Pellegrini Satisfometer

[Wonderwall]

I said to my lad the other day that I wouldnt mind another season without a trophy if it meant cherry picking our very best EDS and loan talent and immersing them into the first team, not just the squad but regular playing time in the first 11. Imagine going to the Etihad every week to watch exciting young talent alongside top class players and being allowed to play, this on top of no expectation of having to win a pot, then the next season a couple of Class A players brought in and IMO we would be ready to go with a great mix of youth an world class talent.

Will never happen though, Pellers only has 3 more years for 3 more trophies and I would imagine the Champions League will be one of those on the list.

[Ted Hughes]

I said to my lad the other day that I wouldnt mind another season without a trophy if it meant cherry picking our very best EDS and loan talent and immersing them into the first team, not just the squad but regular playing time in the first 11. Imagine going to the Etihad every week to watch exciting young talent alongside top class players and being allowed to play, this on top of no expectation of having to win a pot, then the next season a couple of Class A players brought in and IMO we would be ready to go with a great mix of youth an world class talent.

Will never happen though, Pellers only has 3 more years for 3 more trophies and I would imagine the Champions League will be one of those on the list.

His contract is up at the end of next season (if he's still here).

I'd actually like to have a young manager, under no pressure, build a new side from EDS/U18s plus top signings, for a few years. It would be intolerable misery to try & bring the kids all through that way though. Lots just won't accept it. I remember the whinging when Lake, Hinchcliffe etc were playing. It didn't make any difference we had a side full of kids, the atmosphere was horrible when we weren't winning. The 5-1 highlights are not a true reflection. The 0-6 at Derby County is more of the realIity, with desperate screaming thugs giving the players hell .We ended up getting rid of several & signing old farts from Everton etc to steady the ship. It would be the same now; endless whinging.

The best we can hope for, I think, is the Count giving them a few subs' appearences & cup games next season & that a few make an impression. A new manager won't want to use them & the Count will think he has a chance of renewing his contract if he is kept on, so will be solely focused on that, even if Txiki knew he'd had it anyway.

If we get a few to come from the subs' bench & make an impression, then the fans will get behind them, provided the team is doing ok. Then hopefully the season after they become more prominent. Denayer & Lopes may get full places if they do well pre season, but any manager's first interest is in protecting his own arse. A new one even moreso than the Count.

[lets all have a disco]

No manager will come in without pressure as our business model is now we must have Champions League.
Which is a shame.

[Hazy2]

The pressure if he is under if any has come from the performances. This manager has said all the right things. The title was on until Jan. The rotation has failed, bringing players into this squad is for me anyway not as easy as it looks, that said do we not have two births free, happy to be corrected on that. If a loss is the outcome Pellers is done, pressure will be on to finish 4th can't expect the kids to have carried that burden, can we trust some of this squad. For me lose the Derby anything could happen, even 5th.

[twosips]

My only problem with the waiting for Guardiola thing is that it effectively makes Pellegrini a bit of a lame duck. The players will know it, the fans will, he will. How the fuck is that gonna be motivating? It will have an adverse effect at some point - i don't know what the solution (but i'm not paid to do that so ya know...not my problem) is but I can see how it could go pathetically wrong.

[blues2win]

Soriano and co want Guardiola. His contract with Bayern ends in 2016 and he's pretty openly said he'd like to try the Premiership. If he sticks to that timetable I think the powers that be would likely keep Pellegrini for another year. However, if the end of our season implodes then Ancelotti is a real option if Real lose the title to Barca. I'd personally be very surprised if Pellegrini was offered a new contract. Talk of the fat Spanish waiter is just that, I think/hope.

[Cocacolajojo1]

My only problem with the waiting for Guardiola thing is that it effectively makes Pellegrini a bit of a lame duck. The players will know it, the fans will, he will. How the fuck is that gonna be motivating? It will have an adverse effect at some point - i don't know what the solution (but i'm not paid to do that so ya know...not my problem) is but I can see how it could go pathetically wrong.

