Discussion: Manuel Pellegrini 2015/16

[BillyShears]

There's another phrase you could use....

Haha. Well and truly trolled last night. Some proper demented blathering from two of Mancini's biggest apologists. In the run up to the derby no less.

 

[mosssideblue]

He might have been average at best last season, but so far this he's looking a very good player, yet again your comment makes me wonder if you've actually watched him.

You beat me to it. Fernando will make quite a few on here eat their hats this season

 

[cleavers]

You beat me to it. Fernando will make quite a few on here eat their hats this season

Me included, if I'm honest I'd have been happy had he been sold in the summer, so very pleased with his current form, he should have started on Wednesday for me.

 

[mosssideblue]

Txiki & Soriano are wasting their time looking to Pep to take us to the next level. There's plenty on here who think they have sufficient nouse and coaching badges to be the next messiah in waiting.

 

[mosssideblue]

Me included, if I'm honest I'd have been happy had he been sold in the summer, so very pleased with his current form, he should have started on Wednesday for me.

There just seems to be an inherrent impatience with our new signings. Very few land running and very few fail to adapt.

 

[cleavers]

There just seems to be an inherrent impatience with our new signings. Very few land running and very few fail to adapt.

Totally agree, the signs with Fernando were there in the last few games last year, which is why I gave him the benefit of the doubt.

I think any player should be showing good signs after 3 or 4 months, Fernando wasn't, but I'd not really factored his injury in to it all, like many others. I've never had a problem admitting I'm wrong about someone.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Me included, if I'm honest I'd have been happy had he been sold in the summer, so very pleased with his current form, he should have started on Wednesday for me.

I think fitness was his main problem last season and think there is a very decent holding midfielder in there. Personally in games against tougher opposition I'd be far happier to see Fernando in there next to Fernandinho than Yaya, it would be far more balanced. It's then a question of whether you play Yaya further forward or not at all. All irrelevant though because Yaya will always play when fit and I have a feeling that Fernando will never really get the opportunity to fully put right the opinion fans have of him based on last season.

 

[cleavers]

I have a feeling that Fernando will never really get the opportunity to fully put right the opinion fans have of him based on last season.

As I said above, he's already done it for me, towards the end of last season, and so far this, he looks a good part of the squad, he won't play every week, but I think he'll be a huge bonus in the much slower CL for one thing.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Txiki & Soriano are wasting their time looking to Pep to take us to the next level. There's plenty on here who think they have sufficient nouse and coaching badges to be the next messiah in waiting.

Hate this kind of post. Do you honestly think when people criticise managers or players it is on the basis that they believe they can do better themselves, or do you just think nobody is in a position to criticise anyone about anything unless they can do better themselves? Either way, you'd be wrong.

 

[hgblue]

Txiki & Soriano are wasting their time looking to Pep to take us to the next level. There's plenty on here who think they have sufficient nouse and coaching badges to be the next messiah in waiting.

If we replace Pellegrini with Guardiola, it will very quickly become clear why some have been excited at the prospect.