Stability

[Rag_hater]

I do not think it is necessary for a team to be successful.
As Chelski have just proved by Ancoletti winning the prem in his first season.They havent been managerially very stable for the past few years but still keep competing.
I personally think that when something isnt working that change is the way forward.
Benitez had most of his success when he inherited the dippers
Arse have been stable for ages and its doing fuckall for them the only ones it has benefitted is them.
Villa and the toffees are stable and the achieve more or less the same every year.
I fear we will fall in the same trap of trying to be stable and not achieving the main prize in the pursuit of stabilty when we should be aiming to get the best.

[ant london]

[Rag_hater]

[lets all have a disco]

I saw a banner in the crowd at Burnley yesterday mocking Roberto's and Rafa's promises and Gaurantees of fourth place.
I wish managers wouldnt do that.

[cityPinoy_fc]

stability is definitely a key factor in building a dynasty not just settling for quick fixes but you need the right man for that. is mancini the right man? don't know.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

[Rag_hater]

[Im_Spartacus]

[Wooders]

chelsea have had stability in terms that the core squad has changed very little for the last 4 or 5 years - a core squad that is capabable of challenging on all levels - Hughes/Mancini have not had that benefit. I dare say Mancini and Hughes would have done quite well with that chelsea team

[Wooders]

chelsea have had stability in terms that the core squad has changed very little for the last 4 or 5 years - a core squad that is capabable of challenging on all levels - Hughes/Mancini have not had that benefit. I dare say Mancini and Hughes would have done quite well with that chelsea team

[ant london]

chelsea have had stability in terms that the core squad has changed very little for the last 4 or 5 years - a core squad that is capabable of challenging on all levels - Hughes/Mancini have not had that benefit. I dare say Mancini and Hughes would have done quite well with that chelsea team

[Slim]

chelsea have had stability in terms that the core squad has changed very little for the last 4 or 5 years - a core squad that is capabable of challenging on all levels - Hughes/Mancini have not had that benefit. I dare say Mancini and Hughes would have done quite well with that chelsea team

[BlueinBosnia]

chelsea have had stability in terms that the core squad has changed very little for the last 4 or 5 years - a core squad that is capabable of challenging on all levels - Hughes/Mancini have not had that benefit. I dare say Mancini and Hughes would have done quite well with that chelsea team

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

[Wooders]

[BobKowalski]

Stability is one component of success. Having the right men in the right positions is another. The Chelsea team and squad has been stable even if the managerial position has not - although in Ancelotti I suspect that this instability is over. City have not been stable in terms of either team/squad or managerial position partly because our squad has not been good enough so there has been a rapid injection of players irrespective of manager along with managerial instability meaning that players have been bought and discarded dependant upon who the manager is.

I expect that there will be further squad restructing in the summer although not on the previous scale with an emphasis on quality not quantity. Mancini I recall reading does not want to fill the squad with 'more of the same'. Also Mancini unlike Hughes is happy to work within the club system where players are indentified by Marwood and co that can bring real value ie Johnson.

Irrespective of whatever people think of Mancini, 'too negative, too boring' or whatever, the one thing that he does bring which is valued by the club is not only his willingness to work with the club in taking it forward (ie he does not say its 'my way or no way') but his ability to organise the team and make things more solid. From solidity and stability the club and the team can grow and progress.

Ultimately no one knows whether Mancini can take City to winning the PL and more. But at the very least he will bring City to the point where we can challenge for the PL and qualify for the CL. It may be that we need someone else to close the deal but for the next season or two we do need some continuity. We may froth and moan over this or that performance or result but we also need to have some degree of long term prespective otherwise we will be forever ripping things up and starting again which will ultimately get us nowhere.

[Im_Spartacus]

[avoidconfusion]

Chelsea are doing well, because they are playing as a team for many years already now, like many people already said.

[Rag_hater]

[Dubciteh]