Pretty much, 2nd in the league and the FA Cup isn't a bad season....now if they came 4th....Originally Posted by Joker
Pretty much, 2nd in the league and the FA Cup isn't a bad season....now if they came 4th....
City's summer transfer spending has clearly been influenced by financial fair play coming in, they are still desperate to take on their wage bill and instead of the Van Persie's (on 200k a week at United....don't tell me he didn't go for money), Edison Cavani's etc....they were stuck with the Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair purchases.
They have a defence which though sturdy is slow, they have lost their most influential midfielder to injury in David Silva and frankly Mancini's not a very good manager and has seemed to have deliberately stirred up tension in his own dressing room
With Giroud absent for three games, let's hope Wenger puts Podolski where God intended. It'll give him a selection headache.
Formerly TMOKJ
An FA Cup is rather inconsequential for what the owners have been trying to achieve and the backing they've had in being able to do that. 13 points behind wth the title decided in April is terrible. Then again, maybe it's not that much of a shock given they only won the league on goal difference when they were apparently outstanding.
People have been praising Mancini for what will be 3 trophies in the last 3 seasons so I don't think it's that bad tbh especially considering what came before. It's not a great season but they're in the CL and will have a trophy for the trophy cabinet.
If he's sacked, it'll prove it doesn't matter. The trophy glory is for the fans and temporarily for the players, for the owners it won't be like that. They didn't invest all that money to be succesful in a trophy which is largely discarded by many teams.
I guess it will, I don't think he'll be sacked though, there's been no real rumours about him being replaced.
Yeah I'm sure most people at City don't think the season would qualify as a success at all, but getting a trophy at the end of it (no matter that the FA Cup probably doesn't rank as high on their list of priorities) means that it's now 3 seasons in a row where they've won a trophy, and they've maintained that winning habit which will probably stand them in good stead for next season.
With City it's strange. Abramovich would've gotten rid of Mancini LAST season after their early CL exit. Sheikh Mansour stayed with him, and it paid dividends. This season, again, plenty of opportunities to sack Mancini, but nothing of it. It may prove fruitful again, with the capture of the FA Cup.
Will they get rid of Mancini close season? Or are they actually looking at the market and waiting for a better manager than Mancini to come along? Either way, compared to Abramovich, the way the Sheikhs are going about it is commendable.
As for van Persie, if it IS to be believed, then City were willing to pay him 300k/week, but he didn't want to sell his soul entirely....
Formerly TMOKJ
I think that's because the papers don't really know who is available.
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