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GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
Mancini said many times towards the end of the 2012 season, that "The time to strengthen is when you're on top.

Nobody in there right mind could possibly believe that Sinclair & Rodwell were ever going to be, at best, adequate replacement for the departing NDJ or Tevez (and I don't believe Mancini did either, he may have had his faults, but he certainly wasn't a fool).

He let it be known, through the press which 3 or 4 players he wanted, and in the end didn't even get one of ''em.

Whether, as Karen says, this was all part of Txiki's master plan to force him out, (Because a few precious Marde arses in the 2012 squad had objected to double training sessions) we'll never know. but it's my firm belief that, had the board backed him, some of the established 'stars' that were already here, had been told in no uncertain terms (by Mancini) that they were well & truely, out on their arses.

Hence the revolution prior to the
FA cup final against Wigan.
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Well they won the title whilst he's done fuck all since, so well played for getting shot of him.
 
BillyShears said:
It's amazing no matter how many times people get corrected on this nonsense they still put it forward as a valid point of view.

In the summer of 2012 Txiki didn't work for the club. In the summer of 2012 Mancini was informed that in terms of adding to the squad there was no way more TOP wages could be added without players being moved out. IE. If you want RVP, you have to sell Dzeko or Balo. We knew that we had an FFP problem coming over the mountain and we knew that we wanted to at least attempt to pass FFP baring in mind the squad as it was had just won a title.

The problem wasn't the spending - it was the manager. Mancini fucked up the summer of 2012 himself by fighting with Marwood and acting like the prima donna he is rather than actually doing his job and identifying realistic targets who could improve the squad without demanding 200k a week or costing 40 million plus in transfer fees. All the other stuff about him being hamstrung or people working against him is embarrassing fucking bollocks which is utterly disrespectful to our owners. They decided to clip his spending wings, not Marwood not Cook and not anyone else who was working in Manchester.
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If that was the case, I don't think the board were unreasonable in asking that Edin or Mario were moved on first. However, taking into account the usual "City Tax," I doubt that we were ever going to attract anyone of the required quality for less than the 40 million (or 200k a week) that you quote.
 
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oakiecokie said:
Thank you Mr Stubby Fingers.
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Hate typing from the phone :P. Valid excuse? haha.

Contrary to what people think Tosin cannot slot right into the XI when the matches matter. We need Stones. A 4 of Stones, Kompany, Otamendi and Denayer/Tosin is decent.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
If that was the case, I don't think the board were unreasonable in asking that Edin or Mario were moved on first. However I doubt if anyone of the required quality would've joined us for less than 200k a week.
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Really - because that summer Marco Verratti moved to PSG for peanuts. Had Mancini actually been doing his job and looking for the requisite quality/value in the marketplace rather than fighting with Marwood maybe we'd have landed him. He cost considerably less than Rodwell too.

Also we had an offer that summer from PSG for Mario which was around the 50 million pound mark. Would've given Mancini all the freedom he wanted in the marketplace. Instead he wanted to keep his favourite close by. The rest as they say is history.
 
Got to trust peps judgement, if he wants stones, we get stones!

In an ideal world, tosin breaks through forcing manglala/otamendi out
 
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