Roberto Mancini

[LongsightM13]

Well considering David Silva still interacts with Mancini and he is one of this clubs biggest legends and Wayne Bridge doesn’t and he is one of this clubs biggest bellends, it doesn’t take a genius to work out who‘s opinion to trust.

I too would be pissed off if I had a cushy £90,000 a week contract for doing fuck all and some hard faced Italian was making it harder for me to rip off the club and the fans anymore.

Mancini may have been a twat but the was here to get things right, not to make friends with waste of space players like Bridge or the Kitman, he’s just won the Euros for his country whilst Bridge is spouting off with Tubes and Nedum Onouha, says it all.

Wish I could like this twice

 

[KS55]

I don't think Pep would win any popularity contests with any players who have ever worked with him. He is a relentless boss who is never satisfied. He must be nightmare to work for day-in and day-out. But he has driven on teams to incredible achievements and taken players to levels they never knew they could reach. The best players respect him.
Mancini's job was to shake up City from top to bottom and disrupt the cosy atmosphere. He wasn't there to be "Mr Nice Guy." Some of our players and staff had been taking the piss out of our club for decades. Anyone who used to go into Manchester in the 80s and 90s at night will have seen some of the tossers who wore the City shirt but took the club for a ride. That was still happening under the pathetic reign of Mark Hughes but Mancini changed our history.

Spot on. Mancini completely changed the culture of the club, not an easy thing to do. When he arrived we were still liddle ol' siddy but with extra cash. His attitude was: "You're not here for a laugh, you're here to work and earn the fortune we pay you, and to TEAR THAT BLOODY BANNER DOWN."
Managers come in promising the earth; they rarely deliver. He kept his promise.
We won't forget, Roberto.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

We won't forget, Roberto.

Uno di noi. Per sempre.

 

[KS55]

I sort of suspect that when Pep moves on it'll come out in years to come that some players didn't much like him. These people are not hired to make friends, but to get 100% out of the handsomely paid players in the employ of the club. They themselves are handsomely paid to do it. Ferguson is a prize c***, but he delivered on that, no two ways about it.
If they can become friendly with certain players in the process, all well and good. But it's secondary. Really.

Some of the Barca players said he was a bastard........... especially those he moved on

 

[KS55]

Uno di noi. Per sempre.

I harbour the daft romantic notion that one day Roberto will bring a club to the Etihad in the CL. What a night that would be.

 

[ancoats]

some people just don't like winners
modern football is controlled by the media and reporters are paid to write to their market.
the modern press are based on passed united glory and fergie controlled them it was easy street reporting

so when manchester city become a major player because of the new owners money its was WAR.
believe me mancini had the hardest job in football. he had to take on fergie and united and the media army they had setup. talk about never mess with a hornets nest. well mancini not only kicked it over but burnt the whole place down.

mancini was so controlled in the media even after skysports did a job on him with the sat in the stand watching mark hughes get the sack, all of football hated manchester city and mancini over night

i have nothing but total respect for mancini
what he did for manchester city really was mission impossible ? forget the money and having good players.
because football is a team sports but some players are selfish and only here for the money. so mancini had to find them out quickly and build a team good enough to win the title and beat the system

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

I don't think Pep would win any popularity contests with any players who have ever worked with him. He is a relentless boss who is never satisfied. He must be nightmare to work for day-in and day-out. But he has driven on teams to incredible achievements and taken players to levels they never knew they could reach. The best players respect him.
Mancini's job was to shake up City from top to bottom and disrupt the cosy atmosphere. He wasn't there to be "Mr Nice Guy." Some of our players and staff had been taking the piss out of our club for decades. Anyone who used to go into Manchester in the 80s and 90s at night will have seen some of the tossers who wore the City shirt but took the club for a ride. That was still happening under the pathetic reign of Mark Hughes but Mancini changed our history.

Perfectly put.......

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Wayne Bridge is a laughing stock. What a sad little soppy bollock he is.

Thinking about Mancini and what he did for my club still brings a tear to my eye sometimes. He turned us from a punchline to a winning machine, and did it with passion, flair and a boatload of arrogance. He stuck two fingers up at United and their cronies, punched them to the ground then kicked them when they were down.

Before he came we were managed by Mark Hughes ffs.

MARK. FUCKING. HUGHES.

I mean, come on...

The man deserves a stand naming after him and I couldn't give two fucks if he offended the comedian kit man or the tea lady.

As someone earlier in this thread says - the fact Wayne Bridge thinks he's a wanker and David Silva still has respect for him speaks volumes.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I harbour the daft romantic notion that one day Roberto will bring a club to the Etihad in the CL. What a night that would be.

Same. Every year I hope this will happen. It's bound to at some point.

 

[Semper aggressus]

Wayne Bridge is a laughing stock. What a sad little soppy bollock he is.

Thinking about Mancini and what he did for my club still brings a tear to my eye sometimes. He turned us from a punchline to a winning machine, and did it with passion, flair and a boatload of arrogance. He stuck two fingers up at United and their cronies, punched them to the ground then kicked them when they were down.

