Well done boss

[onceabluealways]

When he came in we had a very good squad of players and over the three years he's added £238m to that squad. Yet we've gone from being title winners and a team continually looking to win the title seasons before and after he came to going backwards to the point of being in the position we were in Mancini's first season - aiming to finish fourth. A total regression!
We've got 8 points from 45 against the top ten of the league this season (flat track bullies who haven't have the tactics or work ethic or fitness to beat the better teams) and we even drew away at the bottom three sides and were utter dross in those games.

We've lost 16 home games in his reign (17 in the five years previous to that and we had a much worse team in the early part of those five years) and lost 10 league games this season. This, for a team who should be aiming to be unbeatable at home and be losing between 5 and 0 league games a season. Yes, the middle of the Prem has improved but the top has got incredibly worse! With United disappearing from the top of the league in Pellegrini's time here, Chelsea sacking managers left right and centre and Arsenal being Arsenal, with none of them three teams having anywhere near the quality of their best teams in the PL era (United 1999 or 2008, Chelsea 2005 and Arsenal 2004) or any team remotely near as good as any of those sides anywhere to be seen at the top of this league we would never have a bigger opportunity to cement ourselves as a proper top Premier League team - and we didn't grab that opportunity. We, in fact, threw the opportunity to become a true elite team and club away as limply as you could imagine. We are now pinning our hopes on the sixth placed team to beat the fifth placed team to save our season.

We may well have got to the CL Semis this season but we had the second easiest group we've ever had (Plzen Moscow and Bayern was probably the easiest) and we managed to lose home and away to the only decent team in the group (flat track bullies again), got the easiest possible draw in the Ro16 in getting Kyiv who hadn't played for months and managed to avoid the big four (Barca Madrid Bayern Atléti) when got got, yes, a draw we had to do well to progress from against Paris, and we did...but then as soon as we faced one of the big four we went out and i'm not sure if we had more than four shots in 180minutes and they were all from pretty much outside the box, we didn't actually fashion a proper goalscoring opportunity in their box in two whole games and didn't give it a proper go in the last ten minutes of the second leg when we had nothing to lose. So even though it was good to get to the Semis, i'm just disappointed in how we did, not impressed we got to our first Semi-final.

We went out to Championship opposition at home twice in the FA Cup and threw our game in the competition this season and moaned about the timing of the game against Chelsea when we actually had exactly the same time between games at other stages of the season before CL games.

We won the league in 2013-14. We played well for much of the season but were, at times, a shambles defensively without Kompany and struggled to beat certain types of teams who press and play with high intensity and who knows what would have happened had Gerrard not slipped. But to score 102 goals was a great achievement and in about a quarter of our games we were absolutely fantastic and showed a good attitude in the run-in!

We were brilliant in the FL Cup twice in his three years. The final against Sunderland was a brilliant second half and the penalty shoot-out against Liverpool was fantastic!

Overall, while he won three trophies (which in any other era would make him a legend of the club), i'm glad to see him go. We've gone backwards and played boring football for the most part of this season and most of all underachieved. When you see your SC price increase year-on-year way past the rate of inflation but see the football go worse despite spunking millions on the squad, there won't be many people happy with that.

Thanks for the good times Manuel but you should have gone a year ago and i cannot wait for Guardiola to step through the door!

Absolutely spot on post

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I think many are just disappointed that we haven't played anywhere close to our full potential for much of the season. If we had shown as much application throughout the season as we did yesterday against Arsenal, I feel certain that we wouldn't be in the position of having to hope other teams mess up in order to be able to get top 4.

Is the correct answer.

 

[mekonmcfc]

I have stayed behind every season for 40 years except this one, and never leave the game before the end.

When we were rubbish I accepted it as that's the way it was.

I actually think the board and this manager should send out a written apology for the dross served up after spending 200 mill and paying players 200k a week. Yet I read this morning that Peller's actually thinks he has improved this team.

The stats totally rebuke this stupid statement - 7 points against top 8 teams only one win against Southampton at home - This tells me what I have thought for 18 months, the manager hasn't got a clue, he puts the team out and hopes they win which we are capable of against bottom half teams. Sverage PPG when he took over around 2.2 now it's 1.75 ish.

The performance against RM summed us up, we actually played ok for most of the two legs , but when it was absolutely necessary we couldn't give that extra bit.

The board should have let Yaya go after cake gate.

