Joe Mercer was great but he leaned a lot on Malcolm Allison...... Both together brought City from division two (now the championship) to a run of trophies never seen by we City fans before including our first European trophy..... That said I can't actually agree that Joe Mercer was a greater manager than Pep.. He was great but Pep is, in my eyes, the greatest manager in the world, he buys decent players and within a year turns them into world class players......both Mercer/Allison and Pep will always be legends for Manchester City!
LEGEND AND GENTLEMAN
Joe Mercer was great but he leaned a lot on Malcolm Allison...... Both together brought City from division two (now the championship) to a run of trophies never seen by we City fans before including our first European trophy..... That said I can't actually agree that Joe Mercer was a greater manager than Pep.. He was great but Pep is, in my eyes, the greatest manager in the world, he buys decent players and within a year turns them into world class players......both Mercer/Allison and Pep will always be legends for Manchester City!