Pride_In_Battle
Well-Known Member
We put out a stronger team and win, Mancini should have saved the players for Chelsea and given the chance to some of the youngsters, and we're stifling the progression of some promising kids. As it is, he gave some of them a chance against a Premiership team and they didn't come up to scratch, so we now know what aspects of their development we have to work on.
The only thing I'm miffed about is playing Jo as a winger (already been tried, didn't work). He played better than RSC and scored as well, so all those calling for RSC over Jo have been proved wrong. Given has shown why he's not no 1 any more, so that argument can be laid to rest. Guidetti showed glimpses of how very, very good he is going to be, so that's another positive from an otherwise poor result.
But give Mancini a break, he's got massive injury concerns, and has to prioritise other competitions over this. On the up side, we now can redouble our efforts on the 3 competitions that we are still in, and make a realistic challenge to win the Europa and FA cups.
Chins up blues, we've been through worse, and the ret of this season and seasons for decades to come are looking very bright indeed!
The only thing I'm miffed about is playing Jo as a winger (already been tried, didn't work). He played better than RSC and scored as well, so all those calling for RSC over Jo have been proved wrong. Given has shown why he's not no 1 any more, so that argument can be laid to rest. Guidetti showed glimpses of how very, very good he is going to be, so that's another positive from an otherwise poor result.
But give Mancini a break, he's got massive injury concerns, and has to prioritise other competitions over this. On the up side, we now can redouble our efforts on the 3 competitions that we are still in, and make a realistic challenge to win the Europa and FA cups.
Chins up blues, we've been through worse, and the ret of this season and seasons for decades to come are looking very bright indeed!