A Turning Point

Gary Cook (despite his several foot in mouth guffs) getting ADUG to buy us has to be mentioned as a turning point. The second one was signing Robinho. Although deemed as a flop he was a statement of intent. I bet Fergie's chewy fell out of his gob in shock when we signed him.
 
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BlueMoonRisin' said:
Gary Cook (despite his several foot in mouth guffs) getting ADUG to buy us has to be mentioned as a turning point. The second one was our Robinho. Although deemed as a flop he was a statement of intent. I bet Fergie's chewy fell out of his gob in shock when we signed him.
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Tevez was bigger than Robinho, Yaya bigger than Tevez, Aguero bigger than both combined.
 
7evens said:
Looking at where things have gone for us since the takeover, this felt like the big turning point. We won the FA Cup semi-final the year before and battered them 6-1 at Old Trafford, yes, but I think this was when we properly rattled Ferguson for the first time. The first time we wound him up and he snapped back. The FA Cup semi started the shift, the 6-1 set the gears in motion, and this little gesture (along with the win and everything it meant) was when we finally, properly got under Ferguson's skin, right before he retired and left them in a just a little bit of a mess.

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Platt looks utterly conflicted.
 
Signing Gareth Taylor and dropping Goater who had been pretty shit, the season started to turn round after that with Goater fighting to get his place back and keep it.

However teh then United manager helped out Royle with Terry Cooke which also spurred us on greatly, and the united manager contributed to their own downfall.
 
Ballet On Ice said:
For me the turning point was the fa cup semi.
We were improving but when they needed to win they normally did it whoever they were playing.
To beat them at Wembley in such a big game said we had arrived, we were now going to take them on as equals and they didn't like it/couldn't understand it.
The 1-6 at the swamp next year confirmed it but Wembley started it.
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Totally agree with this. When we beat them at Wembley....they knew it was over.
 
Bozzie said:
I don't think we realise how well our club is run. Mancini was absolutely the 'right man at the right time', exactly what the club and, more importantly, the players needed at the time. Most clubs have a piss poor record of managerial appointments, ours since the takeover, have been incredible. Mancini was never going to be long term, his style is confrontational and generally that has a limited shelf life but his impact was huge. He brought that elusive 'winning mentality' with him, a touch of arrogance and no sign of the inferiority complex towards Man U and Ferguson that plagued most managers in the PL at that time. The atmosphere and the confidence in the club changed noticeably and that FA Cup semi-final definitely signaled a changing of the old order even down to Mario's cheeky wink!
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Think Mancini was also what the fans needed for the reasons above. Coming from abroad he didnt have the inferiority complex of some domestic managers at that time. Will always be remembered for ending our trophy drought.
 
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Mancini getting on camera walking down the steps at the Scaffolders Dream during the 6-1, pouting, nodding and smiling was the real turning point for me. Yes, robinho, the fa cup semi, Mancini squaring up to strawberry nose in the league cup, yaya, Merlin, aguero etc all contributed to that moment, but for me this was the moment everyone knew city had not just the belief but the swagger and sheer self confidence to say " yeah, we're Fu*king here, we don't give a f*ck what happened before, we're the future and now you all know this is what's happening from now on"
 
I think most of the instances mentioned were turning points. But the time it turned completely and absolutely was the game when they beat us 2-3 to postpone our title celebrations. I walked away from that result smiling at the fact that the result was their peak moment of the season - just like ours used to be whenever we beat them.
They had become small time ; revelling in a blip in our Centurion season. The tables had truly turned.
 
Ballet On Ice said:
For me the turning point was the fa cup semi.
We were improving but when they needed to win they normally did it whoever they were playing.
To beat them at Wembley in such a big game said we had arrived, we were now going to take them on as equals and they didn't like it/couldn't understand it.
The 1-6 at the swamp next year confirmed it but Wembley started it.
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This image should be as iconic as Sergio celebrating.
 
The match after 1-6, it was QPR vs Chelsea, I think. And derby just finished when they were going to the pitch, camera n the players of both teams in the tunnel, Joe Barton, I think, asks someone what was the score, he tells him City won 6-1 and then the look at his face and wow on his lips.
 
Wembley opened peoples eyes but the 6-1 was the confirmation. The 6-1 will forever live with SAF for the rest of his life. Not only did we beat them 6-1 but it was at Old Trafford.
 
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