Roberto Mancini has replaced Mark Hughes as the manager of Manchester City, and will attempt to do what 13 previous City bosses haven't been able to accomplish - outlast Sir Alex Ferguson.
The average reign of Man City manager during this period has been 18 months, and as Neil Custis of the Sun reports, Ferguson is proof that sticking with a manager is the way to build a culture at a club.
Fergie, still seething over the treatment of his former Manchester United player Hughes, reckons City could have another six managers before he has even left Old Trafford.
When it was pointed out to the United boss of 23 years that Mancini was now the 14th manager at City in that time he replied: "14th? Is that all? I can't wait for the 20th! "
"Changing a manager doesn't necessarily mean you are going to be successful. Sometimes you get an early spurt but there's no long-term certainty that it is beneficial. I have said it time and time again, there is good evidence that staying with a manager is beneficial. I think everyone was shocked. I spoke to Mark the next day and I could tell he was suffering. It's so obvious that that kind of behaviour is unacceptable. It doesn't matter if you've lost 20 games or two games, as was the case with Mark. There's a way to treat people, surely?"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2784536/Its-the-Mancini-of-the-Lamp.html
The average reign of Man City manager during this period has been 18 months, and as Neil Custis of the Sun reports, Ferguson is proof that sticking with a manager is the way to build a culture at a club.
Fergie, still seething over the treatment of his former Manchester United player Hughes, reckons City could have another six managers before he has even left Old Trafford.
When it was pointed out to the United boss of 23 years that Mancini was now the 14th manager at City in that time he replied: "14th? Is that all? I can't wait for the 20th! "
"Changing a manager doesn't necessarily mean you are going to be successful. Sometimes you get an early spurt but there's no long-term certainty that it is beneficial. I have said it time and time again, there is good evidence that staying with a manager is beneficial. I think everyone was shocked. I spoke to Mark the next day and I could tell he was suffering. It's so obvious that that kind of behaviour is unacceptable. It doesn't matter if you've lost 20 games or two games, as was the case with Mark. There's a way to treat people, surely?"
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/2784536/Its-the-Mancini-of-the-Lamp.html
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