Tevez had essentially done the same and only played a few games after Munich. Balotelli was one of his only failings but he obviously loved the kid & saw huge potential. A striker who went for £30mil doesn't excuse the piss-poor recruitment that season.Mancini brought it on himself. He wanted Van Persie when we already had Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko and Balotelli. He refused to sell Balotelli, despite that fact that he was angling for a move back Italy, which consequently meant Van Persie ended up at the rags. Balotelli proceeded to do nothing for City, over the next few months before finally heading off to Milan in the winter.
Tevez had essentially done the same and only played a few games after Munich. Balotelli was one of his only failings but he obviously loved the kid & saw huge potential. A striker who went for £30mil doesn't excuse the piss-poor recruitment that season.
Could say the same about Pellegrini, who lead us to one of our best ever seasons, and a Champions League semi-final. Mancini wasn't perfect, but to boil it down solely to having a better squad than everyone is ridiculous.When you look back at the squad we had and the fact that Mancini has been shown the door at every club he's been to since he was sacked from City, it's obvious the reason we won the league was because our squad was head and shoulders above everyone else's. Prime Aguero, prime Silva, prime Yaya, prime Kompany. If Pep had those players in their prime, we'd be getting 100 points every season. The one thing Mancini does deserve credit for though is playing Kompany at CB. How Hughes looked at Vinny and saw a CM, I will never know.
When you look back at the squad we had and the fact that Mancini has been shown the door at every club he's been to since he was sacked from City, it's obvious the reason we won the league was because our squad was head and shoulders above everyone else's. Prime Aguero, prime Silva, prime Yaya, prime Kompany. If Pep had those players in their prime, we'd be getting 100 points every season. The one thing Mancini does deserve credit for though is playing Kompany at CB. How Hughes looked at Vinny and saw a CM, I will never know.
I don't believe in giving players grief but I thought he was awful.
A tad selective. He won trophies with Inter and is doing very well with Italy.
Or maybe it's because when we beat the most successful Premiership manager of all time on goal difference with the last kick of the game, we bought Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair & Maicon and they bought Van Persie. A better transfer window & a fully fit Aguero and we would have competed.