Quote (aneas @ Jul 20 2016 07:34am)

Any Bayern winger > any City winger, Sané included.
Thiago, Kroos, Alonso, Schweinsteiger > any City CM when it comes to passing precision + build-up skills, except if Pep relocates Silva's position to C(A)M.

So yes... Bayern had and currently still has the second best squad - after Barca of course - to implement Pep's system.

The only thing Pep was missing at Bayern would have been another CB with the physical abilities and pace of Boateng. Benatia, Martinez, Alonso are simply not made for a position like that.

EDIT:

Don't get me wrong on this one though. I'm not trying to bash City players... there might be players who outperform Bayern players in different systems and formations... only talking about Guardiola's philosophy and style.

Quote (chelsea11 @ 20 Jul 2016 12:40)

Yeah I think he will need to change up his style a bit at city, or else he will lose too many pts vs teams like liverpool/everton and the bigger teams because of counter attacking tactics.

Quote (ampoo @ Jul 20 2016 07:50am)

thats why i think pep will struggle in his first season, he has not the utility players for his experiments and not the players to pass your way from your own box to the opponents goal

but since the epl is so bad tactically maybe it still is enough ^^



he will not change, pep has not done it in 3 years and fucked the cl up 3 times

Quote (chelsea11 @ 20 Jul 2016 13:38)

Yeah so basically Bayern did not have the team for peps system since they did fuck all in the CL.

Also 2 of the players you listed were not at bayern last year, Thiago was a barca reject/bench player, and Alonso is too old (and another reject/too old for his old club)

Also Robben does not fit his system at all. His system is to "pass" not to take the ball always on the left foot and shoot. Douglas Costa is a good player tho.

Quote (chelsea11 @ 20 Jul 2016 12:38)

Yeah so basically Bayern did not have the team for peps system since they did fuck all in the CL.

Also 2 of the players you listed were not at bayern last year, Thiago was a barca reject/bench player, and Alonso is too old (and another reject/too old for his old club)

Quote (aneas @ Jul 20 2016 04:34am)

Any Bayern winger > any City winger, Sané included.
Thiago, Kroos, Alonso, Schweinsteiger > any City CM when it comes to passing precision + build-up skills, except if Pep relocates Silva's position to C(A)M.

So yes... Bayern had and currently still has the second best squad - after Barca of course - to implement Pep's system.

The only thing Pep was missing at Bayern would have been another CB with the physical abilities and pace of Boateng. Benatia, Martinez, Alonso are simply not made for a position like that.

EDIT:

Don't get me wrong on this one though. I'm not trying to bash City players... there might be players who outperform Bayern players in different systems and formations... only talking about Guardiola's philosophy and style.

Quote (Edgard @ 20 Jul 2016 17:11)

De Bruyne and Silva >