Jim Tolmie's Underpants said:
Bigga said:
Didn't I say not to guess??
All you've given me is speculation about the team and not what Mancini is thinking, because he's offered no evidence on what's he's thinking about the matter. So, all that typed above is just a waste of time because nothing as solid proof has been forthcoming.
Unbelievable - you criticise blueinsa's post because "it is speculation" - yet one of your major, ridiculously stupid claims in this thread is this:
Bigga said:
Maybe you cannot piece events together, but the personnel he put out was in response to the negative tag he quite wrongly receives!!
Well perhaps you'd kindly present your evidence for this, then - since you seem to be so keen to avoid "speculation".
Or is it one rule for you and one for everyone else?
Put up or shut up.
Where is your evidence?
Read "attacking intent" for the umpteenth time...
In fact, I'm going to clarify what I mean, because some of you cannot think for yourselves about that team.
Only one player, from the midfield upwards, was a player designed to hold the play in that formation. That was supposed to be Barry. Yaya's mission was to help out, but drive on when he could. He never really got that chance, bar once or twice.
The REST of the team, outside of the obvious defence were FORWARD THINKING and too much so.
Usually, adding de Jong seeks balance to ball retention and Silva is a mix of attacking intent with ball retention.
When you add Barry into the normal mix, it becomes 'negative'.
I fail to see how you cannot think on this level. It's frankly embarrassing to attempt conversation with you lot not to understand why he tried something different. It's clear he wanted the pressure going forward on the Dippers team, thinking the personnel could pull it off.
You don't see it like I do and that's fine. I can see why he put out that team and they should have been good enough to get a result. All you want to do is criticise it with analysing the actual team and moan about who was left on the bench!
Just remember those on the bench haven't given us an away win since Dec, so you have no proof that they would have done, being in the team.