leighton
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I have to say since Mancini has taken over Pat Dolan at the Star has been his biggest fan and this week in his write up Pat strikes again with some great pro Mancini write up.
Here is some of the quotes from the write up its a shame there is no on line link to be able to pass on as its a good read.
" The money coming into City has changed a lot of things in the league but what it has not changed is the bitter jealousy of smooth foreigners who come into English football and take one of the big jobs.
Mancini is a footballing giant. And he has done a remarkable job in taming the mess that Mark Hughes left behind and trying to make the team look as impressive as the hundreds of millions of Euro that have bankrolled the clubs success. "
" For people to pretend that the only reason Mancini has been successful at City is because of money is to be ignorant of his career , and conveniently forget that Mark Hughes spent £247m and could only take them to 10th. Money is an advantage when it comes to buying power but with it come expectation and pressure , and Mancini has had it from day 1. To not acknowledge the management talent that brought City an FA Cup , their first trophy since 1976 beating Man Utd in the semi final by the way and then following it up with the big one the league tiltle 12 months later is plain stupid. "
" The champions league is something Mancini will have to put on his cv before he can be considered to be one of the true greats. But he is only 47 and I am sure he hopes that it does not take him as long as it took Fergie to win one for Man Utd. And when Fergie won his first he was 10 years older. Those that want to put the boot into Mancini when City are in the group with the champions of Germany , Spain and Holland are only criticising him because thats what they do best. Perspective and fairness are never as satisfying to these people as instant judgement , even when they have been wrong so many times about the Italian. "
" Rememeber the Tevez saga? That was supposed to have finished Mancini. Not only did he win that battle he did what Fergie could not do and has got Tevez hungry and playing the best football of his career. He has got to win a champions league bu contrary to what some might say it does not have to be this year. For those in the know , he has got a lot of credit with Sheikh Mansour. The lemons have been predicting the end of the Mancini-City era from day 1 they'll be waiting a while yet. What a great job the guy has done and anyone who says anything different is simply having a laugh. I say as I'm sure City fans do too , thank God for Mancini. "
Not a bad write up there is more in it than that but its a great positive read about Mancini.
Here is some of the quotes from the write up its a shame there is no on line link to be able to pass on as its a good read.
" The money coming into City has changed a lot of things in the league but what it has not changed is the bitter jealousy of smooth foreigners who come into English football and take one of the big jobs.
Mancini is a footballing giant. And he has done a remarkable job in taming the mess that Mark Hughes left behind and trying to make the team look as impressive as the hundreds of millions of Euro that have bankrolled the clubs success. "
" For people to pretend that the only reason Mancini has been successful at City is because of money is to be ignorant of his career , and conveniently forget that Mark Hughes spent £247m and could only take them to 10th. Money is an advantage when it comes to buying power but with it come expectation and pressure , and Mancini has had it from day 1. To not acknowledge the management talent that brought City an FA Cup , their first trophy since 1976 beating Man Utd in the semi final by the way and then following it up with the big one the league tiltle 12 months later is plain stupid. "
" The champions league is something Mancini will have to put on his cv before he can be considered to be one of the true greats. But he is only 47 and I am sure he hopes that it does not take him as long as it took Fergie to win one for Man Utd. And when Fergie won his first he was 10 years older. Those that want to put the boot into Mancini when City are in the group with the champions of Germany , Spain and Holland are only criticising him because thats what they do best. Perspective and fairness are never as satisfying to these people as instant judgement , even when they have been wrong so many times about the Italian. "
" Rememeber the Tevez saga? That was supposed to have finished Mancini. Not only did he win that battle he did what Fergie could not do and has got Tevez hungry and playing the best football of his career. He has got to win a champions league bu contrary to what some might say it does not have to be this year. For those in the know , he has got a lot of credit with Sheikh Mansour. The lemons have been predicting the end of the Mancini-City era from day 1 they'll be waiting a while yet. What a great job the guy has done and anyone who says anything different is simply having a laugh. I say as I'm sure City fans do too , thank God for Mancini. "
Not a bad write up there is more in it than that but its a great positive read about Mancini.