Mancini' interview to Gazzetta about Mario, Mansour,United

[mcfcphil]

If we beat Ajax home and away we would have finished 3rd.

But it shifted the momentum of the group. After those games we were screwed and hoping for a miracle. Win those two games and the picture would have been very different

Like if we'd have hung on against Madrid and won?

Of course that game was huge. What I'm saying is anything in Madrid was a bonus. Beating Ajax home and away was essential.

 

[Josh Blue]

Hahaha. Love that comment. So deluded our resident clown Mancio could've said it ...

Mancini is summoned once a year to see our owner, he won't have a scooby what he thinks from one month to the next!

Im sure Khaldoon mentioned that Mansour speaks to the manager at least once a month on the phone

Yeah you are right boyblue, a slip up from Tolmie.

 

[BobKowalski]

At the risk of repeating myself Mario is PR gold. That much is obvious and since the point of buying City was about raising Abu Dhabi profile and PR the fact that Mario attracts headlines, comment and appearing on cover of TIME is all good as far as the owners are concerned. And before anyone starts about the negative publicity well it isn't. Most of the negative stuff is harmless buffoonery and doesn't change the fact that Mario is essentially a likeable character.

Obviously at some point the football has to match the off field publicity and there are times when it has and times when it hasn't. This season it most noticeably hasn't and unless it does on a consistent basis Mario will eventually be toast as his PR value will also lessen which is the way it goes.

Correct me if I am wrong but one of the reasons (and god there were so many) Hughes got the chop was his refusal to communicate with the owners including post match discussions and one thing Mancini did was make sure he chatted to Khaldoon via the phone after every match and discuss what went right or wrong. Sometimes Sheikh Mansour would be involved in the chat and sometimes not but quite clearly there was discussion between the coach and the owners on a regular basis and not just a 'once a year job' which frankly is an asinine statement. The day Mancini fails to keep up with the owners take on events is the day Mancini is looking for a new job.

 

[City Raider]

mario brings £s to the club, of course the sheikh wants him to remain, now he just needs to step it up on the pitch

the transfer window stuff is interesting, obviously not happy with way the summer was handled

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Mancini is summoned once a year to see our owner, he won't have a scooby what he thinks from one month to the next!

Im sure Khaldoon mentioned that Mansour speaks to the manager at least once a month on the phone

Yeah you are right boyblue, a slip up from Tolmie.

I'd be stunned if Mancini had any direct dialogue at all with the sheikh. The sheikh delegates the running of the club to others so there is no reason whatsoever for them to talk. You could see from that YouTube clip how awkward Mancini was when he met him in summer.

 

[redmizzle]

At the risk of repeating myself Mario is PR gold. That much is obvious and since the point of buying City was about raising Abu Dhabi profile and PR the fact that Mario attracts headlines, comment and appearing on cover of TIME is all good as far as the owners are concerned. And before anyone starts about the negative publicity well it isn't. Most of the negative stuff is harmless buffoonery and doesn't change the fact that Mario is essentially a likeable character.

Obviously at some point the football has to match the off field publicity and there are times when it has and times when it hasn't. This season it most noticeably hasn't and unless it does on a consistent basis Mario will eventually be toast as his PR value will also lessen which is the way it goes.

Correct me if I am wrong but one of the reasons (and god there were so many) Hughes got the chop was his refusal to communicate with the owners including post match discussions and one thing Mancini did was make sure he chatted to Khaldoon via the phone after every match and discuss what went right or wrong. Sometimes Sheikh Mansour would be involved in the chat and sometimes not but quite clearly there was discussion between the coach and the owners on a regular basis and not just a 'once a year job' which frankly is an asinine statement. The day Mancini fails to keep up with the owners take on events is the day Mancini is looking for a new job.

Beautifully put.

 

[mcfcphil]

Im sure Khaldoon mentioned that Mansour speaks to the manager at least once a month on the phone

Yeah you are right boyblue, a slip up from Tolmie.

I'd be stunned if Mancini had any direct dialogue at all with the sheikh. The sheikh delegates the running of the club to others so there is no reason whatsoever for them to talk. You could see from that YouTube clip how awkward Mancini was when he met him in summer.

I'm not sure about direct contact but either way that doesn't mean he doesn't know what the sheikh thinks about certain players in his squad

 

[The Future's Blue]

I'm starting to understand why Kompany ducked for that last goal of Reals. The RVP incident has brought it all to light.

 

[thedogsbollocks]

Just wow.

This fraud of a player will ruin our season just like he nearly did last year.I cant believe how besotted with him Mancini is tbh.The amount of players who have crossed Mancini and been shipped out,yet he still perseveres with this lazy head case.

i don't get all the hype and would give his squad number to any player in our youth set up who will put a shift in for us

i wish he would just f**k off

 

[Skashion]

Just wow.

This fraud of a player will ruin our season just like he nearly did last year.I cant believe how besotted with him Mancini is tbh.The amount of players who have crossed Mancini and been shipped out,yet he still perseveres with this lazy head case.

i don't get all the hype and would give his squad number to any player in our youth set up who will put a shift in for us

i wish he would just f**k off

I smell rag.