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a new manager will want to bring some of his own players in jan, so who will he get rid of. i start with robinho, richards, and bridge, these need to go now. your thoughts lads

I think Robinho will thrive under Mancini. I think and always did that Hughes held him back. I think Hughes never knew how to get the best out of any top player but the opposite about average players e.g. Bellamy/RSC. I think Kompany/Syvinho/Zabeleta are gonna struggle but I reckon he will give every player a chance.

Benji with any luck

I'm more worried about the ones who might want to go, the ones loyal to Hughes, after all a few followed him here, maybe they'd leave the richest club in the world on the verge of (yet another) new dawn.

Bellamy seems like an emotional chap to say the least, hopefully he and none of the other good players who work for the team will want to jump ship, or play for Hughes at another club. They'd be absolutely mad to obviously, but people are. With a bit of luck reason will dictate that they don't.

I am hoping none of them, but Bellamy is the player who has run through walls for the manager and could follow him to his next job, if Tevez gets the feeling he isn't as highly valued as he was under Hughes he will be making noises for a move without a doubt.

I would imagine that Leslie's inability to get the best out of Robinho might be a factor in his dismissal and that Mancini may well have been chosen as a coach he will respect.

I think that every player under these circumstances will get a wake-up call.
But if Bellers will suffer I think we're in for a 79/80-kind of world.
Hulme will get there Crescents back and all will look gloomy-.
CTID!!

Stevie I also held Hughes in high regard and made it quite clear too. He was at pains to say how much Hughes had altered from the previous era and what a professional regime was brought in. In fact I think he said he had never experienced such in depth management.

He, Bellamy and Carlos would be the ones that worry me most. Bellers will undoubtedlty come out and say that he thinks its crazy!

Bellamy, Ireland, SWP, Onuoha... pretty much everyone I like probably.

Stevie ? :-(

Dunne's Half-Time Pint wrote:Bellamy, Ireland, SWP, Onuoha... pretty much everyone I like probably.

Indeed. Also our BEST players.

Bellamy for sure. Our best player by a mile.

Zabaleta?
Richards?
Bridge?
Sylvinho?
Onuoha?

Socrates wrote:I would imagine that Leslie's inability to get the best out of Robinho might be a factor in his dismissal and that Mancini may well have been chosen as a coach he will respect.

Robinho was always going to be hit and miss in England, to be fair!

No player should want to leave City in the position we are currently no matter what their loyalty to Hughes might be.Whether Mancini gives all players a fair crack remains to be seen.Obvioulsy I hope he does . The big issue at present though isn't Robinho but the defence as we all know. We have been producing some great attacking displays but poor defending has got Hughes the sack.

Getting a top class defender in January will not be easy or will it just be Mancini will organise them better? Time will tell.

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:No player should want to leave City in the position we are currently no matter what their loyalty to Hughes might be.Whether Mancini gives all players a fair crack remains to be seen.Obvioulsy I hope he does . The big issue at present though isn't Robinho but the defence as we all know. We have been producing some great attacking displays but poor defending has got Hughes the sack.

Getting a top class defender in January will not be easy or will it just be Mancini will organise them better? Time will tell.

As an Italian you would expect that he would make that his priority.

I am really worried about bellamy, he would be a big loss if he does go!

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:No player should want to leave City in the position we are currently no matter what their loyalty to Hughes might be.Whether Mancini gives all players a fair crack remains to be seen.Obvioulsy I hope he does . The big issue at present though isn't Robinho but the defence as we all know. We have been producing some great attacking displays but poor defending has got Hughes the sack.

Getting a top class defender in January will not be easy or will it just be Mancini will organise them better? Time will tell.

This one summs it (the whole story of the day) up for me.
To throw my hat into the ring, the main loyalty the player have today is not the manager, it is their account on the first of each month........

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:No player should want to leave City in the position we are currently no matter what their loyalty to Hughes might be.Whether Mancini gives all players a fair crack remains to be seen.Obvioulsy I hope he does . The big issue at present though isn't Robinho but the defence as we all know. We have been producing some great attacking displays but poor defending has got Hughes the sack.

Getting a top class defender in January will not be easy or will it just be Mancini will organise them better? Time will tell.

I always liked the fact that the players Hughes brought in were the very highest quality players most managers would be happy to have in and around their team. There will be naturally a few players Mancini wants to bring in, which when added to what we already have will pretty much finish the squad off.

From a financial perspective Hughes is more likely to go on to manage Hull / Bolton than Real Madrid, thus he is never going to be able to afford the wages of Bellamy / RSC, let alone the transfer fees.

Realistically the biggest financial hurdle to the defensive problem was the payoff for the current coaching/managerial setup. The players we have are more than good enough - just a shame Dunne was a victim.

johnpb78 wrote:

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:No player should want to leave City in the position we are currently no matter what their loyalty to Hughes might be.Whether Mancini gives all players a fair crack remains to be seen.Obvioulsy I hope he does . The big issue at present though isn't Robinho but the defence as we all know. We have been producing some great attacking displays but poor defending has got Hughes the sack.

Getting a top class defender in January will not be easy or will it just be Mancini will organise them better? Time will tell.

I always liked the fact that the players Hughes brought in were the very highest quality players most managers would be happy to have in and around their team. There will be naturally a few players Mancini wants to bring in, which when added to what we already have will pretty much finish the squad off.

From a financial perspective Hughes is more likely to go on to manage Hull / Bolton than Real Madrid, thus he is never going to be able to afford the wages of Bellamy / RSC, let alone the transfer fees.

Realistically the biggest financial hurdle to the defensive problem was the payoff for the current coaching/managerial setup. The players we have are more than good enough - just a shame Dunne was a victim.

none of our full backs are the quality we need to have, to be fair