another dont let the facts get in the way of a good story article !! I presume when saying you would take lambert , moyes et al you are forgetting Mancinis 3 scuddettos !! You seem to forget most of the players Mancini has moved on (tried to move on ) were signed by hughes.

If you want to come a long way in short time and knit together a winning team from scratch there will be player casualties on the way as it always was with SAF and others. Think you forget this, as Mancini has brought success but like all teams there is a definite need to update, change style and meet new challenges, standing still is no option and the Manager knows only too well. FFP was brought in to scupper the likes of City and anyone else who could finance a club without resorting to leveraged buyouts, and lets those with massive debts not be penalised. FFP is really a form of restricted practice which in any other market would be taken to court.

Well, you went fishing over the weekend, and penned this little beaut!

Congrats, you caught me

Just to show I can play the game, and I do enjoy it to be honest, here’s what you got wrong –

“While Mancini has been complaining about a lack of transfer activity,
Marwood has moved on the likes of Jô, Robinho, Emmanuel Adebayor and
Craig Bellamy”

Mancini has been “whining” for no more than what, a month? Even then, he wasn’t. When did Bellamy get moved on? Robinho? Bellamy has been to two clubs, Liverpool and now Cardiff (twice) in a month has he? In the off season? I knew he was speedy, but that’s some sort of a record isn’t it?

I’m getting bored of myself now, cheers Mr Calvin, but before I go get some dinner, I ask you why you haven’t written an article questioning why Fergie hasn’t made the most of his fledglings, who after all fininshed joint top on points with City, instead of splashing the cash this summer like it’s confetti? Why not have a pop at Chelsea, the reigning European Champions and the biggest spenders of all this summer?

If Mancini is such a bad manager, how come he is brave enough to try a new system? Never mind looking at his CV?

It’s plain to all you’re mischief making, and as such your actual opinion gets lost as we just think you’re not a serious sports journo, a bit sad really.

Another Hatchet job on Mancini by a Red Brown Nosing Journalist. Your article is replete with fallacy and no bounds in lumping Robinho (who was moved by Cook not Marwood) in 2010 to Mancini 2012/13 session. And Bellamy, remind me when he last played for City? Cardiff, Liverpool,Cardiff.
Remind me again how long did it took SAF to win a trophy?, how long have they been involved in the highest playerf transfer?. And Oh you read in the gossip column that City is after Nastasic and you included that in your article. What if it s not true and its just rumours just like he would quit? Next time put on an anti mancini’s shirt in your picture

Marwood uses media to stifle criticism….. Eh!!!! Shocker!!!!

Well, City fans don’t care two hoots for Calvin or Marwood.

Marwood is just like the players we bought 2-3 seasons ago, a stepping stone upto the next level. Marwood is incompetent, and has no relevant qualifications for the role he has…. End off.

Marwood out,

Bring on Ferran Soriano

A lot of British journalist seem to think that just because you can do a good job with a low budget automatically means you can do a great job with a large budget. It’s a total different set of skill set.
Large budget means huge pressure and expectation, as well as the skill of dealing with players with massive egos. David Moyes success is if Everton finish mid table, that’s very different from managing a team that is expected to win every game. Mark Hughes did a good job at Blackburn and Fulham on low budgets. yet at City he totally squandered the money and bought so many average players on such large contracts that the club is still struggling to get rid of some of them, Hughes now has been given a large budget at QPR and seems to be doing a great job of wasting money again.
I see most of the managers the writer has listed are British, we have already seen what a great job Lambert and Rogers are doing, I just cannot wait for the day when Moyes is given a large budget job and the media finally realises that low budget success will not automatically translate to large budget success at a large club.

Ignoring the facts the achievements that Mancini had with Fiorentina and Lazio then Inter this short and shallow article is really one sided with objectives trying to undermine Mancini capabilities. Imagine put Moyes, Lambert, Rodgers in Fiorentina, Lazio or Inter and see what they can achieve… Last point, its funny how Mr Calvin trying to use F1 as an anology, remember Mr. Calvin, the best driver ends up in the best car, Alonso coming from Minardi to Renault to Maclaren and Ferrari, Schumacher from Jordan to Benetton to Ferrari, now you take any top football manager, the ends up in title winning football club because of their previous achievements. Do you think Marcello Lippi accidentally manage Juventus? Rodgers, Moyes and Lambert are a very good manager, but to win something is a completely different world. Hell, i’m not even a Mancini fan at first i’m not bother to reply, but how disappointing this article really is