Pellegrini And His Playing Staffs Fault, Not Guardiola's, Thank You Manuel For Everything.

Long before Manuel Pellegrini signed for Manchester, I and many other Manchester fans knew that it was only a matter of time before we got our man Pep Guardiola from the moment we first attempted to sign him. Manuel Pellegrini knew before he even signed for Manchester, that he was only a short term solution. But Manuel Pellegrini comes across as if he thinks it's now none of his fault that Manchester had a not as successful season as was expected, I say that with heavy weight as we did reach the Champions League semi finals for the first time. But our season could have been a catastrophic failure had Swansea City made more of an effort. Too put things into perspective our unwelcome neighbours in Trafford (not Manchester) aka McDonaldster United stand to lose around £125+ million for not qualifying for the Champions League and will have probable issues in player recruitment next season, a small parting gift for Manchester fans from Pellegrini, after he chose to prioritise the Champions League over the Premier League and almost blew it.

But truth be told it was Manuel Pellegrini who was guilty for broadcasting the premature arrival of Pep Guardiola, he wasn't happy with the speculation around his camp and freely admitted as much himself live to the World in this video here.

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It's a little cheeky that he now comes out and admits that the announcement negatively affected City's season but, then call this season successful. When he almost blew a Champions League place in the league, then allowed his players to not even turn up against Real Madrid in the semi finals which I might add was a tad embarrassing. He stopped short of admitting it was his fault, in turn allowing the media to use the announcement as a goal post with which to bounce Pep Guardiola's head off of as if it's all Peps fault. Manuel Pellegrini could have signed off with my respect but now I feel short changed after the faith I put into him when he arrived, supporting his arrival against my die hard City supporting Aunt who was upset Mancini got shipped out. I myself always knew Bobby Manc and the Charming Man were short term, but they gave a lot too our club so I appreciate what they have done for Manchester, they have my thanks but. They both left, leave after an average season. That's kind of tough to say considering I've been around supporting Manchester for 30 odd years, Manuel Pellegrini is right about our season being successful if you compare it to our past but. We are no longer the Manchester of old and our targets are no longer relegation survival.

Some of the football world are bitter and angry about Pep Guardiola signing for Manchester City, even more so Arsenal, McDonaldster United and Chelsea fans. Even Liverpool fans would have joined their ranks had they not found themselves a lovable Coach and had a reasonably successful season in terms of steadying the ship. That will make for a much better outcome for us when we and Guardiola succeed at the expense of their objection and bitterness, their hate for us equates to success. Even Uefa posture against us being forced to watch on as we brush aside their poxy FFP designed to protect the status quo in Europe. It's been well documented from, Racism in Russia being rewarded and City fans suffering as a result, from our club being robbed and Racism being again rewarded, to our club being punished at every chance they get, keep Boo'ing their Anthem City fans. It's sad times for Football as a whole, with FIFA replacing one corrupt dictator for another who are now going backwards again.

I'm so glad the seasons over and we can look forward to enjoying the summer and next season under Pep, he knows with Manchester that he has the opportunity to rewrite the record books as the greatest ever manager in the world. He has the opportunity to put the likes of Alex Ferguson in his shadow, whether he takes that opportunity by the scruff of the neck is anyone's guess.

A bright new era in the history of Manchester is about to unfold, the City has it's club back and can look forward. We have a great owner who won't lumber us with debt, a sustainable future for our club. Some extremely talented senior and youth players, who will be supported by new arrivals to help them take the next step in becoming European Champions. We have the best academy in Great Britain, only Chelsea can come close to rivalling us but then again they had a head start over us.

So despite the OK season we can't look upon it as a disaster as Pellegrini has said but, I think he's a little in denial of the fact we have flat lined since his first season in charge. Our semi final success was tarnished by our players not turning up, if Joe Hart doesn't get player of the season then it's a joke because he's been our best player over the season as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks to the Ginger Whinger Paul Scholes for the recent giggle, claiming Guardiola wouldn't sign for us had to asked him today. That has to go down as the most bitter comment ever made by a rag and ex United employee, so absolutely hilarious my jaw hurt upon reading it.

