branny wrote:Mikhail Chigorin wrote:Mase wrote:What I love about that bottom pic is Bobby is right in there as well, cracking skulls for his player.
No chance Pep would do that.
I miss Bob.
I miss Bob as well Mase. Loved the guy and he seemed to have some regard for City, much more than Pep seems to do.
I preferred watching us under Bob. He had a plan b. Peps seems to be take a winger off and put another winger on and for all our possession I always felt more confident we would score under Bob than I do with Pep.
Mancini gave me my best ever memories as a City fan. No one can take them away. And I know we will always have a place in Bobs Heart like he in ours.
In my opinion he never got the credit he fully deserved. He was deliberately undermined by the Spafia, they didn’t want him continuing to be successful it would have jeopardise Guardiola recruitment. This is why we never signed Hazrrad, or Van Persis and signed a load of second rate shite that put us back a couple of years.We would have won the League the following year with one or both of them.
The Spafia used the excuse it was Mancini or militant players in our squad when they sacked him. Where is Hart now ?,he was first out the door with Guardiola.
I hope Guardiola is successful, of course I do I am a City fan. However I am of the opinion Guardila is going to win fuck all. I have seen nothing last season, or this season so far to change my opinion. I simply don’t rate the man. Mancini built a decent side, he brought in players that evolved with us,Silva,Kompany,Aguero he then glued the team together with a few work Horses.Pellegrini even got to dine out at Mancini expense.
Guardiola simply goes out spending hundreds of millions and declaring himself a genius.He has done fuck all to deserve to be called such.Was successful with a Barcelona side with Messi in his prime,and players like Iniesta,Xavi etc.In the German one team League he won the League, did fuck all in Europe. Has come to us sand simply gone out trying to buy all the best players on the Planet.We look like what we are at the moment a side with 11 talented individuals, we don’t look like a team that will win the League.
Mancini achievement was epic. When he came to us we were starting our journey, he couldn’t Cherry pick the best players. He built a team. A very good team. I have yet to be entertained like I was under Bob.I don’t think Guardiola will emulate Mancini,I think Mancini is a better manager. My opinion.