sheiks to break bank to get mourinho {merged}

[the goats backside]

Clarke, at last someone has realised Chelsea success

 

[lancs blue]

Seeing as Mourinho is well on course to blow an 11pts lead at the top of Serie A are we sure we don't want him at the Swamp?

Mourinho's ego is such that he will believe he can do a better job than Ferguson whatever the constraints and that's why I feel he will wait for that job.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Well we'll have to agree to disagree.

He can only fail in the Man United job in my opinon. I'm sure he wouldnt want them and I don't think they'd want him either.

We'll see at the end of the season. ;-)

My worry is that we won't! And that this will drag on year after year util he eventually joins another English club

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

I do think a lot of the anti-Mourinho brigade is a generational think, possibly those people able to digest football from about the start of the Premier League?

But for City fans 30 and above, you would have to be quite closed-off not to acknowledge this man is the real deal.

It is about more than results with Mourinho. The other facets include the changing of a mentality throughout an entire club.

He gets everyone pulling in the same direction.

We were devisive as fans under Hughes, and now Mancini.

We are not winning any trophies any time soon, so I can see why the owners want Jose in terms of giving us the ultimate profile in terms of publicity, both good and bad, not to mention the attraction to another tier of player.

Nobody can really take what's in the paper's as face. Only Jose and City know the current score, in terms of his next move, our next move etc.

My own opinion is he is the right man in the right place at the right time.

Oh, and Steve Clarke looks like he might be out of a job soon, too!

I think you know something :-)

I do know something, but not enough at present.

The only thing I can say is he is someone they have craved and enquired about since the very day they came through the door.

Whether that in itself, has massaged Jose's ego, enough, to finally say Yes, don't know.

Our owners are not stupid, they knew we would be in good hands, regardless, when the Mancini decision was made.

Doubters who say he would never entertain us, do get me down. They invariably are the same people who are defeatist about City in general.

Funny that, they do the press's job for them in that respect. Apparently, he's not good enough for City, but by the same token, these people then argue he is too big for us and will wait for the United job...strange logic.

It seems more than coincidence that in last two weeks alone, there have been more stories in his homeland about Mancini going to manage Italy, Inter and Juventus, than there have about us getting rid of him and Jose links to us.

Why is this?

 

[Balti]

still think this is a done deal

 

[oakiecokie]

Perhaps all along the mention from his Agent,ref United, is just a "red (apologies) herring ?"

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Doubters who say he would never entertain us, do get me down. They invariably are the same people who are defeatist about City in general.

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

 

[bluewigmcfc]

when will bacon face retire?

 

[robbieh]

Doubters who say he would never entertain us, do get me down. They invariably are the same people who are defeatist about City in general.

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

And that is why Mancini, a three time La Liga winner came here. He would never have come here two years ago. That is why we got Mark Hughes.

It is not denigrating City to say that Mourinho wouldn't come here. The fact is Jose always will think he is bigger than any club he goes to. Modesty is not his thing. And that includes City, Liverpool, Real Madrid whoever.

By the way if he blows La Liga and fails to lift the champions league, would you consider his stock to have fallen?

Also interested to know if you would countenance a name your price offer for Guardiola, as his teams are infinitely more attractive to watch.

 

[Neil McNab]

Doubters who say he would never entertain us, do get me down. They invariably are the same people who are defeatist about City in general.

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

The bigger picture for City is way in the future, some people on here seem to think the rest of Europe now see us as one of the biggest clubs in Europe. Guess what, we're not, would Jose go to Sevilla? No, but they are 5th in a decent league.
We have money and a slightly above mid table team, a middle of the road stadium and solid following but by no means massive.
I have ambitions that City will grow in stature but it's going to take many years, at the moment we have a squad and a manager that reflects our standing!

 

[Didsbury Dave]

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

And that is why Mancini, a three time La Liga winner came here. He would never have come here two years ago. That is why we got Mark Hughes.

It is not denigrating City to say that Mourinho wouldn't come here. The fact is Jose always will think he is bigger than any club he goes to. Modesty is not his thing. And that includes City, Liverpool, Real Madrid whoever.

By the way if he blows La Liga and fails to lift the champions league, would you consider his stock to have fallen?

Also interested to know if you would countenance a name your price offer for Guardiola, as his teams are infinitely more attractive to watch.