On that note I would like on behalf of Manchester fans everywhere, to thank Manuel Pellegrini and his coaching staff for everything they have done for our club. Their work should be praised and not forgotten. Despite the outcome they deserve a lot of respect, I wish them all the best for the future and hope they are rewarded for their success at Manchester City FC.

Real Madrid Fallout, Times Up For Toure, Pep Can't Arrive Soon Enough.

Having given myself time to calm down I've come to the conclusion that some of our players have run out of steam, lost the will to put the effort in or are just past their peak. One that stands out amongst them is Yaya Toure, what a great player he used to be and even greater player he could have been. Had he not the innate ability to go missing and become lazy, his twilight years at Manchester City will be tarnished by his walking around the pitch like a spectator as our opponents break on us. If that wasn't enough we as a club also suffered every time we lost him to the AFCON, one of many reasons why we came up short in 2012-13 and 2014-15. This is a significant strain so if an elite club is to have African players, then they need to make sure there's adequate cover.

He's not alone though as Aleksandar Kolarov has been quite atrocious of late, as has Wilfried Bony and Jesus Navas continues to try use his speed and touch to hide the fact he can barely score goals. Yeah Navas can whip a ball in but a 10 year old youth player can do that too, the best players actually find their target when they cross a ball whereas Navas just hits it and hopes someone gets on the end of it.

I've never really rated Kolarov much myself, he's from day one always left space in behind himself when bombing forward, we didn't suffer much for it when James Milner played in front of him and covered his backside. A wing Back that can't defend is no defender in my book, relies too much on his speed and quite frankly he's losing it so he's without a doubt going to be one of the first departures under the Pep Guardiola reign.

Although Mangala and Otamendi have upped their performances in the last few games, they are also guilty of failure. A few good performances should never out way an inconsistent and below par season.

Demichelis pretty much has an excuse so it's tough to be hard on the guy, he's nearing retirement age and will be departing anyway.

I have the feeling Yaya has thrown in the towel knowing he won't be at the club much longer, which would explain his embarrassing performance against Real Madrid where even Stoke City's players were condemning him. I strongly believe he threw us under the bus but it doesn't stop there.

Manuel Pellegrini has also been guilty of some awful decisions, why didn't he take Toure off the moment he started causing problems for us? We were doing so well without Yaya in Europe, then Pellegrini ruins all that hard work and what happens? we were effectively playing with 10 men against Real Madrid who I strongly believe we should have knocked out of the Champions League. I will without a doubt take solace in knowing Athletico Madrid will win the Champions League.

Wilfried Bony, Pellegrini has consistently persisted with the Forward despite the fact he can't score goals to save his life, the fact he's continually snubbed Kelechi Iheanacho who can and has been scoring goals from the bench in favour of Bony just makes me angry. It's been one almighty slap in the face for Iheanacho, but the lad has taken it in his stride and has shown maturity beyond his years. Wilfried Bony is as far as I'm concerned the most expensive flop in Manchester City FC history, we were well and truly robbed.

As far as I'm concerned next season can't come soon enough, I really want to believe Pellegrini and Yaya Toure are deliberately derailing us this season but. I put it down to believing Pellegrini just hasn't got what it takes to consistently sustain Champions League football and that Yaya Toure has given all he's got and has no more to offer.

Now this sounds like I'm having a pop at them all and in all honesty I am but, I haven't forgotten all the hard work Manuel Pellegrini has done for our club. He cleaned up the mess left behind by Roberto Mancini and Co, he matched Mancini's success rate. Yaya Toure gave some of his best years early on in his City career so we have to thank then both for that, they can walk away with their heads high.

On the other hand we have suffered of late by poor decision making, under performances and ignorance. Pellegrini this season has jeopardized our Champions League spot for next season which hinges on us beating both Arsenal and Swansea City, Yaya Toure has been guilty of not turning up on more than one occasion.

But we can take comfort in knowing we're still in with a chance of qualifying for the Champions League for now, we can also look at our poor performances over two legs against the mighty egotistical Real Madrid as a positive. We almost knocked out the mighty Real while playing atrociously and only lost by one goal with the players we have.

As always our fans will support our club until the end, my only hope is that if Pellegrini persists with Yaya, that he doesn't produce another poor performance like he did against Real when we face Arsenal. Otherwise Pellegrini's and Toure's legacy will be tarnished, all that hard work and go out with a whimper.

COMON CITY.