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Re: Mancini claims credit for this year's team
It was in here earlier and they moved it.shepboy said:
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lancs blue said:
It's not about belittling everything he did. It's about belittling him for not having the self awareness or respect for our owners to acknowledge their contribution to our rapid rise. Mancini's "it was all me" narrative stinks. What makes it worse is that these players he's lauding and calling his own signings now, how many of them did he want to sell because he could no longer work with them ?
None of this should preclude him from rightfully being proud of the work he carried out at City and for playing his part in our recent success. But he played a part. He couldn't have built anything without the core group he had when he arrived, and without the unstinting support of Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour in allowing him to pick freely from the top shelf to fill his squad.
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Roberto is and will always be a legend to me and the majority of long suffering blues...That FA cup win was the first proper silverware i'd ever seen (I was 3 years old in 76) and I cried with joy that day...even though towards the end he had lost the dressing room and probably had to go...he will always be remembered affectionally by the fans...I still see that cheeky grin from the 1-6 demolition derby and it never fails to make me smile
Thanks Bobby
Thanks Bobby
Bob Paisley had a much better record than Bill Shankly. He won more trophies incl 3 European Cups. His teams played much better football than Shankly's.
I've never heard a Liverpool fan deride Shankly for his poorer record of inferior brand of football
I've never heard a Liverpool fan deride Shankly for his poorer record of inferior brand of football
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Mancini claims credit........................
Roberto Mancini claims credit for Manchester City success
Roberto Mancini: 'I'm happy that Manchester City is one of the best teams in England because I built this team
Roberto Mancini has claimed that Manchester City's stellar campaign is down to the team he "built" when manager. The Italian also dismissed the role of his successor, Manuel Pellegrini, stating he had done precisely the same three years ago.
Mancini was sacked towards the end of last season and under Pellegrini City are the only side who can win an unprecedented quadruple, with the Blues having already reached the Capital One Cup final.
Yet Mancini is adamant that this success is because of him. "I'm happy that Manchester City is one of the best teams in England because I built this team. I think Pellegrini is doing a good job but what is happening now at Manchester City, we did three years ago. It's the same.
"The players that score the goals are players that I bought – Sergio Agüero, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Touré, David Silva and Samir Nasri," he told BBC World Service. "I'm very happy about what I did in Manchester, I love the Manchester City supporters and I had a fantastic experience.
"After four or five years, maybe the manager needs to change the team. I did my job, I built a fantastic team, we played fantastic football and we didn't win last year only because Manchester United bought Robin van Persie. He was the difference, if not I think that would have changed the history in Manchester over the last three years. We played really good football and now they are continuing to do this.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/22/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-success
He certainly played a major part, but Pellegrini is doing it his way just like Bob did. It's a natural progression and every new manager has to take over a team that someone else built, but the credit's all Pellegrini's for advancing the team further albeit having the advantage of a better summer transfer window than the previous one.
Roberto Mancini claims credit for Manchester City success
Roberto Mancini: 'I'm happy that Manchester City is one of the best teams in England because I built this team
Roberto Mancini has claimed that Manchester City's stellar campaign is down to the team he "built" when manager. The Italian also dismissed the role of his successor, Manuel Pellegrini, stating he had done precisely the same three years ago.
Mancini was sacked towards the end of last season and under Pellegrini City are the only side who can win an unprecedented quadruple, with the Blues having already reached the Capital One Cup final.
Yet Mancini is adamant that this success is because of him. "I'm happy that Manchester City is one of the best teams in England because I built this team. I think Pellegrini is doing a good job but what is happening now at Manchester City, we did three years ago. It's the same.
"The players that score the goals are players that I bought – Sergio Agüero, Edin Dzeko, Yaya Touré, David Silva and Samir Nasri," he told BBC World Service. "I'm very happy about what I did in Manchester, I love the Manchester City supporters and I had a fantastic experience.
"After four or five years, maybe the manager needs to change the team. I did my job, I built a fantastic team, we played fantastic football and we didn't win last year only because Manchester United bought Robin van Persie. He was the difference, if not I think that would have changed the history in Manchester over the last three years. We played really good football and now they are continuing to do this.
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/22/roberto-mancini-manchester-city-success
He certainly played a major part, but Pellegrini is doing it his way just like Bob did. It's a natural progression and every new manager has to take over a team that someone else built, but the credit's all Pellegrini's for advancing the team further albeit having the advantage of a better summer transfer window than the previous one.
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aguero93:20 said:
plus confirmed viewings of Stuart Pearce on Goals on Sunday taking credit for buying Joe Hart
On a serious note
Mancini's tenure at City was a step up for the club in its planned trajectory set out when Sheik Mansoor bought the club.
Every aspect has changed and improved on each step.
The Stadium/Matchday experience
The staff
The current training facilities at both Carrington and Platt lane
The new Etihad campus
The DIrectors and CEOs from Garry Cooke to Sorano(sp?) Garry did many great things (and stoopid stuff too) but Sorano is on that next level up again
The players Adebayor/Bellamy/S Cruz/Bridge/Zab/Kompany/Barry/Milner from hughes, Yaya/Nasri/Kun/Silva/Nastasic/Balo/Garcia from Mancini and now Beast/Navas/Ferdy/Jovetic/D Michelles The managers Hughes to Mancini to Pellegrini - All stepped improvements
All stepping stones that needed to be takem in creating a "NEW" Manchester City
But without the steps taken by those before you, you dont have that previous foundation, therefore continued success will never happen
Mancini brought in those 3 1/2 years a new "mentality", helped to greatly remove our "typical city" moniker. and delivered silverware in the most gripping, heart stopping, tear starting way that I have never experianced in my 30 odd years of watching City.
His legacy will always be remembered as successful (sprinkled with shear bloody mindedness). He earnt the right to see his time at City the way he has reported it.
He was our Bobby Manc and he wore our scarf with pride.
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lancs blue said:
And by extension it also belittles the club's achievements and progress which has been nothing short of astonishing considering the state we were in when the takeover happened; with said progress gathering pace every year both on and off the pitch.
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