Bobby's problem

Re: How Will Mancini Solve His 'Problem'?

What he needs to do, (and do it fast), is look at the goals conceded tally when he had Lescott and Kompany at the back. Nastasic looks comfy and a real prospect, but Lescott and Kompany together are pretty much the best pairing in the league. If things carry on like this we can kiss bye bye to retaining the league and we will go out of the CL with less points than last season. Having already gone out of the league cup that isn't the kind of progression the owners will want, meaning a phonecall to Mourinho may be on the cards.
 
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He will solve it partly by using this - but the real problem is that he wants to move the team on more quickly than they can cope with. He needs to remember he didn't manage to sign Thiago Silva, De Rossi, Martinez, Bale, Cavani or Van Persie but instead got Nastasic, Garcia, Rodwell and Sinclair. It's back to basics Bob.
 
Pigeonho said:
What he needs to do, (and do it fast), is look at the goals conceded tally when he had Lescott and Kompany at the back. Nastasic looks comfy and a real prospect, but Lescott and Kompany together are pretty much the best pairing in the league. If things carry on like this we can kiss bye bye to retaining the league and we will go out of the CL with less points than last season. Having already gone out of the league cup that isn't the kind of progression the owners will want, meaning a phonecall to Mourinho may be on the cards.
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I don't think it's our defence that's the problem it's the midfield and teams playing high up and pressing us quickly last season most teams sat deep and had 1 up front
 
He did a lot of tinkering last season in the CL and it cost us and it is the same this season.The pre season and league cup[it changes it's name so often i am sticking with the original] is the time to experiment.He keeps on saying,''We can't have everyone attacking and no one defending'' yet it keeps on happening every game!

In Europe the trick is to remain solid and hard to beat and hope your quality players can win the game,ie Silva,Ageuro,Tevez and Ya Ya.At this level if you go toe to toe and pick a lot of attacking players as we have/are we will get picked off as the opposition is top quality.

We need to get back to what we were doing in the last 12 games of last season in our league and in the champions league keep it tight!Oh and a one way ticket for our so called new defensive coach back to where he came from!
 
collected insights from the gentlemen of the press
Man City 1 – Dortmund 1

Manchester City have to step up or the Champions League dream is over (Martin Samuel, Mail) Even as it is – and bookmakers still have them odds-on to qualify, inexplicably – they face a tough task. City must play Ajax home and away next but even if they were to win both matches, which is far from guaranteed, it does not make a whole lot of difference. Dortmund have already beaten Ajax at home, Real Madrid pulverised them away, so qualification in this group is likely to come down to the results of matches between the big beasts: the title winners from England, Spain and Germany. A real Champions League. And City look the weakest of the three.

Hart heroics save the day after Rodwell error (Matt Lawton, Mail) Inside the mind of Jack Rodwell it was still acceptable to deliver a blind pass across the City defence in the vain hope that nobody representing the Germans would be quick enough to exploit his stupidity.

Roberto Mancini hails ‘incredible’ Joe Hart after stunning display (Mark Odgen, Telegraph) Two weeks after urging Joe Hart to “stay in goal and make some saves” following Manchester City’s dramatic loss against Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini was left thanking the goalkeeper for saving his team from an “incredible defeat” at home to Borussia Dortmund.

Manchester City 1 Borussia Dortmund 1: match report (Henry Winter, Telegraph) City’s manager, Roberto Mancini, was furious with his players after this painfully laboured performance; he hinted darkly at an unspecified deep-seated problem which he would deal with. Barring the particular lethargy seizing Samir Nasri, and a lack of concentration from Jack Rodwell, City’s main malaise appears defensively where they have yet to manage a clean sheet this term. Yet it is Mancini who has broken up the Vincent Kompany-Joleon Lescott axis that was so successful last season. It was Mancini who experimented with three at the back in pre-season, using up valuable preparation time.

