by Mark Garrett » Mon Oct 24, 2011 8:43 am
Roberto Mancini - the man walks on water as far as I'm concerned.
He arrived in December 2009 and has sorted out our defence, which was frankly a comedy act when he took over from Hughes. He has helped restore Lescott's confidence, has assisted in Kompany's development into one of the finest central defenders, restored Micah Richards confidence and improved his defensive and positional awareness. Ditto for Kolo Toure and Pablo Zabaleta.
As my signature shows his stats breakdown season - by season,
Played: 100
Won: 58
Drawn: 21
Lost: 21
Goals For: 187
Goals Agst: 90
Finished 5th, 3rd and won the FA Cup.
Some of our positive results against the other top sides in England under Roberto Mancini:
January 2010 - City 2-1 United
February 2010 - Chelsea 2-4 City
April 2010 - Arsenal 0-0 City
August 2010 - Tottenham 0-0 City
August 2010 - City 3-0 Liverpool
September 2011 - City 1-0 Chelsea
January 2011 - Arsenal 0-0 City
April 2011 - City 1-0 United
May 2011 - City 1-0 Tottenham
August 2011 - Tottenham 1-5 City
October 2011 - United 1-6 City
MANCINI Record at City
2009-10 League..................Pld 21 - W 11 - D 5 - L 5 - GF 40 - GA 18 - Pts 38...Finished 5th
2010-11 League..................Pld 38 - W 21 - D 8 - L 9 - GF 60 - GA 33 - Pts 71...Finished 3rd..FA Cup Winners
2011-12 League..................Pld 38 - W 28 - D 5 - L 5 - GF 93 - GA 29 - Pts 89...Finished 1st..League Champions
2012-13 League..................Pld 36 - W 22 - D 9 - L 5 - GF 62 - GA 31 - Pts 75...Finished 2nd
Domestic Cups record.........Pld 30 - W 18 - D 4 - L 8 - GF 63 - GA 36
European Cups record.........Pld 28 - W 13 - D 7 - L 8 - GF 43 - GA 29
Overall record at City......Pld 191 - W 113 - D 38 - L 40 - GF 361 - GA 176
(Updated after the Wigan FA Cup Final game)