Serious question about Mancini - serious answers only please

[Farlowe]

He's made some arse decisions ,he better get it sorted before it's too late.

 

[Any1aBlue]

Despite the fact I (and a lot of other City fans) have no confidence in Mancini, I have said he needs two seasons before we can really be sure he's not the right manager.

We hear the refrain "The team is gelling" from people defending him (and I accept there may be something in that) but if we carry on playing games like todays, when are people going to accept his time is up?

1) Xmas?
2) End of the season?
3) Next Xmas?
4) End of next season?

I want a serious discussion please.

AND ANOTHER THING - WE'RE PLAYING BORING NEGATIVE FOOTBALL - THREE HOLDING MIDFIELD PLAYERS????! WHAT OTHER TEAM DOES THAT?

NO WIDTH - YET TWO OF THE SUPPOSED BEST WINGERS IN THE COUNTRY WHO ONLY PLAY WHEN WE FIELD THE SMALLEST STRIKER (TEVEZ) - YET THEY DON'T PLAY WHEN ADEBYOR PLAYS! AND YOU WONDER WHY WE CANT SCORE ENOUGH.

THE STADIUM ISN'T CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE AND ISN'T FULL BECAUSE THE MANAGER PLAYS DULL FOOTBALL.

ITS PANTS, IS WHAT IT IS..............and then there's f'king Wayne Bridge - OMG!

 

[fbloke]

I sent out a PM to a few on here the day after we beat Newcastle (Oct 4th) and went second in the League saying that RM wont see the season out and nothing has changed.
The timing of the PM was due to info received but also sent out as not to be seen as a knee jerk reaction in my comments.
As the season pans out i think things might become clearer...................

And I think, if memory serves me correctly, that you know more than you were able/willing to share at the time?

 

[hgblue]

I sent out a PM to a few on here the day after we beat Newcastle (Oct 4th) and went second in the League saying that RM wont see the season out and nothing has changed.
The timing of the PM was due to info received but also sent out as not to be seen as a knee jerk reaction in my comments.
As the season pans out i think things might become clearer...................

Rijkaard?

 

[Soulboy]

I sent out a PM to a few on here the day after we beat Newcastle (Oct 4th) and went second in the League saying that RM wont see the season out and nothing has changed.
The timing of the PM was due to info received but also sent out as not to be seen as a knee jerk reaction in my comments.
As the season pans out i think things might become clearer...................

Ooh, tell more!

Have we a replacement lined up?

Is Tevez going to be player-manager?

Are the owners pulling out?

Have they taken the sultanas out of the Balti Pies?

So many questions...

Oh, and if you know something, how come all the other ITKs on here don't...

 

[Lucky Toma]

I was thinking back to a thread I started a while ago, where I passed on the general sense of some stuff I was told.

In essence it was about the painful decisions that are likely to be made (I preempted it with the news that Weiss was going and isn't likely to come back).

I also predicted that we, the fans would be likely to argue about what was to be done for a while.

And its not all on the pitch either.

Having revisited what I was thinking at the time I fully believe three things today.

1. There are going to be some serious changes at City that could cause disruption to this season.

2. There is an acceptance that this year is hugely significant but that failure to qualify for CL does not directly mean Mancini goes.

3. Depending on how bad the surgery at City turns out to be will inform what happens and not merely what happens on the pitch. And that City's fan base WILL be poles apart when some decisions are made.

All of that of course is just my opinion and nothing more.

Fbloke, I like you but Jesus man, how many times are you going to write over-blown guff where you state the absolute bleeding obvious....but package it as if you are alluding to some hugely important state-secrets.

You write with such self-importance. But dont ever actually say anything at all.

Try including some actual substance to your nose-tapping wink-wink nonsense and stop deluding yourself that you're some kind of Peter Mandelson figure who is drip-feeding us commoners with serious info.

 

[Soulboy]

I was thinking back to a thread I started a while ago, where I passed on the general sense of some stuff I was told.

In essence it was about the painful decisions that are likely to be made (I preempted it with the news that Weiss was going and isn't likely to come back).

I also predicted that we, the fans would be likely to argue about what was to be done for a while.

And its not all on the pitch either.

Having revisited what I was thinking at the time I fully believe three things today.

1. There are going to be some serious changes at City that could cause disruption to this season.

2. There is an acceptance that this year is hugely significant but that failure to qualify for CL does not directly mean Mancini goes.

3. Depending on how bad the surgery at City turns out to be will inform what happens and not merely what happens on the pitch. And that City's fan base WILL be poles apart when some decisions are made.

All of that of course is just my opinion and nothing more.

Fbloke, I like you but Jesus man, how many times are you going to write over-blown guff where you state the absolute bleeding obvious....but package it as if you are alluding to some hugely important state-secrets.

You write with such self-importance. But dont ever actually say anything at all.

Try including some actual substance to your nose-tapping wink-wink nonsense.

I think he has a part-time job as a Medium, such is his professional vagueness in posts!

 

[fbloke]

Fbloke, I like you but Jesus man, how many times are you going to write over-blown guff where you state the absolute bleeding obvious....but package it as if you are alluding to some hugely important state-secrets.

You write with such self-importance. But dont ever actually say anything at all.

Try including some actual substance to your nose-tapping wink-wink nonsense.

I think he has a part-time job as a Medium, such is his professional vagueness in posts!

I sensed you were going to say that!

 

[Danamy]

I sent out a PM to a few on here the day after we beat Newcastle (Oct 4th) and went second in the League saying that RM wont see the season out and nothing has changed.
The timing of the PM was due to info received but also sent out as not to be seen as a knee jerk reaction in my comments.
As the season pans out i think things might become clearer...................

Ooh, tell more!

Have we a replacement lined up?

Is Tevez going to be player-manager?

Are the owners pulling out?

Have they taken the sultanas out of the Balti Pies?

So many questions...

Oh, and if you know something, how come all the other ITKs on here don't...

I didn't think there was any ITK's on here?...............hmmmmmmmmm

 

[Padre]

Mancini has played, coached and been schooled - in the footballing sense - in Italy. His philosophy or way of playing the game is essentially Italian - how could it be anything else ?

Whenever Goals on Sunday have foreign coaches on (Jol, Guillit, Grant, etc.) quite a lot of them mention this word "philosophy". RM is a deep thinker and clearly from the coaching document he wrote (posted on here a while back) has his own - deep-seeted IMHO - system of playing.

The big question is then: can RM's philosophy be a winning one in England ?