First Ferran Soriano interview

[1961_vintage]

Backstabbing Spaniard in having long term plan shocker!

Great interview. We're lucky to have Ferran and Txiki. His comments about Pep do make you wonder why he didn't want to come straight to City. Maybe he didn't fancy going straight into another head to head against Mourinho.

I think it's more likely a reflection of having the right manager at the right stage of our maturity within what he refers to as "cycles", ie:

#1 Baseline - establish a solid winning mentality. Roberto Mancini
#2 European Competitors - establish greater results consistency, including challenging at ECL quarter final stages. Manuel Pellegrini.
#3 European Dominant Force - move City forward to winning and dominating at domestic and ECL level. Pep Guardiola.

 

[Akai]

promising future with these 2 at the helm !

 

[bernabias home shirt]

The class way to do things is by keeping quiet and going about your business plan without blabbing it to all and sundry.

He has made a rod for his own back and City by giving the world media a stick to hit us with if it all goes tits up.

He also has had a right go at Bobby in the public domain, double standards as far as I can see. Ferran did NOT have to air our dirty washing in public but he chose to do so.

Bobby up to this moment has chosen to keep his council and I respect him for that.

Bobby will have signed a non disclosure agreement

Or he just has a bit of class and doesnt want to shit stir...

 

[Anonymous]

Backstabbing Spaniard in having long term plan shocker!

Great interview. We're lucky to have Ferran and Txiki. His comments about Pep do make you wonder why he didn't want to come straight to City. Maybe he didn't fancy going straight into another head to head against Mourinho.

I think it's more likely a reflection of having the right manager at the right stage of our maturity within what he refers to as "cycles", ie:

#1 Baseline - establish a solid winning mentality. Roberto Mancini
#2 European Competitors - establish greater results consistency, including challenging at ECL quarter final stages. Manuel Pellegrini.
#3 European Dominant Force - move City forward to winning and dominating at domestic and ECL level. Pep Guardiola.

Yeah, that's a pretty good reading IMO.

 

[City Raider]

Brilliant interview and very exciting to read,
I must say I am excited at the Barcelona philosophy and approach at our club,
But is it realistic in the short term?

I mean are they expecting Pellegrini to come and immediately change the style of play? Sounds to me that winning the league is certainly the objective this season but with such drastic changes going on in the background it makes me wonder.

Need to be realistic approaching a project like this,
It's going to take time and I'd be interested in knowing what he means by "homegrown" players, is he referring to bringing young english players through the ranks or investing worldwide where needs be?

It also makes me second guess whether Pellegrini is the man for the job or not?
The fact he wants the players and club to have this whole "family" like relationship,
is that possible with a manager who can't speak English? Considering most of squad do so?

Exciting all the same, I just hope they are realistic about and give it time,
This could bite us in the ass if they don't.

Are you fucking kidding?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-xtSjaPRJg[/youtube]

And the bonus is... He can speak Spanish to the squad members whose English eez no so good.

Yeah, seems he really struggles with his English...

The former Malaga coach is the red-hot favourite to take over from Roberto Mancini, who was sacked after winning three trophies in as many years, but failing to take City forward in Europe.

"I am not afraid of failure, I never was"
Manuel Pellegrini
"I am not afraid of failure, I never was," Pellegrini is quoted as saying in The Sun.

"Failure is a word that has never had a place in my vocabulary and least of all now that I am totally fulfilled.

"This doesn't mean I am not as demanding of myself, nor that I think I have nothing more to achieve. Quite the contrary - I am my own harshest critic. Everyone has fears, what is important is to overcome them and not to freeze."

Pellegrini also described himself as a temperamental person, but insists that his success is based on an ability to "transmit calm".

The Chilean is tipped to be followed from Spain to England by Jose Mourinho who is expected to take charge at Chelsea. Whilst Mourinho is famed for his demonstrative passion against both players and officials, Pellegrini believes in a different approach.

"I'm a very temperamental person who has succeeded in harnessing his temperament," Pellegrini said.

"If you keep confronting referees, your opponents, the crowd, you become a showman.

"I have no interest in going over the top, nor building a part for myself in show business. One of the things I've managed to control best is to transmit calm from within, no matter what the pressure."

 

[Seasideblue]

The class way to do things is by keeping quiet and going about your business plan without blabbing it to all and sundry.
He has made a rod for his own back and City by giving the world media a stick to hit us with if it all goes tits up.

He also has had a right go at Bobby in the public domain, double standards as far as I can see. Ferran did NOT have to air our dirty washing in public but he chose to do so.

Bobby up to this moment has chosen to keep his council and I respect him for that.

I disagree with everything you say in this post

"The class way to do things is by keeping quiet and going about your business plan without blabbing it to all and sundry."

Thee is a thread on here complaining that they had not heard from our men at the top He now gives a candid interview setting out our objectives and he gets slaughtered !

"He has made a rod for his own back and City by giving the world media a stick to hit us with if it all goes tits up"

Do you believe the press will not beat us anyway if we do not win anything? Go and have a look on the agenda thread

"He also has had a right go at Bobby in the public domain, double standards as far as I can see. Ferran did NOT have to air our dirty washing in public but he chose to do so".

I did not read it like that He repeated what was already in the public domain. And also said that he didn't have a problem seeing Bobby and Mario having a row BUT he knew the press would make a meal of it and it would put City in a bad light and guess what. they did !!

"Bobby up to this moment has chosen to keep his council and I respect him for that"

I am certain there are a few million reasons that Bobby kept his own council and it will be called a confidentiality clause

I was a Bobby inner but respect my club and understand why he had to go And I am sure Bobby will be back in management very soon Thank you Roberto but first and foremost I am a CITY fan[*]

 

[Anonymous]

The class way to do things is by keeping quiet and going about your business plan without blabbing it to all and sundry.

He has made a rod for his own back and City by giving the world media a stick to hit us with if it all goes tits up.

He also has had a right go at Bobby in the public domain, double standards as far as I can see. Ferran did NOT have to air our dirty washing in public but he chose to do so.

Bobby up to this moment has chosen to keep his council and I respect him for that.

Disagree with almost every word. Also, Bobby's gone and no longer associated with City, whereas Ferran is our CEO. Think he might deserve the benefit of the doubt over an ex employee.

 

[without a dream]

It's good that he's done an interview, I think this is what most of us expected his 'vision' to be but it's good to see it in black and white. I do think he shouldn't have given them the 5 trophies in 5 years line but that's a very minor thing in relation to the rest of the interview. We're in safe hands.

 

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Seasideblue
I disagree with everything you say in this post

BillyShears
Disagree with almost every word.

Fuck me things must be looking up Me and Billy agree on something :-)

 

[MSP]

Class and vision.