Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
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whicko said:
Indeed you are!
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Indeed you are!
whicko said:No just being sensible you idiot!FantasyIreland said:Lol Whicko,a change of 'heart'??
Come on mate, you can't go around claiming to be sensible whilst in the same breath calling somebody an idiot... Oh, FantasyIsland was it, as you were.
:-)
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whicko said:No just being sensible you idiot!FantasyIreland said:Lol Whicko,a change of 'heart'??
Ahhh,right,thanks.....
Then try keeping it up.<br /><br />-- 03 Apr 2013 15:00 --<br /><br />
Pablo1 said:whicko said:No just being sensible you idiot!FantasyIreland said:Lol Whicko,a change of 'heart'??
Come on mate, you can't go around claiming to be sensible whilst in the same breath calling somebody an idiot... Oh, FantasyIsland was it, as you were.
:-)
Thats Ireland darling......
FantasyIreland said:whicko said:No just being sensible you idiot!FantasyIreland said:Lol Whicko,a change of 'heart'??
Ahhh,right,thanks.....
Then try keeping it up.
-- 03 Apr 2013 15:00 --
Pablo1 said:whicko said:No just being sensible you idiot!
Come on mate, you can't go around claiming to be sensible whilst in the same breath calling somebody an idiot... Oh, FantasyIsland was it, as you were.
:-)
Thats Ireland darling......
Won't happen again sweet cheeks.
I think you need to start clanging their heads together PamPam said:Stop whinging and shit stirring about our greatest manager in a generation.
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The cookie monster said:jollylescott said:Speaking of which I just glanced at Oddschecker. It's remarkable. They are laying odds on who will be the first poster on page 1000 of the Mancini thread! Here is the early market:Skashion said:Glad to see someone's keeping the books on him.
6/4 Didsy Dave or Billy (equal favourites). Both have the form on the board. Bred to stay a long distance. Can handle all conditions.
2/1 NipHolmes. Known for his tenacity in a tight finish. Never gives up. Big hearted but lacks experience. One to watch over time.
7/2 Seosa. Known for coming with a late run near the finishing line. A wilful colt who needs restraint on occasions. Perhaps needs gelding.
4/1 Skashion. Sets a steady pace. Can stay all day if ridden the right way.
9/2 Strongbowaholic. Has a mind of his own. Tends to veer off the track under pressure. Needs restraint on occasion.
6/1 Waspish. Has youth on his side. Can maintain the pace. Needs to be well lubricated to get the best out of him.
8/1 Pam. This mare is strong of mind and has been known to throw the odd lightweight jockey. Regarded as a dark horse.
20/1 David Cameron. Known rather as a middle of the pack type. When hit with the whip tends to go slower. Not fancied at this stage.
66/1 Bacon Face. Turns up at the wrong track all the time. Has horsey dementia. No hope.
100/1 the rest. Take your pick.
Funny you should mention oddcheceker
Mancini has firmed up in the betting and gone even more odds on to be our gaffer next season
Theres some good money to be made if his days are numbered :)
In all seriousness my old dad used to say to me that the bookies got better information than anyone else. If you wanted to know who will win the next general election look at the odds. Same with football managers. At the moment Mancini is odds on to be manager the first day of the season. Despite the doomsday prophecies, I reckon the bookies know best. They put their money where their mouths are.
bobmcfc said:I think you need to start clanging their heads together PamPam said:Stop whinging and shit stirring about our greatest manager in a generation.
This is fast becoming the case. I have already banged the heads of Bobby and Vinny together and this approach will eventually do the trick.
NipHolmes
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Pam said:Stop whinging and shit stirring about our greatest manager in a generation.
Not hard to be our best manager for a while is it. It's like Usain Bolt racing a fucking turtle.
Money has helped the cause and we've had some truly wank managers like Pearce here.
Compare him to the managers of Europes tops teams, that's a fairer debate and comparison topic. After all we are big City not lickle.
