Re: Dzeko
This will be a shorter point as it is well debated here. The CL game vs Bayern where Mancini was baffled by Dzeko's reaction after being insensitive or thoughtful of Dzeko's mindset to show Germany and his old enemy Bayern. Every coach would have used that energy, felt that willingness to prove, but not this "acting and making the sounds of the big coach" called Mancini. I remember an interview that totally didn't sit well with me months ago and still sticks wit me. City had won like 5-1 or so and Mancini wanted to really demonstrate how high he was setting the norm by tripping over this one goal they conceded. It jumped out to me. It came off unnatural. Not real. Play acting to communicate something that he is not ... a top coach. He was demonstrating himself there. A coach that is trying so desperately to tell everybody how much of a top coach he is and trying to prove something he not is, is insecure and dangerous for a player to cross. Dzeko did something that every top coach would have solved straight on the spot, but Mancini got exposed as not having the natural reaction that a top coach feels/as somebody who is a boss. Big lovely giant walked right there over him leaving Mancini baffled. He didn't react with power because he has to fake feeling it. We saw it, he knows we saw it and now he feels hate for himself being exposed for his weakness and by that hating Dzeko on that account for doing that to him and that leads us to the grudge Mancini holds towards him. This leads to unreasonable benching and fans mindlessly go with that and they start to read into it (as the problem between trainer and player was solved leaving Dzeko one time on the bench right? Nope) that it was apparently for being the reason for certain sub optimal team performances or even failure. Then they experience frustration in a certain game, it doesn't go as they want and just look to blame it on somebody (especially the spoiled instant gratification brats) who is in their mind already tagged by the coaches substitution policy for being a possible reason and just go with it, without looking at the damn game. Give them one reason (unlucky mishit or a wide ball over from Dzeko) and yes there it is. It's obvious, let's blame him. His contributions are filtered out to fit their believe inspired by frustration and the need for instant success. Let's not see that brilliant assist on Kun. That doesn't fit us. We have arrived at grudge/bias nr 2.
mannymanc said:statistic bore the fuck out of me!!! you see what you see when you're sat in the crowd watching... i see lack of effort and poor vision... stats don't tell me that?
This will be a shorter point as it is well debated here. The CL game vs Bayern where Mancini was baffled by Dzeko's reaction after being insensitive or thoughtful of Dzeko's mindset to show Germany and his old enemy Bayern. Every coach would have used that energy, felt that willingness to prove, but not this "acting and making the sounds of the big coach" called Mancini. I remember an interview that totally didn't sit well with me months ago and still sticks wit me. City had won like 5-1 or so and Mancini wanted to really demonstrate how high he was setting the norm by tripping over this one goal they conceded. It jumped out to me. It came off unnatural. Not real. Play acting to communicate something that he is not ... a top coach. He was demonstrating himself there. A coach that is trying so desperately to tell everybody how much of a top coach he is and trying to prove something he not is, is insecure and dangerous for a player to cross. Dzeko did something that every top coach would have solved straight on the spot, but Mancini got exposed as not having the natural reaction that a top coach feels/as somebody who is a boss. Big lovely giant walked right there over him leaving Mancini baffled. He didn't react with power because he has to fake feeling it. We saw it, he knows we saw it and now he feels hate for himself being exposed for his weakness and by that hating Dzeko on that account for doing that to him and that leads us to the grudge Mancini holds towards him. This leads to unreasonable benching and fans mindlessly go with that and they start to read into it (as the problem between trainer and player was solved leaving Dzeko one time on the bench right? Nope) that it was apparently for being the reason for certain sub optimal team performances or even failure. Then they experience frustration in a certain game, it doesn't go as they want and just look to blame it on somebody (especially the spoiled instant gratification brats) who is in their mind already tagged by the coaches substitution policy for being a possible reason and just go with it, without looking at the damn game. Give them one reason (unlucky mishit or a wide ball over from Dzeko) and yes there it is. It's obvious, let's blame him. His contributions are filtered out to fit their believe inspired by frustration and the need for instant success. Let's not see that brilliant assist on Kun. That doesn't fit us. We have arrived at grudge/bias nr 2.