Di Matteo bemoans short-term culture

West Brom boss Roberto Di Matteo says the heat on Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is a symptom of football's "short-term" culture. The Baggies play City at The Hawthorns on Sunday knowing that a win would take them above their wealthy visitors, as well as heap more pressure on Mancini.Di Matteo believes the concept of giving a manager space to settle in has vanished in recent times."There doesn't seem to be a lot of patience in the last couple of years," he said."It makes it difficult. You lose a couple of games and you're under enormous pressure."Once upon a time you got a bit more time to work with players and build a team, so I guess it's just the way things are going at the moment."It's about short-term results rather than long-term targets."Di Matteo admits the pressure on Mancini is not unique, as all bosses are expected to get results.He said: "I think it's part of our job. If you lose a couple of games you're going to be put under pressure. That happens to everyone."It's not something that happens at just one club. It's the nature of our profession."Every club has its level of expectation. They are expecting as much from him as any other chairman expects from his manager."If I was bottom of the table you can imagine what kind of pressure I would be under. It just comes with the size of the club and the budget they have."It's normal that there's pressure on big clubs because they invest and they expect, but my chairman expects results from me."Di Matteo believes his club's position at the upper end of the Premier League table shows that money is not the only factor which contributes to success.He added: "That's the beauty of the game, isn't it? That's why so many people love football. It's unpredictable."It would be boring if you looked at teams' budgets and said 'Okay, that club will be first, that one will be second'."But despite Mancini being under pressure following a run of three straight defeats in all competitions, Di Matteo does not think it is necessarily a good time to face City."I think that when you have a team filled with so many quality players that can individually win the game, I don't think you can say that it's a good time to play them," he said."For me they are going to be firing on all cylinders, that's what I'm expecting."I just hope my players are going to compete against one of the best teams in the country."Di Matteo also added his support for Mancini, saying: "You look at his CV and he's one of the best managers around. That's what I think."

Source: Team_Talk