Manchester City close on Pellegrini (merged)

[Ragnarok]

Firstly can we ban anyone who uses the phrase "EPL". But I digest..

So where does this leave SalfordPaul?

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Is Pelligrini coming for two years and then Pep after that?

I dont usually comment on other peoples rumours, so i wont start now.

What is your opinion on mancinis future?

 

[moomba]

I dont think Pellegrini would (or should) be given a hard time if he replaced RM.

But I'll treat this rumour about the same as the dozens of other rumours about the managers position since RM came in.

 

[Sky Blue]

Under Mancini we have played some sublime football..

Are you winding us up - When was that? Start of last season? To be honest we haven't played sublime football in a long time - pedestrian, predictable and one dimensional but certaintly not sublime

Fuck me, have you been asleep these last few weeks. Chelsea, Red Shite at OT, The first goal at home to West Ham. We've played some really good stuff at times. To say "in a long time" is absolute bollocks.

 

[adrianr]

I dont think Pellegrini would (or should) be given a hard time if he replaced RM.

But I'll treat this rumour about the same as the dozens of other rumours about the managers position since RM came in.

I thought De Boer was our current manager?

 

[oakiecokie]

Done deal!!! Pelli is the new boss

Once again you seem to thrive on negativity !!!!!

 

[TueartsOHK]

Under Mancini we have played some sublime football..

Are you winding us up - When was that? Start of last season? To be honest we haven't played sublime football in a long time - pedestrian, predictable and one dimensional but certaintly not sublime

Are you the simple minded fella who sits near me shouting "HOOF IT FORWARDS"?

That could be me yes :-) Ok name me the games this season when we have played sublime football? I don't advocate hoofing it forward but you have to admit that our play out of defence is so slow that the opposition can virtually walk back to their penalty area and get back on their bus.

 

[moomba]

I dont think Pellegrini would (or should) be given a hard time if he replaced RM.

But I'll treat this rumour about the same as the dozens of other rumours about the managers position since RM came in.

I thought De Boer was our current manager?

Were having a council of managers. De Boer, Jose, Klopp, Rafa, Rodgers all sit on the bench and vote on the next sub.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I dont think Pellegrini would (or should) be given a hard time if he replaced RM.

But I'll treat this rumour about the same as the dozens of other rumours about the managers position since RM came in.

I thought De Boer was our current manager?

Were having a council of managers. De Boer, Jose, Klopp, Rafa, Rodgers all sit on the bench and vote on the next sub.

No, Platt calls the substitutions, according to someone on here who's name escapes me.

 

[Matty]

Under Mancini we have played some sublime football..

Are you winding us up - When was that? Start of last season? To be honest we haven't played sublime football in a long time - pedestrian, predictable and one dimensional but certaintly not sublime

Fuck me, have you been asleep these last few weeks. Chelsea, Red Shite at OT, The first goal at home to West Ham. We've played some really good stuff at times. To say "in a long time" is absolute bollocks.

That;s the thing with the way Mancini has got us playing, we are capable, at any given time, of playing some truly exceptional, attractive, football and putting any side to the sword. However, when it doesn't work, it looks slow, deliberate and toothless. Mancini's got his strengths and his faults, the fualts would seem to fall into a couple of areas, Man Management and stubbornness. He doesn't build natural relationships with his players, he's all stick and no carrot. Plus he thinks his way is the only way, and won't be aswayed by the evidence. We don't have a plan B as such, if the slow, methodical passing, and attaching centrally doesn't work then we don't really deviate too much from that. And he still insists on trying the 3-5-2 formation when each and every time we've gone to it we've looked unsettled and far from dangerous.

Personally I'm on the fence as to whether I want Mancini to go. I think if he stays I'll be happy, but I also wouldn't be crying if he left.

 

[Sky Blue]

Under Mancini we have played some sublime football..

Are you winding us up - When was that? Start of last season? To be honest we haven't played sublime football in a long time - pedestrian, predictable and one dimensional but certaintly not sublime

Are you the simple minded fella who sits near me shouting "HOOF IT FORWARDS"?

PMSL