BlueAnorak said:
Our owner also DEMANDS that the conduct of any City Manager, coach or official is pretty near perfect and does not reflect badly on Abu Dhabi. If you think Moaninho's self publicity and antics will reflect well on Abu Dhabi then your living in cloud cucko land. Consider what would happen if Moaninho poked the eye of a United coach?
This for me is one of the poorest and most ill thought and ill judged arguments in all the ones about Mourinho.
If Mancini were to poke Mike Phelan in the eye ... no wait, we'll go further, if Mancini were to headbutt Slur Alex during a touchline row, he would become a bigger City legend than Goater and Bell combined.
And if you're really arsed about self publicity, then ask yourself who was sat in a press conference and fucking crowed about talking or six or seven clubs last year whilst on City's pay roll. Who has turned Mario Balotelli into a tabloid sideshow with his public castigations. Who played "give me my ball back" with David Moyes on the touchline.