Just about sums the post up nicely.
Time has proven it was a huge mistake getting rid of Mancini and appointing Pellegrini, its not even up for debate.
I find it strange that there are still blues are so entrenched in their positions they are still making up stories about Mancini to try and justify the fact they got it so wrong.
Just about sums the post up nicely.
Time has proven it was a huge mistake getting rid of Mancini and appointing Pellegrini, its not even up for debate.
I find it strange that there are still blues are so entrenched in their positions they are still making up stories about Mancini to try and justify the fact they got it so wrong.
Your best mate Mansour Disapproves of this post lol
Why - Because the Football Cartel did and are still trying to do anything legal or illegal to slow us down - simples
We have been at war in the background and will continue to do so - they fucking hate us
What City did so well under Mancini was buy really well. And since then we've done it really badly.
It would easy to point the finger at Txiki but I think that there are other factors at play.
1) Very obvious point is FFP. Not only were we sanctioned which had a direct effect but we cut our cloth in advance to try and pass.
2) The rest of the Premiership is now spending. This week I read that Palace are offering Zaha £110k pwer wk. Utd pay over £300k per week for their top players. Lingaard gets over £100k pw. So the financial clout we originally had is not so significant, and the competition for top players has grown.
On the debit side we were also in a fantastic position to recruit players as we were the champions. Chelsea for instance have been a lot more efficient in the transfer market.
Well I look at the team now and Pep is playing midfielders and wingers in full back positions and forced to play Toure who should have been replaced some while ago. We also have bought really poorly in the central defensive position. I accept that the budget has changed and money is no object, but we were also in a very strong position as Champions where we could cherry-pick the best players in football. I think Txiki is massive asset to this football club who must have been central to Guardiola coming here. But the purchase of players for the first team has not been great and we're basically overhauling the team now....under a Football Director that should not happen. A squad should be renewed continually and not allowed to grow old. I accept he, or we tried, but we failed.That's a very simplistic way of looking at things. Yes we bought well in the summer of 2010 and 2011 but it was always "accelerated spending" to push the club into the top 4. By 2012 we'd won the title.
Yes FFP was a factor but so was Mansour's insistence that the club become self sustaining. By the summer of 2012 the squad was top heavy and needed pruning as the wage bill was eclipsing turnover which is unsustainable madness in almost every respect.
Ultimately Mancini was a "special circumstances" guy and he was obsolete as soon as the title was won in 2012.
Well I look at the team now and Pep is playing midfielders and wingers in full back positions and forced to play Toure who should have been replaced some while ago.
We also have bought really poorly in the central defensive position.
I accept that the budget has changed and money is no object, but we were also in a very strong position as Champions where we could cherry-pick the best players in football.
I think Txiki is massive asset to this football club who must have been central to Guardiola coming here. But the purchase of players for the first team has not been great and we're basically overhauling the team now....under a Football Director that should not happen. A squad should be renewed continually and not allowed to grow old. I accept he, or we tried, but we failed.
I lol'ed. I'm sure CPB has let the good Sheikh know how spineless it was not backing Bobby. ;)