How would you feel if Mancini went to Chelsea? | Now linked with United (p10) and Forest (p14)

feedmpenzaandhewillscore said:
Mancini gave us some of our most euphoric moments following the club. Winning a trophy for the first time in 30 odd years, the 6-1 and QPR May 2012.

If the club had stuck with him rather than sacking him in 2013. Would we have gone onto being on of the top sides in Europe and ultimately winning the champions league? I doubt it would have happened, he struggled to get City out of two champions league groups with some very good players at his disposal,

He fell out with everyone in the club, the Tevez situation could have been avoided and scrapping with players in training wasn’t a good look either.

He was the right person to break the trophy drought and win the league. He wouldn’t have got the club to where it is now, it’s notable that he didn’t get any jobs with any top clubs in Europe after he left City.
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He scored 10 points, the first time a team had achieved 10 points without going through.

Aguero stated that Mancini hadn't lost the dressing room.

If the club had bought him better players than the 5 they bought after the title, who knows where we would have ended up.

We eventually got Pep and had a different wild ride instead.
 
bluealf said:
He scored 10 points, the first time a team had achieved 10 points without going through.

Aguero stated that Mancini hadn't lost the dressing room.
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That 10 points included the win against the already secure Bayern Munich who put out a near-reserve team at the Etihad.

The following season City only scored 3 points in the CL group stage including the very lucky 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund with a late Balotelli penalty after being battered the whole match.

They also somehow managed to lose the FA cup final to the relegation-bound Wigan. Something was really wrong with the squad, by then, in terms of attitude and motivation.

Most City fans will fondly remember Mancini for the City and League win and for tearing down that banner but a change was clearly needed by then.
 
JGL07 said:
That 10 points included the win against the already secure Bayern Munich who put out a near-reserve team at the Etihad.
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So I didn't tell any lies then, right?

He got 10 points in the group stage and didn't go through; it was a record for the time, and it may well still be.

That FA Cup final was as awful as Wimbledon winning v Liverpool.

You can tell the quality of the post by the hater who liked it.

Not that it really matters 12/13 years or so later
 
JGL07 said:
That 10 points included the win against the already secure Bayern Munich who put out a near-reserve team at the Etihad.

The following season City only scored 3 points in the CL group stage including the very lucky 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund with a late Balotelli penalty after being battered the whole match.

They also somehow managed to lose the FA cup final to the relegation-bound Wigan. Something was really wrong with the squad, by then, in terms of attitude and motivation.

Most City fans will fondly remember Mancini for the City and League win and for tearing down that banner but a change was clearly needed by then.
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The squad’s perceived bad attitude and lack of motivation in the Wigan final was down to the idiots in the board room who couldnt keep quiet their impending decision

Surprised you used the word “most” to start your final sentence. ALL proper City fans will forever love Mancini dearly. To paraphrase the great man, “Always in our hearts”
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I’m sure it’s bullshit because he’s nowhere near United’s level but I would absolutely love this to happen.
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Haha you couldn’t resist having a dig, just let it go as he’s a bloody legend.

Anyway have you still got a link to that article where you stated zabba was a failure?
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Thats a revision mate. That City squad retained all its world class players and also won the league the following year, after the manager was sacked. United’s squad had already started to decline a couple of years earlier. You could see we had over taken them when we beat them at Wembley in 2011. Obviously your last sentence is nonsense.
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The difference in that following season, where united won the league, was Van Persie. He chose them lot over us and went on to score something like 25 goals in the league alone. A proper last roll of the dice by whiskey nose.
 
As weird as it will be to see him elsewhere on the premier league, I wouldn't begrudge it him unless he took points off us or was an arse during games.

For entertainment value it would be great for the premier league. He certainly wouldn't have an issue calling out the owner and his press conferences would require popcorn to be pre-bought.
 
Mancini was the right man at the right time for us and should always be remembered as a hero. First trophy in 34 years and followed that up with a title win in the most dramatic of circumstances. Yes please.

The next year wasn't great and it was the right time for a change. He knows he was loved and he loves us. No issues with him going anywhere else. It has been over 10 years since he was with us and unless it was United, he can manage who he wants.
 
