Manchester City close on Pellegrini (merged)

[hallstreetblue]

You want to watch him smile pitchside? What if he danced a jig every time he made a substitution, would that help?

Of course I wanna see him smile. Remember football with a smile? It motivates and gives off good vibes to fans and to media. Do you remember Joe Mercer giving interviews from the bench? Praising players and smiling and showing what a fantastic boss he was. It rubs off on the pitch. I'm a youth team coach in Germany and one thing I say to my lads is, "I wanna see as many high fives, loves and cuddles, praising, hand claps the lot." All this motivates and that's one thing he lacks. His body language is shocking, he shouts at players, he's forever arching his back and touching his forehead. All bad signs. Football with a smile, it pays. Obviously not saying that I could coach City :) but he needs to go. We need a leader. He can't hack it. MY opinion.

Load of bollocks to be honest.

It's written all over his face; "That cnut Dzeko never fookin fails to amaze me. Why the fook did I buy him?" ;)

 

[Damocles]

4th summer on the bounce that these "ITKs" have said that Mancini's leaving.

He's still here.

I've also been awaiting Balotelli's comments ripping Mancini apart because he hates him which still don't seem to be here either.

If I didn't know better, I'd say that these people work pretty much entirely on guesswork and 4th hand sources.

 

[chesterbells]

Need to stop changing managers every couple of yrs. This is no good for the team as this could lead to wholesale changes in the squad. the only way I would change the manager is if RM asked to leave. then I would go for Jurgen Klopp from Borussia Dortmund as our new manager. Who knows he might bring acouple of players with him to strengthen our squad.

Hasn't been a couple of years though.

 

[lancs blue]

Need to stop changing managers every couple of yrs. This is no good for the team as this could lead to wholesale changes in the squad. the only way I would change the manager is if RM asked to leave. then I would go for Jurgen Klopp from Borussia Dortmund as our new manager. Who knows he might bring acouple of players with him to strengthen our squad.

Hasn't been a couple of years though.

It would've been if you lot had your way.

 

[Anonymous]

As we are looking for an upgrade to Mancini and Mourinho is off to Chelsea, Moyes to the rags, Klopp staying put and Pep in Munich, plus a few not feeling Pellegrini is a huge step up from Bob, should we not go for the greatest manager of all time now he is available?

 

[Santiago Street]

Pellegrini lol

He's done fuck all

He's won fuck all

Yet because a couple of Spanish execs fancy him (jobs for the boys) hundreds of suckers start pretending that they've always had an eye on what a fine manager this guy was.

He's 2nd rate.

Txiki and Soriano had the extreme good fortune to be around when Messi emerged. That does not make them experts on managerial recruitment

 

[NipHolmes]

4th summer on the bounce that these "ITKs" have said that Mancini's leaving.

He's still here.

I've also been awaiting Balotelli's comments ripping Mancini apart because he hates him which still don't seem to be here either.

If I didn't know better, I'd say that these people work pretty much entirely on guesswork and 4th hand sources.

Balotelli stated clearly he saw Mancini as the better man but Mourinho as the better footballing man.

As for ITK stuff let them speak and you respond, I don't think anyone will know the wiser till the seasons panned out I.e second sorted and cup played. I'd be inclined to say Mancini will be here next year.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Which is why the meeting between Begiristain and Martinez was in public. It's been funny seeing people get all hot under the collar about undermining Mancini blah, blah, blah when Mancini knows full well what is happening because he precipitated the situation.

That's nothing more than paranoid Speculation PB. I think Mancini loves it at City and is desperate to stay.

We'll see but I firmly believe it's informed speculation. He and particularly his wife are desperate to go back to Italy. Under normal circumstances you'd be right (although I'd say he was prepared to stay rather than desperate) and certainly the owners wanted him to stay is my understanding. But the Southampton & Everton games made his mind up.

But let's see what happens. In the meantime let's enjoy the news from Mordor.

so it is just speculation then<br /><br />-- Wed May 08, 2013 1:28 pm --<br /><br />

You want to watch him smile pitchside? What if he danced a jig every time he made a substitution, would that help?

I think some folk would be happy with anyone other than Mancini in charge mate, just as long as they looked like Michael Flatley doing fucking Riverdance every time we won a throw in, or maybe did a comedy slot at half time.
Unbelievable Jeff.

Go on, I'll admit it.

I laughed ;-)

go on I'll admit it, I am so fucking honoured

 

[Andouble]

Need to stop changing managers every couple of yrs. This is no good for the team as this could lead to wholesale changes in the squad. the only way I would change the manager is if RM asked to leave. then I would go for Jurgen Klopp from Borussia Dortmund as our new manager. Who knows he might bring acouple of players with him to strengthen our squad.

Oldest myth in the game. Everyone aside from United (not anymore) and Arsenal (won fuck all in 8 years) change managers every few years. It's a part of football, when the season is 9 months long you get tired of seeing the same person yell at you every day for many many years in a row.

 

[The Future's Blue]

Me too.....

I think what PB is trying to say is that Mancini is cutting and running, leaving us in the lurch, so to speak.

Havent we been told that for the past three years though.

Very fair point and we'll just have to wait and see what happens come August.