote: Yeah i mean i want to watch it, i would give my left arm to see behind the scenes at Chelsea, but selling out in terms of the manager 100% does not want this at all. Pep does not want these things coming out at all, no way would he want any of his training or tactics being leaked anywhere or how he trains. All which are partially in this documentary etc. That is what i meant by selling out, just to be clear. However it is clear that Amazon threw a lot of money at City for this which they felt they couldn't turn down etc.
Yes you can sensor it down a bit but you cannot sensor everything or their would be nothing to show xd
The approach was to several clubs i know Chelsea declined and saying it makes sense being City..well don't forget this was all "started" before the season began last year after Chelsea just won the league and City did not etc lol. Saying it makes sense from that point of view is a bit short sited! But yes, it worked out well in the end as City flew to record points and win tallys and thus you get more content when they are winining.
I don't know why you think Guardiola cares. There's a shitload of information out there on how he trains, what he does differently, and how he analyses matches. Pep Confidential obviously has quite a lot of info, but his frigging entire gameplan for the 2007-2008 season with Barça B is freely available. There's also Pedro Mendonça's book and a few others, who had rather free access to talk with anybody they wanted to. He doesn't really seem to care if people know what he does or how he does it. Of course, he probably wouldn't want his analysis of some team and the gameplan to combat them being made public just before they have to put it into practice, but he doesn't seem to care if it is made public after the match is over.
I've seen him come on Sky Masterclasses and basically spell out everything he is thinking and planning doing during games with Carragher and Neville. Hes not Naive enough to believe that opponents dont already analyze the shit out of what hes doing.
The general theme of Guardiolas philosophy is no secret, its the minor adjustments and even those hes been willing offer insight to and hes always iterating in small ways that make a difference (as do other big managers).
Hes really open about very obvious mistakes or bad judgement calls when hes lost aswell. (like the time with the Bayern drubbing by Real he did a whole bit on how and where he fucked up.) Its just that hes not going to overly apologize for it .. and neither does any other manager. Nor should they. No great manager is going to tear down their entire philosophy just because they fail sometimes.
German media (Spiegel.de) actually once did an experiment with him during press conferences. As he always seemed to hate them here in Germany (and also showed this) they basically sent one recognizable guy there to ask him very detailed tactical and strategical questions in a bunch of post match conferences. And while Guardiola gave short bullet point answers to everyone else, he suddenly started smiling and went into great length to explain his point of view when those questions popped up. And after few press conferences it was very obvious he fell in love with that reporter and he was by far the most positive when he could explain all those details instead of having to talk about the general gibberish talked at those events.
guardiola's press/media philosophy sounds the exact same as bill belichick's (nfl). absolutely loathes doing press conferences, but when asked about anything related to in-game tactics/philosophy he can go on a diatribe for hours.
On August 18 2018 22:15 Greg_J wrote: Looks like a long season ahead for both Newcastle and Cardiff. I missed the first half but what I have seen has been a drag.
It was a terrible game. Very low quality.
Why did they let kenedy take the penalty lol. He was junk whole game. Should have been sent off. Selfishly took the last free kick. Ay I think he may have been unfairly treated and poorly groomed at Chelsea, but this guy has done himself no favours. Maybe accomplish something first before being so ego.
On August 19 2018 00:33 Dingodile wrote: dfb-cup champion frankfurt is out. They lost 1-2 at ulm (3rd division) in the first round.
4th division and Bayern managed to embarrass themselves too, late 1-0 win vs another 4th division team
Would have been 2-0 but Ribéry made sure the first goal didn't count. Really the most notable thing about the game was 8 minutes of added time because of fans throwing beach balls and toilet paper on the field for minutes.
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