re: Roberto Mancini officially out at City

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He offloaded what he could, got the most he could out of some middle of the road talent(zabaleta and barry), won an FA cup and a league cup, had the best defense in the league for two consecutive seasons, etc, but his tactics and crazy substitution patterns pretty much showed that he wasn't going to be the guy to take us to the next level. Will we perform better with someone else at the helm? I have no idea, but this ownership group doesn't tolerate mediocrity.

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Fair assessment. He wasn't a disaster but he wasn't great. It just wasn't really a good fit IMO. On the surface it can appear absurd they fired him but what would another year do? Piss off more players? More mind-numbing decisions during big matches?

He might not have done anything to get sacked, but he didn't really do anything to warrant another year either.