Source: Team_Talk
Mancini laughs off City sack talk
Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has brushed off claims he is favourite to win the sack race by declaring: "I'm here for the long haul."[LNB] The Italian is under pressure to deliver silverware this term after spending more than £100million in the summer transfer market.[LNB]His predecessor Mark Hughes received the sack six days before Christmas last term but Mancini is not thinking of a similar fate.[LNB]He told the Daily Mirror: "I don't want six months.[LNB]"I want time so I can get the players to play well. We can improve every day if we work. If we don't work, it's difficult.[LNB]"It is important that we finish not in the top four but higher. We have four competitions and we want to win something. We must play always to win."[LNB]The City boss insists he is not frightened about the future as his side have the manpower to cope with the demands ahead.[LNB]He added: "I am excited, yes. Frightened? No. I am not afraid because we have a good team.[LNB]"The Premier League finishes in May, it does not finish at Christmas."
