A sincere apology to the Mancini outers.

[samharris]

I suspect it had more to do with your being a bit of a troll.

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since then ;)

A veritable river has passed under the bridge in a very short space of time Sam. Swimming against the tidal flow is simply futile. :)

Was more of a reference to Trolls living under bridges mate.. :)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

This thread shows that despite all the behind-the-scenes revelations of what Mancini was really like, all the shit on the pitch last season, there's still a small and bitter core without the nous to see the obvious truth. Like sour little injured dogs, licking their wounds in the corner, growling "wait and see if he wins the league" through bloody teeth when poked.

Not many left now, but they are lurking in the shadows.

That did make me chuckle :-)

 

[franksinatra]

Reflect on a wonderful past few years and look forward to a bright future.

Part of the great sadness of Mancini leaving (and Balotelli) for me, is that I don't think I'll ever feel like I did in the better two seasons of Mancini. They felt magical. We may, and should, go on to be even more successful, whether that's under Pellegrini I still have considerable doubts, but it was the manner in which it happened which made those years so spectacular. Beating the rags at Wembley, winning the FA Cup in the year Neil Young died, the Poznan getting everyone involved, winning the title in the dying minutes of the season, along the way two victories over the rags including the 6-1 which might never be bettered, numerous other comebacks and last gasp winners, all wrapped up in Balotelli gold. The Poznan Years, The Balotelli Years, whatever you want to call them, they were incredible. No matter if we win the treble in coming years, I don't think they could quite reach the euphoria and typical Cityness of those two seasons. Most of us have adopted an approach of onwards and upwards, even if we have lingering doubts over Pellegrini, but most of us will treasure those two seasons. They were special.

No it will never be bettered. No club in history has won a title like that, against their bitter rivals. Not just QPR, but Sunderland, Chelsea, Spurs, huge games where we salvaged something from the dying embers of our title assault.

The semi against United completely altered my mindset as a supporter. For the first time we became an equal on the field of play and I no longer do I dread the thought of a Manchester Derby and the resulting abuse in work the following week. The players played with an incredible swagger and confidence summed up during the 1-0 against United and 2-0 win at Newcastle where the opposition rarely created a chance.

In 20/30 years time, even Manicni's biggest critics on this forum, will recollect and regale frriends and family with stories of the 6-1 and QPR game and maybe then they may consider how churlish their attitude to Mancini was.

 

[Rammyblues]

IMO Mancini was a legend. The club dispensed with his services as is their right, Pellegrini will bring us sucess and he will improve the squad and we will play at a higher level than previously under Mancini. This evolution of the club is unstopable and the team will progress to where our great owner wants us to be. There will be mistakes and casualties along the way. I am just happy I am here to witness it and enjoy the ride.

 

[Deleted member 52846]

It is quite remarkable that a manager who won us our first championship, cup in years and first ever champs league qualification is considered by anyone to have done a bad job. But if you say something to yourself long enough and are desperate to be proved right to people on a website you can convince yourself of anything.

Mancini overall deserved great credit for his achievements. He walked into the job, immediately improved the defensive organisation of the team, following season changed the style of play with the introduction of Yaya Toure and David Silva and then finally catapuled us to the next level with the purchase of Sergio to give us more firepower.

On the flip side, last season we were a playmaker short having missed out on Hazard and for whatever reason a number of players did not reach the standards of the previous season. Furthermore his purchases never really improved the side (Nastasic aside) and we never found a solution to the lack of pace in the squad.

For me he deserved another season to alter the failings in the side and similarly to Hughes his departure was undignified particularly when we were competing in a Cup Final. Criticism of Mancini is justified in certain respects but I find it difficult to comprehend the dislike and vitriol for a manager who achieved so much.

Reflect on a wonderful past few years and look forward to a bright future.

Mancini was exactly what we needed at the time he came in. He had flaws but did a really good job overall. It was as simple as Mancini wanting to be the authoritarian club manager when Begiristain just wanted a first team coach that cost him his job. Bringing in Pellegrini to work with Txiki is an ideal situation for the club now and I'll look forward, but reserve judgement, to how we do. Even by next Summer it will either be "room for improvement but no complaints" or "so far so good" statements from me, unless we especially deceed or exceed certain goals.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

This thread shows that despite all the behind-the-scenes revelations of what Mancini was really like, all the shit on the pitch last season, there's still a small and bitter core without the nous to see the obvious truth. Like sour little injured dogs, licking their wounds in the corner, growling "wait and see if he wins the league" through bloody teeth when poked.

