I'm a city fan but can we also remember Villa played on Thursday in France for 120 minutes and then played 3 days later and won 3-1

Slam Pep all you want but he's 100% right on his observation....✌️✌️✌️

Why can't he speak about the game as a manager. He asked for one more day for the players to recover... What is wrong with that?

They obviously didn't listen close enough to what Pep said in the interview. They should be made to listen to it again.

To be fair, he has a point. We need to start helping our teams in Europe, like most other leagues do.

100's of millions worth of players on the bench that he refuses to use but still complaining lol

La Liga rescheduled Real Madrid game to Friday so that they have enough rest to prepare for Bayern game.

Guarantee Simon wouldn't say it to his face.

Guardiola is spot on and im a Leeds fan. Simon Jordan is just stupid at this point.

City have a massive squad, really. So why did Chelsea list thirteen additional players on the match day program for Saturdays game?

Not to mention 5 subs which he never uses

Simons bitterness clouds his thinking and he can’t help himself, Pep was not asking for less games he loves being in all comps and understands that means lots of games, Pep was asking why after playing Wednesday did they have less time off than Chelsea who didn’t play in midweek.

The problem I have with people like Pep is that he CHOOSES not to trust his squad players. In this instance, I agree that there was no need for City to be playing on Saturday, but over the course of the season, he's had plenty of chances to rest his players.

I remember Chelsea playing over 60 plus games one year not one player complained they won the title and Europa league

Why cannot football actually listen to the most important stakeholders which are the players. If the players say they play too often and the calender needs fixing then surely it's time to listen to them. Other sports have had the same issues. The NRL did but guess what they actually took the players concerns seriously as the players threatened to strike.

This is something that La Liga does better, whenever their clubs play in Europe. They end up playing on Sunday. Last week's fixtures say Atleti, Madrid & Barca play on Sunday. But the English teams are just slaves to TV schedules.

Not really sure what Simons point is 30 yrs ago players did it so what's the problem? I'd imagine 30 yrs ago players did lots of things like smoking and smashing up their Mrs does that mean they should be doing it now? At some point every manager complains about too many fixtures and the people that aren't managers don't agree 😂😂

“None of your players are in hospital” So let’s wait around for it to happen or a serious life changing event happen on the pitch before we listen to Pep and changes get made??

SJ telling someone else to shut up? Lol ive heard it all now…

Jordan to say there isn’t a mental health problem is pretty low. Especially when we have a significant rate of deaths in the uk especially in males. That more and often than not listen to your show. You have a responsibility with the platform you have.

Same bloke that won the treble last season with the same amount of matches plus a world cup competition in between…pack it in

The fact they had to play on Saturday is outrageous!

"This isn't like watching Platoon" 😂

Simon, you don't get Pep's point at all. Why is Manchester City playing after 70 hours while Manchester United and Coventry City have had 7 days of rest? Yes, the FA could have changed the fixtures because it knew City plays in the UCL quarterfinals and FA cup semi final many weeks ago. FA has changed fixtures in weeks advance and why couldn't it do it this time? How much players get paid is irrelevant but it's physically demanding to ask players to play three games a week. Just because in the past players have played 65 games in tight schedules it doesn't mean it is correct. FA could have adjusted the schedule for better performances.

Pep comes from a country that looks after the 2 tops teams. Pep was Manager of one of those 2 top teams. He is now in a country that treats EVERY team equally when it comes to scheduling. I did NOT hear him complain last season when Man City won the treble !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

😂😂 they’re paid £300,000 a week to play football and they’re complaining about playing too much football

Simon Jordan will be the pinpoint person that will be one of the person's that iss directly responsible for the demise of the English premiere league. The players won't be able to keep up with the demand of these fixtures and schedule.

I agree with Pep. It’s a nightmare on Football Manager too. I’m in the Championship with Saints and we’ve just played three games in 6 days. Injuries all over the show.

All hail Pep. Bow down to this man, he is the supreme leader of all football matters. Basically pep go back to spain if prem lg isn't fair on you and your large squad of talented players. A.Villa are playing in Europe and do ok sitting in 4rth place with much less talent pool to choose from. Heres an idea trust your supreme management skills and have more faith in already talented players. Be a Manager

thats why its been so hard to win the treble previously. It comes with the ticket. has been the same for all successful clubs for years.

Pep knows his stuff These muppets dont

Mtf need to learn from la liga they already fix the fixture for madrid for the champions league

Simon running his mouth again and again. He failed club owner who loves to hear the sound of his voice .

Graeme fails to have the comparative perspective. The level of intensity in the game now is so far ahead of his time it makes his opinion diluted in ignorance. Their athletes now not footballers, the margins in recovery are very fine, don't shoot me for spitting facts based on human physiology.

