Craig Bellamy & Roberto Mancini – It was never going to last
Posted by Cathal Breathnach on February 19, 2010 | 12 Comments
It was a bit of a shock to me to wake up and see this morning’s headlines regarding the alleged bust-up between Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini and striker Craig Bellamy, however I must admit, I wasn’t at all surprised.
Even the dogs on the street know what Bellamy is like. The Welshman is someone who simply won’t take no for an answer, always wanting things his way but unfortunately for him and indeed City, this fiery temper may just have cost him his job at Eastlands.
It is claimed that Mancini and Bellamy fell out yesterday during one of the club’s last training session’s before Sunday’s crunch encounter with Liverpool. Bellamy apparently refused to train one-on-one with one of Mancini’s Italian coaches and then it all kicked off. Below, is a City insider’s view of the whole situation.
“The manager was yelling ‘Why are you always questioning me? Why won’t you do as you are told? Why are you always questioning everything at training and in games?’.
“Bellamy argued back that he only wanted what was best for the club.
“But Mancini snapped ‘I want you to leave now. And do not come back for three months’.”
I have grown to love Bellamy over the past number of years. The majority of football fans in England and indeed all over the world will admit he is a player who always gives 110%, regardless of who they support. I personally think he has been one of the player’s of this Premier League season so far, however as was the case at Liverpool, Newcastle and I’m sure several other clubs Bellamy has played for, he just can’t keep his mouth shut.
If, what the papers are reporting is true, there is no doubt that the club may be forced to sell Bellamy when the transfer window opens in the summer which I think would be a disaster. He is one of the only players at City who really gives a shit about the club and I feel if it is between letting Bellamy go or getting rid of Mancini, I honestly believe Mancini is the man to go.
What do you think? Comments below please.
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February 19th, 2010 @ 11:58 AM
Now don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story. You’ve been reading the Sun again today to maintain your high level of football knowledge.
Now please write another story quoting Mancini’s complete denial of this shite.
February 19th, 2010 @ 11:59 AM
Don’t read The Sun mate!
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:00 PM
i think mancini has showed he dosent have what it takes to be our manager in the prem as for bellamy regardles who the manager is respect is first so i agree mancini should go noy bells
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:03 PM
We have all at some time in our working life come up against a boss with whome you don’t see ‘eye to eye’ with.n In Bellers case this seems to be frequent. In his defence I believe this was about Bellers own body and how he feels about keeping fit. As we all see he is not short of fitness but he is short on good health. I think Mancini should recognise this and compromise a little.
This is one of the problems of changing a boss when his team is hand picked by another boss.
Therefore those that got rid of MH should look at there own stupidity in changeing the Boss.
For those out their who will say Mancini is better for ‘Gods only team’ than his predecessor then only time will tell, but so far the jury is still out, and this is another example NOT to change the boss on a wimm.
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:12 PM
Cathal,
Sometimes you are breathtakingly crass. By your own admission Bedlamy is a loose cannon who has disrupted every football club he has been at (and that’s many)! He has assaulted colleagues with all manner of weapons including his fat mouth and a golf club, he just doesn’t get it and neither do you.
It is no defence to say “I want what’s best for the Club”, his position is to earn his hefty wedge by being a team member and doing what the management tell him to do.
You suggest that if there is a choice between keeping a player or keeping the manager he has fallen out with you would keep the player. Roberto Mancini is a winning manager of the highest quality and as manager he has the right to expect a highly paid professional player in his squad to train when and how he wishes.
Your solution is the road to complete anarchy. Bedlamy is a terrific footballer but a deeply flawed humnan being. If he can be the sort of idiot that he has been over the years when he’s being kept in check, just imagine what a disaster he’d be if he got away with fatally undermining the manager.
City is bigger than that Cathal, especially now. If Bedlamy wants to play out the rest of his career at the top then he must learn to clamp his gob shut. An apology to Mancini would be a good start but it takes a big man to apologise for being a twat and I’m not at all certain that Craig is that.
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:21 PM
damn right alfie!
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:25 PM
Bellamy needs to go, he has a problem, ask the previous 10 managers who have got rid. No player is bigger than the club
February 19th, 2010 @ 12:26 PM
sorry Alphie!
February 19th, 2010 @ 1:03 PM
Some of you need to wake up and decide what you want to believe about Man City. Is it what is spoken by a know nowt Sun reporter or is it that by Mancini? What happened to the 3 month ban? An inside “source” has told me that Jo will captain Brazil in the World Cup. Mind you I could have made that up too!
February 19th, 2010 @ 1:29 PM
bellamy and mancini should both just sort it out because fact is it would be a blow if either one left
when is tevez back
up the bluesssssssss
February 19th, 2010 @ 4:48 PM
good man alphie
February 19th, 2010 @ 8:05 PM
“It was a bit of a shock to me to wake up and see this morning’s headlines regarding the alleged bust-up between Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini and striker Craig Bellamy, however I must admit, I wasn’t at all surprised.”
Make up your mind mate, was it a shock or were you not surprised? little bit STUPID.