Is now the time to consider Mancini's tenure at the club

[Ric]

Some back Mancini unequivocally, others fundamentally oppose him. I can't work out which side I disagree with most.

 

[kippaxchris]

A turd that took the piss out of our world class GK and took 3 vital points for his team against the Champions

If we were going to sign every average player that has scored a goal against us we'd have to build a new car park at Carrington. Shit happens.

Its not about signing every average player that scores against us its about the so called average player we sold scoring against us and he is far from an average player

 

[Freestyler]

People miss the point of others on here, no one is saying he's shite or he isn't a good manager.

Like me, people are saying he's not capable of taking the club to the next level its at NOW.

Seriously, look at the SQUAD we have. We've gone backwards, mancini is one of many until we reach the top. He was never gonna be there when we reached our peak.

The fact of the matter is if we hadn't won the league last season, a majority of the people sticking up for Mancini wouldn't have the same opinion of him now.

He's been found out, good manager but nowhere near the standard the club aims for. He's basically making himself a chequebook manager. If he's that good he'll improve the squad without requesting another £50mill each window.

The bottom line, let's say we had another manager now and he got sacked after this weekend, would Mancini be on the shortlist to take over? .....not a chance

 

[NoahCity]

People miss the point of others on here, no one is saying he's shite or he isn't a good manager.

Like me, people are saying he's not capable of taking the club to the next level its at NOW.

Seriously, look at the SQUAD we have. We've gone backwards, mancini is one of many until we reach the top. He was never gonna be there when we reached our peak.

The fact of the matter is if we hadn't won the league last season, a majority of the people sticking up for Mancini wouldn't have the same opinion of him now.

He's been found out, good manager but nowhere near the standard the club aims for. He's basically making himself a chequebook manager. If he's that good he'll improve the squad without requesting another £50mill each window.

The bottom line, let's say we had another manager now and he got sacked after this weekend, would Mancini be on the shortlist to take over? .....not a chance

This^

 

[cleavers]

If he's that good he'll improve the squad without requesting another £50mill each window.

The bottom line, let's say we had another manager now and he got sacked after this weekend, would Mancini be on the shortlist to take over? .....not a chance

I'll take issue with the improving of the squad bit, because he has improved players, but I'd reluctantly agree that if we'd won what we have under another manager, he'd probably not be on the short list to be the new manager.

 

[kippaxchris]

Sorry to say it but we won the league last season and Mancini spent money and downgraded the squad for this season

 

[ifiwasarichfan]

I am certain this is the barometer that ADUG will apply when reaching their decision.

I'm not sure of what that response is getting at, tbh.
I don't think anyone has suggested they will apply this as a barometer. I assume the question was for bluemoon posters, Malty included, rather than ADUG

I strongly suspect an element of sarcasm.

Anyway, I'm told by my sources in Abu Dhabi that it's all a cunning plan to let Baconface win his 20th title so he can retire and we can get on with the job of humiliating them season after season.

I look at the spine of our side and think; Hart,Vinny,Yaya,Kun (well, maybe not Kun he isn't the Tranny or Messi) all would walk into the Barca and Real sides.

Not for the first time on here PB has called it correctly.

The clue is in his use of the words "cunning plan" - veryBlackadder !

 

[Balti]

the horrid little man was baldrick!

far more apt

 

[moomba]

A turd that took the piss out of our world class GK and took 3 vital points for his team against the Champions

If we were going to sign every average player that has scored a goal against us we'd have to build a new car park at Carrington. Shit happens.

Its not about signing every average player that scores against us its about the so called average player we sold scoring against us and he is far from an average player

Had his chance. Didn't take it.

Unfortunate he scored against us, he won't be the first or the last.

