Who's looking forward to the press conference?

[10.Goater_Legend]

I for one can't wait to see what Mancini has to say, it will be interesting to see what Cook has to say also and what the media are prepared to ask him. Apparently Cook has informed the club to tell the media he will be answering no questions on the departure of Hughes.

We will also see first hand how good Mancini's English is.

Will be glued to SSN from 4:30 and i'm sure it will be an hour late as usual.

[john68]

Not that fussed about it Mate, They only tell us what they want us to hear. With our record of new managers, I think most of us have heard it all before.

[edge275]

I for one can't wait to see what Mancini has to say, it will be interesting to see what Cook has to say also and what the media are prepared to ask him. Apparently Cook has informed the club to tell the media he will be answering no questions on the departure of Hughes.

We will also see first hand how good Mancini's English is.

Will be glued to SSN from 4:30 and i'm sure it will be an hour late as usual.

I'm very much looking forward to it but will only be able to see it later on as I'll be at work :(

[lets all have a disco]

I feel the same as John on this one.

Yeah i'll watch but it will be the usual usual,talk is cheap.

Howard Kendall
Peter Reid
Tony Book
Brian Horton
Alan Ball
Asa Hartford
Steve Coppell
Phil Neal
Frank Clark
Joe Royle
Kevin Keegan
Stuart Pearce
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Mark Hughes

Fucking hell ive not been a blue for that long and thats quite a list.

[Grob]

It will be cliched rubbish as usual. The only interesting things will be Mancinis grasp of english and the photo op.

[carl_feedthegoat]

COOK IS A LITTLE TURD AND I REALLY CANT STAND HIM....IVE READ A FEW OF THE GOINGS ON PRIOR TO THE SUNDERLAND MATCH AND IF TRUE THEN COOK IS A CUNT OF THE HIGHEST ORDER...SPINELESS PRICK.


AS FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE - NOT OVERLY BOTHERED AS IT WILL BE A COOK CONFERENCE...MANCINI WILL SAY WHAT HES BEEN TOLD TO SAY.

IM MORE INTERESTED IN THE STOKE GAME TO SEE HOW THE PLAYERS REACT.

[symiblue]

Very much agree with John68. Have heard it all before far too many times...talk is cheap. The proof will be out on the field. Lets hope he does the business and very quickly.

[Nick]

Im bored at the lack of news really. Kind of looking forward to it but I'll be busy, it will most likely be last as usual. And it sounds like cook is a cock.

[john68]

McDowall
Poyser
Mercer
Allison
Hart
Saunders
Book
Allison
Bond
Benson
McNeill
Frizzell
Machin
Kendall
Reid
Horton
Ball
Hartford
Coppell
Neal
Clark
Royle
Keegan
Pearce
Eriksson
Hughes
add Book a couple more times as caretaker...and now Mancini.

All of them, City managers while I have supported City...only 2 of them did us any good.
All of them arrived with the same high hopes and promises, some arrived with big reputations, the vast majority wandered into the sunset labelled as failures.

Forgive me if I have no great hopes for Mancini...he will have his highs and lows but we can rest assured that as soon as the lows arrive, he will be shoved out of the door the same as all the others. As soon as he hits a problem, he will not be allowed to surmount it, he will attacked by the fans.
It's the City way, to panic and offload. Oh how I wish the rags had done the same some years ago. Sadly the bastards allowed their manager to ride the lows (there were plenty of them and they lasted for a long time) learn and hone his trade and the rest is their history and our tragedy.
Mancini will be no different, he will say all the right things, scripted by the marketting boys at Easlands and designed to placate the fans. Eventually he will fuck off or be fucked off just like all the others.
PRESS CONFERENCE BOLLOX!!!

[dazby]

In a good mood I see John. ;-)

Any chance you could update your sig. I'd like to see how we are going.

[miss-mancity]

Royle
Keegan - Entertainment guarentee'd..
Pearce
Eriksson - The year Dunne & MR whas good..
Hughes - WTF
& now Mancini - I have a hope..

City managers while I have supported City...
:-/

[mcfc1632]

McDowall
Poyser
Mercer
Allison
Hart
Saunders
Book
Allison
Bond
Benson
McNeill
Frizzell
Machin
Kendall
Reid
Horton
Ball
Hartford
Coppell
Neal
Clark
Royle
Keegan
Pearce
Eriksson
Hughes
add Book a couple more times as caretaker...and now Mancini.

All of them, City managers while I have supported City...only 2 of them did us any good.
All of them arrived with the same high hopes and promises, some arrived with big reputations, the vast majority wandered into the sunset labelled as failures.

Forgive me if I have no great hopes for Mancini...he will have his highs and lows but we can rest assured that as soon as the lows arrive, he will be shoved out of the door the same as all the others. As soon as he hits a problem, he will not be allowed to surmount it, he will attacked by the fans.
It's the City way, to panic and offload. Oh how I wish the rags had done the same some years ago. Sadly the bastards allowed their manager to ride the lows (there were plenty of them and they lasted for a long time) learn and hone his trade and the rest is their history and our tragedy.
Mancini will be no different, he will say all the right things, scripted by the marketting boys at Easlands and designed to placate the fans. Eventually he will fuck off or be fucked off just like all the others.
PRESS CONFERENCE BOLLOX!!!

We must be about the same age

[john68]

hahahaha...Thanks for cheering me up. I'm thinking of tring to get the club to organise a "ring and ride " scheme to transport us older fans from the Townley to the ground...You up for it?
Also meals on wheels at half time....:-)

[dikdik]

Well I've just watched the press conference.
Very impressed with Mancini the man. (manager comes later.)
He listened to questions in English with the help of a translator and replied in English.
He has obvious charm and seems to have a good sense of humour.
As Cook was not taking questions he had to field them and initially the questions were quite hostile. He dealt with them all with respect and equanimity and certainly won me over in the charm stakes.
The field of play will be another matter entirely.

[mcfc1632]

Well I've just watched the press conference.
Very impressed with Mancini the man. (manager comes later.)
He listened to questions in English with the help of a translator and replied in English.
He has obvious charm and seems to have a good sense of humour.
As Cook was not taking questions he had to field them and initially the questions were quite hostile. He dealt with them all with respect and equanimity and certainly won me over in the charm stakes.
The field of play will be another matter entirely.

Anybody got a link - I was travelling so missed it - I have to say the interview on the OS was quietly impressive