Mr Mancini. You are a liar.

[Joycee Banercheck]

Mancini is our second best manager in history, behind Big Mal.

Eat it, go and support Spurs if you want constant attacking football, has been working great for them in the league lately (2 from 12).

Joe Mercer was 3rd then?

 

[Elanos_Right_Boot]

Honestly some of our fans need a reality check. I was sick as chip last year in 3 out of the 4 derbies. Yes we played them at their game and we attacked with gusto and lost 3 of them. Admittedly we were cheated out of at least 1 from being a draw, but the fact is we learnt.....nothing after the first defeat.

This time both teams were scared of losing and I didn't think either team deserved to win it. In times past we would have lost that though. We kept a clean sheet, gained a point we could have lost and I can at least look at the league table with a smile this morning instead of a frown. Also, was it so dissimliar to the Chelski match? Only in that we didn't nick a goal this time.

So what next then for us? We're fourth in the Prem and four points clear at that, we are still competing strongly in Europe (can't wait to go to Turin), we stiffled the Rags and that was the strongest team they could field and stopped the media frenzy that is trying to destabilise us but not Spuds I notice who have gained 2 from a possible 12 and are 5 points behind us.

I would have taken that at the beginning of the season. This team is still in a state of rebuild and it is up to us to support it and nourish it . With the right atmosphere, some stability for a change and patience I think we will win something this year and isn't that what we all want?

 

[bluefandk]

So let me get this straight, not only are the drama queens gonna throw their toys out of their prams when we lose, they are gonna start doing it if we dare to draw against the top sides?

 

[City-Of-Manchester]

.....because you have repeatedly said the following:
"I am trying to change the mentality of this football club".

Tonight I sat in the South Stand and before me I witnessed 11 players playing for Manchester City who were literally paralysed by fear and devoid of any freedom to express the undoubted talents they posess.
You have drained the life out of those players with cautious and stiffling tactics. Your mission AGAIN was to 'not lose'.
In your programme notes you stated the world was watching yet you made them watch a team that resembled the minnow, grimly holding out for the lucrative replay against the bigger team. I was embarassed, bored and frankly ashamed.

So fellow City fans, was that what you all expected when in the summer we bought the magician Silva? The powerhouse Yaya? The dynamic Milner who ran Villas side on his own and scored many goals?
Our own club has raised our levels of expectations to new heights yet we watch dross.
Mancini AGAIN bottled it. He played the media institution that is the scum. He played Charlton, Best, Cantona and all the other ingredients which make up that lot. He should have played Park, Fletcher, berbatov and co. Let's make no mistake, the Scum are NOT a good side anymore. Last season in the semi's they were not a good side. Yet City like most other teams have lost the game before the first minute. Oh, sorry, yes, we got a 0-0 draw. Well done Mr Mancini. Well done for sending out a side devoid of any attacking intentions. Tonight we were again little city, the small team in fear of the big bad opposition. It was pathetic.

Those who are satisfied with a draw have NO expectations and must be frozen in a time warp of zero expectation. I had no expectation for 25 years and was never promised any so i didn't moan. Now we are promised the world. We are told we are on the level of The Scum now, deserve to be favourites, yet we make substitutions in the 92nd minute to eat away time, and slope off with a point.

Yes I'm annoyed. We have had average sides before which actually put 3, 4 or even 5 goals past The Scum, now we have the best team ever, they have one of their poorest and we scrape a 0-0 draw, the irony is stunning.

I never wanted this guy. I certainly didn't want him retained this season. I bit my tongue, voiced my concern on here but always TRIED to understand something bigger, that Mancini MUST know something I couldn't see. Tonight he utterly ratified my original opinion from last season. He is too scared to take a chance.

I waited a few hours, didn't want to react straight away, but tonight was such a bitter dissapointment.
So all you lot who are jumping up and down cheering because we held the mighty Darren Fletcher and co to a 0-0 draw, congratulations. You must be happy. You are probably the same ones who were smiling as they left the ground after winning 2-1 in last seasons 1st leg, although the cluued up fans knew it was a wasted opportunity.
For me, the only team which threatened to score onight was the scum. Not us. The home side. They didn't create much of note but I always had a feeling they just might. Never had that with us.
Mr Mancini, another opportunity gone.
YOu said you wanted to change our mentality, well I believe you have. before we were just inconsistent City, scoring many, conceeding many, usually crap but never dull.
Now we are just dull, lifeless and sterile. You certianly changed it Mr Mancini.

Best summing up of the manager and last nights game ive seen.....Spot on Reeves .....Mancini should Go !

 

[Joycee Banercheck]

So let me get this straight, not only are the drama queens gonna throw their toys out of their prams when we lose, they are gonna start doing it if we dare to draw against the top sides?

Questioning the questioning. You big drama queen.

 

[SWP...Legend]

Some peoples mentality is amazing. There is people who would rather us attack attack attack and get beat. We are a new team, our most established players have been here 2 years or so and half our side has been here since the summer, people really do need to get a grip. Mancini's doing a good job, we are comfortably clear in 4th having played Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham away and Liverpool who are now back on the up. Furthermore Kolorovs been injured, Boatengs been injured, Balotellis been injured, Silva needed time to catch up fitness.

