Graham Potter's thoughts on how to succeed as a manager - and why some of City's recent managers may have failed.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

Threw money at promotion. Didn't invest in a decent premier league team. Got ****ed twice.

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The second time Warnock had Tan exactly where he wanted him. He stroked his ego, gained his confidence, and convinced him we could survive on a shoestring budget, which Tan eagerly accepted. We can see from where we've ended up how everything worked out and I bet Warnock hasn't lost any money out of all of this.

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Originally Posted by Don Corleone

And yet Malky and Neil Warnock got us promoted twice under the same board and owner

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The second promotion (under Warnock), was a house built on sand. It was despite the awful way the club was being run, not because of it.

We mortgaged our future away for a few days in the sun.

Partly true with Malky who was a kid in a sweet shop with no one reigning him in.

We have to be better. On and off the pitch.

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Originally Posted by Dorcus

The second time Warnock had Tan exactly where he wanted him. He stroked his ego, gained his confidence, and convinced him we could survive on a shoestring budget, which Tan eagerly accepted. We can see from where we've ended up how everything worked out and I bet Warnock hasn't lost any money out of all of this.

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The challenge is that we did invest in players... But either the manager wasn't capable of playing a style of football to keep us up and get the best out of the players... Or the players we brought in were wrong. We did spend money, maybe not enough, but to have 15 million pound players on the bench because the manager who brought them in 'didn't fancy them'... Was a luxury we would ill afford