Manuel Pellegrini

SoulFood009 said:
Mancini is above in my opinion. He genuinely loved us and vice versa! I loved that era as a whole more than Pellegrini's era.

Although I must say, I did like Pellegrini, just nowhere near as much as I loved Mancini....

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Loved Mancini. But wow - he really had an unfortunate knack for pissing everyone around him off.

Anyhow, Mancini 2nd favorite City manager for me.
 
jimharri said:
Mancini seemed to be an abrasive individual. Not someone you'd want to get on the wrong side of, I'm guessing. Pellegrini gave the impression of being the exact opposite.
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Mancini - passionate firebrand.

Pellegrini - untrustworthy milquetoast.

Love the first - lukewarm at best about the second.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Pellers - average manager in every way.

Mancini was hated among players when he left - any bloke coming in would have lifted the squad first season. And Pellers did exactly that.

2nd season - Pellers seemed to have a penchant for promising something - but not following through. Players understandably lost trust in and respect for Pellers.

Pellers wasn't helped at all by the fact that he was basically hired as a stop-gap - while the club pursued Pep. In particular - I don't think that players ever respected Pellers - but as a consequence of City's pursuit of Pep, I can't blame Pellers for this.
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Bottom line - Pellers seems like a nice guy. He won a trophy for us. And for that I'm grateful.

As a beloved manager though? Not for me. Not at all.
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Pellegrini won 2 trophies and during the second half of the season of 13/14 we played the most attacking form of football not seen since the 01/02 season under Keegan.

I assume your just speculating that players didn't have any respect for him as it certainly didn't look it at the time
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Pellegrini won 2 trophies and during the second half of the season of 13/14 we played the most attacking form of football not seen since the 01/02 season under Keegan.

I assume your just speculating that players didn't have any respect for him as it certainly didn't look it at the time
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The team obviously wasn't behind him at all watching performances. Dzecho for example seemed to have been promised a much more prominent role - and then not.

I'll try to find articles backing this sentiment of mine - but it's not pure speculation on my part.

Much of this lack of respect though - and Mancini was crippled by this too - was due to lack of upper management/ownership backing.
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For example - Mancini totally pissed off Tevez. Tevez refuses to take the pitch - and ends up golfing in the middle of our season.

What transpires?

Mancini - hat in hand - is next seen kissing Tevez's ass - begging for him to come back.

Fuck that!

Back the manager.

Tevez - my 2nd most favorite City player ever - went way over the line. He should be gone. And management needs to back the gaffer.

Neither Mancini and especially Pellegrini got that backing.
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Either way - loved Mancini - didn't care for Pellegrini.
 
BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Loved Mancini. But wow - he really had an unfortunate knack for pissing everyone around him off.

Anyhow, Mancini 2nd favorite City manager for me.
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He did. Definitely a difficult human being to work alongside. There was always some shit going on, mainly Balo'.

He's my 2cnd favourite Manager as well.
 
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