You're basing all this off a man who lost an FA Cup final to Wigan, couldn't get us past the group stages of the Champions League (groups containing Napoli/Villareal and Sporting/Dortmund) and got us knocked out of the Europa League against Dynamo Kiev and Sporting ffs, with a Premier League winning squad and elite world class players. A little perspective needed. I loved Mancini, but this idea that he's a top level all-timer manager capable of winning 3 Champions Leagues in a decade at City is farcical. Nothing about his career suggests it.
In fact, post City his domestic career has been nowt but a failure. Flopped at Galatasaray and Zenit, despite both being easily the biggest clubs in their domestic comps, and meandered to nowt at Inter before being sacked. Probably because he has a penchant for pissing everyone off, like he did at City, making the squad untenable. He even sorta messed up with Italy post the Euros win. They're currently behind Switzerland after winning only 4 out of 8 games, underwhelming immensely.
Once again, I absolutely loved what he did for us and I will forever be grateful, but I can still see his very obvious flaws. The idea that he's near Pep's level, or would be capable of reaching the same, previously unthinkable heights that Pep has achieved here, is based entirely on emotion and nothing logical at all. It's just rose-tinted glasses, which he's earned admittedly, but it isn't rational. There's a reason he's not been managing huge clubs since leaving City!
Oh and finally, Pep just a 'good' manager. Ffs.