Master_Tactician
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- 27 Apr 2013
- Messages
- 57
Agree but a lot of people said the same about Mancini having one more go at CL after last year, also for a few years at Inter...dctid said:The Future's Blue said:It's nearly there but what I'm asking is if it is essential for us to progress from the group stages for our current model?BobKowalski said:Qualification for the CL is important to the club. Failure to qualify would have the manager out the door toot sweet
Most of the concern on here is about revenue and attracting players because you have CL football although we did attract players here without CL football.
No one seems to worry about winning the damn thing just doing okay and making sure we get far enough to make a decent buck. Arsenal have zero ambition to win the CL but their season is focussed entirely on qualification for a tournament they have little to no expectation of winning.
Which is an odd attitude to have and whenever they talk about Wengers excellent record in the CL - qualified 15 years on the bounce yada yada - no one ever mentions he has never actually won the bloody thing. As I said odd.
For me if you don't actually win the competition it makes little to no difference whether you go out the group stages or get knocked out later. For the club its a bit difference in terms of revenue but that ain't my problem.
What I'm saying is that we can get by, and even spend a few with our current progression due to the fact that that we spent early and progressed so fast.
Progressing in the CL is a bonus at this stage but not essential to our sustainability, just as you've mentioned in regard to Arsenal.
I hghly doubr that our owners would see progressing in the CL merely a bonus - i would have thought it essential
I also find it dificult to believe that our owners have not compard our dismal CL showing compared to PSG or Malaga
Mancini should and if reports are true will be given another season at least and i think most City fans including myself would want but another CL performance like last season may be a bridge too far
There is absolutely nothing about what our owners have done for us would indiecat ethey are happy to get by
Next year is surely too important to be taking a punt that he suddenly comes good?