Italian style: Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini

Manchester City fans will remember the club being a swashbuckling, care-free team.

I don't think that is the case nowadays and City aren't everyone's second-favourite team as they were. I don't think there is any institutional bias against Italian managers.

Ancelotti was a hero last season. but if Chelsea end up empty-handed this season, he will be seen as a failure. That goes for managers of any nationality.

The problems facing Capello, Mancini and Ancelotti are all very different but what unites them is that they are being made to make decisions in an environment that is very different to what they have been used to.

And the harder they try, the deeper that can of worms becomes.

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