Roberto Mancini

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Loved Mancini’s attitude. I wish we as a club still had that ‘fuck you rags/Chelsea/media’ attitude, I love it.

The only one thing about Pep that annoys me is his insistence on blowing smoke up the opposition’s arses, particularly our main rivals.

I also wish we didn’t look for soft nice guys and had a few arrogant arseholes in the team. Winners with the attitude needed to dig deep if a goal down to cunts like Chelsea or on the wrong end of reffing/var decisions.

We could do with characters similar in winning mentality to people like Alun Wyn Jones.

A lot of the 'fuck you' attitude of that era came from Gary Cook as well. Someone who doesn't get the recognition he deserves outside of the dedicated City fanbase.

Pep is brilliant obviously but I agree with you on his frequent pandering to our opposition. Especially playing nicely nicely with Barcelona when they've done everything they can to try and fuck us at every opportunity.

Pep and the Catalan mafia at City need to remember who pays their wages sometimes...

 

[decmancity]

A lot of the 'fuck you' attitude of that era came from Gary Cook as well. Someone who doesn't get the recognition he deserves outside of the dedicated City fanbase.

Pep is brilliant obviously but I agree with you on his frequent pandering to our opposition. Especially playing nicely nicely with Barcelona when they've done everything they can to try and fuck us at every opportunity.

Pep and the Catalan mafia at City need to remember who pays their wages sometimes...

Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour pay the wages, they are sailing this ship and will decide how we are seen publically, they are masters of international politics and relations.

The whole takeover saga with Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim banging on about Messi and Ronaldo etc was embarassing and then the Kaka transfer etc. It didn't matter so much back then but not a chance we would get involved in that sort of stuff now.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Khaldoon and Sheikh Mansour pay the wages, they are sailing this ship and will decide how we are seen publically, they are masters of international politics and relations.

The whole takeover saga with Dr Sulaiman Al Fahim banging on about Messi and Ronaldo etc was embarassing and then the Kaka transfer etc. It didn't matter so much back then but not a chance we would get involved in that sort of stuff now.

Haha, I forgot about that Sulaiman Fahim guy. What a farce that was.

Didn't he try and buy Portsmouth as well and it turned out he didn't actually have any cash?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Haha, I forgot about that Sulaiman Fahim guy. What a farce that was.

Didn't he try and buy Portsmouth as well and it turned out he didn't actually have any cash?

He successfully bought them, although only briefly owned them before they went into administration. He later got sent to jail for stealing £5 million from his wife to fund the purchase.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Some of the Barca players said he was a bastard........... especially those he moved on

Pep is not on Zlatan's Christmas Card list.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

He successfully bought them, although only briefly owned them before they went into administration. He later got sent to jail for stealing £5 million from his wife to fund the purchase.

Some properly mad things happening around that time wasn't there.

Must've been around the same period Notts County were taken over and they signed Sven and Sol Campbell, and it transpired the whole thing was a massive fraud?

Yet City are the ones ruining football...

 

[Phil1]

No successful manager has unilateral support. You have to upset big egos along the way to winning trophies.
Not sure picking out the odd player here and there who's slagged off Mancini or Pep is newsworthy whatsoever.

 

[Keeper!]

Some of the Barca players said he was a bastard........... especially those he moved on

I think I am right in saying Messi warned Kun that Pep would be a total bastard when Pep was appointed by us.

And the relationship seemed strained particularly early on, to the point he looked like he might leave, but after the initial issues, Pep made Kun a far better and more professional player.

As he has done will all, the same with Roberto, the improvement in individuals was huge.

 

[west didsblue]

Loved Mancini’s attitude. I wish we as a club still had that ‘fuck you rags/Chelsea/media’ attitude, I love it.

The only one thing about Pep that annoys me is his insistence on blowing smoke up the opposition’s arses, particularly our main rivals.

I also wish we didn’t look for soft nice guys and had a few arrogant arseholes in the team. Winners with the attitude needed to dig deep if a goal down to cunts like Chelsea or on the wrong end of reffing/var decisions.

We could do with characters similar in winning mentality to people like Alun Wyn Jones.

You've got the right user name!

23 Sqn??

 

[Eccles Blue]

I bet it's a lovely photo EB: )

When I get my laptop back and can use my memory stick thingy I’ll find it and post it! :-) Then you can judge. :-)