I agree with you on the league points. That is why I never brought up the point that this is our lowest points tally since Mark Hughes was around. But every single thing shows regression yet this guy can't see it.I think you have to look at things in the context of the entire league. Winning with 100 points doesn't make a squad better than one who wins with only 80 points (for instance).
I personally think we have declined, so agree with you, but the points totals aren't the best measure. League position probably spells it out much better.
Yeah I would have had him on from the start. Been great the last month when he's played, hope he keeps it up. Interesting to see what Pep thinks of himNasri should have been on earlier.
Don't talk shite.
Poyser, Allison, Ball, Pearce, Coppell to name but five.
And this is my point. Sterling is a 21 year old boy and Bellamy was a seasoned professional so comparing the two is a bit unfair. Delph and Benteke were practically keeping Villa up single handedly. We get Delph, play him on the left wing and wonder if even at £8m he was a waste of money.
Tbh, I don't wonder at none of it and just like I was sure we would regress under Pellegrini unless he changed his train crash all out attacking philosophy, I'm pretty confident any decent top level manager would have made a better fist with what Pellegrini had than he did. I'm also sure we wouldn't have needed Pep Guardiola to prove that theory either.
Fans, pundits, football professionals have all at times been at a loss as to what the hell Pellegrini was thinking whilst managing us and they can't all be wrong. When he came here all that was needed was evolution not revolution and to build upon the solid foundations left by Mancini, but the first thing he did was to needlessly tear it all apart. Why?
All the character traits of the last 2 seasons were there in the first if his sympathisers care to look. The only difference was, our team still had Mancini's fear factor, but it only took a couple of teams to have a go and within a season the whole league was at it and we were well and truly found out. Lest you forget, Alladyce, Pardew, Rogers, Pulis they all commented that we were defensively vulnerable and there was a way to beat us and one by one that's what they did. Did Manuel react? Did he fuck, he just came out and said 'We always play the same way'.
His disciples may have turned out in force to see him off today, but the when given the chance to do so at the Etihad, the vast majority of fans fucked off home showing exactly what they think of this charming man and the way he has (mis) handled our once feared team. This is why his sympathisers are now laughably claiming Manuel has suffered because he has a worse squad now than when he took over! Total bollocks, the only thing that is considerably worse now than when Manuel took over is the manager and we have year on year league points tallies to prove that.
Call them shit. It's allowed.at least united s---, will not be in the champions league,brilliant.
Didn't Coppell only do like 30 days?
And this is my point. Sterling is a 21 year old boy and Bellamy was a seasoned professional so comparing the two is a bit unfair. Delph and Benteke were practically keeping Villa up single handedly. We get Delph, play him on the left wing and wonder if even at £8m he was a waste of money.
Tbh, I don't wonder at none of it and just like I was sure we would regress under Pellegrini unless he changed his train crash all out attacking philosophy, I'm pretty confident any decent top level manager would have made a better fist with what Pellegrini had than he did. I'm also sure we wouldn't have needed Pep Guardiola to prove that theory either.
Fans, pundits, football professionals have all at times been at a loss as to what the hell Pellegrini was thinking whilst managing us and they can't all be wrong. When he came here all that was needed was evolution not revolution and to build upon the solid foundations left by Mancini, but the first thing he did was to needlessly tear it all apart. Why?
All the character traits of the last 2 seasons were there in the first if his sympathisers care to look. The only difference was, our team still had Mancini's fear factor, but it only took a couple of teams to have a go and within a season the whole league was at it and we were well and truly found out. Lest you forget, Alladyce, Pardew, Rogers, Pulis they all commented that we were defensively vulnerable and there was a way to beat us and one by one that's what they did. Did Manuel react? Did he fuck, he just came out and said 'We always play the same way'.
His disciples may have turned out in force to see him off today, but the when given the chance to do so at the Etihad, the vast majority of fans fucked off home showing exactly what they think of this charming man and the way he has (mis) handled our once feared team. This is why his sympathisers are now laughably claiming Manuel has suffered because he has a worse squad now than when he took over! Total bollocks, the only thing that is considerably worse now than when Manuel took over is the manager and we have year on year league points tallies to prove that.
f He did get backed by Swailes , at the time the signings of curle and phelan were two of the most expensive defenders in Europe I think over 6m for the pair 25 years or so agoYour wrong about Reid , a good manager who got us into the top six with very limited resources , if the club had given him some finance we would have been title contenders , admittedly not the most attractive football , but he got results.