Roberto Mancini

Of course he is a City legend but not quite sure of the need to regularly bump these threads other than to fuel the neediness of a few posters?

Pep is on a different level and so to are we as a club and side right now and thats all that matters.
 
blueinsa said:
Of course he is a City legend but not quite sure of the need to regularly bump these threads other than to fuel the neediness of a few posters?

Pep is on a different level and so to are we as a club and side right now and thats all that matters.
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I actually agree with the gist of this but would say if there’s new quotes attributed to him then there’s no reason not to mention them.
I love the bloke but as you say, he’s no Pep.
 
Pablo1 said:
I actually agree with the gist of this but would say if there’s new quotes attributed to him then there’s no reason not to mention them.
I love the bloke but as you say, he’s no Pep.
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Its a great quote from Bobby but I'm certain I've read it before so its not new, hence my post but will hold my hands up if it is new?
 
Pound for pound probably our best ever manager.
Certainly the one who "got" us the best, in the modern day (80's onwards) for sure.


Legend isn't a strong enough word for him .
 
razman said:
Haha loved this smile in the 6-1 Vs the rags

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If Carlsberg did moments in time...
 
Mancini will alway be in my top 2 fav city managers.
His style, his crazyness, his passion and his time here where he did what we needed to start our successful period.

Bobby, pellers, book, reidy, keegan, horton, sven, etc all need to be celebrated anytime, because they are past managers shouldn't stop us talking about them especially if they are talking about us
 
Kazzydeyna said:
Pound for pound probably our best ever manager.
Certainly the one who "got" us the best, in the modern day (80's onwards) for sure.


Legend isn't a strong enough word for him .
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I think Pep is getting us now. At first I think he struggled to understand our mentality. Mancini certainly got us from day one.
The day after or a couple of days after he was grabbing lunch and took time out to come over to my friend and her little boys wearing their City stuff to sign stuff. She said he was incredibly charming. She is fit mind!
 
schfc6 said:
I think Pep is getting us now. At first I think he struggled to understand our mentality. Mancini certainly got us from day one.
The day after or a couple of days after he was grabbing lunch and took time out to come over to my friend and her little boys wearing their City stuff to sign stuff. She said he was incredibly charming. She is fit mind!
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I agree with you on that. I do think Pep has got us now. I think our history (working class, largely ignored or patronised fanbase etc) appeals to his innate sense of fairness and spirit of the underdog etc.

Let's be honest, we, as blues, have never had it so good as the last few years .

Mancini: first trophy and title in forever.
Pellers: First double in ages and first one ever involving a title.
Pep: Best manager in the world, 100 points, first ever domestic treble in English history.

We are blessed and I love it.
 
Kazzydeyna said:
I agree with you on that. I do think Pep has got us now. I think our history (working class, largely ignored or patronised fanbase etc) appeals to his innate sense of fairness and spirit of the underdog etc.

Let's be honest, we, as blues, have never had it so good as the last few years .

Mancini: first trophy and title in forever.
Pellers: First double in ages and first one ever involving a title.
Pep: Best manager in the world, 100 points, first ever domestic treble in English history.

We are blessed and I love it.
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And we won away at Reading under Kidd.
 
schfc6 said:
I think Pep is getting us now. At first I think he struggled to understand our mentality. Mancini certainly got us from day one.
The day after or a couple of days after he was grabbing lunch and took time out to come over to my friend and her little boys wearing their City stuff to sign stuff. She said he was incredibly charming. She is fit mind!
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As much as I love Bobby, and will always be grateful for all he did for us, it wasn’t charming to publicly call players.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45918581
schfc6 said:
I think Pep is getting us now. At first I think he struggled to understand our mentality. Mancini certainly got us from day one.
The day after or a couple of days after he was grabbing lunch and took time out to come over to my friend and her little boys wearing their City stuff to sign stuff. She said he was incredibly charming. She is fit mind!
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I think it was the Manchester Arena bombing that did it for Pep, his wife and daughter were there. If you listen to the Five Life Pep and his Music programme, from last year, and the way he talks about the incident and the incredible reaction of Mancunians
 
4 things stuck with me early on in Bobby Mancs reign. 1. Was wearing the scarf and the cool Italian style 2. First home game Kiddo getting excited tried to jump off the bench and Bobby placed his hand on him and made him sit back and chill down ... class 3. Loved town out every night mixing with any blues he could find 4. The reaction when we conceded our first goal at home... he was well pissed off
 
I always felt with Bobby that he was someone who you could get behind - someone with passion, drive, a dose of anger and a lot of ambition. It probably helped that in his time we were on the ascendancy - things feel a lot different when you are already at the top and expected to stay there and win every game (as with Pep), whereas with Mancini you felt like you were taking each game as it came, and it was a hell of a ride. The dourness of Pellegrini was a real comedown (and I still feel that that 2014 team was very much Bobby's - Manuel just steadied the ship a bit).

Best memroy was is celebration for the last-minute winner against Villareal - summed him up for me.
 
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