We finally won the league and then what happened.
2012/13 Mancini wanted de Rossi, Van Persie to press on but instead we got Garcia, Rodwell and Sinclair. The reason he didn’t get what he wanted is that the club had already decided to get rid of him. Fair enough, as while he seemed a perfect fit for City, Roberto has since done doodly squat which sort of suggests his limitations.
2013/14 So who to get to take us on into this brand new Txiki world. Pellegrini? Not a bad CV but not one of the elite managers. So why hire him? Well even at this stage he was keeping the seat warm for you know who and due to his style of play it was likely to eventually be a smooth transition. It worked. The players many of whom were still at their peak, unlike now, got that change of manager buzz and were in reality too good not too win the league, although it took some scouse wobbling this time to get us over the line. Throw in the LC, a pretty decent effort by players and the manager.
2014/15 Just like the previous post title season mysteriously we didn’t kick on. More poor purchases. Mangala and Fernando. What was Txiki thinking? Were these players Pellegrini wanted? They certainly weren’t Pep’s recommendations. And a pretty turgid season it was with embarrassing cup defeats.
2015/16 At last some intent in the transfer market. 3 years too late some might say. But Sterling and de Bruyne are class. Finally money is spent with the arrival of the messiah in sight. However the manager was beginning to run out of ideas and Pep’s shadow didn’t help resulting in our lowest league position since 2010/11.
2016/17 Some more mega signings and Pep to boot. But by this stage the total dereliction of duty by Txiki is beginning to become terminal. The 100 million plus spent on average CBs is coming home to roost as is the bewildering lack of attention to the ageing fullback situation. This all leaves the world’s best manager in a difficult position. Does he revert to a more Mancini like approach sure up the back and let the star forwards get on with it? Nah. He decides to play as if he still had Barca’s and Bayern’s fullbacks leading to the inevitable defensive cock ups.
From a position where we were league champions, and other clubs seemed to be in decline, we have somehow managed to win 1 title in 5 years.
2012/13 Mancini wanted de Rossi, Van Persie to press on but instead we got Garcia, Rodwell and Sinclair. The reason he didn’t get what he wanted is that the club had already decided to get rid of him. Fair enough, as while he seemed a perfect fit for City, Roberto has since done doodly squat which sort of suggests his limitations.
2013/14 So who to get to take us on into this brand new Txiki world. Pellegrini? Not a bad CV but not one of the elite managers. So why hire him? Well even at this stage he was keeping the seat warm for you know who and due to his style of play it was likely to eventually be a smooth transition. It worked. The players many of whom were still at their peak, unlike now, got that change of manager buzz and were in reality too good not too win the league, although it took some scouse wobbling this time to get us over the line. Throw in the LC, a pretty decent effort by players and the manager.
2014/15 Just like the previous post title season mysteriously we didn’t kick on. More poor purchases. Mangala and Fernando. What was Txiki thinking? Were these players Pellegrini wanted? They certainly weren’t Pep’s recommendations. And a pretty turgid season it was with embarrassing cup defeats.
2015/16 At last some intent in the transfer market. 3 years too late some might say. But Sterling and de Bruyne are class. Finally money is spent with the arrival of the messiah in sight. However the manager was beginning to run out of ideas and Pep’s shadow didn’t help resulting in our lowest league position since 2010/11.
2016/17 Some more mega signings and Pep to boot. But by this stage the total dereliction of duty by Txiki is beginning to become terminal. The 100 million plus spent on average CBs is coming home to roost as is the bewildering lack of attention to the ageing fullback situation. This all leaves the world’s best manager in a difficult position. Does he revert to a more Mancini like approach sure up the back and let the star forwards get on with it? Nah. He decides to play as if he still had Barca’s and Bayern’s fullbacks leading to the inevitable defensive cock ups.
From a position where we were league champions, and other clubs seemed to be in decline, we have somehow managed to win 1 title in 5 years.