 

[Bill]

I like Mancini, I have posted before that his team selections worry me but overall I think we have a good manager. He would help his cause by not shooting himself in the foot, his squad seem so disgruntled at this time but with his favouritism towards balo you can understand them. He tinkers too much too. He should tweaked the title winning squad with better players here and there, instead he bought mostly duck heads and left the players that won the title out of the side or worse sold the fuckers. Loon.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I like Mancini, I have posted before that his team selections worry me but overall I think we have a good manager. He would help his cause by not shooting himself in the foot, his squad seem so disgruntled at this time but with his favouritism towards balo you can understand them. He tinkers too much too. He should tweaked the title winning squad with better players here and there, instead he bought mostly duck heads and left the players that won the title out of the side or worse sold the fuckers. Loon.

Can't argue with any of this.

 

[johnny crossan]

In the bleak midwinter is not the time to consider Mancini's tenure. He's not going anywhere until the summer at the earliest, hopefully the double will make speculation merely an entertainment.

 

[zark]

I like Mancini, I have posted before that his team selections worry me but overall I think we have a good manager. He would help his cause by not shooting himself in the foot, his squad seem so disgruntled at this time but with his favouritism towards balo you can understand them. He tinkers too much too. He should tweaked the title winning squad with better players here and there, instead he bought mostly duck heads and left the players that won the title out of the side or worse sold the fuckers. Loon.

Can't argue with any of this.

i can dispute all those points but the main glaring one for this season is the will of mancini to change things

in august and september he attempted to change the formatioon and tactics to a 3-5-2 and found the chelski-esk rebellion and toy throwing by the 'professional' staff embarrassing. he even publicly said that professionals should be able to play any formation and tactics

now, the players have their way, their formation and their tactics and what happens??
they waltz about on the pitch putting in 50% effort, some wander out of position and others just stand and point.

2nd : tinkering

mancini has to rotate the squad. Marwood et al. created contracts for the players that obligate the club to play them for cetain amount of starts and full games each season. Marwood allowed these clauses and kowtowed to the agents [which was necessary no doubt] but now mancini has to deal with it.
p.i.c : tevez -bayern "mancini said if it was upto him tevez wouldnt ever play again for city, if he picked the team." the team is picked by and large by contractual obligations and this will only change in a couple of seasons. Just because the tevez/aguero selection marries with most fans opinions doesnt mean it is a performance choice ;) its contractual. also yaya is never dropped, no matter what. he contract is awesome

3rd: signings

mancini has as much to do with the acquisition of players as toby the dog who lives at 200 maine road, mosside manchester does. He may submit a list of wanted but the getting is done by others. i.e marwood previously.
summer signings were awful and i am suprised bobby has been so quiet about them -- except that Marwood was shuffl ed away from the job ;)

all in all, we are playing no different to anything last season except the front fellas are not hitting the target with venom. we were awful december to april and dont forget how crap we were against QPR.

 

[blueinsa]

I like Mancini, I have posted before that his team selections worry me but overall I think we have a good manager. He would help his cause by not shooting himself in the foot, his squad seem so disgruntled at this time but with his favouritism towards balo you can understand them. He tinkers too much too. He should tweaked the title winning squad with better players here and there, instead he bought mostly duck heads and left the players that won the title out of the side or worse sold the fuckers. Loon.

Can't argue with any of this.

i can dispute all those points but the main glaring one for this season is the will of mancini to change things

in august and september he attempted to change the formatioon and tactics to a 3-5-2 and found the chelski-esk rebellion and toy throwing by the 'professional' staff embarrassing. he even publicly said that professionals should be able to play any formation and tactics

now, the players have their way, their formation and their tactics and what happens??
they waltz about on the pitch putting in 50% effort, some wander out of position and others just stand and point.

