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Nice. Don't the geezer look like Mancini's dad?
I bet there was a few people pissed off at the club when sergio wrote his book.Just to make it quite clear what happened and why he wouldn't be welcomed back under the current ownership. It wasn't just players he pissed off (and read Bellamy's autobiography to find out what he was like, plus players like Silva & Zabaleta were complaining) but executives and directors. However alarm bells started ringing when . The club wanted to work in a certain way but Mancini wasn't interested in that. He wouldn't attend meetings at first and only went when ordered but sat there and took no interest at all.
After we'd lost at Everton he stormed off back to Italy for the international break and I'm not sure whether the club had sanctioned that or not. Whatever, he came back for the home game against Newcastle and was then told to report to Abu Dhabi. Not sure if he saw the Sheikh himself but he certainly saw Simon Pearce. He was asked if he was prepared to work with the board, Soriano and Begiristain. The answer was essentially no and I understand the meeting wasn't the friendliest. The Sheikh pulled the trigger and a board meeting was held a few days later, before the derby, to confirm that (although the sacking itself was planned for the end of the season).
It's completely wrong to suggest the board took the side of a few players and didn't have the nerve to back the manager. He was at odds with pretty well the whole club, from the chairman down.
Just to make it quite clear what happened and why he wouldn't be welcomed back under the current ownership. It wasn't just players he pissed off (and read Bellamy's autobiography to find out what he was like, plus players like Silva & Zabaleta were complaining) but executives and directors. However alarm bells started ringing when . The club wanted to work in a certain way but Mancini wasn't interested in that. He wouldn't attend meetings at first and only went when ordered but sat there and took no interest at all.
After we'd lost at Everton he stormed off back to Italy for the international break and I'm not sure whether the club had sanctioned that or not. Whatever, he came back for the home game against Newcastle and was then told to report to Abu Dhabi. Not sure if he saw the Sheikh himself but he certainly saw Simon Pearce. He was asked if he was prepared to work with the board, Soriano and Begiristain. The answer was essentially no and I understand the meeting wasn't the friendliest. The Sheikh pulled the trigger and a board meeting was held a few days later, before the derby, to confirm that (although the sacking itself was planned for the end of the season).
It's completely wrong to suggest the board took the side of a few players and didn't have the nerve to back the manager. He was at odds with pretty well the whole club, from the chairman down.
Went on to win the fa cup and finish joint ;)2nd in the league, I believe.3-0 says different.
I haven't read Sergio's book did he say something about Bobby, as some of the players liked him as far as I was aware and so did most of the fans including me.
The owners wanted a long term vision for the club, where everything from top to bottom was done to a plan. They also knew that it was highly unlikely that a single manager would be around long enough to deliver that. Plus they had two of the people that had been involved in bringing Barcelona to where they are. I suspect managers like Mancini have a lifespan of 3 years and then the effect wears off. Without a long-term structure in place, we get a new manager and everything changes again.but why change a winning setup and bring in the 2 people from spain Soriano and Begiristain