96 is pretty awesome tbf
96 is pretty awesome tbf
Yep but no one remembers it at the endOriginally Posted by Cripps
I did tbh
Was Ronaldos first season there as well where he confirmed his best in the world status which he has kept since.
Pellegrini is a little awesome
Seems harsh for finishing 2nd and year after winning the league but his downfall is his management skills. He causes too much strife and with him in charge, it would cost a lot just to maintain that squad. For every messy fall out and break up with the players, he’d need a new signing. It also doesn’t help when you criticise the board for not signing new players this season when they’ve already spent a fortune. It’s not easy task looking after so many egos but he’s not the right man for the role.
Good point about the mouthing off at the board. . .shouldt have neded anyone. . .Sinclair and Rod'notso'well must be thinking what the. . .
He had Tevez, Augero, Balotelli and Dzeko yet he’s saying he needed RVP to win the league. They need a more skilled manager at that club.
Yep. He is rubbish.
to have any chance of winning the prem you have to keep spending more year on year. however they fucked up wasting what money they did want to splurge on useless crap.
Think thats harsh on Mancini.
Things have gone against him and he's also done himself no favours, its six of one, half a dozen of the other, both parties are at fault, he cannot solely be blamed.
You need to strengthen after you win the title to keep things fresh, the keep the hunger and to look after the needs of the squad. You don't have to buy another 10 players but still strengthen, Man U do it all the time after winning.
City needed a CB, DM, winger option and forward because Tevez/Balotelli/Dzeko's futures were up in the air, obviously tevez-gate, dzeko wanting more playing time, balotelli being a loose canon.
Mancini recognised this and wanted Agger, Javi Martinez, Hazard and RVP since he was on the market. Marwood was too slow or ineffective in getting these in or similar quality alternatives, which spoilt their summer and they had to get bargain basement signings in. Mancini complained publicly affecting the relationship with the club.
Adam Johnson doesn't put the effort in. Neither does Lescott. Nasri felt he had arrived and lost the hunger he had in his early career. Mancini is rightly aggrieved but he complains publicly, thus alienating members of the squad, with divides starting to rupture it. He also needs to motivate the players and he hasn't been able to do so, bridging the divides.
Mancini realizes that tactically City need more than the 4-4-2 to really push on. He tries the 3-5-2 system, which if done right can be highly successful. City's players don't like it and don't want to put the effort in. Hart, Micah Richards etc. complain in public, Mancini complains in public. No harm in trying a new system, but rifts start to develop because of it. Lescott even reveals that he only communicates via the captain Kompany, Mancini and him are no longer on speaking terms.
Those are just some examples where things have gone against him, but he's also contributed to the problem. Both parties are at fault, and since the dressing room and the board have been lost then its probably mutually beneficial for him to leave.
Last edited by Tipsychubbs; 14-05-2013 at 01:32 PM.
I agree, you need to strengthen but when you have four strikers at the club that could probably be leading strikers on their own at separate clubs yet you’re calling for the Board to sign the Prem’s best striker, you have to question his management skills. I doubt the City owners want a manager that will constantly have to spend to get the best out of the team and not when you’ve spent a bomb already. Make use of the tools you’ve been given. There is probably a reason why he’s not getting the commitment from his players and City will have to sign a manager that can bring everyone together if they don’t want to go down the Chelsea route. Ditch the checkbook managers. But I have to say, it’s not easy managing that many egos which is why they need to think carefully about the next coach.
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