Mancini's City
March 1st 2010 14:29
Although it was inevitable that Mark Hughes was going to be sacked from his post as Manchester City manager, it was not the most popular decision to remove him on the 19th December 2009, and certainly not a popular decision to name Roberto Mancini, whom may fans felt was not high profile enough to warrant such a disprespectful dismissal of Mark Hughes.
When questioned about Hughes's dismissal, Garry Cook, chief executive at Manchester City, said that Hughes had been set a target of 70 points by the end of the season, and he was failing to do that just before the mid way point in the season. This was simply not the case as when Hughes was let go, City stoood on 34 points from 18 games, their next game was at home against Sunderland, which they won to move up to 37 points from 19 games. So therefore 37 x 2 = 74, which as Mr. Cook may know is above his so called trajectory.
Eyebrows were also raised about the timing of the sacking of Hughes, as it seemed that City had a good run of fixtures in the league and therefore would surely pick up a lot of points over the festive period, but no, the scheming Mr.Cook had plans of his own, surely he couldn't think that he could fool the fans by making sure that Mancini's first few games were relatively easy, and the fans ould be hailing the new messiah, this again hasn't been the case.
Yes he has won four out of four and only conceded one goal during that time, but City have been relatively unimpressive, especially against Middlesborough. But look at the opponents Mancini has had to face, Stoke at home, Wolves away, Middlesborough away, and Blackburn at home, now I am pretty certain, that under Hughes, Man City would have got similar results. The big test however comes this Saturday evening against Everton who are in terrific form of late.
Now I am pretty sure that Mancini was also appointed because he is more high profile then Hughes and therefore possibly could bring in a higher calibre of player, but as yet the signing of Patrick Vieiria leaves a lot to be desired and sure there have been links with a number of his former players at Inter, but this is paper talk and surely he needs to buy some top class defenders if he is to stand any chance of challenging the top four spot.
If Mancini can pull off one or two major name signings during this transfer window and also can keep up the form and morale within the team, then all will be forgotten about Mark Hughes shambolic dismissal and all will be forgotten about Garry Cook's disastrous press conference and his defense over sacking Hughes. But if he can't and City fail to reach their trajectory, then who knows what will happen to the mega-rich Manchester outfit.
When questioned about Hughes's dismissal, Garry Cook, chief executive at Manchester City, said that Hughes had been set a target of 70 points by the end of the season, and he was failing to do that just before the mid way point in the season. This was simply not the case as when Hughes was let go, City stoood on 34 points from 18 games, their next game was at home against Sunderland, which they won to move up to 37 points from 19 games. So therefore 37 x 2 = 74, which as Mr. Cook may know is above his so called trajectory.
Eyebrows were also raised about the timing of the sacking of Hughes, as it seemed that City had a good run of fixtures in the league and therefore would surely pick up a lot of points over the festive period, but no, the scheming Mr.Cook had plans of his own, surely he couldn't think that he could fool the fans by making sure that Mancini's first few games were relatively easy, and the fans ould be hailing the new messiah, this again hasn't been the case.
Yes he has won four out of four and only conceded one goal during that time, but City have been relatively unimpressive, especially against Middlesborough. But look at the opponents Mancini has had to face, Stoke at home, Wolves away, Middlesborough away, and Blackburn at home, now I am pretty certain, that under Hughes, Man City would have got similar results. The big test however comes this Saturday evening against Everton who are in terrific form of late.
Now I am pretty sure that Mancini was also appointed because he is more high profile then Hughes and therefore possibly could bring in a higher calibre of player, but as yet the signing of Patrick Vieiria leaves a lot to be desired and sure there have been links with a number of his former players at Inter, but this is paper talk and surely he needs to buy some top class defenders if he is to stand any chance of challenging the top four spot.
If Mancini can pull off one or two major name signings during this transfer window and also can keep up the form and morale within the team, then all will be forgotten about Mark Hughes shambolic dismissal and all will be forgotten about Garry Cook's disastrous press conference and his defense over sacking Hughes. But if he can't and City fail to reach their trajectory, then who knows what will happen to the mega-rich Manchester outfit.
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