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Akira said:
My thoughts exactly. I'm in my 50s and been a Blue all my life (thanks Dad) so have seen the really bad times.
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Three years of Bobby Manc
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My thoughts exactly. I'm in my 50s and been a Blue all my life (thanks Dad) so have seen the really bad times.
Arrived at a mess of a club and turned us into title winners. A feat that shouldnt be underestimated or downplayed. Wherever we go from here will largely be built on the strong foundations Mancini has helped lay. A winning mentality from top to bottom.
A good three years at the helm and been in charge for the best time supporters home and abroad like myself have had in 38 years of supporting the club.
Yes we want more trophies for all sorts of reasons and yes the stakes are raised and even the likes of the one and only Billy Shears who has a lonely heart for RM wants our club to move forward even if its with another man at the helm.
Onwards and upwards with or without if it turns out to be the case with RM.
Yes we want more trophies for all sorts of reasons and yes the stakes are raised and even the likes of the one and only Billy Shears who has a lonely heart for RM wants our club to move forward even if its with another man at the helm.
Onwards and upwards with or without if it turns out to be the case with RM.
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fantastic , hope we play like last saturday for the rest of the season. all this talking about sacking is from journalists trying to sell a story
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Just read this on the app...
On 19 December 2009, it was announced that former Inter boss Roberto Mancini had agreed to become City’s new manager. An FA Cup, a Premier League title and three years later, the Italian's stock has never been higher, so what better time to look at some of Mancini's key Premier League stats as City boss to celebrate his three year anniversary?
Winning mentality: Roberto Mancini has won 70 of his 114 Premier League games in charge of the Blues (61.40%).
Isolated incident: City have only lost back to back Premier League games once under Mancini, which were against Arsenal and Wolves back in October 2010.
Goal rush: City have only failed to score on 22 occasions under Mancini in the Premier League. (19.30% of matches).
Rotation method: Roberto has named 61 different players in his Premier League matchday squads since Dec 09'
Small margins: The last time City were beaten by more than a single goal under Mancini was in April 2011 (a 3-0 loss away to Liverpool at Anfield).
Captain fantastic: Vincent Kompany has started 102 Premier League games under Roberto (89.47%).
Lucky charm: Of players to have played over 50 games for City under Mancini in the Premier League, Joleon Lescott has the highest win percentage of 71.21% (P66, W47, D10, L9).
Long rangers: 37 of the 226 Premier League goals scored under Roberto in the Premier League have been netted from outside the penalty area (16.37%).
Away days: 95 of the 226 goals scored under Mancini have come away from home (42.04%).
Taking initiative: City have taken the lead 110 times under Roberto Mancini in his 114 matches in charge.
Demolition jobs: Roberto's biggest win is 6-1, occurring 3 times, all away from home v Burnley, Manchester United and Norwich City.
Thank you to @OptaCity for providing us with the figures, now join us in toasting the boss over on Twitter, letting us know your favourite Mancini moments using the hashtag: #ManciniMoments and we'll retweet some of the best.
Forza Mancini!
On 19 December 2009, it was announced that former Inter boss Roberto Mancini had agreed to become City’s new manager. An FA Cup, a Premier League title and three years later, the Italian's stock has never been higher, so what better time to look at some of Mancini's key Premier League stats as City boss to celebrate his three year anniversary?
Winning mentality: Roberto Mancini has won 70 of his 114 Premier League games in charge of the Blues (61.40%).
Isolated incident: City have only lost back to back Premier League games once under Mancini, which were against Arsenal and Wolves back in October 2010.
Goal rush: City have only failed to score on 22 occasions under Mancini in the Premier League. (19.30% of matches).
Rotation method: Roberto has named 61 different players in his Premier League matchday squads since Dec 09'
Small margins: The last time City were beaten by more than a single goal under Mancini was in April 2011 (a 3-0 loss away to Liverpool at Anfield).
Captain fantastic: Vincent Kompany has started 102 Premier League games under Roberto (89.47%).
