Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:s1ty m wrote:I would be surprised if Pep wasn't in charge at City next season. Bringing in the executives that we brought in is a giveaway if ever there was one. The failure in the CL is the key to Mancini's thin ice, regardless of of winning what he has. Bizarre, but there it is.
I've thought about this a lot & imo, the question is down to whether they think Pep was an essential part of creating what happened at Barca, or just a great manager who happened to pass through the system & did a great job while he was there. If the answer is that they think Pep was mainly a manager who helped Barca's system, then it would make no sense at all to replace Mancini with him, unless they think Mancini isn't up to the job, as Mancini is the current Prem champion. Why replace someone who has won the league in this country, with someone who hasn't ever managed here, & had Lionel Messi in his team ? It wouldn't be rational.
If however they think Pep was a driving force behind the creation of the modern Barca, given the fact that City are modelling the whole club on that, it would be a failure, even a deriliction of duty on their part, not to do everything they could to bring him in.
If he is genuinely that good & we step aside & let Chelsea or the rags have him, then we would be putting our whole academy plan at risk, as he will do it accross the road, with or without the big money, & he will have more pulling power than us.
Txiki & Soriano know the answer to those questions & that will decide whether Bob is still here next season imo.
@ Beefy, if we are in the market for Pep, we will be doing it now, we have no other choice.
The shortest yet most significant word in your last sentence is 'if' and that's what I'm talking about.
If we are talking to PG then have already decided to bin Mancini which is a little early in the reckoning. Like me, you ask yourself the question of whether the new board members were brought in to basically bring PG in yet they were brought in at the time when Mancini was given the 5 year contract. That says more to me than anything else as regardless of get out clauses etc, our owners are not so knee-jerk as some of the media. How long did they give Hughes?
Soriano and Txiki were brought in for their European pedigree (Soriano making great gains commercially) and it's nothing to do with hiring PG. They were the ones who oversaw the transition of Barca and Soriano was a key member of the old G14. The link is there with PG but the reality is that we wanted the best minds and experience to progress within the confines of a closed shop. We did that, we now move on with the experience we need. To say that Sheikh Mansour brought these guys in to push the Guardiola link is a bit naive. To say that we won't be interested though is well off the mark. We're always interested in top names, as Hughes always used to spout ;-)
I didn't say I thought they were brought in to ditch Mancini. I don't think that. I think they are great appointments whoever the manager.
We have had a plan all along based quite a bit on Barca though. We copied their system, brought in their top brass. Do you really believe these blokes haven't sounded out Pep ? What would you do in their position ? If you didn't sound him out, you would be the wrong man for the job, it is your duty to look at the option. Whether they are negotiating or have signed him is another question but they will have asked him what he thinks about it at least. If they haven't they are crap. What if Bob became ill or his wife insisted on leaving ? We miss out on Pep because we are too honest & too nice to have spoken to him ?
As for Bob's deal; he may have demanded it. He's not stupid. He was talking to other clubs.
If we were Chelsea, what would you expect to happen next ?
We'll have to save this for another day mate. Like I'm sure you are, I'm otherwise engaged.
Come On Dippers!
COME ON CITY!!!
