Dethred said:
Oh it's the 50 IQ brigade again not understanding stark differences. If you can't see a difference between Mancini's toxic atmosphere, not winning a single CL game his last season, and losing to a soon-to-be-relegated team in the cup final, then there is no hope for you. Go on talking tactics like you actually have a fucking clue.
Do you think Pellegrini has created a toxic situation in the dressing room and around the club?
If you say yes, show some proof.
Do you think Pellegrini has done near as fucking hopelessly as Mancini in Europe?
If you say yes, you're just a fool because there's no way anyone could argue that.
Did Pellegrini win the same number of trophies in his first year as manager as Mancini did in 3? Even after Mancini left us with a team that would lose to Wigan, and then a few weeks later Reading? Yep.
I think most of you fucks just like to slag off the guy who has some class and isn't up in the technical area calling the opposing manager a "c**t". 6-7 years ago we would have all been hoping that the club didn't sack someone like Pellegrini, but here we are... unabashed entitlement.
I would suggest the results are a fair indication that all is not well. Our worst run of form for a few years. Players losing form due to being constantly chopped and changed. Rigidly sticking to a system that is not working.
He has us in 4th position and is danger of not automatically qualifying for the CL. We went out of one cup at home to a very understrength Newcastle and out of the other cup at home to a team from the championship. In the CL we just scraped through but we went out as soon as we came up against one of the better teams.
Personally I am not too bothered whether he is a nice and classy guy or not (and I have no idea whether he really is or isn't). He is here to do a job and isn't doing it very well at present. Just as it was time to part company with Mancini, it probably is time to call an end to Pellegrini's time here at the end of the season.