Miss you Sven you're gone.

Thaksin Shinawatra has no shame. Sacking Sven. He didn't exactly get them into a relegation dogfight did he? He's achieved more in one season than many others had in five. He commands his players' respect, the fans' adulation and yet Thaksin seems to think that Manchester City is Thailand and he's still Prime Minister. He even had the nerve to ask Eriksson to accompany City on their tour to Thailand. Being the gentlemen that he is, he obliged but you can't help but wonder what compelled him to do so.

City played some brilliant football this season (acknowledgement from a Man Utd fan) and even managed to do the double over their derby rivals. They've had their shaky moments and embarrassing moments but ask any Man City supporter if they support Thaksin's decision. The answer is very likely to be a resounding no.

Apparently all billionaire football owners don't seem to understand that a winning team can't be built in a day. If Chelsea can't build a winning team in a season, what makes Thaksin think he can take City to that level in that period of time. He appeared to have a reasonable plan in shape when he first took over, giving Eriksson the goal of establishing City in the top half of the table. He did just that and managed to sneak them into Europe via the Fair Play League. And got sacked for it. It's baffling. Nonsensical. Brash. Idiotic. Almost any negative term can be applied to these rich owners who think they're playing Football Manager. Only it costs several hundred million pounds to play and in this world there are no saves and retries.

Unless City replace Eriksson with a manager of similar stature and bring in a few decent players, you can't see them progressing much further. Their current struggle to hold on to their best players may yet come back to haunt them. If the players have no motivation and desire to take the club to the next level, no amount of money Thaksin puts in can drag them there.

Moral of the story - patience is a virtue. Brashness only brings on the wrath of the fans and the ridicule of others. Thaksin got kicked out of Thailand. A few more brash decisions and he may get himself kicked out of Manchester as well.