A Tribute to Manuel Pellegrini?

[halpo123]

I am convinced that we have seen a renewed determination on the field over the last couple of weeks, and now we know why! I'm sure Manuel will be even more determined to finish the season in style and leave a lasting legacy, and hopefully that rubs off on the players.
I hope we can forget about Pep now for the remainder of the season and get on with things, I'm sure that was the thinking behind making this announcement today.
Thank you Manuel for being such a charming and respected manager for City.

You just saved me the effort of having to write exactly the same .We seemed to up the effort in the norwich game and we look much better for it

 

[Larry Stranger]

I'd think an apology is in order from probably 50% of the rags on here masquerading as city fans. He gets slated every other week by complete morons on here, who somehow think they know tactics and how to manage a football squad.

To aforementioned rags, you couldn't manage a Monday training session, much less lead a team to a title. Manuel has won us the double and done it with more class than all the doubters could muster on their best day... combined.

So many people confuse his class with weakness, and it's just an illustration of their own lack of class.

MP is already a legend, and he leaves a squad that is ready to conquer Europe under his replacement.

100% agree with this. To add to that people will slate him because Pep is coming and consciously or not they will compare the two. Pellegrini's in a no win situation. He's suppose to be doing better with this squad etc. Yeah well at least he's not doing a Mourinho. The league is more difficult now with teams like West Ham, Stoke, Leicester etc. having money and signing quality players . He may have gotten tactics wrong at times, but Pep's got tactics wrong at times as well. I remember he tried to play Barca man to man and got killed. Pellegrini is class and I wish him luck in the future.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Come on city players try and win a few trophies this season,and give this charming man a great send off in style COME ON CITY COME ON CITY

 

[Blue Expat]

Thanks to the Engineer.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

In absolutely objective terms, that's the most successful point this club has ever been at at this stage of any given season.

I think we are the only English Club ever to be in with realistic shout of all 4 major competitions in February. Not bad for someone who is 'tactically inept', has 'no plan B', etc, etc.

 

[Oystercatcher28]

He'll get praise from now until his final day and beyond. He is a proper gent of the game.

 

[BillyShears]

Pellegrini's always been stuck in an unenviable position when it comes to his standing amongst the supporters. He was for the obvious reasons of who he replaced and how that came about, an unpopular appointment when he came in. The double in his first season helped to bring everyone onside, but last season's on field travails, especially in the early Spring, coupled with the Guardiola stories first surfacing back then, pushed his popularity downwards again. In essence he's been stuck between the memory of Mancini and the shadow of Pep pretty much since his appointment, making it very hard to have any real perspective on the job he has done.

The one thing which can't be denied is that he has handled everything thrown at him with the utmost class and dignity. But personally, I think that to some extent that's just damning him with faint praise. For me the football we played in the 13/14 season was the best i've ever seen City play full stop. I don't think the Premier League at that point had seen a side play with such attacking ferocity and dismantle teams with such ease and effect. If any United team had done that ever they'd be being held up as one of the greatest PL sides ever.

For me with the exception of Pep there really isn't that many managers out there, if there are any, who I'd swap Pellegrini for. Yes he's rubbed some up the wrong way and frustrated many more, myself included at times, but when you look across the Premier League or even across the major leagues in Europe, there's very few currently coaching at the level MP is at.

Personally I hope he doesn't take the Chelsea job. Part of me would've been happy for him a month ago, but having thought about it I'd much rather he went back to Spain. The thought of him at another PL club doesn't do it for me.

 

[yeah whatever !!]

Thanks Pellers, your CV at City will make you very sought after.. Thankyou for what you have done for us and hopefully in your time left with us..a bit more.

 

[leewill31]

I know its a long shot but end of season he could walk away with maybe a double or treble to his name how odd would that be to see a manager replaced after doing such a thing!

 

[Citizen in Pakistan]

The way Manuel has handled the whole pep scenario speaks volume about the character and class of the man and apart from the success he has acheived with the club so far and what ever he might end up winning, i think he will go down as one of the greatest managers the club ever had.

Thankyou pellers for your time and helping the city acheive success