• Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.

Football Thread |OT20| What's that smell?

Status
Not open for further replies.
W

Wes

venison crêpe
kHQN647.jpg
 
P

Polari

Member
City are such idiots. Mancini is one of the greatest managers around. There's no way he wouldn't have bounced back from this season had he remained in charge. What's Pellegrini won outside of South America? Nothing.
 
S

scently

Member
Vivalaraza said:
We should buy an AM more than an out and out striker IMO. Somebody who can play across that attacking line, is young and has potential star quality.

Somebody like James Rodrigudez.
Click to expand...

Yeah, James would be a really good choice; a really good winger who isn't one dimensional. We definitely don't need another striker. We have RVP, Chicha, Welbeck, and Henriquez will be back from loan so.....yeah.
 
FootballFan

FootballFan

Member
Polari said:
City are such idiots. Mancini is one of the greatest managers around. There's no way he wouldn't have bounced back from this season had he remained in charge. What's Pellegrini won outside of South America? Nothing.
Click to expand...

He took Villareal to CL Semis and quarters, broke the points record with Madrid(back then) and at least got out of the group stage with those shits, and nearly made it to CL Semis with Malaga this season.

He gets his teams to play good football too.


Mancini can't get out of the group stage playing real life Football Manager with infinite money and loses to Wigan in cup finals lol..
 
FootballFan

FootballFan

Member
LoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL What the fuck.

Terrible goal.

Really don't deserve the win here. Messi's consecutive goal record is over too I feel.
 
W

WriterGK

Member
Polari said:
City are such idiots. Mancini is one of the greatest managers around. There's no way he wouldn't have bounced back from this season had he remained in charge. What's Pellegrini won outside of South America? Nothing.
Click to expand...

Are you kidding? Mancini is shit. He has had enough changes with City.A better or top coach would have done way better than him in the CL and Premier League!!
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
Copenhagen supporters booing their own players (it's 0-2 at home) and instead chanting and clapping of the player we have loaned out to the team we are playing against lol

and thanks Barca, why the fuck was it odds 6.50 when it was 1-1? That was too good to not bet on.
 
C

Clegg

Member
Richard Keys ‏@tSKeysandGray 9 May

For the last time - Rooney has NOT asked for a move. The hysteria over his Twitter acc is laughable. Grow up please. Do Utd have an agenda?
Click to expand...
lulz
 
M

Meier

Member
FootballFan said:
He took Villareal to CL Semis and quarters, broke the points record with Madrid(back then) and at least got out of the group stage with those shits, and nearly made it to CL Semis with Malaga this season.

He gets his teams to play good football too.

Mancini can't get out of the group stage playing real life Football Manager with infinite money and loses to Wigan in cup finals lol..
Click to expand...

This. Pellegrini is a great manager. Villareal were the first team to make the semis in their debut UCL campaign and he should have done it again with Malaga if it weren't for a clear refereeing mistake.

I think Mancini is a good manager but something just didn't work this year. The players weren't performing at a level that they're capable of -- yesterday was the season in a nutshell. You can make changes to the squad but there obviously was something that just didn't work even beyond the players. Sometimes you just need to put someone new in charge. Pellegrini will come in knowing what is expected by Txiki in terms of methodology. It'll be better for everyone in the long run.
 
V

Vivalaraza

Member
City aren't interested in having patience at the moment. They want immediate results - fair enough, they're spending alot of money.

We'll see how Pellegrini does. He needs to do quite well though otherwise he'll be sacked too.

It's a slippery slope IMO. Could set a dangerous precedent.
 
T

The_Hitcher89

Member
Meier said:
This. Pellegrini is a great manager. Villareal were the first team to make the semis in their debut UCL campaign and he should have done it again with Malaga if it weren't for a clear refereeing mistake.

I think Mancini is a good manager but something just didn't work this year. The players weren't performing at a level that they're capable of -- yesterday was the season in a nutshell. You can make changes to the squad but there obviously was something that just didn't work even beyond the players. Sometimes you just need to put someone new in charge. Pellegrini will come in knowing what is expected by Txiki in terms of methodology. It'll be better for everyone in the long run.
Click to expand...

Would you say Mancini is too weak when it comes to punishing players for piss-poor performances? Dzeko is the only one who gets dropped after being rubbish. Aguero, Silva and Toure have been ever-presents even at their lowest.
 
D

dc89

Member
Vivalaraza said:
City aren't interested in having patience at the moment. They want immediate results - fair enough, they're spending alot of money.

We'll see how Pellegrini does. He needs to do quite well though otherwise he'll be sacked too.

It's a slippery slope IMO. Could set a dangerous precedent.
Click to expand...

It's not that I don't want Pellegrini. I'm not being spoilt thinking we deserve more or better.

But I want to keep Mancini for the reason you just said.
 
T

The_Hitcher89

Member
dc89 said:
Stability.
Click to expand...

Is that a joke? Sure, you're stable. But at what level? A title-winning level? Fuck no. Arsenal are stable. Everton are (or were) stable. Norwich are stable. Stable is meaningless when you're going for trophies rather than relegation-avoidance.
 
B

Broder Salsa

Banned
Vivalaraza said:
City aren't interested in having patience at the moment. They want immediate results - fair enough, they're spending alot of money.

We'll see how Pellegrini does. He needs to do quite well though otherwise he'll be sacked too.

It's a slippery slope IMO. Could set a dangerous precedent.
Click to expand...

Considering the time they have given Mancini I'm not so sure about that, he has had more than enough time to prove himself and there's no way of getting around that he's not good enough for the team City wants to be.
 
J

jtb

Banned
The_Hitcher89 said:
Is that a joke? Sure, you're stable. But at what level? A title-winning level? Fuck no. Arsenal are stable. Everton are (or were) stable. Norwich are stable. Stable is meaningless when you're going for trophies rather than relegation-avoidance.
Click to expand...

The counter-argument: Liverpool firing Rafa.

but you're right, Mancini is fucking terrible
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

  • Locked
Football Thread 2013/14 |OT20| I don't really give a shit what any title is
388 389 390 391 392
20K
827K
King_Moc replied
Football Thread 2014/15 |OT9| - How the Snitch stole all the banter
393 394 395 396 397
20K
743K
Broder Salsa replied
  • Locked
Football Thread 2014/2015 |OT12| Old Man Looking For 17 year olds. Contact Arsene
393 394 395 396 397
20K
788K
Jarnet87 replied
  • Locked
Football 2014/15 |OT14| The one where Europa&Champions League are sensationally back
97 98 99 100 101
5K
278K
EviLore replied
  • Locked
Football 2014/2015 |OT13| Lightning returns, check your PMs, there is no kick
396 397 398 399 400
20K
777K
Infernostew replied
Top Bottom