Manchester City’s new manager Roberto Mancini has wasted no time in setting some pretty high targets for his new club. City’s former boss Mark Hughes said after his dismissal that a top-six finish was his target for the season, he claimed the club’s owners agreed with him. The Italian new-boy has other ideas, he wants a top four finish this season – followed by the league title next time.

“At this moment my target is the top four,” explained the former Inter Milan. “Next season we want to win the Premier League.”

So now we must ask the following questions, 1) Can City finish in the top four this season? And 2) can they take the title next season?
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If anyone wanted to, they couldn’t have picked the worst rivals for the Italian clubs. The way things are now, Serie A teams, like last season, probably won’t last long in the Champions League in spring.

Inter are in the worst situation. Mourinho will be back to Stamford Bridge, but the performance of his team against the strongest teams tells us that the spring will be only a formality.
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Why is Mourinho acting like a child ?

The way he turned whole Italy against him is not only the fear that he will end the oddyssey in Inter (Inter odds) without leaving a trace. That has been obvious for quite some time : the team hasn’t got the quality for Europe and the no one cares for the titles in Italy anymore.
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As the midterm in Championship is coming closer, the clubs that failed to live up to the expectations can see their owners and presidents swarming in their chairs. Some sacks occurred unexpectedly early (Darren Ferguson in Peterborough and Gareth Southgate in Middlesbrough) and these days some other managers had to pack their bags too…

Brian Laws is no longer the boss of Sheffield Wednesday, after the humiliating 0:3 defeat in Leicester. Popular Owls have gone since October 17th without winning – nine straight matches and thanks to the latest defeat and Ipswich’s triumph they slipped down to the relegation zone. The respectable midtable team that were predicted to attack the play-off zone, turned into sitting ducks in the last two months. Ambitious club president Lee Stafford (who assumed the post in January this year when the ownership structure somewhat changed) lost his patience. Brian Laws, the idol of the fans and the players at Hillsborough stadium will have to look for a new job…
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Juventus’ crash in the Champions League, that is to say the biggest failure in history of their playing in Europe is the result of many things; the club lost its identity in the last few years and the thing that best depicts the big fall are the Brazilians in the team.

It was no coincidence that the players from Brazil avoid coming to one of the biggest clubs in the world.
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1. Sir Alex Ferguson would probably lead even a chosen group of salesmen from Manchester to the knockout stages.

2. German persistence and believing that nothing is lost are often ridiculed but Bayern still have winning mentality in spite of their misfortunate boss.
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