The worst thing about that is that you could have predicted exactly how it would pan out almost to the letter, before a ball had even been kicked. Chronic lack of pace in midfield, leaving the forwards isolated, and totally unable to cope with opponents pressing the ball. The most damning indictment of Mancini is that he repeats the same mistakes against the same opponents time after time after time. It's like me trying to play the kids at Call of Duty on the Xbox, stuck in a corner, walking into a wall again and again and again. Does not compute, does not compute. You cannot play Gareth Barry in games like this. His legs have gone.
Dortmund, Liverpool, Southampton, they've all played against us this way and they've all succeeded.
Sure it isn't Mancini that continually tries to take an extra touch in front of goal all the time, so that chances go begging, and there's no legislating for a referee that let's the crowd influence his decisions to such an extent, but it's his team and his tactics, and I guarantee you if he stays, we'll be here again this time next year lamenting the exact same performance, and ditto in the Chimps League.
Last word, Edin Dzeko, gone in the summer. I want players with the physical and mental appetite to front up to shithouses like Everton, not whine, dive, trap the ball further than I could throw it, and generally show no bottle whatsoever.