For me, managers like Guardiola REALLY need to start utilising their squads. You have around 25 players to choose from. A second string city side could have beaten Chelsea on Saturday. Regular working class people don’t get the rest and the holidays these players and we long for a six-eight week summer break. Use your squads better and stop the complaining.

Only England have this fixture schedule. Every other country is more sensible

Aston villa have been playing twice in 3 days for most of the season don't see them complaining

I do feel for Pep all these games for such a small community club on a small budget its tough 🤔

But you won the treble last season with no conplaints

These guys are absolutely SPINELESS

25 players, 5 subs and 115 cheat codes ! Yet screams about fatigue ?! 😂😂

Totally agree with Graeme and Simon, we went to Bayern on Wednesday, played 100 minutes, had little to no rest, flew home on Thursday and also played Saturday. Arteta said "its a tough schedule but the players have to deal with it."

He used to hide behind klopp and enjoy nice schedules. Never uttered a word those days. Now suddenly a problem even with a big squad. Pep is a master in diverting attention. MC lost to Real Madrid and he quickly turned everyone's attention to timing of games. MC lost their run in Champions League. Period. They are bitter now.

People wanna just jump on pep’s back instead of understanding what he’s saying

Pep is just right.. Give player time to rest so they can be able to entertain all over us next game.

That's just rediculius. Instead of discussing the validity of the point, Simon talks about the privileges MC get from being that good amd that they should stop complaining. It ia just common sense, but Simon had to disagree for absolutely no reason

Simon Jordons has got some balls slagging Pep like he did . I question why he's on this show . What he knows about football isn't worth knowing . All I've got to say to SJ is " Crystall Palace " ? That says it all .

Pep is right as always. There is no logical reason why they didn’t just play on Sunday. No reason

City are currently under investigation for over 100 rule breaks, have an unfair financial advantage, and now Pep wants the EPL etc to give them even more of an advantage by scheduling games in a manner which is more favourable to City? Lol ok

With modern football there are too many games and competitions, you have the Primiere League, the League Cup, FA Cup, Champions League, Super Cup, FIFA World Club competition, European Cup of Nations and World Cup Qualification. Also some players may return to their homeland in Africa and South America to play in their Nations League. So it's a lot of competition and some players do get injured. So Pep Guardiola is right and he always have a point to prove.

Someone send Simon the matchday program from the weekend. Take a look at our squads.

Why did Simon stop yawning when he started speaking. God he’s nauseating to listen to. Levy’s best mate.

Because they played in an era ignorant of mental health and physical well being, everyone is to be as asinine as they were and continue to be. The sport has greatly improved, in part, due to better sporting care of the players. And 'if my aunt were my uncle' and City had won vs RM and Pep said had Pep said the same thing, I suspect Mr. Jodan would spew some rhetoric about using the UCL as an excuse. Dead archaic thinking.

Pep is right, Spain and Germany do all they can to protect their teams especially in times of European competition. It is thought that before the Real Madrid and Man City game, Real didn't play any football for about 10 days. While City on the otherhand had game after game, every three days. Man City played against Real for 120 minutes, it was exhilarating and exciting, one of the best game ever. Real Madrid was running scared and defending with all 10 men in their penalty box. After this game Many City had another 2 days to prepare for an another competition, so no rest and recuperation for the Man City players, whilst Real didn't. So Pep Guardiola knows what he was talking about. He was right.

Every time Pep says something Simon Jordan just wants to say the opposite to tap from Pep's "star status" to raise his own stock. Shut up for a second. Clueless man

The game could’ve very easily played the next day. 48 hours is ridiculous. Especially after 120 min vs Real Madrid. Its not just done with man city, the premier league is sabotaging its own teams with these schedules😂 Ps he also mentioned in the actual interview “just bcs we won, doesn’t mean this situation is ok”

Simon is letting emotions seep into this debate, mental health in the young is a completely different topic, do not go after the young when the game is rigged against him, young rich footballers are not comparable to young poor workers...remember Simon received a grant from family to get started as a young man as mentioned in his book, this is also speaking from a platform of privilege. Furthermore, Man City are lauded for being a winning machine and snowflakes and whiners the next...make your mind up

I like Simon Jordan but Pep Guardiola is perfectly right. He is the best coach in the world. He is right, too many games and too many competitions. Players cannot go out drink and smoke as the old players did. They have no time for this.

Utilize your big squad. If players are tired play the ones who are fresh. Quit whining

Jordanite Leader = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts

Schedule is one of the reason that is why no premier league team in the semifinals of Champions League,😂

Simon's energy for Klopp is embarrassing

Everyone is allowed their opinion. The main difference between Pep and Jordan is that Pep didn't swear and tell people to shut up when expressing his opinion.

