Beefymcfc wrote:johnpb78 wrote:I can't even begin to tell you how much I want the manager to succeed. Even if its not 4th place this year,I just want to see a step forward, and I hope he can give us that by the end of the year.
Ultimately, Mourinho's tactics will differ little from what we see now, but as I said in a different thread, the players who take the pitch for him go onto the pitch thinking that they are the best team/player in the world. Fuck knows how he does, it, but he does - its not a fluke, he did it with Porto, he won the league easily twice with Chelsea, who at the time were in a similar position to where we are now and had the hold over Fergie.
Hope it doesnt come to that, but..................I dont think I could say no even if Bobby took us to the champs league, after all, we already have the shit football!!
May I say, I for one cannot stand Mourinho as a person, and although people loved him for his outbursts, comments and strange interviews at Chelsea, I just thought he was a self-centred twat of a man who just wanted to big himself up. The problem is, I believe he has already been lined up so I'm getting myself mentally prepared for it, but deep inside wishing that Mancio can get us the fourth he's promised to the board; which brings on another problem of having to drop my ideals and support some awful, awful football.
Life just ain't right, but when did life with City ever change?!?
Although the rags think otherwise, I cant see any other reason for this 6 months bollocks with Mancini, so I am with you in thinking that he will be our gaffer next year regardless. I would however like to look back on Mancini fondly having achieved something. I can now look back on Hughes fondly (now he has gone), being an important part of the "journey"
I think one has to accept that if he is making his players believe that they are the very best, which he undoubtedly does, he has to think he is the very best in his own role. I think although it can come across cuntish, you have to do be so, because then you create an aura not just about yourself, but about your team.
I admit doing it myself with the last couple of companies I worked with, and it works, the aura of success creates a myth. My staff knew I was only coming there for the very top results, and by coaching them how to do it my way, they start to feel they are also part of the BEST team because they get the results they want. So long as I kept achieving the top results, the myth perpetuates, and the more successful I become. It shocks me how easy it is to keep the myth rolling, but ultimately my success is down to people who believe in me - not how good I actually am.
I think a lot has been lost in translation in italy, as they dont seem to have the same sense of irony or sense of humour so he has had a constant battle with the media. He is totally understood here, and that why he has to come back - i just hope he dont go to liverpool
