Comments on: 15 Questions for Manuel Pellegrini, the Board and the Players

By: Glenn Kavanagh

Glenn Kavanagh — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:58:24 +0000

According to lots of therapist there is no why. There’s a how ‘ what’ where…. Why did the pilot crash into the alps?? Because he’s a spanner etc or got dumped or whatever. Who is Gary Neville?? I really can’t believe people take him so seriously. He’s not Marcus Aurelius. He will teach you very little. England team anybody??? The season has being atrocious – starting from the top with the lampard fiasco. We will learn from this. The club at board level must sit down together & listen to the fans opinion & humbly accept that “this” season has being a big eye opener. What blows hot will cool down again. Lets win this derby.

By: Siamack

Siamack — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:45:51 +0000

Managing players are the job of the manager. They did not hire him to wear a suit and look good. It is true many players are off their best, but I beg to differ that this should not be an issue against Burnly, Hull, Crystal palace, etc. Your argument may hold some water, if you pit them against Chelsea, Arsenal, Real, etc. It is not that within one year of winning the league the squad goes south all of a sudden. It has not even been a year since they played their last match to win the title.

The problem has been going on for so long. Though as you mentioned players are at fault, at the end of the day the buck stops with manager. It is solely his responsibility to manager resources at his disposal. And if he can not then he is not doing his job.

By: DW

DW — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:21:14 +0000

The blaming of the manager is a game that gets more tedious by the season. Is MP faultless? Absolutely not. He clearly has a stubborn (and possibly naïve) approach to some of his tactics (which manager doesn’t?), but I do believe that part of our issues lie with players’ inability to carry out the tactical objectives.

The football that was produced last season was fantastic – quite how people were questioning the direction of the team halfway through last season is either a damning indictment of the modern football fan or a function of selective memory syndrome. The players, I’d argue, are largely to blame with too many of them way off their best – how can all that be blamed on MP? And who do we get to replace him who is a noticeable improvement? The number of obvs candidates is few and far between.

The reality is that we have bought too many squad players (Sagna, Navas, Caballero etc) and not enough star players. Clearly that was part of the plan (2 good players for every position), but I think we need to revert to buying fewer players, but those that are purchased are world class. It is, ultimately, the quality of the team that decides who wins leagues and cups and not the manager.

By: Bring Bellamy Back

Bring Bellamy Back — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 23:29:29 +0000

Manager needs to go, big time. I have not liked the manager since the second half of last season. And yes i know we won the league last season but i could begin to see this mess coming. Were playing lifelessly stupid kamakaze football, we should have won the league at a canter last season and we nearly managed to blow it. This season is a disgrace, players have to answer too, but quite simply this team embodies the manager. We need a new direction big time. A win against United won’t change my mind about that either. We can’t even take a corner kick for God sake.

By: Kefalonia

Kefalonia — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 22:41:54 +0000

“We can still win the league – Manuel Pellegrini.”

2015: P16, W6, D3, L7.

“A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary”.