For those who like Mancini

[squirtyflower]

if only that were true!

if you search the posts of some of the individuals on here like tolmie did you will see that it started August 08
furthermore there are some interesting threads regarding the signing of bellamy where those self same posters abused both him and hughes and said they would never go to COMS if he signed

so, for most of them, the seven draws had nothing to do with it

It was for me, because I backed the signings of Bellamy and Bridge etc, though I was shitting myself at the thought of Upson. But when you're throwing away leads against the likes of Burnley and Hull, something has to give.

-- Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:14 am --

Oh, and who's flourished under Mancini? Tevez, and he said so himself. Fair Tevez did score against Chelsea, Arsenal and Bolton at the end of Hughes' reign, but under Mancini he has made himself the No.1 Striker at the club, and I don't think Hughes knew how to use him properly.

this is going no-where
you said 'everyone', i showed it wasn't
you throw in upson; when was a firm reported bid ever made?

i really can't be arsed on the tevez thing, players say what they want depending on the audience; look at robinho at the moment

and wasn't that supposed to be one of hughes failings? not getting the best out of top top players like tevez, and again you have mentioned it, sucked in by the hype
i see roberto did a good job with robinho, unlike hughes, and got him scoring lots of goals
(just not in a blue shirt!)

 

[selim]

Actually NO! ,The whole "give managers time" debate is useless when you have a clown in charge.

how does a clown get you 6th in the league with a game in hand; the first semi final in two generations and only two defeats in 27 games?
you are the one being clownish

Do you really think that Mancini can not beat scunthorpe and Fulham and Arsenal reserves"at home"?
and how many times do we have to say that only points count not the number of defeats?

 

[Anonymous]

It was for me, because I backed the signings of Bellamy and Bridge etc, though I was shitting myself at the thought of Upson. But when you're throwing away leads against the likes of Burnley and Hull, something has to give.

-- Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:14 am --

Oh, and who's flourished under Mancini? Tevez, and he said so himself. Fair Tevez did score against Chelsea, Arsenal and Bolton at the end of Hughes' reign, but under Mancini he has made himself the No.1 Striker at the club, and I don't think Hughes knew how to use him properly.

this is going no-where
you said 'everyone', i showed it wasn't
you throw in upson; when was a firm reported bid ever made?

i really can't be arsed on the tevez thing, players say what they want depending on the audience; look at robinho at the moment

and wasn't that supposed to be one of hughes failings? not getting the best out of top top players like tevez, and again you have mentioned it, sucked in by the hype
i see roberto did a good job with robinho, unlike hughes, and got him scoring lots of goals
(just not in a blue shirt!)

Funnily enough this thread has pretty neatly pointed out all the failings of the Hughes Out brigade. Stinks of an arrogant new City mentality when we can't as supporters behave with the same class that Hughes did after he get so publicly sacked. Still people on here go on and on and on about what a shit manager he was blah blah blah...

 

[squirtyflower]

this is going no-where
you said 'everyone', i showed it wasn't
you throw in upson; when was a firm reported bid ever made?

i really can't be arsed on the tevez thing, players say what they want depending on the audience; look at robinho at the moment

and wasn't that supposed to be one of hughes failings? not getting the best out of top top players like tevez, and again you have mentioned it, sucked in by the hype
i see roberto did a good job with robinho, unlike hughes, and got him scoring lots of goals
(just not in a blue shirt!)

Funnily enough this thread has pretty neatly pointed out all the failings of the Hughes Out brigade. Stinks of an arrogant new City mentality when we can't as supporters behave with the same class that Hughes did after he get so publicly sacked. Still people on here go on and on and on about what a shit manager he was blah blah blah...

agreed
and they still can't let it go and take every opportunity to have a pop
he's gone now, mancini is the manager and yet there are so many 'innocent' posts about a topic that includes a snide comment regarding hughes
that's what usually gets my back up, if only they could act with the same dignity he has done, just like when he commented on the chelsea-city game, not one bad word about us, yet even that was treated with disdain and comments about huge pay-offs

 

[mammutly]

