When will it end Mr.Pinto? Mourinho inherited his team at Real, the hard work and experimentation had been done by his predecessor. He is a great manager, but he merely had to fine tune, while Mancini inherited a work in progress so he has to chop and change to achieve his best line up. Should he not be allowed the time to do that? According to you, no. You wrote a few weeks ago in reference to a lack of player loyalty that " I would also be in favor of introducing a law that would oblige all players and clubs to commit to three-year contracts. So when a club signs someone, they are stuck with him for three years."...Do you think it might be fair that a loyalty clause should also be applied to a manager to give him time to build a succesful team?...Mancini has not had a smooth ride to so far, but his team is 4th in the table, which is still in the hunt. Your Roberto Mancini obituary is premature with just 13 games of the season gone.

real madrid has proved in the past years that money does not buy trophies...Mancini is a qualified coach bringing inter milan to victory after 19 years but he is not a team player and never was one..his other problem is that he still thinks he is a player and not a coach

i think, well CNN is a 24hr channel and it so happens that Pinto watches his own newscast when he gets home and starts believing in what he says. Fortunately for the rest of us, Pinto cant afford a controlling stake in a big soccer club otherwise he would have hired and fired as much as he opens his mouth to read the news.

Yes, Mancini is a good professional - so, in any team's life it happens the bad moments - in these kind of moments you can measure the quality of the couch and players.

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I would like the writer of this article to know that Raul Albiol was traded to Schlake in Germany. He is not on Real Madrid anymore.

The Italian defensive style simply does not work in the EPL. I was always against the sacking of Sparky as in particular, he had the ability to also get a top 5 finish. Mancini is certainly a great manager but it is clear that although he has inherited or bought lots of strike power, he clearly seems to be trying to build from the defence up.

One of the problems he is encountering is that wilth all this money City are spending and have in reserves, it appears that most of the new players at CIty are there because of the money. Sure the players would rather win trophies but i question their desire to fight to the bitter end and really get their hands dirty.

They all seemed happy to sign for Mancini and therefore should have faith in his tactics but of course the high fees being paid place lots of pressure on the players so it is obvious the players would pass the buck and blame the tactics.

It is true that the tactics do seem to be defensive but we all saw what happened with Newcastle under Keegan. A team needs a great defence but the way City are set up, clearly shows that Mancini is being too defensive in his tactics.

When it gets to 75 minutes, if City are 0-0 then Mancini resigns himself to shutting up shop as he feels 1 point is better than none.

Only Mourinho can save Man City

It's as simple as this Mr. Mancini u need to find a good combination of attack as u have found for ur defense. It's no wonder to me that Robinho decided to leave Man City lol

Hello, Pedro Pinto, I will not read you post. However, Roberto Mancin, coach of Manchester City is a disaster.

City deserves a better coach from January.

Mancini is starting from scratch, and Pedro's expecting a miracle??? Try putting Fergie or Mourinho in Mancini's position, could he do it?

what a terrible article...the english really know nothing about modern football...they either express blind love towards a team or sensless hate...get in touch with reality....mancini is a first rate coach who has done a solid job....and football can't be any more boring than it is in england so you can't blame mancini for being defensive

against all odds i still believe in Mancini... rome was not built in aday so try let him be. i dont think u, pedro Pinto is the be analyst yet poeple give u a say. why not let his employees decide whats best for their club not 4getting liverpool, arsenal and manchester united all with personal problems.

Hi i would like to see more sports beside Football. I know this Europe ,but you have alots of Americain that live here and would like to see more Basketball highlights Americain football ect.. I know Cnn show it but only a few second and then the main show is about Europe football.

If you want American Football go back to the States. Football Football is the universal sport. The cost of one American football helmet can buy a full set of Football uniforms. Give me a break, more NFL coverage in Europe.

Mike are you CNN if not your comment means nothing to me and i would appreciate if you keep your mouth closed.

If Mancini Wants 2 Succed In City He Must Tell City Players 2 Try More Than Ever Before,If Mancini Wants 2 Succed He Must Have A Very Good Relasionship With The City Players 2.If Mancini Does Do That I Promise Mancini And Man City Will Succed.

for 2 years later he will be the special one

man city should get a better coach for there self.if not ,it will be too late for them.

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been of high charisma;i think he is the man of the moment.seeing the determining wins he has recorded this season.he takes points against former teams of the top four,which is very much important for any ambitous team in the league.