It’s funny.
For all the ups and downs since Aug I think (more than ever) that we’re really close to a breakthrough......and that’s with so little investment in top-end quality AND with sub-par goalie / centre-backs in particular.
He’s got blind spots that drive me nuts sometimes but I genuinely believe we’re on the brink of something.....really progressing.
So true mate, I've found it relatively amusing seeing the highs and lows people have hit when personally I've always been supremely confident he'll get it spot on.
Now City are going to prove to be a lot harder nut to crack under Guardiola, he's earned my respect a bit in transforming them into the most formidable side I've seen in the prem era. That wont detract what I think Jürgen is building here and has been doing since the moment he got here.
If people are 100% honest with themselves, look back at what he took over, player for player and compare the options we have now with the money spent and they can be nothing but astonished at the job he's doing.
When he took over we had very little talent to speak of, certainly those that were being played.
Now we have:
Firmino - Easily one of the best players in the league, I still think he's underrated by our fans.
Salah - Obviously one of the best players in the league but interesting to compare Firmino's shot accuracy and conversion rate, but that's for another day.
Mane - Another top player.
Coutinho - Clearly progressed under Jürgen, now much more consistent.
Lallana - Came on leaps and bounds under Jürgen.
Keita - One of the best in the world.
Lallana - I put him in as on the end of last season's form he was one of the best in the league in his position, huge improvement.
That's 7 players I would rank right up there with the best in this division in their current position, I personally would include Matip but I know many wouldn't so I'll not even add him. Gomez is on his way there too at a quick rate of progression now he's put his injuries behind him.
There's so many reasons to be positive about our club right now that you'd be nuts to think of changing but still it wasn't long ago that there were calls to do just that, I don't understand it but each to their own.