Mancini

[GaudinoMotors]

I think when the club allocate tickets at Wembley they should ask whether you want the pro or anti Mancini block

the antis wouldn't fill a single row

And a very short row it would be.

To be fair in might be a couple of rows - and they'd need another if we are losing.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I think when the club allocate tickets at Wembley they should ask whether you want the pro or anti Mancini block

the antis wouldn't fill a single row

Of the dozen or so I'll be going down to Wembley with I don't know one who doesn't have significant doubts about Mancini.

 

[waspish]

Do you want a manager who wins trophies?

Irrespective of his tactics man management and his beliefs in how he thinks football should be played?!

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Everyone in football is taking about the possibility of Mancini being replaced, for the obvious reason that this season has been poor. There's fuel to the fire because it was obviously a distinct possibility last year.

Discussing a replacement is always going to happen as an extension of that. I bet there have been a dozen names on this thread alone.

Yet when someone sees the name of someone who isn't an obvious choice, no matter who has posted it and in what context, for some reason it gets picked up on as being a stick to win the whole argument with.

My take on a possible replacement has always been absolutely clear. I'd like mourinho. But if he isn't an option I want the next best available, whoever that is.

There's fuel to the fire because the club won't put it to bed.

Others will ask, well why should they?

Simple answer to that would be to stop more fuel being added to the fire, wherever it comes from.

There's now ample opportunity, after the weekend result.

But do you not think people will then turn around and say 'Mancini has been given the dreaded vote of confidence', the club are better off saying nothing and keeping the gutter press guessing.

Nah, the owners would look a lot worse coming out now with something and then sacking him.

If they have absolutely no intention of sacking him, armed with this five-year-deal, there's no issue putting it to bed right now.

It would be a perfect opportunity to make the club look strong, confident in their longer term aims, and snuff out the speculation in a run-up to finishing second and an FA semi.

Begiristain and Soriano don't want to made hypocrites of, so they keep schtum.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Right. That's about the fourth time you've insinuated that those wanting Mancini out don't go to matches or have only just started going.

I want Mancini out.

Lets hear how long you've been going and how many games, home and away, you've attended over that period. Just to put a bit of context on your insinuations, of course.

Dave..you know i am not referring to the likes of you pal.

In answer to your question...29yrs of my 39..

Who are you referring to then, Pal?

I for instance have been a season ticket holder longer than you've been alive. 40 consecutive seasons, despite living in Oxfordshire for the last 22 of those, despite dropping into the third tier of English football. Virtually every frigging game is like an away game for me.

Just shut the #### up with the boring crap about people who think a change of manager might be a improvement not being proper supporters.

This.....even though he's from Oxfordshire....and a girl.....and wears flares

 

[bernabias home shirt]

I think when the club allocate tickets at Wembley they should ask whether you want the pro or anti Mancini block

the antis wouldn't fill a single row

Of the dozen or so I'll be going down to Wembley with I don't know one who doesn't have significant doubts about Mancini.

Yes but do they hate him p.b.
Do they call him a ****,clown,waste of space & stealing for a living?

 

[OB1]

Spot on as usual DD.

I will be there at Wembley for the semi, just as I was there as a 9 year old with my dad and grandad in 1974 for the LC final against Wolves......even though by the measuring stick employed by some of the lame brains on here, my doubts about Mancini's ability to take us anywhere other than backwards from here on in, make me a JCL twat, who should go and support Chelsea, and who needs to buy a giant shoehorn to prize me out of my armchair

You failed to mention that you aren't even a Manc and as I only ever see you at grounds in London, you've probably never even been to Manchester.

You Oxfordshire boys don't know what you're yacking on about!

True.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

the antis wouldn't fill a single row

Of the dozen or so I'll be going down to Wembley with I don't know one who doesn't have significant doubts about Mancini.

Yes but do they hate him p.b.
Do they call him a ****,clown,waste of space & stealing for a living?

Don't forget classless

 

[OB1]

Dave..you know i am not referring to the likes of you pal.

In answer to your question...29yrs of my 39..

Who are you referring to then, Pal?

I for instance have been a season ticket holder longer than you've been alive. 40 consecutive seasons, despite living in Oxfordshire for the last 22 of those, despite dropping into the third tier of English football. Virtually every frigging game is like an away game for me.

Just shut the #### up with the boring crap about people who think a change of manager might be a improvement not being proper supporters.

This.....even though he's from Oxfordshire....and a girl.....and wears flares

You forgot the six inch platforms and kabuki style face paint.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Isn't discussing the relative merits of any successor to a man who has a five year contract,regarding a vacancy that doesn't actually exist take the strawman hypothesis into a whole new dimension?
Why speculate at all until such time as Mancini is actually fired,or his contract is due to expire?
As far as I am aware,nobody in the City hierarchy has intimated that they are dissatisfied with him,or are considering a change.
So why all the talk regarding a replacement?

Everyone in football is taking about the possibility of Mancini being replaced, for the obvious reason that this season has been poor. There's fuel to the fire because it was obviously a distinct possibility last year.

Discussing a replacement is always going to happen as an extension of that. I bet there have been a dozen names on this thread alone.

Yet when someone sees the name of someone who isn't an obvious choice, no matter who has posted it and in what context, for some reason it gets picked up on as being a stick to win the whole argument with.

My take on a possible replacement has always been absolutely clear. I'd like mourinho. But if he isn't an option I want the next best available, whoever that is.

Now that is a perfectly sensible,reasonable and pragmatic answer that I can live with,and even go along with.
We all want what's best for the club,and clearly the man in charge is pivotal to that success.
If our owners do decide not to extend Mancini's tenure,then it goes without saying that we want the best man available.
I'm just not convinced yet that there is sufficient disquiet at the top to infer that a change is being considered at present.
I accept that we have underachieved,that mistakes have been made,and that there may well be player discontent,but it can sometimes be all to easy to misread the smoke signals,and make two and two add up to five,without being privy to the thoughts of those who actually instigate the hiring and firing.
Maybe winning the title has actually proved to be a doubled-edged sword,(albeit one we were happy to accept),as expectation has increased exponentially,and we haven't delivered on the European stage,or shown domestic consistency on the back of that success.
But personally I would rather hang fire on the identity of the next potential gaffer until we know for certain that this one is on his way out.

Yours is a sensible and pragmatic answer too. Cheers for that. We both acknowledge there is a chance of a change of manager and I also agree with you that neither of us know the thinking of the men who's decision it will be. We all look for signals and signs and often we interpret them to suit our own desires.

But people will always speculate about successors given that scenario. You can't gag people on a subject they care about just because it isn't definitely a scenario which will play out.

We are all passionate about this mad club. Forums are homes for this type of discussion.