Absolutely. The owners bought that club in order to make it one of the biggest
In the world. Which requires making a huge impact in the CL. Yet City's performance this season in the CL was the WORST FROM ANY ENGLISH CLUB EVER (worse than Blackburn even!); his CL record with Inter was also poor; and he can't motivate those players to save his life.
It's completely the right decision - and Pellegrini is an upgrade too.
Posted By: thebigfeller on May 12th 2013 at 21:57:14
Message Thread
- What do the EPL squads say on paper? (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:13:25
- Try again... (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:34:57
- Reply below (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:38:19
- Cheers (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:42:25
- Reply below (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:38:19
- Fulham are a very old team as well (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:16:32
- Looks about right - if you did it on estimated transfer value of all the players (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, May 12, 21:15:18
- Yes. Fulham especially. It doesn't play out that way because Swansea's teamplay (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:16:37
- yeah, they've got a great structure off the pitch as well (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, May 12, 21:18:45
- Is Jol really that bad? (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:31:33
- He's certainly not a bad manager, just had a bad year (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:40:39
- Hoot only has 2 decent months to his name. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, May 12, 21:55:48
- In his career? (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 22:11:44
- Hoot only has 2 decent months to his name. (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, May 12, 21:55:48
- 05/6, when they blew it on the last day, he was good. Afterwards, he blew it (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:36:08
- So you're saying he's not even prem standard? (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:39:31
- He's not BAD. He's just not that good either. And I think Fulham should replace him in the (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:44:25
- I respect your opinion, because at least you make some valid points (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:50:22
- Yes they could. Which is the whole point really. And what Big Mo says goes. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:52:45
- Big if though... (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:58:52
- Oh, for sure. But on the basis that this was always going to be a season of cutting (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 22:02:38
- If the tactics were altered due to Ruddy then Hughton needs to bring in a far better back (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 22:13:53
- No, not tactics. It's all about presence. A confident, reliable keeper begats (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 22:17:43
- Well some are claiming we only defended deep because of Bunn's lack of dominance (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 22:23:25
- No, not tactics. It's all about presence. A confident, reliable keeper begats (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 22:17:43
- If the tactics were altered due to Ruddy then Hughton needs to bring in a far better back (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 22:13:53
- Oh, for sure. But on the basis that this was always going to be a season of cutting (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 22:02:38
- Mancini has failed big style this season. (NCFC) - phrankin, May 12, 21:54:33
- Absolutely. The owners bought that club in order to make it one of the biggest (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:57:14
- Big if though... (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:58:52
- Yes they could. Which is the whole point really. And what Big Mo says goes. (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:52:45
- I respect your opinion, because at least you make some valid points (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:50:22
- He's not BAD. He's just not that good either. And I think Fulham should replace him in the (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:44:25
- So you're saying he's not even prem standard? (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:39:31
- ^^^Should be in reply to the big feller^^^ (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:32:18
- He's certainly not a bad manager, just had a bad year (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:40:39
- Exactly. Almost unheard of for a smaller British club to run themselves in such a way (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:19:54
- Except in those years we were going bust (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:23:25
- The problem in those years, I think, was our extraordinarily low gates (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:25:52
- But we were going bust before relegation (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:32:07
- *sorry, that should read "hardly the ONLY club". We WERE the first club to experience that (n/m) (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:26:37
- The problem in those years, I think, was our extraordinarily low gates (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:25:52
- Except in those years we were going bust (NCFC) - mr carra, May 12, 21:23:25
- Is Jol really that bad? (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:31:33
- yeah, they've got a great structure off the pitch as well (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, May 12, 21:18:45
- If you include carroll's last transfer fee they would be around 6th! (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 21:16:18
- Yes. Fulham especially. It doesn't play out that way because Swansea's teamplay (NCFC) - thebigfeller, May 12, 21:16:37
- You think stoke and Fulham had better squads than Swansea? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 12, 21:14:51
- spending lots of money on big name failures doesn't make a squad is any good (NCFC) - phrankin, May 12, 21:57:18
- Try again... (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, May 12, 21:34:57
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