IS Bobby Mancini THE MAN?

[Original Dub]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

[Crazy_Cabbie]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

[carl_feedthegoat]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

GOT TO BE HONEST SO AM I!
LETS SEE WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH, AS LIKE SOME HAVE SAID- MAYBE IT,S COMPLETE BOLLOX.

[john@staustell]

If weve learnt anything in the Sheik's time it's that the transfer targets tend to come in from left field, not from the press bollox! Much like the Mancini arrival really.

[Original Dub]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

[ronk]

I'd actually have loved it if Veron came. He's playing some of the best football of his life (based on what I've been hearing over the last while) and he's controlling games.

The reason he tanked at the scum was because they played him wrong and never fit him in. Keane wanted him to defend more and Beckham wanted all of the ball, all of the time. The mistake was selling Veron and Beckham at the same time, he would have done much better with someone who runs with the ball like Ronaldo playing with him.

Despite that, he played pretty well and scum fans just turned on him because they wanted more and he wasn't gelling with their hero, Keane. Imagine their suffering if he was playing well for us and proving them all wrong, it would be glorious.

Fergie, fergie sign him up!

[Beefymcfc]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

Am I reading that right? 14 million for 12 months service, is the world mad???

[Original Dub]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

Am I reading that right? 14 million for 12 months service, is the world mad???

For 12 months of VERON'S service too. The cunt wasn't good enough in his prime FFS.

I'm really stumped at this and I have to say if hughes went for Veron and Vieira there would have been fucking MURDER on here. Yet those who I know would have been very vocal are praising our current targets!!

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

You believe all sorts of crap rumours.

And Vieira is quality.

[Original Dub]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

You believe all sorts of crap rumours.

And Vieira is quality.

What a very strange post to make mr pants - one in which you quote my post where I say my opinion is based on real quotes from the targets mentioned. You accuse me of believing all sorts of crap rumours when you know as well as I do that Veron was a target. You must also have an idea that a 33 year old out-of-favour Vieira is a target.

Maybe he'll come good and prove me wrong, but you're the worst kind of man to be questioning my concerns over the most underwhelming signings since the takeover.

You were very underwhelmed with Given, God knows you said Bellamy would be a terrible signing and you wanted De Jong to fuck off back to wherever he came from.... yet I can't question these two DEFINITE targets??

Please mate.

[carolina-blue]

So far he is 50 / 50 for me if the rumours are true Vieira yes Veron no , And as Beefy says 14 mill for 12 months Holy Schmolie

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Very underwhelmed at Mancini's transfer targets so far. Vieira is too old and Veron????

Fucking Veron turned us down, thank fuck.

To be fair, I think that veron rumour is just completr bollox,
made up AGAIN by rag press

No mate, I wouldn't base my opinion on rumours - our interest has been confirmed by Veron himself who said we offered 7m for a one year contract with 7m for his club, but he didn't want the move because it wasn't right for his family etc.

Also, Vieira is all but a done deal, I think that's quite obvious by now. Direct quotes.

Very underwhelming.

You believe all sorts of crap rumours.

And Vieira is quality.

What a very strange post to make mr pants - one in which you quote my post where I say my opinion is based on real quotes from the targets mentioned. You accuse me of believing all sorts of crap rumours when you know as well as I do that Veron was a target. You must also have an idea that a 33 year old out-of-favour Vieira is a target.

Maybe he'll come good and prove me wrong, but you're the worst kind of man to be questioning my concerns over the most underwhelming signings since the takeover.

You were very underwhelmed with Given, God knows you said Bellamy would be a terrible signing and you wanted De Jong to fuck off back to wherever he came from.... yet I can't question these two DEFINITE targets??

Please mate.

what a load of shite. I thought Given was brilliant signing. I said De Jong was shit in Derby, which he was. Bellamy, I give you that.

You are questioning Mancini because of some dodgy story in ever reliable South American press. These are the same people who still claim 78 World Cup wasn't fixed.

[Original Dub]

Hold on hold on, I'm not questioning Mancini as a whole.... not even his entire transfer policy - just the two CONFIRMED so far.

I feel Vieira is not the type of player that we are screaming out for. I also think he is too old to make any kind of a serious impact on our first team.

And I don't know about you but I don't rate Veron in the slightest. The player himself has come out and said Mancini contacted him and even gave details of the terms but he turned us down. You may question south american reprting all you want but Veron's QUOTES were in reply to the original dodgy report you are referring to.

I find the fact that Veron turned us down embarrassing and I'm amazed you don't agree, considering the bullshit you and I went through when I was pushing for us to sign Carlos Tevez and the slagging off you gave me at the time.