My only regret not staying behind was giving Zab and Yaya ( even though shit this season) the send off they deserved.

agrred Zab and Yaya have been 2 of our greatest players of all time, but i would have been a hypocrite to stay and applaud those lazy pampered fuckers

 

[bobmcfc]

Was you there yesterday then?!

Oh the nerve of it ;)

 

[BillyShears]

I am not big on social media so have missed that. Mostly here it seems to have been about whether or not the fans should have stayed behind after the final whistle and in the main seems to have been a reasonable debate without too much hysteria.

I think many are just disappointed that we haven't played anywhere close to our full potential for much of the season. If we had shown as much application throughout the season as we did yesterday against Arsenal, I feel certain that we wouldn't be in the position of having to hope other teams mess up in order to be able to get top 4.

Yeah i've got no problem at all with the people who walked out. Well entitled to vote with their feet. I also fully agree about yesterday's performance and just how much of a fuck up this season has been.

I guess i'm just excited enough about Pep coming in to be able to live with this gross underachievement and not freak out. I do feel people are freaking out big time. But maybe that's just my take on things because I liked Pellegrini far more than most and I think Pep is going to take us up another level.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I wasn’t there yesterday but I was at many final games through the dark years. Back then people stayed and applauded on the last day of the season whatever. I even think there was a better turn out for the Alan Ball team that got relegated so dismally and the season after when we were relegated for the second year on the bounce.

To not applaud the team in a year when we won the league cup is a bit embarrassing, it reflects very badly on the current supporters. If you were happy to walk out yesterday what would you do if we finished mid table or worse? Some of the comments just reek of entitlement which – given where we have been - is just wrong!

 

[PragueBlue]

I wasn’t there yesterday but I was at many final games through the dark years. Back then people stayed and applauded on the last day of the season whatever. I even think there was a better turn out for the Alan Ball team that got relegated so dismally and the season after when we were relegated for the second year on the bounce.

To not applaud the team in a year when we won the league cup is a bit embarrassing, it reflects very badly on the current supporters. If you were happy to walk out yesterday what would you do if we finished mid table or worse? Some of the comments just reek of entitlement which – given where we have been - is just wrong!

The team were applauded for winning the league cup the day they won it.

If we finished mid-table with a mid-table squad and having tried our best, I'm sure most would have stayed behind. Likewise if we had been relegated with a relegation level squad. This season we have had the best team in the league (IMO) that just hasn't shown the potential or effort in too many games. We showed yesterday how we could play and even though the result didn't go in our favour, I think most would have been happy with the performance because we did our best on the day. Too many times that hasn't happened this season. That's what has disappointed people the most in my opinion.

 

[mekonmcfc]

The team were applauded for winning the league cup the day they won it.

If we finished mid-table with a mid-table squad and having tried our best, I'm sure most would have stayed behind. Likewise if we had been relegated with a relegation level squad. This season we have had the best team in the league (IMO) that just hasn't shown the potential or effort in too many games. We showed yesterday how we could play and even though the result didn't go in our favour, I think most would have been happy with the performance because we did our best on the day. Too many times that hasn't happened this season. That's what has disappointed people the most in my opinion.

Spot on

 

[wolfie1988]

Any thought I had of staying and clapping Pellegrini remained sat on the bench or sofa because that's where he left all of our important players last week at Southampton. Clown

 

[Matt Diablo]

Would have done the same at the end if I was there - Fukin Navas sprinting off the pitch summed it up when subbed to get his coat and be the first out frigging door and in the cab to the airport. Others to follow

Being out of CL will give a batch of younger hungrier players more opportunity which is well overdue!

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

The team were applauded for winning the league cup the day they won it.

If we finished mid-table with a mid-table squad and having tried our best, I'm sure most would have stayed behind. Likewise if we had been relegated with a relegation level squad. This season we have had the best team in the league (IMO) that just hasn't shown the potential or effort in too many games. We showed yesterday how we could play and even though the result didn't go in our favour, I think most would have been happy with the performance because we did our best on the day. Too many times that hasn't happened this season. That's what has disappointed people the most in my opinion.

I get the disappointment – we all feel it even the players, the body language when they came out said it all. I just think you can stand there and clap even though you are disappointed. I have done it before when a squad of absolute dross has walked round the pitch at the end! I have also done it when the squad has massively underachieved. The Alan Ball team being the prime example – far to good to go down was what everyone was saying at the time! The level of under performance that year was on a different level to what we have seen this year!

 

[Walking on the blue moon]

That kind of balance won't find favour amongst this morning's hysteria.