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Whether you want him in or out comes down to where you personally set your expectations and how closely you follow and buy in to the Media. But ultimately it's down the Chairman who thus far has taken a very measured approach in building the club.
According to the press, with all of the money we have spent (like no other team spends money(!)), we should win every match and collect every cup. When we inevitably fall short due to the team being made up of human beings, the press, the tv media and a number of fans call for the manager's head and whip themselves up into a frenzy saying it's not acceptable for the owners and Mancini will be gone in the summer (like they know).
If we were to take a more measured look then the money we have spent has brought us closer to an even footing as the rest of the top teams in the Prem and Europe, however we don't yet have the aura of a superpower team and the lesser teams don't yet play with the same fear factor that they do when visiting Old Toilet (a point i think is also relevant to referees too).
My personal point of view is that with Mancini we have won the FA Cup, won the Premier League (does it get any better than last season?!) and won the Community Shield. We are in the semi of the FA Cup and have a good chance of winning that too this season. The scum have had an unusually successful league campaign (i think due to the fear factor that their manager and team imposes on opponents) and we are trailing them in second place. Mancini will have learnt a lot from this season and i can only see improvement next year.
When you factor in the frustration in the transfer market in the summer, how we ended up becoming weaker and taking a punt on the likes of Rodwell and Garcia rather than more established first team players, how we lost out on van Pussy and how the team had to cope with Balotelli and his wandering mind, Dzeko and his lack of quality and consistency, with Aguero and his injury and marital problems and Tevez and his finishing problems. When you also accept that we could barely have had a more challenging Champion's League qualifying group then how you can lay the blame squarely on the manager being the root cause of us not winning the league, especially when you factor in circumstance then i think that your expectations are set too high.
Nobody really knows what Sheikh Mansour really thinks and how adaptable he actually is. He may have set out to retain the league at the start of the season, he may not, but if we do win the FA Cup and finish runners up in the league then i would be surprised if they will sack a manager who was not supported in the transfer market and who was given a 5 year contract last summer.
As we've heard so often, we are in the early stages of a project for world domination - if this is the case, then why sack a manager for not achieving the Media's short term targets?
According to the press, with all of the money we have spent (like no other team spends money(!)), we should win every match and collect every cup. When we inevitably fall short due to the team being made up of human beings, the press, the tv media and a number of fans call for the manager's head and whip themselves up into a frenzy saying it's not acceptable for the owners and Mancini will be gone in the summer (like they know).
If we were to take a more measured look then the money we have spent has brought us closer to an even footing as the rest of the top teams in the Prem and Europe, however we don't yet have the aura of a superpower team and the lesser teams don't yet play with the same fear factor that they do when visiting Old Toilet (a point i think is also relevant to referees too).
My personal point of view is that with Mancini we have won the FA Cup, won the Premier League (does it get any better than last season?!) and won the Community Shield. We are in the semi of the FA Cup and have a good chance of winning that too this season. The scum have had an unusually successful league campaign (i think due to the fear factor that their manager and team imposes on opponents) and we are trailing them in second place. Mancini will have learnt a lot from this season and i can only see improvement next year.
When you factor in the frustration in the transfer market in the summer, how we ended up becoming weaker and taking a punt on the likes of Rodwell and Garcia rather than more established first team players, how we lost out on van Pussy and how the team had to cope with Balotelli and his wandering mind, Dzeko and his lack of quality and consistency, with Aguero and his injury and marital problems and Tevez and his finishing problems. When you also accept that we could barely have had a more challenging Champion's League qualifying group then how you can lay the blame squarely on the manager being the root cause of us not winning the league, especially when you factor in circumstance then i think that your expectations are set too high.
Nobody really knows what Sheikh Mansour really thinks and how adaptable he actually is. He may have set out to retain the league at the start of the season, he may not, but if we do win the FA Cup and finish runners up in the league then i would be surprised if they will sack a manager who was not supported in the transfer market and who was given a 5 year contract last summer.
As we've heard so often, we are in the early stages of a project for world domination - if this is the case, then why sack a manager for not achieving the Media's short term targets?
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