I can't remember who it was or where I read it... but one of Mancini's ex-players was quoted in the press this week. He said that Mancini had no problems handling big players, they either fitted in and worked for the team, or they didn't play.
Mancini is a typical Italian manager....The team is everything to him. He will never single out players for criticism in his interviews, and very very rarely singles them out for praise. He tries to create a family in the dressing room... you don't have favourite children and you don't have favourite players, the family sticks together, works together, wins or loses together. Anyone who has been close to an Italian family knows that they are extremely close, the argue a lot, but are an unbreakable unit.
So what we have, in Robinho, is a member of our family who has lost his way a little. Maybe he has made some bad decisions, said the wrong thing, not pulled his weight. But he is also a member of our family who is desperately short of confidence. Mancini will make it very clear to him what he must do, and won't tolerate any bad behaviour or disrespect to himself or the other players, but he is also offering him the support you would offer a member of your own family.
Maybe we can all learn something from that.