September 1st 2008 and Manchester City were under new control. Sheikh Roger Maris Jersey Mansour was the new owner, which he comes from a family worth over 555bn. To put it lightly they had money to spare. His main target was to pull Manchester City out of theirneighboursshadow and make them the best team in the world. Sound familiar? Roman Abramovich rings a bell. The difference, the Ru sian oligarch succeeded.Succe sful times to come?Following todays defeat to Everton, City are now 15 points behind leaders and now-fierce neighbours United. Mancini proclaimed only several weeks ago that I am the bestmanagerin England; 15 points behind in the league, I beg to differ. What the Sheikh, along with Roberto Mancini, have managed to do is to only make City a feared contender in the Premier League title, not the dominating force they so ambitiously craved.Roll back to when the Sheikh bought the club, making a deadline day transfer deal for Real Madrids Robinho. He splashed 32.5 million on the Brazilian, breaking the British transfer fee record, previously held by Abramovich for 30m man Shevchenko. What followed from the Brazilian were lacklustre and disinterested performances only for Mark Hughes, then-City manager, to back him. City finished 10th in the 2008-09 season with their neighbours, United, claiming their 18th title. Hughes was eventually sacked and replaced by Roberto Mancini after a series of poor performances from their 100 million summer transfer spend in December 2009. City finished 5th in the 2009-10 season narrowly mi sing out on a Champions League spot. Some progre s from the Sheikhs investment. Not good enough for many outsiders looking in.Compare that to Abramovichs first two season as owner of Chelsea: semi-final appearance in the Champions League in 2003-04 season. The following season being crowned as English Champions as well as Carling Cup champions all with a 60 million summer spend by The Special One along with the 153 million spend from Claudio Ranieri the previous season. Roman Abramovich has spent approximately 841 million on Chelsea in 10 years and with it has seen succe s come his way. 3 Premier League titles, 4 FA Cups (becoming the most succe sful team in the FA in the past decade), 2 League Cups and that Holy Grail of his, 1 prestigious Champions League.With City spending big in just 5 seasons and seeing little progre s, it comes down to one thing: the manager. Ever since Mancini failed to qualify for the knockout stages in the Champions League, I have said that he isnt the man to make them into the world super-power they soprofuselydesire. On the European stage the team of lions turn into cubs. 1 Premier League and 1 FA Cup is something that doesnt quite cut it for a team that have spent so big in little time. Chelseas first 5 seasons under Abramovich saw 2 Premier League titles, 2 League Cups and 1 FA Cup. In Abramovichs 5th season they reached the final of the Champions League, final of the League Cup and were runners-up to Manchester United in the Premier League.Roman Empire conquering all.Once again, compare this to Citys first 5 seasons under the Sheikh, they have only won 2 major competitions- 1 Premier League crown and 1 FA Cup. For the solution is easy, sack Mancini and bring in somebody that knows what theyre doing. Mourinho? Unlikely, considering he is expected to be back at Chelsea at the end of this season.Sheikh Monsour has the world at his feet and the pick of the very best. Its time for him to choose the best, for their hundreds of millions spent, will be rather wasted. Abramovichs managerial merry-go-round is often criticised but it churns out succe s- why change something that works? Monsour needs to take a leaf out of Romans book if he is to see out his mi sion. Lou Brock Jersey