Lucky charm: Of players to have played over 50 games for City under Mancini in the Premier League, Joleon Lescott has the highest win percentage of 71.21% (P66, W47, D10, L9).
Long rangers: 37 of the 226 Premier League goals scored under Roberto in the Premier League have been netted from outside the penalty area (16.37%).
Away days: 95 of the 226 goals scored under Mancini have come away from home (42.04%).
Taking initiative: City have taken the lead 110 times under Roberto Mancini in his 114 matches in charge.
Demolition jobs: Roberto's biggest win is 6-1, occurring 3 times, all away from home v Burnley, Manchester United and Norwich City.
Thank you to @OptaCity for providing us with the figures, now join us in toasting the boss over on Twitter, letting us know your favourite Mancini moments using the hashtag: #ManciniMoments and we'll retweet some of the best.
Forza Mancini!
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Three years is only a short amount of time. Roberto has yet to answer many things as our manager and has yet to face many challenges as our manager, so how can we really judge him? Maybe in another three years we can really judge how great Roberto has been as City's manager. He's done some great things so far but there is still a lot to be done too.
He's changed this team and club in many ways, and all for the better. There is an absolute professionalism running through the club. He's got rid of some trouble makers and some he felt weren't professional enough, as well as some who weren't good enough. He has bought very well and has some great systems in place. There is a winning mentality and confidence running through everyone too.
In his first half a season he was just finding his feet, anything that happened didn't really matter and no blame could be placed on him for us not reaching the Champions League qualifying round spot because he had only been here five minutes.
In his first full season he had us defending like warriors and was learning about the Premier League and all the teams in it. Many complained about the negative tactics but I think he was educating himself on how to play Premier League football and couldn't have done that any other way at the same time as getting us as high in the table as was possible. By the end of the season we finished in the hallowed 'top 3' and won the FA Cup; a fantastic achievement. But in only scoring 68 goals, we still had a lot to improve on.
Last season we were phenomenal at times but still quite average a lot. He knew all about the other teams and felt he knew how to exploit them. And we did most of the time. We won the title; a fantastic achievement. But in only picking up one win from any team away from home from 6th to 14th (Norwich), we still have a lot to improve on.
As well as he's done (and he has), he's still got a lot to prove as a manager. He has to be able to show what he can do in Europe, he still has to show if he can mount challenges in more than one competition a season, he still has to show if he can build and then rebuild a squad as one comes to its end through players moving on or coming to the end of their careers, he has to show how he can bounce back from a season without winning a trophy, he has to show if he can get a philosophy running through the club from the lowest/youngest Junior team right through to the First Team...
I don't judge things based on a few small facts I see in front of me in a short space of time. So if we do go a season trophyless I'm not going to be calling for his head, like i know some will. I'm going to go with the flow and enjoy what's going on now and make decisions based on achievements and where we may improve going forward when he has answered those queries above.
But so far, so good...
He's changed this team and club in many ways, and all for the better. There is an absolute professionalism running through the club. He's got rid of some trouble makers and some he felt weren't professional enough, as well as some who weren't good enough. He has bought very well and has some great systems in place. There is a winning mentality and confidence running through everyone too.
In his first half a season he was just finding his feet, anything that happened didn't really matter and no blame could be placed on him for us not reaching the Champions League qualifying round spot because he had only been here five minutes.
In his first full season he had us defending like warriors and was learning about the Premier League and all the teams in it. Many complained about the negative tactics but I think he was educating himself on how to play Premier League football and couldn't have done that any other way at the same time as getting us as high in the table as was possible. By the end of the season we finished in the hallowed 'top 3' and won the FA Cup; a fantastic achievement. But in only scoring 68 goals, we still had a lot to improve on.
Last season we were phenomenal at times but still quite average a lot. He knew all about the other teams and felt he knew how to exploit them. And we did most of the time. We won the title; a fantastic achievement. But in only picking up one win from any team away from home from 6th to 14th (Norwich), we still have a lot to improve on.
