de niro said:
put it this way, we would have beaten stoke, we would be going to chelsea with absolute confidence to get a result, now yes we will scrape past stoke then get hammered at chelsea.
For someone who constantly berated and belittled anyone who came up with reasons for Hughes being a poor option for the club, based on his time here, you haven't half come up with some straw clutching stuff in support of him over Mancini on this thread.
The crystal ball reading "We would definitely be third" and "we would definitely have beaten Stoke/Hull/whoever" stuff is amazing.
In fact, it is embarrassing to think that someone can say it with a straight face.
Passs that crystal ball over here. Wait, wait, wait, yes, is there....... wait, wait, yes, these's a man, he is wearing a scarf, he is at St Andrew's and he is dancing, and there he is again, he's at COMS now and there's a man with a sun tan looking glum. And wait, the man with a scarf is now at COMS again and he is dancing in front of a Scottish man who is wearing maroon. And there again, in front of a man with a sombrero and a man who is twitching.
So, you see, that is my PROOF that if Mancini had been in charge then we would have DEFINITELY beaten Spurs away, Hull at home, Wigan away, Burnley at home, Birmingham away. Etc, etc, etc.
And I am saying this with a completely straight face and offering it as the cornerstone of my Mancini>Hughes argument. It's pretty easy this "we would have......" lark, isn't it.
Hang on, there's some men in white coats at the door, I'll be back in a second. They probably just want to congratulate me on my new found, completely rational line of argument.