They made a call and employed Pellegrini and I had no problem with that as he had proved himself to be an effective manager. What happened to him when he rocked up at the Etihad fuck knows, but suffice to say he's regressed us back to the pre Mancini era and we now stand on the brink of being relegated from the Champions League!
Our bosses had a choice to make last summer which was stick or twist and we stuck with the knowledge that Pep would be here this summer. Manuel still wouldn't heed the warnings from last season and repeated many of the same mistakes again this. This is new territory for us now as before we've had everything to look forward to, but now we're in danger of losing our CL place which we coveted and hold so dear all because of Manuel Pellegrini.
The sad thing is, this has been coming from the very first kick in the very first game under his tenure just as many fans predicted.
Which is why those above need to take a long hard look at themselves and those they employ to assist them to make the decisions they end up making and rise or fall by.
Sacking a manager who wins a title in his first year may seem harsh and unpopular amongst some but they are employed to make those harsh decisions and having made the decision to give him a second year proceeded to spend money on players that he couldn't get the best of.
In some cases they just were not good enough full stop but that doesn't give MP a leave pass into year three and a one year option extension for a reward for year one and a bigger pay out when it was obvious that he would only get at best his initial three year term.
At worst he should have been replaced after year two by one of the many motivational managers that would step in for one season ensure at top three finish at worst and at least have the nous to groom younger players at the same time for the future.
Even a guy like Guus would have got more out of our squad this year and employed a game plan that ensured that we were harder to score against and given the likes of Mangala and Oti more confidence to adapt to the premier league.
MP is not a smart man when it comes to football management that is plain to see and as they he is too old to stubborn , too tactically unaware to change.
He had a good squad by no means a great one but he made it much poorer than it should be.
All those that remain that have regressed under MP , not one is better than when they arrived will have to have their skill base restored and hopefully for the first time in a long time we have a game plan that is coherent , easily understood and works.
Most if not all knew we were on the slide for a long time and MP had nothing in his arsenal himself or his support staff to change things for the better.
The fans told him yesterday what they thought of his tenure and I hope Kaldoon and above saw it for what it was.
