How much did Mancini get wrong?

Kolo instead of Lescott.

both are as bad as each other, why Boateng never got a chance in the middle, i'll never know. Get Savic in there asap and take the armband of Kompany, its affecting his play.

Any other first team choices.

Johnson on the left of the front 3. Adding width and dimension and a player that doesnt come inside to use his good foot.

Stop using the fullbacks as wingbacks, suicidal against good teams playing wingbacks with just 2 centrebacks.


Dzeko off for Nige.

Needed, the midfield was all over the place and playing shite. De Jong secures it up more cos he stays where he needs to, Barry and Yaya just wander all over the place. Aguero was booked, so debateable if Dezko was the right choice to be subbed, maybe we need more pace to get back in the game.

Barry off for Kolarov.

From what i saw, Barry was Barry = Crap. Would have swapped him for Milner now that De Jong was on the field.

Nasri off for Milner.

Johnson should have been there to come on instead, but keep him on the left so we have oner player that goes down the wing, cant cut inside with his weaker foot and tell Clichy he's a left-BACK.

Saying Tevez won't play again ever.

Shouldn't play football again ever. A disgrace to the game, all fans and the shirt of City.

Saying Dzeko is dropped for the next game.

Will be for squad rotation, not because he was unhappy coming off, to keep him fresh for the game next week. I'd be more concerned is a playing was happy being subbed.

For me, without the Tevez fiasco I think Mancini would've got a right bollocking on here tonight, but for me, he only got a couple of things wrong.

Still got the tactics wrong, you dont essentially use the fullbacks as wingbacks to give width when attacking. Makes the centerbacks far too exposed especially when Yaya and Barry wander everywhere.

Saw today how crucial De Jong is, we need a central holding player than covers the back and goes no further than the half-way line. At several points in the last 4 games, we've had 8 attackers and 2 centerbacks and a keeper.

Want to see a winger in the front 3. De Jong holding the midfield with Yaya and Silva in there as the attacking midfielders, Johnson on the left, Aguero on the right and Dzeko in the forward middle.


We need a period of a balanced team, not all attack that only attacks through the middle and exposes a defensive line that is faulty in places.
 
He did make some bizarre decisions but the buck stops with the players really. They didn't perform. Players like Dzeko, Aguero and Nasri should have been relishing a game like tonight, it's what they were bought for, but they didn't perform.

These footballers go on and on about how they wanna play in the champions league and then they go and play like that, or in Tevez's case, spit their dummy out and don't even bother coming on. Why do we even bother.
 
i think some of you forget we were playing away at one of the strongest clubs in Europe who may win it
 
He should have started with lescott and played silva behind kun with milner in for dzeko from the start. We would have had more ball in midfield and would not have let those goals in IMO.

That said I thought tevez was made for that game before tonight's events.

Really it was a huge risk playing k toure. Very unlike him to make such a left field panic change.
 
I like Bobby Manc and will continue to support him to my fullest. My only real gripe is that he does make some rather peculiar substitutions and selection decisions. I thought dropping Lescott for Toure was real stinker of a decision, even worse than taking off Silva for Zabba against Fulham the other week. It wasn’t only grossly unfair on Lescott who has performed brilliantly during Kolo’s absence, it was also unfair on Kolo himself. That was not the game to pick a player to make his return in (withstanding his start against Birmingham in the League Cup the other week). Kolo will get some bad headlines this week.

I didn’t mind the Dzeko substitution tonight after Bobby explained that he was looking to bring Tevez on shortly after. We were getting mullered in midfield (no pun intended) tonight and we needed a bit more fire and brimstone in there, which is what our Nige adds. When Tevez refused to come on he effectively ruined any remaining chances we had of salvaging a result tonight.

At the broader tactical level, we MUST learn to be better when not in possession of the ball, this is not a Champion's League issue, I've noticed hints of this in the Premier League games too. We're good at bullying teams, not so good when they throw a few punches back.
 
Leaving Yaya on was a big mistake for me. Complete waste of a shirt tonight.

Even when we were on it in the first half hour, it was in spite of him, not because of him and his closing down of the man who pays money for sex with juveniles leading to their first goal was embarassing!

Apart from that, we got schooled by one of Europe's top, in form, sides and Bobby Manc got a bad hand dealt to him by some rich idiots.

We'll hopefuly emerge from this a little bit older and wiser
(and an argentinian egotist lighter)
 
alera said:
He should have started with lescott and played silva behind kun with milner in for dzeko from the start. We would have had more ball in midfield and would not have let those goals in IMO.

That said I thought tevez was made for that game before tonight's events.

Really it was a huge risk playing k toure. Very unlike him to make such a left field panic change.
Toure was the only fault for me,we have looked the part with the 2 upfront so far so I can understand the reason for that.Seems Mancini cannot win,if he used the 5 in midfield he would have been slated for returning to last seasons negative tactics.The 5 in midfield would have suited Tevez more than anyone else but his form has not been good enough recently for him to start.Marios suspension and the game coming too quickly for NDJ made the 2 upfront the correct decision.
 
OB1 said:
Bobby should have started with just Aguero upfront and an extra man in midfield.


suuure...since Aguero played lights fucking out today, right?
 

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