Funnily enough this thread has pretty neatly pointed out all the failings of the Hughes Out brigade. Stinks of an arrogant new City mentality when we can't as supporters behave with the same class that Hughes did after he get so publicly sacked. Still people on here go on and on and on about what a shit manager he was blah blah blah...

agreed
and they still can't let it go and take every opportunity to have a pop
he's gone now, mancini is the manager and yet there are so many 'innocent' posts about a topic that includes a snide comment regarding hughes
that's what usually gets my back up, if only they could act with the same dignity he has done, just like when he commented on the chelsea-city game, not one bad word about us, yet even that was treated with disdain and comments about huge pay-offs

He doesn't get half that stick that Stuart Pearce does. Pearce was an honest man who did his best with no resources, kept us in the Premiership and took us close to a UEFA place.
City fans have a long history of condemning ex managers, and of course have many to choose from.

 

[squirtyflower]

"Now there's a wall between us something there's been lost
I took too much for granted got my signals crossed
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn

But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts"


and yet i never booed him or wanted him gone, and have never slated him since he left
that's the difference

 

[Anonymous]

agreed
and they still can't let it go and take every opportunity to have a pop
he's gone now, mancini is the manager and yet there are so many 'innocent' posts about a topic that includes a snide comment regarding hughes
that's what usually gets my back up, if only they could act with the same dignity he has done, just like when he commented on the chelsea-city game, not one bad word about us, yet even that was treated with disdain and comments about huge pay-offs

He doesn't get half that stick that Stuart Pearce does. Pearce was an honest man who did his best with no resources, kept us in the Premiership and took us close to a UEFA place.
City fans have a long history of condemning ex managers, and of course have many to choose from.

I don't recall Stuart Pearce receiving anything but support and praise for the first 9/10 months of his tenure. Whereas Hughes was lambasted within weeks of the season starting, as being clueless, incompetent, and not fit to manage City...

It's all ancient history now. It just smacks of a distinct lack of class to still be going on about Hughes as if he's a footballing neanderthal when in fact it will be as much his work as Mancini's which gets us to 4th (if we get there)...

 

[TTS]

How well did Mancini do in the cups? Oh, that's right - got beat by the scum and bombed out at the mighty Stoke.

Yet Hughes is "shit" and Mancini is the messiah?

Okaaay...

I agree with a lot of what you say, but this bit is silly.

1) Mancini has a very very good record in domestic cup competitions over the course of his career. 2) I couldn't name many sides that would beat the rags over 2 legs.

I know you're trying to inject some balance, but I don't think criticizing Mancini's cup record is the right way to do it.

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

How well did Mancini do in the cups? Oh, that's right - got beat by the scum and bombed out at the mighty Stoke.

Yet Hughes is "shit" and Mancini is the messiah?

Okaaay...

I agree with a lot of what you say, but this bit is silly.

1) Mancini has a very very good record in domestic cup competitions over the course of his career. 2) I couldn't name many sides that would beat the rags over 2 legs.

I know you're trying to inject some balance, but I don't think criticizing Mancini's cup record is the right way to do it.

You're missing my point. A poster claimed Hughes was "shit" - yet his cup record with the same squad was far better than Mancini's.

-- Fri Apr 02, 2010 3:54 pm --

Hughes was a shit manager.
We got to the semi by the luck of the draw and nothing else.
Name me one great win under Hughes?

Chelsea! Hey, here's another - Arsenal in the league!

Exactly! There were none, he was shit.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I agree with a lot of what you say, but this bit is silly.

1) Mancini has a very very good record in domestic cup competitions over the course of his career. 2) I couldn't name many sides that would beat the rags over 2 legs.

I know you're trying to inject some balance, but I don't think criticizing Mancini's cup record is the right way to do it.

You're missing my point. A poster claimed Hughes was "shit" - yet his cup record with the same squad was far better than Mancini's.

Scunthorpe, Fulham reserves and Arsenal reserves hardly constitutes tough tests.

Of course Hughes had a magnificent record in the cups last season with City didn't he......