BillyShears said:
The Future's Blue said:
No Billy Boy, this is nothing to do with quotes or articles written, this is my personal view laid against those stories.
We have a story that says Mancini was in the last throws of signing for Monaco yet the story fails when it mentions he flew out to Rome shortly after the Arsenal defeat to sort the finer points.
We played Arsenal on Sunday, Brom on Wednasday and then again at the weekend. We know he took training Monday and did an interview for CItyTV Tuesday, so which day did he spend flying around completing these finer details?
Are you aware of how many visits Mancini made to Italy in the last third of last season?
Any why you're trying to argue the toss about a story which even City and Mancini have confirmed is true is beyond me. I guess because if you accept the truth, then it shows Mancini isn't the classy fella you think he is, but the ego driven greedy professional football coach that he actually is.
Like I say mate, it's not what I read, it's how I read it.
You read it wrong.
BTW ... the best way to stop people talking about the manager is probably
not by starting a thread saying he's "safe" and then linking it to an article by a journalist you yourself called ... what were the words you used last week ?
Right, let's put this into context. Mancini and the club have never stated that Mancini had concluded the finer details of a contract, what has been said is, from his own mouth, that he was contacted by 7 or 8 different clubs.The club have also stated that they understand that clubs will have contact with top managers, as they understand it happens with players. Nowhere does it state 'Finer Detail' so this says to me that it's been fabricated. Also, when this first broke my opinion was that yes, Mancini had been contacted and yes, a deal may have been put to him but at no time had he undertaken talks of accepting the contract. Why would he, we were top of the league while they were getting less than 5000 fans in the French 2nd Division?
Mancini was allowed to return to Italy to see his father, Aldo, by private jet, on numerous occasions, all paid for by the club. However, the article stated that he flew out shortly after the defeat which mean't it had to be either the Sunday night, instead of returning to Manchester, or Monday morning. The game finished at 6 on the Sunday but he was in taking training at 10 on the Monday. He could've flown out after that and got back to work the following morning to take the interview but where, with, at least a 8 hour round trip, did he fit all that in and go and see his ill father, especially at the clubs expense?
Tuesday was out of the question as we know that all the team get together for the day for preparation.
As for the reporter of the article I posted, I stated that he is a c*nt (for some reason you took exception?) and for that, I still believe the same. On the article though, it is quite clear from the exact wording that this has come from the club, not the reporter; in my eyes anyway. There is no way that he could have printed the fact that Khaldoon, Soriano, all the way up to Sheikh Mansour, are all supportive of Mancini if it wasn't given to him by our hierarchy.
Why he has been given it, only they know. Possibly 2 fold. One, to give the Guardian a shot across the bow about their recent form and secondly, to get the truth out there that we are, as they say, #Together. Two birds, one stone, and all that.
Off to fit my new bathroom now so I'll read your reply later mate. And if you want any other insight into my befangled mind, don't be afraid to ask ;)