Sheikh Mansour went to Spain

[RACHACE]

1st season under him was fantastic but it all was allowed to go stale under his watch and he should never have allowed that to happen regardless of whether Pep was coming in or not.

I’m fond but not in love.

 

[Marvin]

Pellegrini management coincided with injury problems for Kompany

I think we spent significantly but not at Guardiola levels until his last season when we spent significantly with De Bruyne, Sterling and Otamendi arriving - perhaps buys with Guardiola in mind

I felt the club was just waiting for Guardiola. Perhaps it was inevitable.

 

[aguero93:20]

Great manager, did a fantastic job despite divided attentions from the board.

 

[Stoned Rose]

That team in his first year wouldve given today’s team a right good game.

It fizzled out as everyone knew he was a stopgap re Pep and we had a ‘top 4 will do’ last season.

A gentleman and a scholar.

 

[bugsyblue]

Good manager, very decent man, gets his teams playing nice football but poor tactician. That second leg against Madrid was spineless.

 

[richards30]

Pellegrini management coincided with injury problems for Kompany

I think we spent significantly but not at Guardiola levels until his last season when we spent significantly with De Bruyne, Sterling and Otamendi arriving - perhaps buys with Guardiola in mind

I felt the club was just waiting for Guardiola. Perhaps it was inevitable.

I agree with the point regarding pep coming and how the spending changed when Txiki and Ferran knew they had their boy signed to come.

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Best caretaker manager we ever had. Thanks Pellers.

 

[urban genie]

Best caretaker manager we ever had. Thanks Pellers.

Phil Neal is reading this comment with a tear in his eye

 

[Thomas Hearns]

His song should get an airing now and again, we should always be happy to pay tribute to a title winning manager.

The 2 league cup final wins under him were fantastic in their own way and we also battered the rags a few times under his tenure. A hero in my book.

 

[Ban-jani]

I think he’s very likeable.

I did just get the impression that he wasn’t very tactical and allowed his players to just go out and express themselves, which worked magnificently in his first season due to most players being glad to see the back of Mancini, but following that it didn’t work when the novelty of no Mancini wore off.

Some players were coasting and kept their places and I felt he was stubborn with playing Yaya in a two man midfield towards the end, for too long.

Winning the league, two league cups and reaching the semis of the champions league will always make him a success at City, but there just isn’t the same attachment as there is between Mancini and the City fans.

I think Mancini had greater competition with Ferguson still around and for fans like myself who weren’t born when we’d last won stuff, he was the first real love.

Guardiola is a whole different animal to both mind you and by the time he leaves he’ll be our most successful manager ever.