Not many left now, but they are lurking in the shadows.

That did make me chuckle :-)

There's little flecks of blood and saliva all over the last two pages of posts .

I love it. Makes me feel warm inside ;-)

 

[Deleted member 52846]

This thread shows that despite all the behind-the-scenes revelations of what Mancini was really like, all the shit on the pitch last season, there's still a small and bitter core without the nous to see the obvious truth. Like sour little injured dogs, licking their wounds in the corner, growling "wait and see if he wins the league" through bloody teeth when poked.

Not many left now, but they are lurking in the shadows.

That did make me chuckle :-)

There's little flecks of blood and saliva all over the last two pages of posts .

I love it. Makes me feel warm inside ;-)

You're very odd.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

This thread shows that despite all the behind-the-scenes revelations of what Mancini was really like, all the shit on the pitch last season, there's still a small and bitter core without the nous to see the obvious truth. Like sour little injured dogs, licking their wounds in the corner, growling "wait and see if he wins the league" through bloody teeth when poked.

Not many left now, but they are lurking in the shadows.

That did make me chuckle :-)

There's little flecks of blood and saliva all over the last two pages of posts .

I love it. Makes me feel warm inside ;-)

You have a highly amusing way of delivering your venom, DD ;-)<br /><br />-- Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:37 pm --<br /><br />

That did make me chuckle :-)

There's little flecks of blood and saliva all over the last two pages of posts .

I love it. Makes me feel warm inside ;-)

You're very odd.

I can assure you, I'm much odder.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

It is quite remarkable that a manager who won us our first championship, cup in years and first ever champs league qualification is considered by anyone to have done a bad job. But if you say something to yourself long enough and are desperate to be proved right to people on a website you can convince yourself of anything.

Mancini overall deserved great credit for his achievements. He walked into the job, immediately improved the defensive organisation of the team, following season changed the style of play with the introduction of Yaya Toure and David Silva and then finally catapuled us to the next level with the purchase of Sergio to give us more firepower.

On the flip side, last season we were a playmaker short having missed out on Hazard and for whatever reason a number of players did not reach the standards of the previous season. Furthermore his purchases never really improved the side (Nastasic aside) and we never found a solution to the lack of pace in the

For me he deserved another season to alter the failings in the side and similarly to Hughes his departure was undignified particularly when we were competing in a Cup Final. Criticism of Mancini is justified in certain respects but I find it difficult to comprehend the dislike and vitriol for a manager who achieved so much.

Reflect on a wonderful past few years and look forward to a bright future.

I think that what I find most offensive about the posts of many (not all, I will concede) is the absurdly polarised viewpoint they take. There is now only one serving manager in the Pl to have won the cup and the PL, yet towards the end of last season Mancini was described as a "shit" manager, we were told that "anyone" could have won the PL with City's money and there were even "fans" - Manchester City fans believe it or not - who told us that City had only won the title because United had thrown it away. No questions as to how and why SAF, a manager many on here consider the best ever, was forced to relinquish an 8 point lead with 6 to play.

Mancini was successful, he has to be a good manager but he isn't perfect. He made mistakes, he had his weaknesses, but that's just as true of SAF, Mourinho and, of course, Wenger. We'll find that even Davey is fallible and, no doubt, Manueline Pellegrini. So, let's have a little grace and admit that the overriding memories of Mancini's tenure at City are not the European nights but the semi final win in 2011, the final, the 6-1, winning the title and that parade through the centre. Opinions on whether he should have been sacked will differ, but to argue he was not a good or successful manager is insulting.

 

[samharris]

This thread shows that despite all the behind-the-scenes revelations of what Mancini was really like, all the shit on the pitch last season, there's still a small and bitter core without the nous to see the obvious truth. Like sour little injured dogs, licking their wounds in the corner, growling "wait and see if he wins the league" through bloody teeth when poked.

Not many left now, but they are lurking in the shadows.

That did make me chuckle :-)

There's little flecks of blood and saliva all over the last two pages of posts .I love it. Makes me feel warm inside ;-)

Mixed in with little spurts of your pre come Dave.. ;-)