6. Manuel Pellegrini
Although Pellegrinis seat is barely warm, he knows he starts at risk of losing his job if all goes south at Eastlands. Such is the nature of the modern-day superclub, and make no mistake, City certainly occupy that bracket. The ace under Pellegrinis sleeve is that he isnt Roberto Mancini. Though beloved by the fans for ending the Sky Blues 44-year-wait for a Premier League title, the Italians disciplinarian approach alienated his players. Though a bad workman will always blame their tools, you cant have multi-millionaires underperforming in this business. The Chileans appointment is based on the belief he represents the polar opposite to his domineering predecessor. The former Malaga boss is a more trusting sort who gives his players space and freedom and its a philosophy which has worked well at all his previous clubs, even his desperately unlucky spell at Real Madrid. But strategy will only get you so far in football when you get on the pitch, skill can take a back seat to chaos theory and plain old luck. You can have the most expensive coin in the world, but it wont affect the unforeseeables in football, If it flips wrong for Pellegrini, boardroom pressure and his laissez-faire style might put paid to him.