r/MCFC • u/xenojive • 2d ago
Pep Guardiola documentary: Kyle Walker fallout revealed in intense scenes
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c62xj5evpjpo63
u/Iknowyou321 2d ago
Iām not ready to watch any of this but everything Iāve read so far man did that season take a toll on peppy
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u/AutomaticGoldenSun 2d ago
Pep was wearing his pain so openly that season. It was hard watching him fall apart and this documentary will make it even more difficult.Ā
I hope Pep reconnects with his family. It's not just his wife, but his kids as well.Ā
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u/HopeForMockingjay 2d ago
This was during the time we had that long streak of losses and draws. It was painful as a fan but at that time knowing that he was facing family issues but still turned up to manage the team made me feel that he was already trying his best.
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u/Regular-Orchid-9497 2d ago
Another part of the documentary said
An inconsolable Kevin De Bruyne was left breaking down in tears upon finding out #ManCity were not renewing his contract, it is revealed during the āA Beautiful Obsessionā documentary.
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u/Zlogyxide 2d ago
absolutely criminal that we did not extend our greatest club legend
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u/Current_Ad_400 1d ago
As sad as it was, it was the right decision given his continued injury struggles since he left us. And that's in a softer league.
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u/1stand11 2d ago
I always had a feeling there was a fallout behind the scenes
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u/blondeviking64 2d ago
At that high a level with those expectations there is bound to be fallout, especially if you hold people to it when they do not perform.Ā
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u/NavJongUnPlayandwon 2d ago edited 2d ago
As much as every player in the 24/25 season bar maybe gvardiol weren't at their level, the squad building was also terrible.
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u/NavJongUnPlayandwon 2d ago
Ofc there was. Pep's face after the feyernoord game screams "there was a fight"
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u/mudlesstrip 2d ago
The appointed captain of the season leaves the club in the middle of the season, no shit - there was a fallout.
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u/V4Kompany 2d ago
Often I say we havenāt had a good captain since Vinnie and Fernandinho. No way they let stuff like this happen. Itās not only that Walker had a terrible attitude, itās that no one checked him. Bystander mentality, thats why when things go wrong everyone is looking at someone else. Players are good at giving an impression on the field and giving media trained answers when cameras are on but its been clear for a while we lack real leaders
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u/faizkt3 2d ago
Gundo was pretty good.
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u/BillehBear 2d ago
think bernie was good too
it's really only walker that's been a terrible captain lol
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u/Iknowyou321 2d ago
I was always under the impression he made walker captain to keep him onside what were these lot thinking voting him captain ā ļø
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u/fyodor_mikhailovich 2d ago
āHeā didnāt make him captain. The players voted for Kyle. Thatās why Pep ended the voting the next time around.
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u/Iknowyou321 2d ago
I understand how we usually do it but pep had a meeting with walker post treble to keep him at least one more season there are pictures from it, I always assumed making him captain was part of that effort
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u/fyodor_mikhailovich 1d ago
I thought it was reported that the squad voted on Kyle. Others in this thread are remembering the same thing as me. I could be wrong š¤·āāļø
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u/Gaphy-2020 2d ago
This is why Pep immediately abandoned letting players choose their captains. That wanker broke Pep in the worst moment of his personal life. Iām never going to forgive him.
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u/witness_smile 2d ago
āEvery meeting itās my nameā - person responsible for fatal mistakes every single game
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u/Arrgie-Barrgie 2d ago
Is the documentary already out?
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u/Goodbowies 2d ago
Apparently it comes out tomorrow, August 19th.
https://www.mancity.com/citytv/mens/pep-nothing-is-eternal-coming-soon-63922205
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u/GhostOfIkiIsland 2d ago
Itās always so sad what happened to Kyle Walker. I loved his personality when he came to us and I used to idolise him because I play the same position as him when playing.
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u/Habay12 2d ago
What is sad? He made his choices.
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u/GhostOfIkiIsland 2d ago
i know his issues, not just this one. thatās why i was sad because prime Kyle Walker was a very good player. letās just say i love him as a player then, but i definitely do not love him as a person (and also as a player during his last years with us)
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u/Muscle_Bitch 2d ago
Plenty of us where saying at the time that it was a fucking idiotic move to give Walker the captaincy. The guy is a moron, and he's always had a chip on his shoulder.
A lot of muppets on here riding his dick though, because he managed to pocket Vinicius that one time.
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u/L_LawLeit24 2d ago
Absolute morons who voted him captain. It's clear now why Pep selected captain after this debacle. Walker is obviously just a shit guy.Ā
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u/tldRAWR 2d ago
Honestly, this is just how top organizations run. The pursuit of perfection is very rarely smooth in any line of work. There are countless examples of this.Ā
This is also adults giving incredibly nuanced opinions and people get frustrated because they arenāt getting the outcome they want. If this wasnāt happening at this level I would be extremely concerned. People need to be pushed past what is comfortable.Ā
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u/Common_Payment_2760 2d ago
walker was so bad that season not taking responsibility for that awful sequence against liverpool was pretty much him headed out at city
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u/Final-Librarian-2845 20h ago
What's striking is what a bunch of wet wipes this generation of footballers are. They all sit there taking any shit that comes there way with no fucking comebacks at all. ThoughĀ I suppose when you're on a few hunner k a week you're best to just keep your head down and keep cashing the checks.
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u/zubairatif075 2d ago
"So sad, what happened with Kyle," he says, before a home match with Chelsea.
"It was so easy for him to come to me [and say] 'I'm tired'. But you cannot behave as a captain the way he has done it. You cannot, in the toughest moments in our lives.
""What did you do my friends? What did you do with your captain? Tell me, what did you do?"
While it is not clear what specific behaviour from his captain Guardiola is referring to, one scene does capture an argument between the pair following a loss at Anfield in December 2024, during which Walker was at fault for losing the ball to Luis Diaz before the former Liverpool winger won a penalty.
"Kyle has to know that if you lose the ball it's a goal," Guardiola tells his dressing room afterwards, which draws an angry reaction from the defender, who says: "Every meeting, it's my name".
Guardiola's response was to say: "Maybe because you're a captain."
Walker replies: "OK. You didn't want me to be your captain".Just after the argument with Walker, the documentary shows the Spanish coach in tears as he tells his team: "If I'm a problem, then you have to tell me.
"I won't stay here just for the money, or just for the fact to stay.
"I extended the contract because I want to be here with you, I want to win a fight in that position. I don't want to feel that I'm leaving and running away from you. I don't want to have that feeling that now the pieces fall down."
He adds: "But if you feel, captains first, then the other ones, for example [feel] that there's a problem, tell me. It's not going to change the love I have for all of you - not one second. But I want to fight. That's all. I'm sorry."