Graeme Souness spoke of the time he played with Mancini at Sampdoria. "We'd won a corner, Mancini was bawling at me to play a quick one to him on the edge of the box as the clock was ticking down to full time. I lofted one straight into the keeper's arms and we lost. I walked into the dressing room and there was Mancini. Stripped to the waist. "You and me" he said, "let's sort out who's the boss. Mano a mano". I've never been afraid of anyone on or off the pitch. Except him. He had a desire that was unmatched by anyone I've ever met in the game."
Mancini was the absolute dog's bollocks. He took us from an under-performing, top ten side to cup winners in first full season, champions of the league 2nd full season. And he utterly demolished that **** over the road. He feared nobody and no thing. "Above me only Khaldoon" And that's how it fucking should be. And please, let's be spared all the bollocks that he was his own downfall in the transfer market. He named the players he knew we'd need to maintain top spot: De Rossi, RVP, Cavani. And we dished him up Jack fucking Rodwell.
Give Mancini the backing and players he deserved we'd have won 2/3/4 league titles. Not even up for debate. He looked the bollocks. He was the bollocks.
and that is why the club got rid of him the good old days of iron fist rule have gone the players are just soft mard arses
for me mancini is boss and always will be boss he told it like it was he had the right idea in the wrong decade the strong arm and the kick up the ass have gone it takes a strong manager to come to manchester city in the after match of the new owners and splashing the cash on so called superstars for publicity and putting the name back in the lime light and not on the field of play it was a shambles at training and players doing what they want and turn up when ever they like
mark hughes did not have a clue how to handle the players they was only here for the money and not the football the change had to happen and quick and for me the club got the right man and the best man to handle the players and it worked right from day one you could see he was taking no shit from anybody and even the tea lady was under orders mancini is special and the real fans know it how hard was it for him to come here with the media on his back players was not happy the superstars from brasil who like doing it there way was told to f**k off and many others was told to find other clubs and did not like it and went to the press
the best 3 season ever seen by the greatest longest serving fans without any hope in hell of winning silverware was given to us by the club and mancini he shown us the way to the stars and handed us the unthinkable first the FA cup after beating united in the semi final and then the premier league right from under the nose of fergie how sweet was that and i would say its what dreams are made of but nobody couldn't have dreamt that day up not only to win the premier league but to take it from fergie after he was on the pitch at sunderland with his players they had done it another title in the bag HOLD ON NEWS COMING IN
and that my son is why i was born a manchester city fan we are never happy winning the easy way we have also got give them over the road a right kick in the balls in doing so mancini please take a bow you should be in the hall of fame at manchester city your job was the hardest thing in the world of football and you also give fergie the bird and that alone would have been good enough in my book but you took the home the glory aswell