Club Statement (confirmed that Mancini sacked)

[york away to this!]

abandon ship!!

Are the rats leaving, or is this a new launch?

 

[Goaters]

Tough decision but the moronic diva like comments by people slating the board is a joke. If they felt giving him a 7.5 million pay off was necessary for a fresh start so be it.

Time to think of the exciting future we have awaiting us as fans.

CTID.

 

[TTTCITYBHOY]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJdlRl9Hdjs[/youtube]

Thanks forza everything Bobby.

 

[whicko]

We would be fucked without both as well. Fucking grow up.

Fuck you

Calm down. Yes its a shitter but either come back tomorrow or post nice.

Apologies De Niro just a bit pissed off.

 

[martinmcfc]

rags won fuck all last season and played shit tweaked it in the summer still played shit but smashed the league ...... we do the same and slightly different outcome.........lets hope they know what there doing ctid

The fact that ferguson has won 30 odd trophies in 20 years probably gives him a few years leeway!

 

[GeekinGav]

if Kiddo is taking control of the last 2 games AND the US Tour, thats a long wait for the new manager. If the Pellegrini deal was done, why say Kiddo takes control of the US Tour?

I dont think we have anyone lined up now Pellegrini has denied it.

oh god .......

..... are we gonna end up with Benitez???!!!

Does la liga and our US tour finish around the same time?

i assumed the US tour would be part of next seasons pre-season, ie the players go on holiday for 3-5 weeks then the tours start? La Liga ends this month doesnt it?

 

[The Road Sweeper]

Some of the reactions on here are preposterous.

I have good memories of Roberto and what he has delivered, but it's football management: a well paid, yet brutal and unforgiving job. He knew this when he embarked on this career path: he has followed in others' wake before and he will again. That is the nature of the game of football management.

None of us can know the sub-plot to this decision, at least at the moment. I'm not saying that this is the case, but if his relationships have broken down beyond the point of critical mass, then there's no turning back from that. That's the way of the world.

Our owners deserve our absolute trust to make the right decisions. Does anyone seriously think Mancini would have come to City if Taskin was still in charge or worse, we were in administration? On that basis anyone egregiously criticising them is being foolish.

Thanks Roberto, you've given me the best footballing memories of my life, but you got to manage my football club for three and a half years and were well rewarded for doing it, which is why my reserves of sympathy are not limitless at your dismissal, or even the nature of it. There plenty of people on this board struggling to find work who are far more deserving of my sympathies.

He'll get over this and move forward, as will City. City is what really matters, individuals are just extras passing through. People shouldn't lose sight of that.

Spot on.

Mancini came to us under the same cicumstances in which he leaves us. He knew the score and he knows the score.

He'll be neither ashamed nor embarrassed by this. As fans, we shouldn't either.

 

[stan bowles]

Agree

One chapter finishes, another begins...........exciting times ahead I feel

Absolutely.

Some of the shite being written on here is truly unbelievable.

Plenty of rags about too....

Rags or 12 year old girls. Has to be one of the two.

I hope you get the sack tomorrow too. Rich irony. Maybe some of us don't like seeing anyone treated like a piece of shit the way this club has done to Mancini. You think he gives a toss about the size of his severance package ? Fuck off. He's already a multi-millionaire. It's more to do with the way it's been done than the decision to replace him itself.

 

[toutmaster]

I hope his replacement is worthy

Yes he also rates lescott as a stricken and can play 3 at back plus I am sure knows how turn a lead into a defeat in the last 5 mins

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Disgracefull, we are a laughing stock yet again, how this has been handled is disgusting, fcuk off city

Don't let the door hit you and Mancini on the way out.

Prick

 

[abluejay]

There's nothing like a bit of stability to build success....

Let's hope we're not heading down the Chelsea route. Benitez is looking for a job...

Crazy decision unless they've lined up Klopp. Now they were a heck of a good team.

Bad choice of day - the anniversary!

Best wishes Bobby Manc- we're not really here!

 

[sugardubby]

Thanks Bob. Disappointed, to say the least.

if Kiddo is taking control of the last 2 games AND the US Tour, thats a long wait for the new manager. If the Pellegrini deal was done, why say Kiddo takes control of the US Tour?

