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I'd like to see a thread that says "Mancini's 500th Premier League Game" in the years ahead. Only by then will I judge how great Roberto has been as City's manager. He's done some great things so far but there is still a lot to be done too.
He's changed this team and club in many ways, and all for the better. There is an absolute professionalism running through the club. He's got rid of all trouble makers and those he felt weren't professional enough, as well as those who weren't good enough. He has bought very well and has some great systems in place. There is a winning mentality and confidence running through everyone too.
In his first half a season he was just finding his feet, anything that happened didn't really matter and no blame could be placed on him for us not reaching the Champions League qualifying round spot because he had only been here five minutes.
In his first full season he had us defending like warriors and was learning about the Premier League and all the teams in it. Many complained about the negative tactics but I think he was educating himself on how to play Premier League football and couldn't have done that any other way at the same time as getting us as high in the table as was possible. By the end of the season we finished in the hallowed 'top 3' and won the FA Cup; a fantastic achievement. But in only scoring 68 goals, we still had a lot to improve on.
Last season we were just phenomenal at times. He knew all about the other teams and felt he knew how to exploit them. And how we did. We won the title; a fantastic achievement. But in only picking up one win from any team away from home from 6th to 14th (Norwich), we still have a lot to improve on.
As well as he's done (and he has), he's still got a lot to prove as a manager. He has to be able to show what he can do in Europe, he still has to show if he can mount challenges in more than one competition a season, he still has to show if he can build and then rebuild a squad as one comes to its end through players moving on or coming to the end of their careers, he has to show how he can bounce back from a season without winning a trophy...
I don't judge things based on a few small facts you see in front of me in a short space of time. So if we do gona season trophyless I'm not going to be calling for his head, like i know some will. I'm going to go with the flow and enjoy what's going on now and make decisions based on achievements and where we may imporve going forward when he has answered those queries above.
But so far, so good...very good!
"Mancini wooaah ooaah
Mancini woah oah oah oah
He came from Italy, to manage Man City"
He's changed this team and club in many ways, and all for the better. There is an absolute professionalism running through the club. He's got rid of all trouble makers and those he felt weren't professional enough, as well as those who weren't good enough. He has bought very well and has some great systems in place. There is a winning mentality and confidence running through everyone too.
In his first half a season he was just finding his feet, anything that happened didn't really matter and no blame could be placed on him for us not reaching the Champions League qualifying round spot because he had only been here five minutes.
In his first full season he had us defending like warriors and was learning about the Premier League and all the teams in it. Many complained about the negative tactics but I think he was educating himself on how to play Premier League football and couldn't have done that any other way at the same time as getting us as high in the table as was possible. By the end of the season we finished in the hallowed 'top 3' and won the FA Cup; a fantastic achievement. But in only scoring 68 goals, we still had a lot to improve on.
Last season we were just phenomenal at times. He knew all about the other teams and felt he knew how to exploit them. And how we did. We won the title; a fantastic achievement. But in only picking up one win from any team away from home from 6th to 14th (Norwich), we still have a lot to improve on.
As well as he's done (and he has), he's still got a lot to prove as a manager. He has to be able to show what he can do in Europe, he still has to show if he can mount challenges in more than one competition a season, he still has to show if he can build and then rebuild a squad as one comes to its end through players moving on or coming to the end of their careers, he has to show how he can bounce back from a season without winning a trophy...
I don't judge things based on a few small facts you see in front of me in a short space of time. So if we do gona season trophyless I'm not going to be calling for his head, like i know some will. I'm going to go with the flow and enjoy what's going on now and make decisions based on achievements and where we may imporve going forward when he has answered those queries above.
But so far, so good...very good!
"Mancini wooaah ooaah
Mancini woah oah oah oah
He came from Italy, to manage Man City"