Discussion: Manuel Pellegrini 2015/16

[hilts]

Sad indeed. But I realistically don't know what else we can do mate as I would rather Manuel continue than get 'Arry Redknapp or the like to step in until the end of the season. Thankfully things aren't that bad...... Yet! Lol

But seriously I don't think they will get that bad because Manuel has shown many times before that when he's desperate he'll play a more solid formation to get him out of a hole. The real depressing thing is that as soon as we're out of the woods, he seems hell bent on proving the worth of his preferred 424.

As one poster put it a few months back 'Just because Manuel won the 1982 Guatemalan 1st Division title playing 424, he thinks he can rock up to the premier league 30 years later and repeat the feat!' Lol :-) It's a bit of an extreme analogy, but I understood the point through his humorous post.

I am waiting to see what he will do if all our players are fit, this guy will try and get yaya,silva,kdb,sterling all in one team away to Barcelona, he might even try and get nasri and bony in there at some point

 

[Moveonlife]

Pellegrini is great. He's a fantastic manager who's overseen the best football i've ever seen a City team play. His record speaks for itself. So you feel free to continue to pretend that all that's just luck and circumstance, but you're only kidding yourself.

We also played some fantastic football under Mancini.. Oh wait, you're Billy so of course you won't admit that.

 

[The blue phantom]

I am waiting to see what he will do if all our players are fit, this guy will try and get yaya,silva,kdb,sterling all in one team away to Barcelona, he might even try and get nasri and bony in there at some point

Probably willy in the nets too.

 

[hilts]

Pellegrini is great. He's a fantastic manager who's overseen the best football i've ever seen a City team play. His record speaks for itself. So you feel free to continue to pretend that all that's just luck and circumstance, but you're only kidding yourself.

Selective memory is a wonderful thing, he is that good that even you question his tactics and believe he will be gone in the summer,

 

[Dribble]

The availability of a good replacement or even a good stand in is a good reason to let him hang on. Like you say, not a ringing endorsement. I'm afraid I can't help think he's lost the dressing room from the evidence of that performance. It also looked like Pel had just given up as well. And if that is the case then it could be a long few months.

I doubt he's lost the dressing room, but I could imagine things being a bit strained in there at the moment. Manuel had the opportunity to shepherds crook Yaya off during the first half but took the diplomatic route of leaving it until half time. Again when asked about his team selection and formation after the match, saying he'd do it again smacked of diplomacy as well as the truth that he probably will!

We'll be there or there about mate, more based on having the strongest team if anything else. Again, its not exactly a ringing endorsement for poor ole Manuel, but right now its the best I can do............

 

[grim up north]

Not sure why everybody keeps bring up the Sevilla game. Yes we were awesome but don't forget they were absolute gash that game and played right into our plans. Very similar to how we played into Scousers hands on Saturday. Take a look at the home leg of that fixture they were unlucky not to get a point and if it wasn't for a bit of magic from KDB it would have been,

And why were Sevilla gash?

 

[Danish Blue]

It's the way he didn't do anything about Saturdays game till halftime and his interview after the game . Saying he would pick the same 11 and not knowing why we played badly does it for me . He has done this to many times now . Playing two in the middle against a packed midfield getting over run too open in front of back four. If we sort this defence out we will win the league this time .

Agreed, everyone fucks up occasionally but holy mother of god why did you wait 45 minutes to put right(and you fucked that up to) what was so blindingly obvious to the entire world. There are as yet undiscovered tribes in the heart of the peruvian jungle who laught at that team selection

 

[hilts]

We also played some fantastic football under Mancini.. Oh wait, you're Billy so of course you won't admit that.

And Keegan and Horton, but fair play with our squad he is keeping us within touching distance of the rags and Leicester city, we did win fuck all last year but if you take the pill(ask Billy if it's the blue or pink one) this incompetence gets erased from the memory

The analogy that just because you're sitting in a Ferrari doesn't make you a F1 driver is lost on him, you may beat Lewis Hamilton in his corsa but it doesn't make you any good

 

[pml79]

Selective memory is a wonderful thing, he is that good that even you question his tactics and believe he will be gone in the summer,

He has one way of playing and can not adapt to situations on the pitch. He reminds me a lot of wenger stubborn .

 

[pavelsrnicek]

Funnily enough almost identical things were said about Pellegrini within his first two or three months in charge. Similar was also said after the Old Trafford derby last season. Then we went on a winning run. That's sort of my point. I can understand all the frustration after Saturday, and I even understand the need to talk about Pellegrini being replaced at the end of the season, but it doesn't make me any less optimistic about what can be achieved between now and the end of the season.

I really wouldn't be surprised to see us go on another decent run but I think that on a couple of other occasions between now and the end of the season we will start a match with Yaya and Fernando and play badly and there will be more wailing about him.

I know he sees the players every day, I know he has a wealth of football knowledge and experience I will never have, but anyyone could see trouble with the team the moment it was announced. Playing Delph or Fernandinho instead of Navas, Sterling or de Bruyne would have made a world of difference.

The most frustrating part is that Pellegrini was ripped off by some shocking decisions as Malaga manager against Klopp's Dortmund when he had it tactically spot on and should've knocked Dortmund out. That was a better Dortmund side than this Liverpool team and Malaga are far worse than this City side.