Mancini

[NipHolmes]

Stop whinging and shit stirring about our greatest manager in a generation.

I think you need to start clanging their heads together Pam

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.

Vinny would win, he has an head like a giant spud. Mancini would be suicidal to go into a butting fight, he'd end up looking like Dean Whitehead afterwards :(

 

[bobmcfc]

Stop whinging and shit stirring about our greatest manager in a generation.

I think you need to start clanging their heads together Pam

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.

They are Men, they will never appreciate the good things in life and are always on the hunt for the next best thing. I say the grass isn't always greener but you know they they are like !

Can't belive they have you at 8/1, total underestimation.

 

[bernabias home shirt]

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:

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.

Doesnt always work that way but it can be a good guide.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

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?

+1

 

[andyhinch]

I think you need to start clanging their heads together Pam

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.

They are Men, they will never appreciate the good things in life and are always on the hunt for the next best thing. I say the grass isn't always greener but you know they they are like !

Can't belive they have you at 8/1, total underestimation.

Sexist :)

 

[Seosa]

7/2?

Standard...

 

[bobmcfc]

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.

They are Men, they will never appreciate the good things in life and are always on the hunt for the next best thing. I say the grass isn't always greener but you know they they are like !

Can't belive they have you at 8/1, total underestimation.

Sexist :)

After what you said to me the other day ? Ha

 

[OB1]

Actually pal, Mario stuff was my own, that was quite obvious!

As for our kids credibility who gives a fuck, he certainly doesn't, do people actually think he loses any sleep if some info which was passed to him in good faith doesn't materialise????
Oh woah is tolm bla bla fucking bla - the issue i take is those who quite clearly (a) believe him to make up stuff for status and (b) direct insults without knowing the guy......... As i've stated on many many occasions, if someone wants to get personal then have the decency to do it 'in person' - Tolms a shitbag so i'm free!!!!!

Shiver me timbers, keyboard warrior.

One way to find out chief???????

These boys obviously haven't watched the Sopranos.

 

[bobmcfc]

I was hiding behind the sofa

 

[fbloke]

I've just put the 'phone down after a chat with Sheikh Mansour.

I was offered the managers job at City but turned it down as I don't like working weekends and need wednesdays free for my daughter's gymnastics classes.

He understood and agreed that top, top managers are hard to come by and it's definitely not an easy job bringing a new man in.

But there will be free sticky buns from the tea lady for anyone who takes the job.