Good post.I remember the Pellegrini chants quite well. Might have even been at the FA Cup final? But that could just be my memory not serving me right. I don't venture into pubs before or after games either so will have heard the chants at either a home game and/or Wembley that day.
Don't think it was particularly against Pellegrini, more a show of love and affection towards Mancini. He was the man who brought us back to the big time and showed other clubs we meant business. We went from Hughes being scared shitless to venture out of England for transfers and being happy with Europe to Mancini attracting players like Silva, Yaya and Aguero and demanding challenging for titles.
He was perfect for us at the time, never part of the whole longevity plan we've now adopted. I wouldn't be surprised if Khaldoon etc. came up with that plan towards the end of his reign given how much of an open secret it is that they hated his methods and working with him. No coincidence that his successor was a Mr Nice Guy and one comfortable with the fact he would be gone as soon as Pep was ready.
Good post.
Walking back down Wembley Way after we lost the Cup Final there was numerous if not constant Pellegrini Chants. As you say, a Mr nice guy to keep the managers seat warm until Pep arrived. I have to say that last season under Pellegrini was bad. Just scraped 4th position over the rags to get CL football by much more luck than judgement.
It sounds like both stories could be true to be honest. Like Barclay says, Kloss may have told trusted UK journalists in advance, knowing that they needed to maintain good relationships with the club and therefore wouldn't leak it if asked not to. But then like DD says, if Barcelona found out by other means (easy to imagine how, since the fact City were speaking to Pellegrini must have been known to a few people in Spain) then Barca could leak it. Once it was being reported from a Spanish source, UK journalists were able to ask Mancini the direct question without betraying Kloss' confidence. I'm just speculating though, I don't have any particular insight.No probs. FWIW, Paddy Barclay said Vicky Kloss was ultra professional and had expected the journos (whoever leaked the story) to treat then news in confidence until after the Cup final.
Yeah it worked overall if the players were that unhappy with Mancini and with grand plan to keep the seat warm for Pep. The football in his first season was superb. In his last season it was pretty painful at times.Good post.
Walking back down Wembley Way after we lost the Cup Final there was numerous if not constant Pellegrini Chants. As you say, a Mr nice guy to keep the managers seat warm until Pep arrived. I have to say that last season under Pellegrini was bad. Just scraped 4th position over the rags to get CL football by much more luck than judgement.
Club Press Officers don’t leak stuff like that to journalists in the week before cup finals for shits and giggles, if nothing else because they aren’t party to decision making at that level. Also It is massively destabilizing to the whole club and serves nobody. It is also totally unprofessional and unfair to the manager.It sounds like both stories could be true to be honest. Like Barclay says, Kloss may have told trusted UK journalists in advance, knowing that they needed to maintain good relationships with the club and therefore wouldn't leak it if asked not to. But then like DD says, if Barcelona found out by other means (easy to imagine how, since the fact City were speaking to Pellegrini must have been known to a few people in Spain) then Barca could leak it. Once it was being reported from a Spanish source, UK journalists were able to ask Mancini the direct question without betraying Kloss' confidence. I'm just speculating though, I don't have any particular insight.
Fair enough. My point was that hypothetically both versions could be true, in that they don't necessarily contradict each other, but you're probably right that even if Kloss could have told journalists in advance about Mancini being sacked it's hard to see a reason why she would have wanted to do so.Club Press Officers don’t leak stuff like that to journalists in the week before cup finals for shits and giggles, if nothing else because they aren’t party to decision making at that level. Also It is massively destabilizing to the whole club and serves nobody. It is also totally unprofessional and unfair to the manager.
The news leaked out in Spain on the Friday night and City went into a panic, culminating in Mancini having a rant in the press conference and Brian Kidd taking charge for the last couple of games.
Many people thought Mancini wouldn’t last the season and Vicky Kloss might have felt the same but there’s no way she was going around tipping the nod to journalists in advance. It doesn’t work like that.
Mike Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get smacked in the face. That’s akin to you saying you know how every single communications director reacts under pressure because you’ve known a press officer or two.Club Press Officers don’t leak stuff like that to journalists in the week before cup finals for shits and giggles, if nothing else because they aren’t party to decision making at that level. Also It is massively destabilizing to the whole club and serves nobody. It is also totally unprofessional and unfair to the manager.
The news leaked out in Spain on the Friday night and City went into a panic, culminating in Mancini having a rant in the press conference and Brian Kidd taking charge for the last couple of games.
Many people thought Mancini wouldn’t last the season and Vicky Kloss might have felt the same but there’s no way she was going around tipping the nod to journalists in advance. It doesn’t work like that.
No it's not. It's me subtly telling you what this Press Officer did or didn't do. I don't make shit up.X
Mike Tyson said everyone has a plan until they get smacked in the face. That’s akin to you saying you know how every single communications director reacts under pressure because you’ve known a press officer or two.
The least I would expect from someone displaying all this hate towards a City hero is a claim that you were in the press conference. Instead you heard a few rumours of Chappie.
You are reminiscent of the other City “posh area moanathao” fans like David Conn and Colin Schindler.
Lol. Good post DaveNo it's not. It's me subtly telling you what this Press Officer did or didn't do. I don't make shit up.
Let's leave it there. I know you loved him with all your heart and it hurts.