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Boo ****ing hoo, and there was me allegedly being a cry baby, yesterday on here some of the vitriol was embarrassing. Good luck Adam, you earned that move to a club which shares your ambitions. Thanks for the service.

#itshappening butnotaswedexpected

Wooo, a coach in Wally Downes mould. Exciting.

Tadic is immense.

I think some should read through my posts over the past few weeks and then they'll see that I'm not just being a misery guts for the sake of it... likewise, you've been saying the same, too. Oh well, glossy video montage of Morgan coming soon.

Thanks Gem but sadly, it's not going to be pretty, is it?

It's alright - we'll get a nice statement, possibly a video montage and a promise of "reinvestment". #homeiswheretheheartis #unclelesandcanadamanfaffaroundwhileromeisburning

Well, well, well.

We'll see how stupid I look in the next couple of weeks to a month.

No, we haven't. The moment the fourth German goal went in we should have come together and sorted ourselves out. The players who had had their chances with the side should have been discarded, meaning most of the "golden generation". We should have totally revamped our coaching and youth development practices like Germany and Spain did before them. The coaching and qualifications should have been made more accessible and affordable to aspiring coaches for starters. Secondly, the Premier League and the FA should have came together for the good of our national game and developed a proper blueprint for the future of English football - not just floating ridiculous B-team ideas and giving out wishy-washy academy statuses. No, we should have asked ourselves - what is English football? What is our style? How can we embrace it and develop it? How can we improve our national team? We should have consented and agreed with all the clubs in the 4 top divisions and identified a style and vision with which to go forward. Instead, we had Trevor Brooking murmuring on for a few more years and important roles for big-hitting dunces like Rio Ferdinand and Danny Mills. That was never going to happen though with the sometimes well intentioned jobs-for-the-boys FA and as for the money-driven Premier League, they couldn't really care less as long as the cash cow can continue to be milked. The man who should be overseeing a revolution in our game is Glenn Hoddle - the perfect man for restructuring this countries footballing problem.

C'mon, someone post a pic of those two gents handing their 10-11 st's back...

And.... Bye bye Adam, all done

I'm not, Mints. Far from it.

Surprise, surprise. More to follow in next couple of weeks.

Two, possibly three more.

Players haven't been communicated with properly since change of hands at boardroom level, this could have been avoided if we'd reassured them about our ambitions. Uncle les's interview is nothing more than fluffy lip service and a lot of you have been duped again. Say goodbye to Morgan too