Why do broadcasters have so much money?

Honestly, I'm addicted to this show. Love the three's reactions to one another.

The number of matches and the amount of added extra time is ridiculously high now, and the amount of players injured and out of action should speak by itself -ther´s far too little time for recovery,

Meanwhile, Villa played Thu-Sun-Thu- Sun, and when asked about the scheduling, Emery didn't even give the question the time of day and talked about the performance.

To say Pep wouldn’t say anything about the health of the players if city beat Madrid is nonsense. Pep has said this for a long time (even recommended the players go on strike) as have Klopp and even Ferguson said it back in the day. Jordan couldn’t run mile. As a football fan I want to watch football all the time but not at the detriment to the quality. The Spanish league look after there teams why can’t the English leagues. And to throw out the myth that city have a world class player in each position is ridiculous, go and take a look at the squad and come back and tell me who these world class players are.

The ball is in play more now, the keeper can’t pick it up and waste time like in years gone by, the game in general seems quicker now. A lot of the long ball teams have pretty much disappeared now and the ball is in play from the keeper and now the new directive of added time playing an extra 5-10 mins all contribute to more demands on players fitness.

The reason they’re fighting on so many fronts is because of their own success. Of course you’re going to have a congested calendar compared to a team that isn’t fighting on all fronts. Not to mention the obscene money they’re spent on players and the world class bench they have

Simon if you do your research pep said this before the Madrid game was played

Pep is absolutely right. simon should stop waffling

I wonder what Simon said when they bleeped him

Why has everyone got such a problem? It was a pretty simple resolution to put the city game on Sunday and united on Saturday…

I can see both sides of the debate. In fairness to Pep he won the semifinal and instead of talking about the final talked about schedules. He wasn’t using his argument as a distraction because they just lost to Chelsea.

Standing still talking to the media. That is really tiring 😂

Sir Alex said the same back in the day, if all the best managers say it then take notice and help our clubs, i want all English clubs to be supported in Europe.

hmm but how many clubs will have a "summer tour" instead of letting players rest.....my guess is ALL of them!

i find it hypocritical for players/managers to complain about games n scheduling.when players negotiate for high salaries jus like any worker would ,employers have the right to demand them to show up.broadcast generates the revenue the players/managers want

What are these guys thinking ? They over doing it with the number of games.

The long beep at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="490">8:10</a> is absolutely hilarious

Pep should shut up!! I work 37.5 hours a week for the NHS. No luxury travels, hotels and huge pay check, and I don't complain. My yearly income is what his least paid player ends in two hours.

Simple solution, for the knockout stages of the CL and Europa League. There should be a tournament at the end of the league season, in a chosen country. No home/away games just a pure knockout tournament. It will be completed very quickly with no fixture congestion.

Try managing a team in Non league football where teams have to play two times a week plus training plus work committments and thne when the weather is bad you end up with a scenario where you have to play 4, 5, 6 games in a week to catch up

... and who agreed to the broadcasters' demands in exchange for sackloads of money? 🙄 If you don't like the terms, you can't complain after signing the contract...

Simon might be going off the rails.[↑🧠↓]Jim just trying to defend his fellow vultures..😂

There was really no reason why the ManU vs. Coventry match couldn't be played on Saturday. Regarding the mentality of the players. Yes, had they won against Madrid everything would've been different. The emotional drain after losing such an important game, takes its toll. Have people forgotten that English is not Pep or Jurgen's native language?

It was no different for Aston Villa, you didn't hear Emmery making excuses.....

“Coventry don’t play midweek”? Shows how little he knows about lower league football

Agree with both. Souness is right in saying that Real were sitting back and City were doing all the running round: it's true, City did put in a lot of effort... But why didn't Pep change his plan and not have them running around like headless chickens? He doesn't have a plan 'B', that's his problem.

If you add on so much stoppage time then make it 40 minutes each way. It's obviously causing more injuries. Too many games.

"Games are better than practice" Unai Emery.

where is the unbleeped clip?

Sounes comparing football in his day to the football today is crazy 😂

What everyone has failed to mention is Debruyne didnt play from the 1st game of the season until maybe mid January .

Pep has a big squad. Use it and shut up.

Spot on Graham, weak minded, pampered, players getting paid a fortune, there standards are getting worse whilst facilities, ball balls and pitches get so much better and easier its a joke

Society is just softer nowadays. Always an excuse. Just get on with it

If you want to win cups then surely it’s only logical you’ll play the most matches 🤔

He is the only coach with two teams that can compete, stop whining.