Gary Breen

the Man City fans themselves did but now they're starting to question that now that he's not delivering the goals every week it's um it's a bit of a mess all right but like Richard Keyes obviously of course said don't be surprised Maresca is in charge for that Wolves game you mentioned doesn't look like that's gonna happen but I think it's accepted wisdom across the footballing landscape now that he's gone at the end of the season which in itself is a huge sea change for that football club and

I even said, I remember saying this to Gary Breen at the beginning of the season and then just to Mark Ogden at the turn of the year there.

The signings they've made this year are not your archetypal Pep Guardiola signings.

Like I feel Donnarumma, Semenyo even, like they're club signings with a view to the next man up, I think.

I think Pep is like, okay, fine.

They're not going to be detrimental to my squad, but I wouldn't necessarily be selecting these players to build around Pep.

for the future.

So I think City are kind of in preparation mode for post-pep.

I think he himself was ageing last night when he was staring up at that scoreboard and stealing a little.

He's like, Ginny, I don't know.

Bode Woodland must be like, well, we were in the semi-finals of the Europa League last year.

We're not chopped liver.

You know?

I think it's a bit ridiculous, actually.

Yeah.

Bode and Lim are a decent team.

They're in major competitions all the time.

It's not like, do you think Crystal Palace reimbursed the train fare after they lost to Macclesfield?

That was a real humbling.

It's probably the most common tactic you would face as a big team as well.