The case against Mancini, for me, is evident. As some of you have given me a bit of stick for my opinion, here is my reasoning. Style of football Well, were you entertained by his Manchester City team? Honestly? I wasn't, not in the slightest. They were dull, robotic, predictable - they'd often scrape a win and often, they were outplayed by lesser opponents - all this despite Mancini having almost infinite resources at his disposal. That's my memories of his teams. Massively underachieving and often getting by on individual brilliance alone. There was no pattern of play or definable tactic under Mancini - it just looked like he'd cobbled eleven highly-paid, talented footballers every weekend, threw them together in a few different formations and hoped that it worked. It often did as, like I said above, the sheer quality he had to select from often dragged them out of situations that they should never have been in the first place. Was it tactical genius and nous that won them so many games? If you've got a memory like me and can remember watching City under Mancini then you'd likely agree with me. They were dour, laboured, demotivated - a contrast to Pellegrini's team - and in his first season he won the league - in four seasons and many millions more, Mancini won it just one, single time. Not going to deny there was exceptions - 7-1 at old Trafford but often they were stumbling incoherent performances with players that should have been performing much better. Irrespective of that, his team selections were often negative and his substitutions bizarre. Once again, a quick google search of that or browse of the Man City forums will confirm that to you. If you're expecting swashbuckling, attacking football with verve and skill from a highly-motivated, driven team under Mancini then you're going to be disappointed. Very, very disappointed. If you like disinterested, disorganised, stagnant football and a massively lopsided, unbalanced squad and then he's your man. Is he really a successful manager? The titles, cups and achievements in Mancini's career look impressive but for me, they mask huge deficiencies and stories which are seldom told. I've always said this and I get quite frustrated as to why people can't see it themselves but I've always been of the opinion that his grossly mismanaged his resources at all his previous clubs - City being the prime example. Sure, winning the Premier League isn't a cakewalk but when looking into the context of things; poorest United team in years, Chelsea and Arsenal both in transitional periods then it's actually more amazing that he almost cocked it up. And despite all those millions and a plethora of superstars, what else did he achieve at City? An FA Cup. He did, however, manage to lose Wigan in an FA Cup final with an all-star team (who, notably and quite clearly, didn't want to play for him) and two poor Champions League performances. If you go a little further back, his record at Inter at first glance may seem impressive but scratch beneath the surface and, in reality, it wasn't all that bigger achievement. In fact, it was all rather disappointing. In 04-05, Inter were third. No great shakes, but not a huge disappointment either though they did fail in the Champions League despite being fancied. In 05-06, Juventus won the league but were stripped of their Scudetto, whilst Inter in 3rd were handed it by default - you have to ask, can we really credit that as a legitimate, Mancini-led title? I don't think so. Still, finally, he did get some success in 06-07 - this time in a weakened Serie A (no Juventus as they had been relegated because of the scandal, Fiorentina, Milan, Lazio etc all deducted points) he led Inter to a scudetto, though this too, for me, is marred by the fact many of his nearest challengers with the resources to match Inter were handicapped by points deductions. So, for me, once again, not really a "win" for me - it's the footballing equivalent of going bowling and pulling out the buffers so your bowling ball simply can't not hit the pins. Sure, they cantered home - in a weakened league whilst also benefitting from Juventus' relegation and subsequent firesale snd their rivals points handicapped from the beginning. Inter won the title again in 07-08 under Mancini but they almost blew it too - this time, losing an 11-point lead to just a one point lead going into the final week of the season. They done the job, but it was done laboriously when, like at Man City, the team they had should have been cantering away with the league - especially considering the weakened opposition and resources Inter had at their disposal. As for all the Cup wins - surely it was a minimum expected and despite all the appearances in major finals, Mancini does have an awful lot of "runners up's" to his name. To put things into perspective once more about his time in England - despite the millions, in four season he won the Premier League (just), FA Cup and a Community Shield (which is a 50/50 chance, btw)). Sounds fantastic. What a winner. Is he a good fit? Nope. Does he blood youth, is he renowned for giving youth a chance? No, not really - not at Inter and not at City either. He's a cheque book manager who likes to use the market to improve his squad. Sadly, for us (if he does join) his transfer market activity is as hit-and-miss as his teams performances. Rodwell, Javi Garcia, Milner, Boateng - all huge transfers and for the most part, hugely underwhelming. Will he be expecting that kind of backing here? Well, if he is then I'd be worried with £100m sloshing around in his pocket. Does he spend well in the market? Hit 'n' miss record. Would he require a huge budget and constant backing every season? Yes. Will he get in a strop if he doesn't get his own way? Likely. Also, surely the fact that he simply NEEDS to spend money to improve the team say something about his coaching ability? For many of you, it says something about Redknapp when he does the same but it doesn't about Mancini? Hmmmm... at least Redknapp's teams are often entertaining. Oh - and can anyone remember any player directly crediting him for creating a team-spirit or improving their personal game, like many of our players often did and have under Adkins and Pochettino? No, I don't. Personality Surly, moody and blameless at all times - he has always been very slow in giving credit to other teams when on the losing end of things - you don't have to cast your mind back far either - City's 3-1 defeat at St. Mary's saw Mancini struggling to say anything positive about our performance after "little old Southampton" comfortably outplayed his megastars. He's also abrasive and I believe, has a problem with commanding respect. Many on here think he'd instantly command respect, well I'm not so sure. He struggled with the Man City dressing room significantly, with monthly bust-ups commonplace. You have to ask yourself... has this happened under Pellegrini? No. Why? Probably because he knows what he's doing, he's not aloof and treats them like adults, not children. His man-management, or lack of, has always been evident. I don't think you'd have to dig too deep online to find plenty of things ex-players have said about him and rightly or wrongly, the controversy that has surrounded him - Tevez, Balotelli etc. I think you've all been a bit taken in by the touchline gesticulating, hand-waving and scarf wearing - sure, it looks passionate and it kinda looks like he knows what he's doing... but IMO, he doesn't. I'll probably add a bit more to this later, but that's it for now.

Lol, and he was one the one accusing others of panicking needlessly a couple of weeks back. Brilliant. There's plenty more to come from this sh**heap of a club.

Nothing to do with profile - he's just an overrated, crap manager.

You should have a look at some of his teams displays under him... says it all.

He's also a terrible man-manager and awful tactically, and was very fortunate to have won the title for Man City considering they amount they spunked. His teams remind me of someone who doesn't really know what they're doing - just picking 11 players and hoping that it'd work. No cohesion, shape etc. He relied big-time on individual brilliance at City (as did AVB at Spurs, another overrated manager). Put him at a middling club and they'd be found out, big-time.

The article was excellent, but I prefer this piece by Clifford Nelson better. Wow, now that resonates with me perfectly.

Hasn't Berardi gone to Juve?

In!

Oh Turks, you know he's not my hero by any means!