Mancini or Pep era?

[eastmanc]

I think Bobby obviously had the better individual players , as they were all in their prime, but made made us a better team.

Meant to say Pep made us a better team. Bit of word blindness there.

 

[eastmanc]

He doesnt care like bobby did , that is a fact , noddy shits all over him in the derbies, bobby and even pellers made us dominent in the derbies, no passion anymore

I sense a lack of faith Kaz.

 

[eastmanc]

Read somewhere one of the players, was it Aguero (?), said Bobby was hopping mad, swearing at them left and right.

Love the man so much.

Joey Barton said the same also said that he would have punched Bobby if he had sworn at him like that. Dickhead.

 

[sir baconface]

Hard to say.

For ultimate beautiful football, the best England has ever seen, and for fantastic goals/points records - Pep.

For getting it all started, for sheer balls, for knocking the red shite and GPC off their perches and for connecting with the fans - Bobby Manc.

 

[No One Understands]

With Pep, we've had a hard time in the derbies. Our record has not been great since he rocked up here. With pellers and Bobby, we owned them. We were the underdogs trying to stand up to the system, but with Pep, we must respect the history clubs. Always rubbed me the wrong way when he made those kind of statements. Mind you I don't half know what he says in the locker room versus to the media.

 

[ancoats]

its a hard question ???

with the new take over and city buying players for publicity and not really for silverware. it was always going to need a top manager to sort of the men from the boys and players who really want it other than money it was a mess

the job mancini had at city was the hardest job in football to build a squad good enough for winning silverware
loads of players was here just for money (mercenary) and mark hughes signed some crap and lost control and the squad was top heavy and the quality was poor ?

that season when we won the FA cup was mancini turning point he did the culling of players
many players hated mancini and cut them off quick ? the boys from brazil like elano Jo robinho got told to leave and it kicked off but the club had to stand by mancini and it worked

pep being manager well nobody can question him he was the icing on the cake. the foundations was built and it was time to build the club on a world stage and go for champions league ? the club is hell bent on winning it and having pep as manager was the major thing in bring in players

pep vs mancini

well its a close call ? you can be in both camps and have a strong defence
but are we judging on merit or the job in hand at the time ? swap times the club was at and put mancini in the job right now and put pep back in 2010 would it be much difference

the only question i could flag up is man management ? pep is a better man manager of players than mancini
and loads have said that mancini was cold to players and cut them off. only mario was seen as a mancini player
who could get close to

right am ready to answers MANCINI

just because of the job at that time ? manchester city was in a right mess and the owners had to stop buying mercenary players and the squad must have been a war zone at that time ? so mancini walking in and having to build a squad good enough to win silverware and the title in 2 and half seasons was mission impossible really . also add the pressure of 44 years of hurt and not winning silverware for 37 years that got to tip it to mancini

 

[mccity]

The Mancini team would kick the shit out of the current side until they were all crying and waving imaginary cards at the ref.

Which Mancini team? The second half of 09/10, the 10/11, the 11/12, or the 12/13?

Because that 12/13 team wasn't anything to be proud of in comparison to this season. And the 09/10 team wasn't great (although he hadn't really had much time with it in fairness)

Is it fair to use this season's team anyway? The 17/18 and 18/19 sides would beat the 11/12 side every day of the week for instance.

 

[oasisband909]

Which Mancini team? The second half of 09/10, the 10/11, the 11/12, or the 12/13?

Because that 12/13 team wasn't anything to be proud of in comparison to this season. And the 09/10 team wasn't great (although he hadn't really had much time with it in fairness)

Is it fair to use this season's team anyway? The 17/18 and 18/19 sides would beat the 11/12 side every day of the week for instance.

not sure i agree there. the peak Mancini team (zabba/richards, kompany, lescott, kolarov, barry, yaya, nasri, silva, aguero, balo/dzeko) had a lot of physically strong players who also dominated the ball and were particularly good against other top sides, their issue was slipping up against lower league fodder.

Peak Yaya against the 18/19 team would be interesting - almost no one used to try and get the ball off him because he could overpower opposition midfielders so easily.

 

[mccity]

not sure i agree there. the peak Mancini team (zabba/richards, kompany, lescott, kolarov, barry, yaya, nasri, silva, aguero, balo/dzeko) had a lot of physically strong players who also dominated the ball and were particularly good against other top sides, their issue was slipping up against lower league fodder.

Peak Yaya against the 18/19 team would be interesting - almost no one used to try and get the ball off him because he could overpower opposition midfielders so easily.

Yaya wouldn't even get the ball against the best of 17-19 team as part of a Mancini side.

 

[oasisband909]

Yaya wouldn't even get the ball against the best of 17-19 team as part of a Mancini side.

their possession stats were similar to pep’s team. maybe the 17-19 team doesnt get the ball back once Yaya and peak Dave are dancing about.

my main point is the mancini team had a better back bone. they could come back in games and fight to the end and all that shit.