As well as he's done (and he has), he's still got a lot to prove as a manager. He has to be able to show what he can do in Europe, he still has to show if he can mount challenges in more than one competition a season, he still has to show if he can build and then rebuild a squad as one comes to its end through players moving on or coming to the end of their careers, he has to show how he can bounce back from a season without winning a trophy, he has to show if he can get a philosophy running through the club from the lowest/youngest Junior team right through to the First Team...
I don't judge things based on a few small facts I see in front of me in a short space of time. So if we do go a season trophyless I'm not going to be calling for his head, like i know some will. I'm going to go with the flow and enjoy what's going on now and make decisions based on achievements and where we may improve going forward when he has answered those queries above.
But so far, so good...
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I wouldn't say we're an A+ club.BillyShears said:The two derbies last season, the two trophies he's brought, they numb the pain of his destructive and at times highly questionable ways.
He's a B+ manager at an A+ club.
Our stadium, our stadium size, our financial situation with regards to how much money we bring in, our worldwide support/appeal, our squad, what we've won, not being an established top club (only finished fifth or above in the English top division seven times), not being an established club on the European stage... if we're A+ what are Barcelona, Bayern München and Real Madrid?
Let's be realistic, we're only just finding our feet as a top club - we're not established just yet. We're growing, we're getting bigger by the day, but we've still got a long wat to go before we start calling ourselves an A+ club.
sergiokun
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3 fantastic years
Stoned Rose
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An absolute God in my book.
Look where we were and where we are now. Phenomenal improvements.
Best bits for me are -
1. The way he's completely changed the club's mentality. We don't do 'defeat' anymore even when behind. We are winners and fighters. Whenever we do get beat we roar back and make sure it doesn't happen again.
2. His utter confidence. He always thinks/knows we can beat any fucker. He trusts his players and he trusts his own experience & judgement. Anyone who takes on the might (lets face it that's the correct word) of Ferguson and wins is a class act in my book.
Wonderful 3 years. Here's to many more :)<br /><br />-- Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:07 pm --<br /><br />
Agreed.
Look where we were and where we are now. Phenomenal improvements.
Best bits for me are -
1. The way he's completely changed the club's mentality. We don't do 'defeat' anymore even when behind. We are winners and fighters. Whenever we do get beat we roar back and make sure it doesn't happen again.
2. His utter confidence. He always thinks/knows we can beat any fucker. He trusts his players and he trusts his own experience & judgement. Anyone who takes on the might (lets face it that's the correct word) of Ferguson and wins is a class act in my book.
Wonderful 3 years. Here's to many more :)<br /><br />-- Wed Dec 19, 2012 12:07 pm --<br /><br />
Caveman said:I wouldn't say we're an A+ club.BillyShears said:The two derbies last season, the two trophies he's brought, they numb the pain of his destructive and at times highly questionable ways.
He's a B+ manager at an A+ club.
Our stadium, our stadium size, our financial situation with regards to how much money we bring in, our worldwide support/appeal, our squad, what we've won, not being an established top club (only finished fifth or above in the English top division seven times), not being an established club on the European stage... if we're A+ what are Barcelona, Bayern München and Real Madrid?
Let's be realistic, we're only just finding our feet as a top club - we're not established just yet. We're growing, we're getting bigger by the day, but we've still got a long wat to go before we start calling ourselves an A+ club.
Agreed.
Lancet Fluke
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Caveman said:I wouldn't say we're an A+ club.BillyShears said:The two derbies last season, the two trophies he's brought, they numb the pain of his destructive and at times highly questionable ways.
He's a B+ manager at an A+ club.
Our stadium, our stadium size, our financial situation with regards to how much money we bring in, our worldwide support/appeal, our squad, what we've won, not being an established top club (only finished fifth or above in the English top division seven times), not being an established club on the European stage... if we're A+ what are Barcelona, Bayern München and Real Madrid?
Let's be realistic, we're only just finding our feet as a top club - we're not established just yet. We're growing, we're getting bigger by the day, but we've still got a long wat to go before we start calling ourselves an A+ club.
I don't want to speak for Billy but I took what he said as meaning that we are a club with A+ resources.