...from Taggart.
And it definitely doesn't involve being sober, articulate or consistent. It doesn't even involve being a half-decent human being.
What it does involve is having ordinary players and making them look like world beaters. Yes, the likes of Carrick and Brown and Park and Anderson and Nani etc etc are ordinary, bordering on hopeless - vastly overrated clowns of footballers. But given a few pertinent words they can and often do rise above their blatant ordinariness and gel as team players.
This season, we have had four chances to stuff the rags back to the level they belong at: that of the overblown, overstuffed elongated joke of a club that they have become. On all but ONE occasion (a futile one that that, in the end), we failed. F.A.I.L.E.D. Jeez, even Kevin Keegan and SGE did consistently better than this!
Maybe we will have Mancini in charge next season. It looks like that could be the case. I for one am glad. It brings continuity. But, that is just the first step. Next season, then, wherever we finish this year (I've predicted sixth), we need to push on. Also, what we need is a manager - a long-term one at that - who will stay and build the club at every level. I want to see us, in five years, with a manager who not only gets the most out of the glory boys, but also the very best out of our versions of Park and Brown, ordinary players who will be elevated beyond themselves, and do a great job when called upon. THEN we will be perennial title challengers.
It's in City's hands now to become any kind of club we want to be. Let's learn from the best, but make sure we throw away the detritus, too.