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Biggest mistakes of the decade.
- Thread starter Silva&Silva
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Upon consideration...
The biggest mistake of the decade absolutely has to be failure to back Mancini in the 2012-2013 season... at all.
At the start of the season, Mancini pleaded with management for big signings... at one point he made an important trip to Milan meeting with Thiago Silva and Ibrahiminovic, both players on the market and willing - and indeed did - transfer.
Instead of landing these marque players... we signed, at the last minute, and overpaying...
Javi Garcia
Matija Nastasic
Jack Rodwell
Soctt Sinclair
Maicon
Richard Wright
Mostly complete crap, though Nastasic did perform rather well in his first season for us.
Back Mancini, sign high caliber players, and we might well have won the 2012-2013 title.
Which is not to say that Mancini should have been our manager long term - his substitutions/tactics were frequently misjudged, and his man-management and lack of ability to get on with others - players, and management both - meant that a better manager was always going to be available.
Nonetheless.... the 2012-2013 treatment of Mancini is, I think our biggest missed opportunity of the decade.
The biggest mistake of the decade absolutely has to be failure to back Mancini in the 2012-2013 season... at all.
At the start of the season, Mancini pleaded with management for big signings... at one point he made an important trip to Milan meeting with Thiago Silva and Ibrahiminovic, both players on the market and willing - and indeed did - transfer.
Instead of landing these marque players... we signed, at the last minute, and overpaying...
Javi Garcia
Matija Nastasic
Jack Rodwell
Soctt Sinclair
Maicon
Richard Wright
Mostly complete crap, though Nastasic did perform rather well in his first season for us.
Back Mancini, sign high caliber players, and we might well have won the 2012-2013 title.
Which is not to say that Mancini should have been our manager long term - his substitutions/tactics were frequently misjudged, and his man-management and lack of ability to get on with others - players, and management both - meant that a better manager was always going to be available.
Nonetheless.... the 2012-2013 treatment of Mancini is, I think our biggest missed opportunity of the decade.
Mad Eyed Screamer
Moderator
Jo? Had to be the decade before surely?Bad signings?
Jo, and Bony spring to mind..
smevchenko
Well-Known Member
>> I'm going for letting Tevez leave too early.
Love Tevez - but he made Mancini's position untenable. We had to let him go.
Bad signings?
Jo, and Bony spring to mind.
Missed opportunities?
Maybe we should have caved and bought VVD, out-bidding Liverpool. OTOH we can't seem to be seen as mugs, willing to spend anything at all to land players, otherwise we'd never be able to strike good deals.
£75m for VVD is looking like a pretty good deal
Unless you're trying to be cute with the new decade having occured... well then...Jo wasn't this decade.
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jô" - signed 2008.
mosssideblue
Well-Known Member
Right fit at the timeI think he means why the fuck did we end up with Bravo at £16 mil.
Mad Eyed Screamer
Moderator
Ha ha no not being cute! I meant we are talking about the last decade and (as you confirmed) Jo was the previous decadeUnless you're trying to be cute with the new decade having occured... well then...
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jô" - signed 2008.
The commentators all say that City should have signed a defender this Summer but they neglect to say who.If we sign a cb this summer instead they'll still take 6 months to settle in, but it will affect next season and this.
We know we tracked Maguire but having seen him destroyed at Arsenal, I'm glad that we didn't tie ourselves to him for 5 seasons.
It was probably the right thing to do nothing at the time but luck went against us with a major injury to Laporte. Having seen the promise of Garcia and Harwood-Bellis I think it is a realistic proposition to look to those two to support Stones and Laporte.
Doh!Ha ha no not being cute! I meant we are talking about the last decade and (as you confirmed) Jo was the previous decade
dublinblue12
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Not signing van persie for the 2012/2013 season, or at least better players than we did