Before he came we were managed by Mark Hughes ffs.

MARK. FUCKING. HUGHES.

I mean, come on...

The man deserves a stand naming after him and I couldn't give two fucks if he offended the comedian kit man or the tea lady.

As someone earlier in this thread says - the fact Wayne Bridge thinks he's a wanker and David Silva still has respect for him speaks volumes.

Loved Mancini’s attitude. I wish we as a club still had that ‘fuck you rags/Chelsea/media’ attitude, I love it.

The only one thing about Pep that annoys me is his insistence on blowing smoke up the opposition’s arses, particularly our main rivals.

I also wish we didn’t look for soft nice guys and had a few arrogant arseholes in the team. Winners with the attitude needed to dig deep if a goal down to cunts like Chelsea or on the wrong end of reffing/var decisions.

We could do with characters similar in winning mentality to people like Alun Wyn Jones.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Loved Mancini’s attitude. I wish we as a club still had that ‘fuck you rags/Chelsea/media’ attitude, I love it.

The only one thing about Pep that annoys me is his insistence on blowing smoke up the opposition’s arses, particularly our main rivals.

I also wish we didn’t look for soft nice guys and had a few arrogant arseholes in the team. Winners with the attitude needed to dig deep if a goal down to cunts like Chelsea or on the wrong end of reffing/var decisions.

We could do with characters similar in winning mentality to people like Alun Wyn Jones.

A lot of the 'fuck you' attitude of that era came from Gary Cook as well. Someone who doesn't get the recognition he deserves outside of the dedicated City fanbase.

Pep is brilliant obviously but I agree with you on his frequent pandering to our opposition. Especially playing nicely nicely with Barcelona when they've done everything they can to try and fuck us at every opportunity.

Pep and the Catalan mafia at City need to remember who pays their wages sometimes...

 

[decmancity]

A lot of the 'fuck you' attitude of that era came from Gary Cook as well. Someone who doesn't get the recognition he deserves outside of the dedicated City fanbase.

Pep is brilliant obviously but I agree with you on his frequent pandering to our opposition. Especially playing nicely nicely with Barcelona when they've done everything they can to try and fuck us at every opportunity.

Pep and the Catalan mafia at City need to remember who pays their wages sometimes...

Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour pay the wages, they are sailing this ship and will decide how we are seen publically, they are masters of international politics and relations.

The whole takeover saga with Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim banging on about Messi and Ronaldo etc was embarassing and then the Kaka transfer etc. It didn't matter so much back then but not a chance we would get involved in that sort of stuff now.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour pay the wages, they are sailing this ship and will decide how we are seen publically, they are masters of international politics and relations.

The whole takeover saga with Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim banging on about Messi and Ronaldo etc was embarassing and then the Kaka transfer etc. It didn't matter so much back then but not a chance we would get involved in that sort of stuff now.

Haha, I forgot about that Sulaiman Fahim guy. What a farce that was.

Didn't he try and buy Portsmouth as well and it turned out he didn't actually have any cash?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Haha, I forgot about that Sulaiman Fahim guy. What a farce that was.

Didn't he try and buy Portsmouth as well and it turned out he didn't actually have any cash?

He successfully bought them, although only briefly owned them before they went into administration. He later got sent to jail for stealing £5 million from his wife to fund the purchase.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Some of the Barca players said he was a bastard........... especially those he moved on

Pep is not on Zlatan's Christmas Card list.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

He successfully bought them, although only briefly owned them before they went into administration. He later got sent to jail for stealing £5 million from his wife to fund the purchase.

Some properly mad things happening around that time wasn't there.

Must've been around the same period Notts County were taken over and they signed Sven and Sol Campbell, and it transpired the whole thing was a massive fraud?

Yet City are the ones ruining football...

 

[Phil1]

No successful manager has unilateral support. You have to upset big egos along the way to winning trophies.
Not sure picking out the odd player here and there who's slagged off Mancini or Pep is newsworthy whatsoever.

 

[Keeper!]

Some of the Barca players said he was a bastard........... especially those he moved on

I think I am right in saying Messi warned Kun that Pep would be a total bastard when Pep was appointed by us.

And the relationship seemed strained particularly early on, to the point he looked like he might leave, but after the initial issues, Pep made Kun a far better and more professional player.

As he has done will all, the same with Roberto, the improvement in individuals was huge.

 

[west didsblue]

Loved Mancini’s attitude. I wish we as a club still had that ‘fuck you rags/Chelsea/media’ attitude, I love it.

The only one thing about Pep that annoys me is his insistence on blowing smoke up the opposition’s arses, particularly our main rivals.

I also wish we didn’t look for soft nice guys and had a few arrogant arseholes in the team. Winners with the attitude needed to dig deep if a goal down to cunts like Chelsea or on the wrong end of reffing/var decisions.

We could do with characters similar in winning mentality to people like Alun Wyn Jones.

You've got the right user name!

23 Sqn??

 

[Eccles Blue]

I bet it's a lovely photo EB: )

When I get my laptop back and can use my memory stick thingy I’ll find it and post it! :-) Then you can judge. :-)