Citeh

[red g]

420, 000, 000 give or take. Pure madness that they have failed so miserably in the CL. Are so far behind in the league and fell across the line last year.

Woukd have veen cheaper to j u st buy Messi!

With all there rescources they should have ( although they may have tried) to give RVP whatever he wanted, choosing Scum over them in the summer has cost him his job for sure.

[Shaggy]

Mancini's pathetic

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/leadership-crisis-at-manchester-city-after-roberto-mancini-refuses-to-enter-dressing-room-after-southampton-defeat-8490914.html

Leadership crisis at Manchester City after Roberto Mancini refuses to enter dressing room after Southampton defeat

The Manchester City manager was furious with his side's display in the 3-1 defeat at St Mary's

The rift between Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini and his players is widening, with the Italian's absence in the dressing room after Saturday's dismal defeat at Southampton adding to the squad's feeling that they lack leadership.

Mancini sent one of his staff in to collect his bag after a performance which was possibly the worst in his City tenure and then flew home to Italy, with no training planned until today. City's players patently lack a leader in the ranks and some are deeply regretting the loss of Nigel de Jong – one of those players able to rouse and motivate the side – to Milan, when a new contract could not be agreed on last summer.

Mancini will not leave before the end of the season, with chief executive Ferran Soriano and sporting director Txiki Begiristain deciding then whether the club have developed under him this season. But when the pair removed Frank Rijkaard from Barcelona's helm, replacing him with Pep Guardiola, it was because they felt the Dutchman lacked the ability to motivate the squad out of a malaise. Though City's Abu Dhabi owners are averse to being characterised as quick to fire their managers, the chances of Mancini taking the club to a second-place finish and winning a trophy, yet still being dismissed, are substantial.

A trophy will help his case, even though that is no guarantee of him starting a fifth season, and he seems likely to punish those whose errors cost City at St Mary's, by wielding the axe for Saturday's FA Cup fifth-round tie at home to Leeds United. Reflecting on the lack of heart at Southampton, Mancini said: "I am sure we will change that [against Leeds] because I will change players. I only want players who are ready for the fight in the last 12 games. I am very angry with a lot of my players, and very disappointed at the performance, because it is impossible to play the way we did."

The starting places of Gareth Barry – who has generally been excellent this season – as well as Samir Nasri, who has not, and Edin Dzeko all look vulnerable. Vincent Kompany will return against Neil Warnock's side. Mancini deemed the centre-half's recurring calf injury to represent too much of a risk for Southampton. Matija Nastasic will also return at the back, though it is the midfield, which left the defenders exposed, that Mancini blames for Saturday's 3-1 defeat.

"The gap [at the top] is too much, especially as we are not playing well, have conceded five goals in two games, and can't score," Mancini added. "We need to change more, and have 11 players working on the pitch, not like Saturday, and not like Liverpool [two weeks ago]. Now it is really, really difficult. The gap is too much [and] I am really disappointed. For me, it is not like being an Englishman, who stays calm – I am really angry about this and over the next few days I need to think about what I did, what mistakes I made in the game. After that I will take decisions."

[Captain Stu]

He's a ****ing joke, easily the most over-rated manager in the country at the moment - assembles probably the second best squad in world football (after Real Madrid) and scrapes the league by goal difference and then proceeds to piss it all away.

He mis-handled Tevez, showed far too much faith with Balotelli, alienated De Jong by playing Barry for ****'s sake. The guy is an absolute joke and I cannot stand him, I will laugh my cock off when he gets unceremoniously sacked.

[Red_Polo]

That list is mental, huge amount spent by them

Look back to what Chelsea did though and you realise how much worse it was. Net spend of £175m in each of their first two seasons under Abramovich IIRC.

[Kenneth]

He's a ****ing joke, easily the most over-rated manager in the country at the moment - assembles probably the second best squad in world football (after Real Madrid) and scrapes the league by goal difference and then proceeds to piss it all away.

He mis-handled Tevez, showed far too much faith with Balotelli, alienated De Jong by playing Barry for ****'s sake. The guy is an absolute joke and I cannot stand him, I will laugh my cock off when he gets unceremoniously sacked.

[Muddled]

What has Mourinho being saying recently about managing in England again soon?

It would fit his criteria of joining clubs with money.

[Captain Stu]

What has Mourinho being saying recently about managing in England again soon?

He said his next job will "definitely be in England" so I think that's odds on to be Citeh.

[Chazza]

Or back to Chelsea.

[Muddled]

Or does he believe his ego is the only one capable of replacing Ferguson?

Although I am holding on to some hope that they appoint Moyes.

[Roboklopp]

No source there tho. Citeh fans reckon the Indy has had it in for them for a while. Always wary of taking these things at face value when you know what crap the papers write about us.

[Muddled]

No source there tho. Citeh fans reckon the Indy has had it in for them for a while. Always wary of taking these things at face value when you know what crap the papers write about us.

Very true, PC Plod.

Still, I'm personally quite happy to wildly speculate about other clubs - especially when it's about somebody as petulant as Mancini.

[Roboklopp]

Dunno, like it or not Citeh are Scum's main rivals for the title over the new few years. Rather not destabilise them.

[Shaggy]

City fans are deluded (re the Indy) - it's just typical football fan paranoia.

I know the guy who wrote it ....firstly he's never gonna reveal his source, crazy to expect him to do so, and secondly he's a stand up bloke/journo, one of the best around.

[G]

I'd laugh me bollix off if they appointed Moyes but since them winning the league means the scum don't I really hope they appoint someone who will make the most of that squad and start dominating the league until we are ready to win it, which may be some time

[-V-]

He's a ****ing joke, easily the most over-rated manager in the country at the moment - assembles probably the second best squad in world football (after Real Madrid) and scrapes the league by goal difference and then proceeds to piss it all away.

He mis-handled Tevez, showed far too much faith with Balotelli, alienated De Jong by playing Barry for ****'s sake. The guy is an absolute joke and I cannot stand him, I will laugh my cock off when he gets unceremoniously sacked.

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