Could indeed be a problem. Could also not be a problem as Jupp Heynckes won the league, the domestic cup and the CL in his last year. He had a better squad though and didn't need to reinforce in the same manner as Pellegrini probably will have to in order to keep the team fresh for next season.

[Wooders]

One positive that might come from this slump is it may encourage the fans to improve the atmosphere at the etihad and try to lift the team a bit, not saying it's the fans fault at all, but the place has been like a morgue recently, which cant help matters

[Wonderwall]

One positive that might come from this slump is it may encourage the fans to improve the atmosphere at the etihad and try to lift the team a bit, not saying it's the fans fault at all, but the place has been like a morgue recently, which cant help matters

I hear you wooders. The article Neville was quoted on about the players not having the mentality to deal with the success and being able to retain the title. I think something similar has happened to the fans, me included. Its a pretty weird feeling inside the stadium at the moment. It all started the season after we won the title with Mancini, that season we were right behind the team, lifting the roof off the etihad at times when the team needed us. However, the following season was one of "how do we top that" and we sat back and enjoyed being fans of the champions.

It certainly does give a different mindset as a fan, so I would imagine its something the club needs to look at for players too?

[PrezIke]

Well according to The Sun (yes, I know........) he is on his way along with Soriano and Tricky Burger Stain. I wouldnt shed any tears over losing those 2 as they appear to have brought fuck all to the party

the definition of bollocks right there.

[Hazy2]

Well according to The Sun (yes, I know........) he is on his way along with Soriano and Tricky Burger Stain. I wouldnt shed any tears over losing those 2 as they appear to have brought fuck all to the party

the definition of bollocks right there.

No chance all 3 will go together, that right there is madness.

[blues2win]

If you look at the story all it really said is that all three will have their performance reviewed by Khaldoun at the end of the season. That's normal and natural. It doesn't mean at all that they face the sack. However, the Chairman will rightly ask some hard questions about the team's performance this season. If anyone goes, though, I think it will be Pellegrini not Txiki or Soriano.

[Sister of fu]

Popping up on Twitter that he's been sacked. It's Twitter though so probably bollocks.

[Im_Spartacus]

Popping up on Twitter that he's been sacked. It's Twitter though so probably bollocks.

Nothing on any news as far as I can see. I hope not, I'd like him to at least see the season out with some dignity

[Wonderwall]

will be rags on the wind up before the derby. Sounds like a good Idea TBH, I must think of something viral and devious for the weekend twitter spam

[blues2win]

Absolute bollocks. Nothing will happen till end of season. Maybe not then.

[Beefymcfc]

I think it was Mickey Francis who put it up first, it was on his timeline earlier. Maybe he was trying to goad the market and had a dabble on Pellers to stay.

[Herb]

I have my hands over my ears (metaphorically) out of a loyalty that I hope isn't misplaced and I'm sticking with my 'highly satisfied' rating . . though if truth be told I'm really not . . I'll re-evaluate on Sunday afternoon and make a condign adjustment to my vote thereafter.
I hope it's no change!

[Blue Since 76]

We're never just going to throw loads of kids onto the premier league and it would be stupid to try it. When it happened previously, it was because it was all we had. The business model new requires CL football as a minimum, so we need players who can guarantee that as much as possible.

But there was nothing to stop a few of the kids making it into the team in the cups or being on the bench over the last two seasons - last season in particular there were plenty of times the game was well won after an hour which would have been a great time to introduce some youth.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Just had a daft thought about how badly, in the following season after a title win, we defend (or fail to defend properly) our League trophy.

In 1936/37 we won the old First Division title and, in the following season, we 'defended' it somewhat indifferently by actually getting relegated for our pains.

In 1967/68 we won the title by playing some wonderful attacking football but, in the following season and in spite of winning the FA Cup, we only finished in the bottom half of the League table.

After Aguero's nail-biting winner, we disappointed ourselves by finishing in second place behind the Scum, but too many points adrift for it to be any real consolation for us.

This season, we seem to be falling apart to some extent and heaven knows now where we will finally finish (4th, 5th, 6th ??).


I just hope this sort of underwhelming 'second season syndrome' isn't becoming a 'typical City' feature and something that will start to haunt us in the future.