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Cuz Mancini isn't a winner. He isn't a bad manager but he certainly isn't what I would regard as a creme de la creme manager. Before anyone says "He won three consecutive Serie A titles!" Those titles were because of calciopoli, his record in Europe whilst at Inter was average at best.
 
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He is seen as one of the main proponents of the game's recent reminiscence of total football along with Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola, and Swansea City's manager Brendan Rodgers.


I'd get this fella in. At least the football will be good. Mancini from what I've seen of him as a manager is far from the type of manager I would want in charge of a position of high pressure. His body language against Sunderland was that of someone who had given up.
 
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He is seen as one of the main proponents of the game's recent reminiscence of total football along with Barcelona's coach Pep Guardiola, and Swansea City's manager Brendan Rodgers.


I'd get this fella in. At least the football will be good. Mancini from what I've seen of him as a manager is far from the type of manager I would want in charge of a position of high pressure. His body language against Sunderland was that of someone who had given up.
Seems like a good fit but he and Bilbao have a good thing going on.
 

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OMG GEEZUS emigre THAT IS THE EXACT SAME GUY I WAS THINKING OFF! Really true, I'm not shitting you, known him from the WC 2010, great stuff.

I can see City sacking Mancini and then choosing the wrong coach, let's hope they do :creep:
 

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Awesome goal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYBv4w_jOLI&feature=related

One of the most exciting goals I've seen in person, a roar when he turned the first lad and then the volume just went up a notch with every player he beat. Love the way he stays on his feet as well when that fella tries to foul him and just bounces off his ankles.

This is looking good reading for the Toon at the moment.

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Man City will win it next year.
Can I quote you on that? I still seem to remember pulling this off last time around.



This is looking good reading for the Toon at the moment.

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Wow. Are they gonna get to the UCL? That would be cool, and seeing as Spurs are free-falling, it could happen.

Also, Krul, Ba and Cisse [and the other guys I can not name] certainly good enough for it.
 

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Awesome goal



One of the most exciting goals I've seen in person, a roar when he turned the first lad and then the volume just went up a notch with every player he beat. Love the way he stays on his feet as well when that fella tries to foul him and just bounces off his ankles.

This is looking good reading for the Toon at the moment.

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Nice goal indeed.... Saw it on my Twitter account, several footballers I follow that mentioned it.

Also on a football talk show in Belgium they also discussed City vs United, all the analysts agreed that it's better for football if United wins it, they at least have some kind of (longterm)-vision, and try to play with youth/invest in people. Sacking Mancini would be the stupidest thing they could do.
Furthermore they called Swansea the 'KV Kortrijk' of the PL (KVK also doesn't have that much money, but play excellent football and regularly beat much richer opponents).
 

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Need Liverpool to win the semi to cement 6th as an FA Cup spot, so hope that win gave them a morale boost.
 

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