sir baconface
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Re: Mancini Thread
Brilliant post. I believe these views are representative of the majority of Blues but so eloquently expressed.
goalmole said:Mancini will always be in the hearts of City fans not only for what he did, but for when he did it. He arrived at a time when the fans expectations were sky high because of the vast amounts of money that were being poured into the club, and because of the stated ambition of the new owners. The fans believed that the club were on the cusp of something great but results on the pitch weren't reflecting this. We weren't being taken seriously by the media and by our rivals in the football world, hence the comparisons with Sunderland who had apparently spent a fortune way back when and got nowhere, hence the Noisy Neighbours quip from the GPC. All this served to sow doubt into the minds of the fans as to whether it was all too good to be true.
It was into this environment that Mancini was introduced. One of his first visible actions was to start wearing our scarf hence becoming one of us with one fell swoop. He seemed to understand where the Club was in it's historical context, he seemed to understand what it was to be a City fan. Then he set about altering the mindset of the team which saw us narrowly miss out on a Champions League place at his first time of asking. Despite this, he had given us hope and he had made us believe.
This was a very emotional time to be a Blue and Mancini had succeeded in forming an emotional attachment in the hearts and minds of the fans. Despite any success that he was destined to preside over in the coming seasons, he was seen as a fighter, and more importantly he was fighting for us. The rest is history.
These are just some of the reasons that Mancini will always have a place in the hearts of the vast majority of City fans.
Having said all that i am sure there will be a lot of his most ardent supporters who will agree with me when i say that it was time for the Club and Mancini to part company to allow the club to move on to its next phase of progression, but that should never mean that his achievements or his time with us, as one of us, should denigrated, but rather he should remembered with fondness and affection and not a little bit of gratitude.
Brilliant post. I believe these views are representative of the majority of Blues but so eloquently expressed.