2nd : tinkering

mancini has to rotate the squad. Marwood et al. created contracts for the players that obligate the club to play them for cetain amount of starts and full games each season. Marwood allowed these clauses and kowtowed to the agents [which was necessary no doubt] but now mancini has to deal with it.
p.i.c : tevez -bayern "mancini said if it was upto him tevez wouldnt ever play again for city, if he picked the team." the team is picked by and large by contractual obligations and this will only change in a couple of seasons. Just because the tevez/aguero selection marries with most fans opinions doesnt mean it is a performance choice ;) its contractual. also yaya is never dropped, no matter what. he contract is awesome

3rd: signings

mancini has as much to do with the acquisition of players as toby the dog who lives at 200 maine road, mosside manchester does. He may submit a list of wanted but the getting is done by others. i.e marwood previously.
summer signings were awful and i am suprised bobby has been so quiet about them -- except that Marwood was shuffl ed away from the job ;)

all in all, we are playing no different to anything last season except the front fellas are not hitting the target with venom. we were awful december to april and dont forget how crap we were against QPR.

Sorry but to try and suggest Bob has no say in transfers is ridiculous.

Those that defend him claiming him to be one of the best in the business and such a strong character can not honestly believe for one minute that he would allow himself to be saddled with players he doesn't want?

Defend him by all means but please dont try and use that as an excuse for poor performances.

We were shit for a large portion of last season as well, an almost mirror image of what we are seeing now and that was before Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair...

Bob has a job on his hands and he needs to pull his finger out sharpish!

 

[Ducado]

We were shit for a large portion of last season as well, an almost mirror image of what we are seeing now and that was before Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair...

We can't have been that bad!

I can see positions getting cast in stone here! I think it pays to be flexible in your opinions, a few good wins tend to change things

 

[Rammy Blue]

We were shit for a large portion of last season as well, an almost mirror image of what we are seeing now and that was before Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair...

We can't have been that bad!

I can see positions getting cast in stone here! I think it pays to be flexible in your opinions, a few good wins tend to change things

I agree, that's why I believe it's easier to sit with the "what will be, will be" philosophy.

I can understand the position of the polar opposites though.

 

[blueinsa]

We were shit for a large portion of last season as well, an almost mirror image of what we are seeing now and that was before Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair...

We can't have been that bad!

I can see positions getting cast in stone here! I think it pays to be flexible in your opinions, a few good wins tend to change things

4 defeats and a draw from 8 games in Jan, 3 defeats and 2 draws from 8 games in March and up to Arsenal away constitutes a large portion of the season to me and demonstrates my point as far as im concerned mate.

Not entrenched in my position but worried that the same issues are still there and lessons are not being learnt.

He wins the league from this position and he is bullet proof as far as im concerned, despite me not being his biggest fan but like last year, the pressure is on again at a much earlier juncture and it waits to be seen as to whether Bob can sort it again.

Today will tell us all a hell of a lot imo.

 

[flinty1975]

As previously stated, what's the point in getting rid mid season? Who's going to want to come in January ? We've got rid of the poison chalice now and we don't want it back!

 

[hgblue]

We were shit for a large portion of last season as well, an almost mirror image of what we are seeing now and that was before Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair...

We can't have been that bad!

I can see positions getting cast in stone here! I think it pays to be flexible in your opinions, a few good wins tend to change things

I agree, that's why I believe it's easier to sit with the "what will be, will be" philosophy.

I can understand the position of the polar opposites though.

What will be will be is fine unless:
1. The wheels fall off and we look like we're struggling for CL qualification.
2. A better manager becomes available.

 

[zark]

Sorry but to try and suggest Bob has no say in transfers is ridiculous.

fair enough he must have some sort of say but to infer that garcia, rodwell, sinclair were to fill bobbies champs league ambitions is stretching it.

the squad is worse than last season which doesnt help ;
training ground
squad ambition
pressure for places
setting tone for the season

bobby does need to get his finger out but with the attempted 3-5-2 change it is clear that the chelsea player technique will see off managers.
doesnt help with micah + clichy being out as the full backs bombing on are the key to scoring goals in the 4-2-3-1 formation with zonal marking.
zab can only do so much and kolorov can be, ahem, suspect, as in the glen johnson school of defending.

i think the main problem from the fans perspective is expectation and, as usual, beating the rags.

if chelski were 7pts clear and we were ahead of rags, none of this would be a big big issue [europe though .. hmmm, took fergie 12 seasons to sort it]