I dont think we have anyone lined up now Pellegrini has denied it.

oh god .......

..... are we gonna end up with Benitez???!!!

Spanish league doesn't finish till start of June, so we won't hear anything other than rumours till then....

 

[mancityvstoke]

Always backed him and wanted more time.

Good luck Mancini.

 

[MadFerIt]

It was in bad taste how its happened and how the media got to the story before the FA cup final... but there is no question he lost the dressing room and the performances and motivation of then players this year has been below par. I can only think of the derby at Old Trafford this year and the FA semi final against Chelsea where we have looked like the team we were last year. Summer transfers were shocking, and whilst it wasn't his fault, it is HIS JOB to motivate the team.

There must be a valid reason for his sacking. Disgusting how it's been leaked and the board had no option but to sack him on the back of all the rumours.

Thanks for everything Roberto, forever remembered by being the first manager I've seen win us a trophy.

Onwards and upwards.

MCFC.

 

[Danny St.helens CTID]

Disgracefull, we are a laughing stock yet again, how this has been handled is disgusting, fcuk off city

Don't let the door hit you and Mancini on the way out.

Tit, this guy has done more for this club than any manager or player before, and the way he's been treated is a disgrace

 

[xenon_]

I know and acknowledge that the Club is greater than any one person but I am gutted.

Roberto Mancini stood up at a Supporters meeting and promised he would tear down that banner at the quiet neighbours' place and he did, he even said he would drive the bus to tear it down. He gave us the Premiership, he gave us the FA Cup and the Charity Shield. Thank you.

Thank you Roberto for some of the best times supporting City. You gave us everything (ok not the CL but....) I will never, ever, forget your reaction when Aquero scored that goal, the way you jumped into Brian Kidd's arms, the way you ran down the touchline, everything.

To think that it happened a year ago today. A year today at this time I was having an alcoholic drink.......... not something I do often but I was celebrating our glory.

I am just so upset to read that you have gone and I will be there at Reading tomorrow singing "Mancini, Mancini, he came from Italy to manage Man City" in defiance of the people who saw fit to humiliate you in this way.

Good luck wherever you go next. May they treat you in a more dignified manner than some people at Manchester City did. God speed.

Jesus, get a grip of yourself.

HAHAHA! That was a big strong, wasn't it :D

 

[mccity]

I'm guessing they felt last season was a peak in Mancini's capabilities, and ultimately we need to be better than that if we want to challenge on a European front.
I wanted Mancini to stay, but I'm willing to give things a chance, it wasn't so long ago we were pretty mediocre. I know Mancini's done us a great service to get us to where we are, where Hughes couldn't take us. But now someone else has to take us to where Mancini couldn't.
I'm sure the board know what they're doing. People clamouring for the Spaniards to go should just try and think why they've sacked him. It's not a rushed decision.

Also, given the media hounding I'm not sure how we could have handled it too much better. Admittedly, things weren't done greatly but it's always going to be that way with a sacking.

I'm eternally grateful to you Bobby Manc. Thanks for everything. But knowing you, you'll move on to other, more suitable things better for you.

And hopefully so will we.

 

[Anthony Kun]

All well and good, but we need an upgrade now - Pellegrini I dont think so.
Mourinho for a short term piss the rags off fix!

 

[SuperSilva]

if Kiddo is taking control of the last 2 games AND the US Tour, thats a long wait for the new manager. If the Pellegrini deal was done, why say Kiddo takes control of the US Tour?

I dont think we have anyone lined up now Pellegrini has denied it.

oh god .......

..... are we gonna end up with Benitez???!!!

May 23 and May 25 are the US tour dates.

Pellegrini still has games to manage for Malaga until the end of May... I think 1st June is his last game vs. Barcelona.

There is a good reason by City have publicly said Kidd will manage the 2 last games AND ONLY the US tour games... because after the US tour our new Manager will be here, so please chill the fuck out, relax and watch the fireworks because this Summer will be one of our finest despite the crying on here.

Also, Mancini is lined up for another managerial role so no one needs to worry hes gonna be on Deansgate busking away!

 

[Mayor West]

What the fuck are you all so angry about??

A manager has been removed from a fucking football club. That is all.

You bunch of fucking drama queens.