We got Mark Hughes when we were far from the most attractive job in the North WEst, never mind the world.

That's why we ended up with a sub-standard manager.

Mancini never won La Liga, but I think that was just an error on your part.

With regards to repalceing(or otherwise) Mancini, lets see where we stand at the end of the season. It's too early to call him an unqualified success or failure now.

 

[True_Blue69]

Doubters who say he would never entertain us, do get me down. They invariably are the same people who are defeatist about City in general.

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

Or is it that some people have delusions that we can go and sign Messi, Torres, Gerrard etc and also get Mourinho as manager? Im not arguing its not one of the most attractive jobs in football, it clearly is, I just dont think Mourinho will come here, its an opinion, doesnt mean Im in a 'likkle City' brigade.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

Or is it that some people have delusions that we can go and sign Messi, Torres, Gerrard etc and also get Mourinho as manager? Im not arguing its not one of the most attractive jobs in football, it clearly is, I just dont think Mourinho will come here, its an opinion, doesnt mean Im in a 'likkle City' brigade.

There it is in a nutshell. "Likkle City".

It's not inconceivable we could have 3 of the 4 "delusions" you list by the end of this summer.

 

[robbieh]

And that is why Mancini, a three time La Liga winner came here. He would never have come here two years ago. That is why we got Mark Hughes.

It is not denigrating City to say that Mourinho wouldn't come here. The fact is Jose always will think he is bigger than any club he goes to. Modesty is not his thing. And that includes City, Liverpool, Real Madrid whoever.

By the way if he blows La Liga and fails to lift the champions league, would you consider his stock to have fallen?

Also interested to know if you would countenance a name your price offer for Guardiola, as his teams are infinitely more attractive to watch.

We got Mark Hughes when we were far from the most attractive job in the North WEst, never mind the world.

That's why we ended up with a sub-standard manager.

Mancini never won La Liga, but I think that was just an error on your part.

With regards to repalceing(or otherwise) Mancini, lets see where we stand at the end of the season. It's too early to call him an unqualified success or failure now.

Sorry DD seria A it was. By the way I didn't realise you thought Hughes was sub-standard.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I certainly did. We got him when our finances were perilous, although I felt we had a decent, if incomplete squad. He was probably the best we could get under the circumstances. I never cared who he played for, it isn't important.

All his Christmases came at once with the takeover but I think he was proven to be out of his depth attempting to put together a champions league squad. His buys weren't bad in the main, if overpriced, but the results were poor.

 

[True_Blue69]

Or is it that some people have delusions that we can go and sign Messi, Torres, Gerrard etc and also get Mourinho as manager? Im not arguing its not one of the most attractive jobs in football, it clearly is, I just dont think Mourinho will come here, its an opinion, doesnt mean Im in a 'likkle City' brigade.

There it is in a nutshell. "Likkle City".

It's not inconceivable we could have 3 of the 4 "delusions" you list by the end of this summer.

Youve been playing too much Football Manager mate....

 

[samharris]

That's a hugely astute point. The "Likkle City" brigade irritate me as well, one or two are on this thread.

Is it the younger Blues, steeped in inferiority, having grown up with sneering reds all around them? It must start to seep in after a while.

Or is it people unable to see the "bigger picture"?

The "bigger picture" is that City is one of the most atractive jobs in world football now.

Or is it that some people have delusions that we can go and sign Messi, Torres, Gerrard etc and also get Mourinho as manager? Im not arguing its not one of the most attractive jobs in football, it clearly is, I just dont think Mourinho will come here, its an opinion, doesnt mean Im in a 'likkle City' brigade.

Its not that we go for the likes of messi,torres and gerrard...It,s more the fact that we are able to try if we wished....not many teams have that attribute.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

There it is in a nutshell. "Likkle City".

It's not inconceivable we could have 3 of the 4 "delusions" you list by the end of this summer.

Youve been playing too much Football Manager mate....

Never played it in my life.

We'll see. Shitty Likkle City might just surprise you...

 

[BlueDejong]

Youve been playing too much Football Manager mate....

Never played it in my life.

We'll see. Shitty Likkle City might just surprise you...

I think you know something...

tell me

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

I'm not sure when Hughes took the job, it was a better option than Blackburn! Now outside perhaps Chelsea and Arsenal its the best job in the country, if not the world.