by aaron bond » Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:18 pm
Bellamy probably did put in some of the best performances of his career whilst playing for us, and if I was manager, perhaps I wouldn't have kicked him out at the time when Mancini did.
However, the fact is, Mancini didn't like him, whether that was as a person or a player we don't know, and added to that Bellamy has never really achieved any success throughout his career (Scotland doesn't count). Based on what Mancini has achieved with us, and how our pre-season has gone so far, it looks like Mancini made the right call.
We don't know what happened behind the scenes between Mancini and Bellamy but enough happened for Mancini to choose to get rid of him. The fact is, Bellamy has been a problem at every club he's ever played so it's not completely unlikely he did do something to piss Mancini off.
Bellamy has been very professional publicly and only has good things to say about City, and I'll always respect him for that. But if we get rid now, whether permanently or on loan again, then I won't really be too fussed about it, as I'm not sure he's really got what we need to lead us to the Premier League title or the latter stages of the Champions League.