Roberto Mancini

[Craig]

Oh dear, you’ve had a nightmare here, lad

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[Craig]

Assuming you're being ironic and haven't forgotten the 5th round match in Feb 2018, one interesting thing is that out of Stuart Pearce, Roberto Mancini, Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola, only Pearce managed City to an FA Cup win against Wigan.

Yeap

 

[Bluesince88]

Just a thought but those oldies in the italian team are big characters but let bobby lead them, he has also been much calmer in the tournement , he is also playing out from the back , sort of so he has settled down, city was a whole shit load of pressure

There was a lot of pressure brought on himself from certain situations. He does seem a lot more chilled watching him last night. May have just matured as a boss these years. Hope so

 

[VOOMER]

As you clearly misread, it was to show how winning a cup competition isn’t as easy as you’re making out with Pep and the champions league. Losing that game wasn’t a knock against Mancini, many circumstances why we lost it but it was to address a point. If it’s a debate then fair enough, I answered your question that Mancini wouldn’t have won what Peps won or added a champions league. The main fact being no manager ever has done what Peps done so I’m really surprised if anyone thinks someone else could so easily. Seems you’re just a question master without any input or opinion then. Fair enough.



Why would you ask “do you not think Mancini would have won what Peps won or the champions league” if you’re not thinking it yourself?

Debate, you seem incapable of understanding the concept. Pep, as has been already disclosed would not come to us earlier as he felt we weren't ready. It's a good job Roberto did feel we were ready and had he been backed who's to say he wouldn't have achieved even more success. Pep is a great manager, so is Roberto.

 

[VOOMER]

As champions of England to then not win a single group game, some would call that a bit of a failure. I’m not here to bash Mancini, some are deluded though thinking he’d win the CL which is madness considering his record in it.

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[VOOMER]

Bobby Manc will always have a special place in the Hearts of older Blues.

That first title was really special.

We had suffered so much in the preceding years. We saw that fucking banner ripped down, and bummed them 6-1 on their own patch. That Bobby Manc cheesy grin at the Swamp. He was as ecstatic as us. Bbbby got us.

Don't get me wrong i love Pep, and what he has achieved for us.

For me though Bobby will always have a special place in my Heart.

That Cup Final against Wigan was the result of some players downing Tools. Making sure Bobby Manc got the sack.

To this day i feel Joe Hart could have done better with that Goal.

The bookies don't.

 

[Chippy_boy]

We needed a manager who was single-minded, ruthless and didn't mind treading on a few toes - Mancini fitted that bill and it was necessary to change the culture at the club which was still mired in decades of failure even 15 months after the ADUG takeover.

Throw in the various iconic moments under his management and it baffles me that some City fans still have an axe to grind with him. I'm delighted he's doing so well with Italy, he's completely transformed them from a bunch of failures to European champions.

For me, I will be forever grateful for what he delivered for us. Winning the FA Cup and the league after so many years in the wilderness, of course.

But also, for our total dominance over the rags during his reign. The 6-1 was one of the happiest days of my life and long after that, we just battered them. I remember some rag saying "Let's face it, we are just City's woman". Marvellous stuff.

Love Pep though I do, I so wish he took our derby games as seriously as Mancini did.

 

[Rascal]

Yawn

Thanks for your reply, it means the world to me that you took time to dissect my post with your witticism

 

[Rascal]

Wow @Rascal that is some way to sum up a guy that gave us some absolutely off the scale occasions, memories and pleasure.

God knows what you thought of the Frank Clarke era............ ;-)

I am not making a criticism of his achievements whilst at City, he was the right man at that time, he left us with great memories and shattered the dominance of the rag cunts.

He outstayed his time though and whilst he is charming and has nice hair, it does not detract from his arrogance, petulance and his self absorption. He left City with a dressing room in a state of civil war, he was rude, obnoxious and downright dismissive of people at the club.

His faults have been well documented by former players and that came to a head in the Wigan FA Cup final.

There is little point comparing him to any other manager we have had, they all have their foibles, it is Mancini's that were pronounced.

 

[sir baconface]

I look back fondly on him of course. I also remember our players fighting with each other and him quite often. Right man at the right time. Being a weird **** is people having him as their favourite ever when we’ve had the best manager ever the last 5 years dominating the English game. I don’t dislike the Mancini love, I hate when weirdos prefer him over Pep.

He got the club. He got the rivalry. He put the GPC in his box and put rag dominance into reverse. He would never have thrown a derby. He spoke as he found. Also signed and/or nurtured some iconic players.

Doesn‘t matter if Pep is the “better manager” overall but you’re the fcukin weirdo if you don‘t understand why Mancini remains so popular.