mcfc1632 wrote:I have a lot of agreement with the main themes of posts in this thread - but I am much more satisfied with Pellers than the thrust of this thread. I would absolutely hate to have watch the 'anti-football' that Maureen dishes up - I do not care if it is deemed 'effective' or 'successful' - I would choose what Pellers dishes up without question.
We need to just add to the squad in a way that makes his style successful - not 'dumb down' - I have confidence he will get there. We have already won a cup we would likely have won the league without the bad luck of Liverpool's 3rd goal - margins are that small. For me Maureen is a total bore - as a person and with regard the football he churns out - he is also a tiresome fraud at so many levels (IMO) - Pellers every time for me.
It was absolutely not my intention to start a 'Pellegrini out' thread.
Personally, I think he has indentified 90% of the things that needed fixing & at one point had them almost fixed. Now most of those faults are back, but I think it's mainly down to mental & physical fatigue, as well as quite awful drop pf standards by people like Negredo, & injuries. I think he could have done much better tactically during this dodgy spell, when the players are clearly struggling, is my point.
As far as his position goes, I view it with the same conditions I attached to Mancini last season: on the last day, whatever the league position, whatever the result, we have to look like an outfit who will recharge & come out fighting next season. Last season we looked like a club who can't wait to get rid of the manager. If that's how we look in May, he has to go, otherwise I'm happy enough we will improve under Pellegrini next term. But then he WILL have to deliver.