Has Mancini lost the dressing room?

[Any1aBlue]

I had a talk late last night with my good friend, who happens to be a Liverpool fan. He has a good objective eye and asked me what was wrong with Man City.

He asked me what happened to Milner, who was a very good player for Villa; he asked me what happened to YaYa, who was immense for Barca; he asked me what happened to Dzeko who was one of the most feared attackers in Europe for Wolfsburg; or what was up with Balotelli, - supposedly the most talented striker in the world; he asked me why the players don't seem to give a shit about one another (when Carlos injury occurred, no one as much as gave him a pad on the back, when Balotelli went down no one bothered to check him up except for a few L'pool players). And he asked me why a team with such a huge quality squad could perform so utterly poorly from time to time.

I'm sorry to say I couldn't really come up with another answer than "blame the manager".
I have never been a "Mancini out'er", but something is wrong with the way he manages the team, and I fully understand and support Milner's reaction last night.
A manager should be bale to get the best out of the team, the best out of each individual player, to unify them and to motivate them and be able to change what is wrong with a game plan.

I don't know if Mancini has lost the dressing room or not, but hew has lost my support, not solely because of last nights performance I should add.

You can tell when a team isnt a 'team' from the style of play. When a City player had the ball - his 'team' mates ran away from him. When you watch the top sides, every player has options for a pass. The more options - the better the 'team'.
This 'team' doesnt want to play for this Manager.

 

[bluetoo]

Fuckin disgraceful performance from everyone in the team.

Yes no silva from the start, yes no dejong - both crucial in our first 11.

BUT - Have you noticed no one wants to make a tackle in case they get injured for Saturday!!

This game was our priority right now - not fucking saturday!!

I only hope its all worth it come 7.15pm on 16/4/11 ..................................

this^^
looked to me like noone wanted to put a foot wrong and it backfired. this game was more important than staurday imo and weve fucked it up big time

-- Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:13 pm --

anyone els think milner was just pissed off that we were losing and that he had played badly??? think too many ppl listen to sky commentary

Not yet thanks to Spuds difficult run in...looks like its going to be same as last season though
Yes x10, I can only imagine the ones who desperately want Mancini to fail love reading into incidents like this so the can say we told you so

 

[kippax boy]

I have said for a while I have concerns about us finishing 4 th, I dread he game against Spurs,one of the major problems I think we have with Mancini is that he doesnt know his best team.

 

[true blue rising]

Milner's reaction was a disgrace but this is reminding me of the later stages of Hughes' reign.

Kolarov and Boyata are utter gash tonight. Hoped I'd never see Boyata in a City shirt again after the Arsenal game.

he is young and made a mistake, fuking hell what a talent he is and what a joke you are, players do have bad games you no

 

[JBG]

This 'team' doesnt want to play for this Manager.

I.e. these players don't want to play for this "team"

 

[Mat01706]

One of the most damning things about last night was the beginning of the second half. We come out after an abject first 45 minutes, and what kind of reaction does Mancini get from our players? None, we spend the first 10 minutes camped in our own half, clinging on to our three goal deficit.
Contrast this with Blackpool on Sunday, for the first 15 minutes of the second they tore into Arsenal no doubt with Holloway’s half time talk ringing in their ears. Fair enough the still lost but at least they didn’t go down with a whimper like City.
Surely it’s obvious to the most ardent Mancini fan that, he isn’t getting the best out of this squad and hasn’t done all season.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

One of the most damning things about last night was the beginning of the second half. We come out after an abject first 45 minutes, and what kind of reaction does Mancini get from our players? None, we spend the first 10 minutes camped in our own half, clinging on to our three goal deficit.
Contrast this with Blackpool on Sunday, for the first 15 minutes of the second they tore into Arsenal no doubt with Holloway’s half time talk ringing in their ears. Fair enough the still lost but at least they didn’t go down with a whimper like City.
Surely it’s obvious to the most ardent Mancini fan that, he isn’t getting the best out of this squad and hasn’t done all season.

Correct. Have we come back to win a game from behind all season? I can't remember it if we have. That's damning.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Surely it’s obvious to the most ardent Mancini fan that, he isn’t getting the best out of this squad and hasn’t done all season.

As eggs are eggs - they just refuse to see it and keep finding excuses for his inabilities.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Surely it’s obvious to the most ardent Mancini fan that, he isn’t getting the best out of this squad and hasn’t done all season.

As eggs are eggs - they just refuse to see it and keep finding excuses for his inabilities.

Even his attck dogs seem to be turning after last night. I sense last night was the wake up call some needed, like the Spurs game for Hughes.

 

[Mike C]

I had a talk late last night with my good friend, who happens to be a Liverpool fan. He has a good objective eye and asked me what was wrong with Man City.

He asked me what happened to Milner, who was a very good player for Villa; he asked me what happened to YaYa, who was immense for Barca; he asked me what happened to Dzeko who was one of the most feared attackers in Europe for Wolfsburg; or what was up with Balotelli, - supposedly the most talented striker in the world; he asked me why the players don't seem to give a shit about one another (when Carlos injury occurred, no one as much as gave him a pad on the back, when Balotelli went down no one bothered to check him up except for a few L'pool players). And he asked me why a team with such a huge quality squad could perform so utterly poorly from time to time.

I'm sorry to say I couldn't really come up with another answer than "blame the manager".
I have never been a "Mancini out'er", but something is wrong with the way he manages the team, and I fully understand and support Milner's reaction last night.
A manager should be bale to get the best out of the team, the best out of each individual player, to unify them and to motivate them and be able to change what is wrong with a game plan.

I don't know if Mancini has lost the dressing room or not, but hew has lost my support, not solely because of last nights performance I should add.

Whilst trying to avoid a "knee-jerk" reaction, it's very hard to disagree with this post.

I think last night Mancini will have lost a lot of the fans who previously supported him, including myself.

I can just about put up with insipid, negative displays away at Chelsea or Arsenal, but that performance against a pretty average Liverpool was nothing short of shameful.

Still time to turn things around, but I'm starting to think that a change might be a good idea come season's end...