Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Just want him to make a five min sub at one more home match to a packed ground so we can make a thunderous gesture as to what we think of him.
Scooby Blue said:Dubai Blue said:"We are not going to lie. What happened happened," said the former England skipper.Scooby Blue said:In his post-match interview David Platt (who has a better command of English than Mancini and was presumably close to everything that happened) noticeably refused to be drawn on backing up Mancini's version of events.
This may have been just through a common sense desire to keep a lid on things, but it may reflect an acknowledgement that Roberto had slightly exaggerated / misstated the extent of Tevez's "refusal to play".
To me, that is Platt 100% backing Mancini's version of events.
I'm not good at the embedding video thing, but go to Sky sports website + check out the actual interview with Platt.
He refers EXPLICITLY to Tevez "refusing to warm up" not Tevez "refusing to play". In Mancini's eyes, and maybe to everyone on this forum, this amounts to the same thing...but it isn't.
I am NOT trying to let Tevez off the hook for his disrespectful conduct, but I do think the lynch mob need to be in full posession of the facts before we burn him at the stake.
As has already been pointed out, I was not on the bench but I think the timeline may have gone something like this:
1) RM to coaching staff: "Tell Tevez to warm up"
2) Tevez to coaching staff "No ..not going to...don't need to"
3) RM to Tevez : rant along the lines of "F***k do what i F****g say"
or maybe "F**k you , I'm the F****G manager...you will never F***g play for me ever again" (In Italian / English which Tevez gets the gist of)
4) Not clear if 2nd attempt made to get Tevez on pitch / or if Tevez responds along the lines of "no-one F***G talks to me like that ...so F***k you as well..I don't want to play anyway for your F****G team" (In Spanish which RM gets the gist of)
5) RM now so incensed that Tevez no longer an option to be brought on as sub.
There is enough in above version for
i) RM to claim that Tevez refused to play
ii) Tevez to point out that he refused to warm up (insubordinate)...but was prepared to play until RM "lost it" with him.
tolmie's hairdoo said:Tevez has already refused to warm-up, previously this season.
Can't recall the game but Mancini made a point of ordering him to put his bib on and get fucking running?
Dubai Blue said:Bizarrely, there'll never be a shortage of City fans willing to feast on Tevez's bullshit. Probably the same sort of people who'd repeatedly turn a blind eye to their missus cheating on them cos she always says sorry with a blowjob.alera said:I see some people are eager to believe his lies and bullshit.
He refused to play end of story.
Go ahead and believe kia spin.
Vassell said:I don't know who can afford to take him off our hands now though. Another loan deal? Or maybe that Russian team that signed Eto'o