Composed Balotelli keeps City’s European dream alive (Ian Herbert, Independent) Jack Rodwell has only played 311 minutes since his £15m transfer from Everton but has already been directly responsible for City conceding three goals. On his City debut, on 19 August, the 21-year-old gave the ball away allowing Southampton to counter attack sharply and for Steven Davis to score. A week later, Rodwell handled the ball to concede a free-kick which Liverpool’s Luis Suarez put in. And last night Rodwell passed the ball straight to Marco Reus to give Borussia Dortmund the lead.

Joe Hart’s brilliance saves Manchester City from embarrassment (Paul Wilson, Guardian) If City barely merited a draw, their outstanding goalkeeper most certainly did. A point is better than nothing, and given their outrageous luck in this game it is still possible City might salvage something from the group, but to do that they must learn to live up to their promises. Not to mention pacify Balotelli and keep an eye on an unused and mutinous-looking Carlos Tevez.
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johnny crossan said:
collected insights from the gentlemen of the press
Man City 1 – Dortmund 1

Manchester City have to step up or the Champions League dream is over (Martin Samuel, Mail) Even as it is – and bookmakers still have them odds-on to qualify, inexplicably – they face a tough task. City must play Ajax home and away next but even if they were to win both matches, which is far from guaranteed, it does not make a whole lot of difference. Dortmund have already beaten Ajax at home, Real Madrid pulverised them away, so qualification in this group is likely to come down to the results of matches between the big beasts: the title winners from England, Spain and Germany. A real Champions League. And City look the weakest of the three.

Hart heroics save the day after Rodwell error (Matt Lawton, Mail) Inside the mind of Jack Rodwell it was still acceptable to deliver a blind pass across the City defence in the vain hope that nobody representing the Germans would be quick enough to exploit his stupidity.

Roberto Mancini hails ‘incredible’ Joe Hart after stunning display (Mark Odgen, Telegraph) Two weeks after urging Joe Hart to “stay in goal and make some saves” following Manchester City’s dramatic loss against Real Madrid, Roberto Mancini was left thanking the goalkeeper for saving his team from an “incredible defeat” at home to Borussia Dortmund.

Manchester City 1 Borussia Dortmund 1: match report (Henry Winter, Telegraph) City’s manager, Roberto Mancini, was furious with his players after this painfully laboured performance; he hinted darkly at an unspecified deep-seated problem which he would deal with. Barring the particular lethargy seizing Samir Nasri, and a lack of concentration from Jack Rodwell, City’s main malaise appears defensively where they have yet to manage a clean sheet this term. Yet it is Mancini who has broken up the Vincent Kompany-Joleon Lescott axis that was so successful last season. It was Mancini who experimented with three at the back in pre-season, using up valuable preparation time.

Composed Balotelli keeps City’s European dream alive (Ian Herbert, Independent) Jack Rodwell has only played 311 minutes since his £15m transfer from Everton but has already been directly responsible for City conceding three goals. On his City debut, on 19 August, the 21-year-old gave the ball away allowing Southampton to counter attack sharply and for Steven Davis to score. A week later, Rodwell handled the ball to concede a free-kick which Liverpool’s Luis Suarez put in. And last night Rodwell passed the ball straight to Marco Reus to give Borussia Dortmund the lead.

Joe Hart’s brilliance saves Manchester City from embarrassment (Paul Wilson, Guardian) If City barely merited a draw, their outstanding goalkeeper most certainly did. A point is better than nothing, and given their outrageous luck in this game it is still possible City might salvage something from the group, but to do that they must learn to live up to their promises. Not to mention pacify Balotelli and keep an eye on an unused and mutinous-looking Carlos Tevez.
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All spot on.
 
His problem is who he bought in the summer,Nastasic looks quality, Varane aside I don't think theirs a better teenage central defender in the world(Phil Edwards don't count as he's so good.) why buy Maicon when Richards and Zabaleta are both 2 of the better right backs in the league? if Yaya is out for a period of time we will struggle, Barry, Garcia and Rodwell lack creativity, Sinclair looks bang average.It looks like we have bought quanity not quality.We had a real chance to dominate for the next 5 years but now I expect Chelsea and the rags to finish above us.
 
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