Skashion said:
He got sent off on purpose so he could get a transfer. Next question.
Yet him and his agent have just declared he wants to be here for the next few years? Wheres the logic in that?
-- Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:30 pm --
Damocles said:
Because he was our only attacking threat and our most in form striker?
Only this and add it was a must win game.
-- Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:31 pm --
1.618034 said:
It was plainly Mancini giving him his last chance to either impress or implode.
A very risky tactic though, obviously.
But tbf to Mancini he didn't seem to know about his challenge on Song until after the game, so it can't be said that that was a factor... For everyone who did see it then it would've been far more obvious that he was near the edge.
Who knows whether the decision to persist with him has paid off or not? Time will tell. But for sure the problems at Arsenal and before that were down to more than just Mario. There was a wider malaise that seems to have passed. Again, we'll see...
Highly unlikely as Mancini declared his happiness at the shortness of the ban and went on to say he would use Mario in the derby.
-- Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:33 pm --
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Blessing in disguise. We have been much better since that.
Call me crazy but maybe we have been better because we have played weaker teams. Silva was rested. Clichy, Richards and Lescott are all back in the team?
I dont know just a crazy hunch I have.