Club Statement (confirmed that Mancini sacked)

[marco]

roberto was a nice guy who could only bring limited success,he had to go and our owners were right to sack him, many things were not right this season you could see it in the performances now lets move on, i will look forward to a new style of play in august hopfully down the wing fast football
thanks roberto and goodluck

 

[DruntBlunt]

Bye Bob, thanks for the good times. Let's move on. Looking forward to next season now, two horse-race with us vs Mourinho.

 

[Citizen_Ando]

I'm a sesaon ticket holder and I haven't met a single fan who has been pleased with the performances this season. Something has not been right for a long time.

At least recognise that Berigistain and Soriano have a deeper knowledge of what happens behind the scenes than any of us, and if the stories are to be believed, all is not well. This has been put down to Mancini's poor man-management.

Uncomfortable as this feels, it was inevitable.

As to the timing, the decent thing to do would have been to anounce this after the season finished. However, due to the intense media speculation, this was clearly not possible.

The club found themselves in a no-win situation. The alternative, to leave him in charge for the last 2 games, when the whole world knew he was going, would have been painful in the extreme. And would have been a repeat of Hughes' last game in charge.

Thanks for everything Roberto. We love you.

My thoughts exactly. Unfortunately we live in the social media age where such rumours spread like wildfire and are reported on 24/7. Without agreeing with the decision, the club had to move now. None of us know the full story.

 

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

Christ, he will be leaving with about £7.5 million quid after a wretched season so forgive me for not breaking down and crying on his behalf. Thanks for the two trophies and perhaps we can now get a bit more out of this talented squad of ours in the years ahead. Izz football indeed.

 

[argyle]

Some posters on here are rivaling the dramatics on RAWK when Dalglish was sacked.

Fucking embarrassing!!

I'm looking forward to the new appointment, the new signings and next season!! Of course first step, the game tomorrow. Come on City!!!

 

[Nascent Blues]

Never a dull moment...


Unless you count the football under Pearce

 

[NQCitizen]

I love Bobby but I can see why he had to go.

Still wish it could have been a cleaner break than this, I hope he keeps his love for the fans and he's back here soon to a great ovation.

 

[red 2 hats]

The writing has been on the wall for Bobby, done himself few favours with his blame game, always someone else's fault, never his.
Thanks for the memories and trophies, you will walk straight into another job with a pocket bulging with money from your pay off, City will soon become a distant memory and a page on your CV.
I can't believe some of the bile aimed at our owners, people have short memories, these are the men who gave us our dreams, Bobby was a very well rewarded piece of the jigsaw.
His inability to change, no plan B, shit results in Europe and surrendering of the tittle have led to his downfall.
It could of been handled better from a PR point of view, but if reports are correct the timing was forced on them.
Changes were needed to take us to the next level and Bobby couldn't make em.
Whoever gets the job gets my support, any prick who is planning to dis-respect our owners should remember where we were before their cash injection.
Wipe your tears away, he's gone,if our owners thought he was the right man for the next level he wouldn't of got the bullet.

 

[Bill]

Good luck Bobby. Not enough players willing to put it on the line for him.Won't be out of work for long but fuck me we could have handled it so much better.

Correct. Wait till he knocks us out of the champions league, I will piss myself.

 

[JuniorBlue]

If the owners and board aren't happy with 2nd place why the fuck should we be? They are winners not runners up. Some people on here should realise that with the tools at Mancini's disposal (best part of £500 million spent on the squad) some of the performances this season (including his tactics) have been very disappointing, with someone else coming in why can't we do better.

Thanks for the 3 and a half years Bobby Manc but time to move on for the better!!!