GoMancini7 said:
Maybe Pellegrini sees how City handles the managers really and makes a u-turn.
I'm not convinced we handle managers badly, or any differently to most other clubs. Italy, Spain, etc would see 3.5 years in a job as quite a long term appointment. City's owners fired Mark Hughes 18 months after taking over the club, a man they inherited, and a man who was underperforming and clearly not up to the task (something he's demonstrated since with his failures as a manager). Mancini has now had 3.5 years in the role, he's been very successful, but he's also been very frustrating at times. His "stick but no carrot" approach to management and his confrontational attitude are not things which lends themselves to longevity in a role. It can bring success initially, as it has done, but eventually you alienate too many people. His relationship with the players, if rumours are to be believed, is fractious at best, with some openly disliking the man. His relationship with the media has never been a friendly one, which has probably lead to some of the negative stories we've seen over the past few seasons. His constant moaning about the resources he's been given becomes tedious, he's been handed a squad more than capable of competing in Europe, and in the domestic competitions, and our performances over the last 12 months have not been good enough.
