Didsbury Dave said:
And anyone who believes now, after all that happened last season, all that went on behind the scenes and all that has come out since May, that Mancini didn't deserve to be sacked, is not living in the real world and has no idea about the sport of football.
A comment that really has no place in a reasonable discussion.
Nothing but rumour and counter rumour has come out of the club regarding what did and did not not go on behind the scenes. To take such an absolute, unequivocal position on the basis of that is a bit daft really.
Since you mention
all that happened last season: Isn't it reasonable to consider that the super duo of Soriano and Txiki deciding to speak to Pellegrini half way through said season was just a tad destabilizing?
Then there's the transfer business fiasco of last summer's window.
The way I see it, the super duo didn't like Mancini from the get go and probably engineered his departure. So their judgement is on trial now as Pellegrini is indisputably their man and they've facilitated major signings in support of him.