Roberto Mancini

[Rascal]

As for Kompany and Hart... Let's just say that the dressing room was a much better place when they weren't in it. Snides.

If anything shows how divisive Mancini could be, it's got you calling the most decorated Captain in our history a snide.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

He might have eaten babies on toast with brown sauce for all I care but he’s the guy that knocked the Piss Can off his fcukin perch.

Oh yes, and he signed Aguero, Merlin and Yaya.

And engineered the sick swan

And 93:20.

No no no - All those things happened in spite of him.

Do keep up at the back...........

 

[Keeper!]

I'll never understand the hate from some fans about Mancini, I loved him, he'll always be remembered for me as the manager that put Fergie in his place and won us the league. So many great memories and imho he was treated like shit before the Wigan Final

He made this club into winners before we were satisfied to make up the numbers, for doing that, putting Ferguson in his place and tearing down that banner, I will be forever grateful.

Pep is a better coach/manager but as a man, Roberto is THE man.

 

[Keeper!]

So Stephen Ireland who was mentally weak throughout his career and James Milner? Is that it? Or you including chappy on that as well?

I’d rather listen to serial winners and elite mentality players like Yaya Toure, David Silva and Sergio Aguero who have nothing but praise for him than some moddy coddled pampered stars who were no longer good enough for where the club was going thanks to Mancini.

It’s a blight on his reputation that I am absolutely sick of hearing.

So what if he upset a few people, he also upset the man who was famous for not giving a shit at upsetting people down the road, that shit is never used as a stick to beat him with.

What happened with "Chappy"? one minute he is the star of the web site, next thing never seen again.

 

[Lavinda Past]

If anything shows how divisive Mancini could be, it's got you calling the most decorated Captain in our history a snide.

Loved the player, dislike the person. Just because players are icons doesn't make them nice people.
That's nothing whatsoever to do with Mancini - he had to work with the variety of characters and personalities he was given.
If you had ever worked in management, you'd know that.

 

[Rascal]

Loved the player, dislike the person. Just because players are icons doesn't make them nice people.
That's nothing whatsoever to do with Mancini - he had to work with the variety of characters and personalities he was given.
If you had ever worked in management, you'd know that.

And as I have said, just because Managers are icons that also doesn't make them nice people.

As I have been in management I know that.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Interesting article about RM. Lots of stuff I didn't know.

Optus Sport

sport.optus.com.au

That is a terrific read thanks for that.

I believe it explains a lot of his combative style looking at his earlier managerial roles............

 

[The blue phantom]

What happened with "Chappy"? one minute he is the star of the web site, next thing never seen again.

Should of stuck to washing socks instead of sticking the boot into our Bobby.

 

[Gundog’s Gundog]

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Still probably the classiest thing I have encountered in football - an absolute 10/10...........

Still brings a tear to the eye the best part of a decade later

 

[The blue phantom]

I'm with Rascal on this one, I'm friends with someone who is related to a team player who played during Mancini's reign and believe me, he upset so many players ( Kompany, Silva, Hart) to name just a few, it was either him or them that left... Thank god it was Mancini.

So you've named Three and already one of those loved Bobby, ask your mate for some more names. Suprised no ones mentioned he handed his notice in the day after we won the Title yet, Wasn't there a few Bluemoon posters who witnessed it alongside Khaldoon?