I could be wrong, but I've little doubt that if Mark Hughes had have gone for these two targets that you would be stomping up and down this board giving it large.

In the future I could be proven wrong and I certainly hope I am, but SO FAR, I am underwhelmed by Mancini's targets and I don't think I'm on my own here.

[Socrates]

Don't trust a word Veron has said, ex-rag and wants to destroy the Earth...

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Hold on hold on, I'm not questioning Mancini as a whole.... not even his entire transfer policy - just the two CONFIRMED so far.

I feel Vieira is not the type of player that we are screaming out for. I also think he is too old to make any kind of a serious impact on our first team.

And I don't know about you but I don't rate Veron in the slightest. The player himself has come out and said Mancini contacted him and even gave details of the terms but he turned us down. You may question south american reprting all you want but Veron's QUOTES were in reply to the original dodgy report you are referring to.

I find the fact that Veron turned us down embarrassing and I'm amazed you don't agree, considering the bullshit you and I went through when I was pushing for us to sign Carlos Tevez and the slagging off you gave me at the time.

I could be wrong, but I've little doubt that if Mark Hughes had have gone for these two targets that you would be stomping up and down this board giving it large.

In the future I could be proven wrong and I certainly hope I am, but SO FAR, I am underwhelmed by Mancini's targets and I don't think I'm on my own here.

if you honestly believe we offered Veron 14m, you need to find your marbles.

[edge275]

Hold on hold on, I'm not questioning Mancini as a whole.... not even his entire transfer policy - just the two CONFIRMED so far.

I feel Vieira is not the type of player that we are screaming out for. I also think he is too old to make any kind of a serious impact on our first team.

And I don't know about you but I don't rate Veron in the slightest. The player himself has come out and said Mancini contacted him and even gave details of the terms but he turned us down. You may question south american reprting all you want but Veron's QUOTES were in reply to the original dodgy report you are referring to.

I find the fact that Veron turned us down embarrassing and I'm amazed you don't agree, considering the bullshit you and I went through when I was pushing for us to sign Carlos Tevez and the slagging off you gave me at the time.

I could be wrong, but I've little doubt that if Mark Hughes had have gone for these two targets that you would be stomping up and down this board giving it large.

In the future I could be proven wrong and I certainly hope I am, but SO FAR, I am underwhelmed by Mancini's targets and I don't think I'm on my own here.

if you honestly believe we offered Veron 14m, you need to find your marbles.

it was Veron who said he was offered a deal, but it was his agent who then elaborated and started talking about £7m here and £7m there.

[BobKowalski]

I can buy the fact that we offered Veron something but not the amounts involved be they £14m or £7m in total. Thats just agents talk and frankly if we had offered Veron £7m for the rest of this season he would be out there now clearing snow from the carpark as we speak with his agent giving him a hand.

Getting in a couple of seasoned pros for the rest of the season is not the worlds worst idea even if it lacks excitment and as I said elsewhere I'd be happy if thats pretty much all we did in the window.

[Slim]

He's shit, United didn't even turn up last night and we still couldn't beat them.

Mancini Out!

[BetaManchester]

He's better than Mark Hughes, and I'm believing top 4 again... but I'll reassess that after we play Spurs again.

[mr_nool]

Even if we ended up a close 5th, I would be happy giving Mancini more time to build. I'm not saying we will end up 5th, but I think we have a good mentality now in the whole club.
It would be foolish to lose this, if we hang him for not reaching 4th place. as it happens, I do think we will make the top 4, but that should not be the overriding aspect in the future of Mancini's appointment, and I hope it doesn't all come down to Cappello's availability. Really, mancini should have been given 3 1/2 years from the off and none of this 6 months business

Well mate, its reasonable to say what you said, but the guy was brought in because the owners thought Hughes couldn't get us into the top four, so top four it has to be.

Hey Bob, why don't you make this a sticky - I thought you originally did and I thought it was a good idea, because its always going to be a big topic and saves lots of different threads about the manager after every match "I think Mancini is the bollox", "Mancini is gorgeous", "I knew the cunt wouldn't hack it", "Mancini would beat Hughes in a fight" etc...

Seriously though, its a daily topic pretty much, no?

I'm with you on the top four demand. That's what he was brought in to deliver.
But give him some time for fuck's sake! You gave Leslie 18 fucking months and were ready to give him pleny more still. Roberto's just landed, and you're on his throat (not only about this). Yes, you thought it was wrong sacking Hughes, that doesn't necessarily make Mancini the wronh choice. Slating Roberto is not a way to defend Hughes. He's gone, let him go.