gelly said:
I completely agree its disgusting what was allowed to happen. Also when Mancini won the league he should have been allowed more control and full signings of whom he wanted. Instead he was undermined with these guys. In England the manager must have full control for the club to be successful. New Barca is not going to work in England.
Mancini basically single-handedly had Marwood replaced. Marwood was responsible for the summer signings. Let's not just make shit up, now.
-Mancini only initially blamed Marwood for the delayed signings, and them not having time to gel with the rest of the team. Then later changed it to "we needed better signings"
-Mancini hand picked several of the signings, including Garcia, Rodwell, Maicon.
-Mancini was never going to get all the top targets, as FFP would prohibit it.
-Mancini forced the club to keep Balotelli, amidst a 40M pound offer from PSG. Any wonder we didn't have the money to buy everyone he wanted?
Txiki has had his job during the January transfer period, and you'd be hard pressed to criticize him for making the obviously-necessary Balotelli sale whilst not making silly January signings like Dzeko, Torres, Carrol, etc.