Didsbury Dave
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I'm not stating this as gospel, but as i've had the same conversation with a couple of blues, I thought it worthy of debate on here.
I don't believe anyone can credibly argue that the ommision of Silva and De Jong from the Liverpool game was for footballing reasons. They had to be being protected for the semi final game this weekend. But it has been stated on numerous occasions that City's first priority is the league, and a place in the top 4. Again, I don't think it can be argued that that is the case either.
So did Mancini leave them out because to him personally the cup is more important because he is leaving in the summer? An FA Cup victory is surely a badge on his CV which would stand up more than a 4th place finish in years to come.
Did he take a risk which backfired for his own selfish reasons?
Again, just to make absolutely clear, I'm not saying he did, I'm just asking a question....
I don't believe anyone can credibly argue that the ommision of Silva and De Jong from the Liverpool game was for footballing reasons. They had to be being protected for the semi final game this weekend. But it has been stated on numerous occasions that City's first priority is the league, and a place in the top 4. Again, I don't think it can be argued that that is the case either.
So did Mancini leave them out because to him personally the cup is more important because he is leaving in the summer? An FA Cup victory is surely a badge on his CV which would stand up more than a 4th place finish in years to come.
Did he take a risk which backfired for his own selfish reasons?
Again, just to make absolutely clear, I'm not saying he did, I'm just asking a question....