Mancini Almost Left To Manage Monaco

[waspish]

I find it difficult to believe that the club's pr department didn't discuss with Mancini how he planned to respond to the inevitable question about Monaco. Surely the 7 or 8 clubs comment was agreed with the club beforehand?

Think its Platt who guides him and sits next to him in press conferences

Surely, before they go into the conference, he sits down with the pr people and discusses what controversial questions are likely to come up? I cant believe that someone other than Platt didnt say to him "Can we agree how you're going to answer the monaco question?"

You'd presume so Mancini says he doesn't read papers so does platt

 

[stonerblue]

Football at this level is a multi-million pound, cut throat industry and Mancini, Khaldoon and Mansour are all intelligent men.

They all made contingency plans in case things went tits up, which they very nearly did. Both sides sounded out possible alternatives when things weren't going well, and would've been daft not to.

It's a touch naive to think otherwise.

Still think Mancini handled the press very well today. They were baying for blood, and with one jokey, sarcastic comment he pretty much diffused the situation.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Football at this level is a multi-million pound, cut throat industry and Mancini, Khaldoon and Mansour are all intelligent men.

They all made contingency plans in case things went tits up, which they very nearly did. Both sides sounded out possible alternatives when things weren't going well, and would've been daft not to.

It's a touch naive to think otherwise.

Still think Mancini handled the press very well today. They were baying for blood, and with one jokey, sarcastic comment he pretty much diffused the situation.

Spot on Couldent agree more..

Welcome to the bored.