Next manager discussion (poll reset 21/05/2016)

[ultra]

Im not a fan.

Hes quite old and this is a man that paid over 110m for Otemendi, Sterling and Mangala.

Wasn't it his Transfer Committee that did that, rather than him? Not sure he has had any say over transfers

 

[Goat]

Wasn't it his Transfer Committee that did that, rather than him? Not sure he has had any say over transfers

Ah, the Brenda defence.

 

[ultra]

Ah, the Brenda defence.

I think its that bloke with "x" in his name that spots players and sorts out their transfer

 

[Goat]

I think its that bloke with "x" in his name that spots players and sorts out their transfer

Well do you know has Pellegrini EVER done his own transfers?

 

[Moomin]

I see no option on the poll for Neil Lennon, winner as a player and manager. Out of work and a home in the North West.

 

[Mickey]

Thinking about Jose while watching that game tonight I can now understand somewhat the fears some fans have regarding his treatment of our young players. Jose expects a shift from all of his players, front to back, and I wonder does Barkley have it in him?.

 

[Fearthainn]

Thinking about Jose while watching that game tonight I can now understand somewhat the fears some fans have regarding his treatment of our young players. Jose expects a shift from all of his players, front to back, and I wonder does Barkley have it in him?.

Expecting a shift from the players shouldn't be a bad thing, I mean you need creative types in a team but isn't one of people's main gripes with Barkley the fact that he should put more of a shift in?

 

[Wat Tyler]

I'm gonna plump for Pellegrini.

Sizeist

 

[Mickey]

Expecting a shift from the players shouldn't be a bad thing, I mean you need creative types in a team but isn't one of people's main gripes with Barkley the fact that he should put more of a shift in?

I agree I was asking if Barkley has that in him. Luxury players are in alot of successful teams, like Ronaldo at UTD but Jose doesn't play like that. Everyone works.

 

[Doolstar70]

Roberto doesn't seem to have much luck. He described Mcarthy's sending off as harsh, it was a similar comment when Mirallas was sent off. It reminded me about something I read about Napoleon.

Quote "He would always ask if someone was lucky before promoting them because he regarded luck as a personal attribute rather than a matter of chance. A lucky person would always win out over adverse circumstances, he believed, whereas an unlucky person - even a general who was expert in the techniques of war - was fated to meet with failure and disaster on the battlefield."

Roberto often seems to be talking about bad luck!

 

[kithnou]

Roberto doesn't seem to have much luck. He described Mcarthy's sending off as harsh, it was a similar comment when Mirallas was sent off. It reminded me about something I read about Napoleon.

Quote "He would always ask if someone was lucky before promoting them because he regarded luck as a personal attribute rather than a matter of chance. A lucky person would always win out over adverse circumstances, he believed, whereas an unlucky person - even a general who was expert in the techniques of war - was fated to meet with failure and disaster on the battlefield."

Roberto often seems to be talking about bad luck!

 

[Doolstar70]

Our next manager needs to have luck as an attribute as well as an expert in all the usual areas. Look at how much luck Alex Ferguson used to get with late goals in injury time or even Fergie time!!

 

[LAToffee]

Klinsman would be worse than doing nothing.

 

[Zatara]

Interesting comment on the guardian site on pelligrini



Hang on a moment. If City don't win the CL (and they are massive underdogs against all three other remaining teams), and finish out of the Top Four, the season will be looked upon a total failure, albeit with a great CL run. But a great CL run without qualifying for next season's CL is just delicious icing on a burnt cake.

Let's try to be more objective. City have a terrible domestic record in the league against tams in the top half. Incomprehensibly, talented young players like Kelechi have been overlooked for complete failures like Bony. Pelle sent out young players on loan, especially Denayer who would have otherwise had the spot that Demichelis held down. On top of that, even Man United beat them. And they are bad.

Pelle won the league with Mancini's team in his first year. In his second year he won nothing at all, and this season he won the League Cup (a cup that most teams use to play young players, but not Pelle).

His refusal to play young players (beyond 30 seconds deep into injury time) has meant that players like Silva and Aguero have been run into the ground.

As mentioned by others at the game, Pelle was waving players forward, but they ignored him. City got to the SF despite Pellegrini, and certainly not because of him. With the resources at his disposal, he is quite possibly the worst manager City have had in a decade or two.

 

[MartSlinger]

I personally think Mourinho is the ONLY Manager we could get that would keep Lukaku & Stones at the Club.

I also think we'd be top four in his first year in charge.