Hart’s Bird said:
The difference in that following season, where united won the league, was Van Persie. He chose them lot over us and went on to score something like 25 goals in the league alone. A proper last roll of the dice by whiskey nose.
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Yes, but we had Aguero, Tevez, Balotelli and Dzeko. To blame that season's demise on one United signing is another revision.
 
bluealf said:
So I didn't tell any lies then, right?

He got 10 points in the group stage and didn't go through; it was a record for the time, and it may well still be.

That FA Cup final was as awful as Wimbledon winning v Liverpool.

You can tell the quality of the post by the hater who liked it.

Not that it really matters 12/13 years or so later
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Was that 7th placed Wimbledon? The idea that this was some unprecedented shock is as hilarious as it is wrong and it’s incomparable to losing to a relegated team.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Yes, but we had Aguero, Tevez, Balotelli and Dzeko. To blame that season's demise on one United signing is another revision.
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Retaining a title is incredibly difficult, even for teams accustomed to it - hence why our 4peat is unique.

Probably just a case that we weren’t ready as a club to achieve that level of dominance, especially after the emotional high of the way we won it. Likely the case no matter who was in charge, possibly even including Guardiola.

If you look at the trajectory of the club, winning it again the following season, it was all building to Guardiola joining us at the precise moment we were ready for that dominance.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Was that 7th placed Wimbledon? The idea that this was some unprecedented shock is as hilarious as it is wrong and it’s incomparable to losing to a relegated team.
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Have you not gotten over it yet?

Fucking hell lad, we got beaten in a cup shocker.

Would us being beaten by Crystal Palace or the rag cunts class as a worse result, considering who we have as the manager and squad at his disposal?

I know which one pissed me off the most.

This is what Mancini did for me and 1000's of others, nobody will take that away from me.

Our first FA Cup victory since 69

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The first time seeing City lift the league title.

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Memories have been made by this man that will not be erased by the likes of Billy Shears and his gang of Mancini hating weirdos.

I also celebrated when Pellers won the title but nothing will beat the first time after a lifetime of waiting.
 
bluealf said:
Have you not gotten over it yet?

Fucking hell lad, we got beaten in a cup shocker.

Would us being beaten by Crystal Palace or the rag cunts class as a worse result, considering who we have as the manager and squad at his disposal?

I know which one pissed me off the most.

This is what Mancini did for me and 1000's of others, nobody will take that away from me.

Our first FA Cup victory since 69

r



The first time seeing City lift the league title.

Manchester%20City%20v%20QPR:%20Roberto%20Mancini


Memories have been made by this man that will not be erased by the likes of Billy Shears and his gang of Mancini hating weirdos.

I also celebrated when Pellers won the title but nothing will beat the first time after a lifetime of waiting.
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I loved Mancini and, much like you, will always remember him with huge affection and gratitude for what he did. However, you’re rewriting history if you think losing to Wimbledon in 1988 was as unexpected as losing to Wigan was, which is all I was pointing out.
 
Axel Freed said:
The squad’s perceived bad attitude and lack of motivation in the Wigan final was down to the idiots in the board room who couldnt keep quiet their impending decision

Surprised you used the word “most” to start your final sentence. ALL proper City fans will forever love Mancini dearly. To paraphrase the great man, “Always in our hearts”
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Yes, I still love him. Today I watched a Premier League Icons programme on Yaya Toure, what a player he was by the way. A few of the goals were when Mancini was the manager, some of the football was so good.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
I loved Mancini and, much like you, will always remember him with huge affection and gratitude for what he did. However, you’re rewriting history if you think losing to Wimbledon in 1988 was as unexpected as losing to Wigan was, which is all I was pointing out.
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Rewriting history, it was a fucking huge shock that they beat Liverpool, whether they finished 7th in the table or not.

Wimbledon FA cup winners, a team who had dragged themselves up from lower league football, come on man, bloody hell.

Liverpool had lost two games in the league and had 90 points, Wimbledon finished 7th with 57 points, you not class that as a little bit of a giant killing?

In fairness, the H2H record does do Wimbledon proud.
 
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