Then so be it. It hadn't found favour with me last night either, but now that I've calmed down things become better. And I did think Shael's comments are pretty reasonable even though I don't agree with him. So the other blues would probably find some perspectives too.:)

 

[Deleted member 58678]

The team were applauded for winning the league cup the day they won it.

If we finished mid-table with a mid-table squad and having tried our best, I'm sure most would have stayed behind. Likewise if we had been relegated with a relegation level squad. This season we have had the best team in the league (IMO) that just hasn't shown the potential or effort in too many games. We showed yesterday how we could play and even though the result didn't go in our favour, I think most would have been happy with the performance because we did our best on the day. Too many times that hasn't happened this season. That's what has disappointed people the most in my opinion.

Correct!

We invaded the pitch and had an open top bus parade and turned up in our thousands to celebrate the title win when we won the title. I stay to the final whistle and applaud the players off every single game and did so yesterday. We've stayed behind to applaud the team when we've achieved nothing, had far worse teams who've performed terribly, or even been relegated but the feel of the club come the end of this season is one of great underachievement and flatness, many think he should have been sacked a year ago, it's as disappointing a season as many when we were shite...SC prices have gone up incredibly highly in the last five years and i feel that to be a slap in the face when i see a season like this season...and that's why we didn't stay behind.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

As much as I felt sorry for Pellegrini, he, the club, and the players had it coming.

They have lived in a bubble and taken the fans for granted, both in terms of what they see on the pitch before them and the increasing disconnect with the wider supporter base.

Yesterday, and this season, has been a deserved custard pie.

To put into context, there will be high-fives all round if we still make top-four.

A damning indictment.

 

[BillyShears]

As much as I felt sorry for Pellegrini, he, the club, and the players had it coming.

They have lived in a bubble and taken the fans for granted, both in terms of what they see on the pitch before them and the increasing disconnect with the wider supporter base.

Yesterday, and this season, has been a deserved custard pie.

To put into context, there will be high-fives all round if we still make top-four.

A damning indictment.

Yep. They served up too much garbage all season and it's amazing that nobody pulled the corporate marketing people aside and pointed out that if we didn't win against Arsenal they should probably put all that prefabricated nonsense to bed.

The higher ups took their medicine yesterday with the match being televised all over the world.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I get the disappointment – we all feel it even the players, the body language when they came out said it all. I just think you can stand there and clap even though you are disappointed. I have done it before when a squad of absolute dross has walked round the pitch at the end! I have also done it when the squad has massively underachieved. The Alan Ball team being the prime example – far to good to go down was what everyone was saying at the time! The level of under performance that year was on a different level to what we have seen this year!

No - that was a dross team.
This shift of emphasis onto paying fans is hilarious and undeserving.

 

[urmston]

City have always been a badly run club.

It is amateurish in almost everything it does and has a decades long record of underachievement. The big money has not cured this, just enabled us to buy better players.

So thank you Mr Pellegrini for managing to win three trophies in three years against the usual background of City bungling.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

City have always been a badly run club.

It is amateurish in almost everything it does and has a decades long record of underachievement. The big money has not cured this, just enabled us to buy better players.

So thank you Mr Pellegrini for managing to win three trophies in three years against the usual background of City bungling.

WUM!

 

[mekonmcfc]

City have always been a badly run club.

It is amateurish in almost everything it does and has a decades long record of underachievement. The big money has not cured this, just enabled us to buy better players.

So thank you Mr Pellegrini for managing to win three trophies in three years against the usual background of City bungling.

you think City are a badly run club ?

 

[mancity1]

Yeah i've got no problem at all with the people who walked out. Well entitled to vote with their feet. I also fully agree about yesterday's performance and just how much of a fuck up this season has been.

I guess i'm just excited enough about Pep coming in to be able to live with this gross underachievement and not freak out. I do feel people are freaking out big time. But maybe that's just my take on things because I liked Pellegrini far more than most and I think Pep is going to take us up another level.

It will have to be a few levels as such to get to where we need to be as a club given how far we have regressed under MP.

I don't mind MP I just think he never got us playing anywhere near the level we should have with an non existent game plan and little nous as to how to outsmart most managers on match days.

We won what we did under his " guidance " with individual performances.

While we went AWOL in the last year of RM's tenure at least we played as a unit rather than a fractured bunch of strangers and given the massive investment we should have done much better over the three years.

Pep is capable of doing it but by a country mile his biggest challenge in football to date with his grooming at Barca and Bayern the grounding he needs.