Get a grip honestly.

 

[Soulboy]

Mancini is our second best manager in history, behind Big Mal.

Eat it, go and support Spurs if you want constant attacking football, has been working great for them in the league lately (2 from 12).

Big Mal was our best ever manager?

I will assume that you are 14 and know little of the history of the club.

 

[EalingBlue2]

Dave S - you may be a more recent Blue (ie a lot younger than me) but if you were watching City through the 80's and the 90's you will remember a horrific time when we went from 1989 to when Keegan had us back in the Prem in 2002 without a derby win, 2002-1989 = 13!!!!

We have gone from a team preying that we could one day getting a win against them, to a team that now has supporters who think the manager should be sacked if we don't thrash them.

Now that is huge progress and enough of an argument in itself for not sacking the manager.

If people think this they should also be brave enough to criticise the owners and board as they are responsible for the strategy that has us playing safety first and the targets Mancini is meant to hit and Mancini is their man.

i however think he is doing a great job at building from the back, at getting top players to our club and in building something that can step by step become great

 

[mike24]

Last night may prove to be a valuable point in the long run IF...

- We win the next few games and put a good consistent run of results together.

Mancini wont be judged on his results against United, Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool or Spurs. There are 13 other teams in this league that we need to be winning against consistently.

For all this money we have spent and talk of moving in the right direction we still aren't playing great football and have we won 4 in a row so far under Mancini? As I've said in previous posts, winning against Chelsea and Liverpool is pointless if you follow it up dropping points against Sunderland, Blackburn and Wolves. Those are the games that make the difference.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

.....because you have repeatedly said the following:
"I am trying to change the mentality of this football club".

And he already has. We have conceded only 10 goals this season

Tonight I sat in the South Stand and before me I witnessed 11 players playing for Manchester City who were literally paralysed by fear and devoid of any freedom to express the undoubted talents they posess.
You have drained the life out of those players with cautious and stiffling tactics. Your mission AGAIN was to 'not lose'.
In your programme notes you stated the world was watching yet you made them watch a team that resembled the minnow, grimly holding out for the lucrative replay against the bigger team. I was embarassed, bored and frankly ashamed.

We had the best chance of the game. Possession was about equal and they only had 1 more shot on target than us!

So fellow City fans, was that what you all expected when in the summer we bought the magician Silva? The powerhouse Yaya? The dynamic Milner who ran Villas side on his own and scored many goals?

I expected another season of rebuilding. You can buy players but you need to build a team

Our own club has raised our levels of expectations to new heights yet we watch dross.

You have failed to manage your own expectations to realistic levels.

Mancini AGAIN bottled it. He played the media institution that is the scum. He played Charlton, Best, Cantona and all the other ingredients which make up that lot. He should have played Park, Fletcher, berbatov and co. Let's make no mistake, the Scum are NOT a good side anymore. Last season in the semi's they were not a good side. Yet City like most other teams have lost the game before the first minute. Oh, sorry, yes, we got a 0-0 draw. Well done Mr Mancini. Well done for sending out a side devoid of any attacking intentions. Tonight we were again little city, the small team in fear of the big bad opposition. It was pathetic.

You haven't noticed this media institution is unbeaten this season

Those who are satisfied with a draw have NO expectations and must be frozen in a time warp of zero expectation. I had no expectation for 25 years and was never promised any so i didn't moan. Now we are promised the world. We are told we are on the level of The Scum now, deserve to be favourites, yet we make substitutions in the 92nd minute to eat away time, and slope off with a point.

Or we're not spoilt new money brats who demand everything now!

Yes I'm annoyed. We have had average sides before which actually put 3, 4 or even 5 goals past The Scum, now we have the best team ever, they have one of their poorest and we scrape a 0-0 draw, the irony is stunning.

Nonsense. They are unbeaten, our team barely know each other.

I never wanted this guy. I certainly didn't want him retained this season. I bit my tongue, voiced my concern on here but always TRIED to understand something bigger, that Mancini MUST know something I couldn't see. Tonight he utterly ratified my original opinion from last season. He is too scared to take a chance.

So you admit you made your mind up last season before he had time to put his stamp on the team.

I waited a few hours, didn't want to react straight away, but tonight was such a bitter dissapointment.

You should have waited a few more. Or better still keep your tripe to yourself.

So all you lot who are jumping up and down cheering because we held the mighty Darren Fletcher and co to a 0-0 draw, congratulations. You must be happy. You are probably the same ones who were smiling as they left the ground after winning 2-1 in last seasons 1st leg, although the cluued up fans knew it was a wasted opportunity.
For me, the only team which threatened to score onight was the scum. Not us. The home side. They didn't create much of note but I always had a feeling they just might. Never had that with us.
Mr Mancini, another opportunity gone.
YOu said you wanted to change our mentality, well I believe you have. before we were just inconsistent City, scoring many, conceeding many, usually crap but never dull.
Now we are just dull, lifeless and sterile. You certianly changed it Mr Mancini.

Shame he can't change some of the idiot fans.

Analysis of the day - spot on