The Barcelona team basically picks itself (when all fit).
Madrid the same.
I would say Liverpool, Chelsea, United, Spurs, Newcastle and most the other teams in the top half of the table (or even most the teams in the league full stop) have the same core team when all are fit. A little tinkering with a forward here, or a holding mid here, winger here yes sure. I understand our need for rotation, fighting on four fronts and all, but if I were (and I know I am not Mancini) the City boss I would want my strongest team possible for almost every match, especially Europe and the league.
I personally think Mancini has a harder job picking our team some weeks than an International coach/manager does picking from entire pools of footballers.
How much weight do Platt...Kid...Lombardi etc have, or is it all Mancini? I'd like to read other peoples input on team selection processes, as I simply don't know. I don't know how team selection works at professional level as I dont know any top managers, and have no personal experience. Ultimately Mancini picks the team but how much, if any arguing/debating takes place between the coaches and the manager?
Mancini's tactics and selections are always queried, and we do it at the pub everytime here. We keep winning so he surely must know what he's doing right? I personally love our squad and don't care what 11 he puts out, especially at full time when we win. But it's easy to say things one way when winning every week, as opposed to saying things another way when we lose. I remember after the Bayern loss, I for one and another Blue were questioning the use of Zaba and Kola, and some of the other selections that day.
Could you drop Barry...Milner...Yaya...Ndj...Balotelli...Micah...Clichy...Silva(no)...Aguero...Dzeko...Lescott..Kompany.....and others the way they have been playing so far this season?
Sorry Nasri, A.J, Savic, Kolarov you are the first four who I could see on the subs bench at the moment, and I don't think it would hurt to see Aguero watch for a spell as he's fallen off a little as of late. Not an attack on those four I just wouldn't have them in my starting 11 at the moment and turn around to the bench and look at the faces I have behind me. I personally would have a hard time doing that even if we were playing a Latvian 3rd division team on a Thursday night friendly.
There's been matches where Milner has been sub, Balotelli been sub (again today), Barry been sub a lot recently etc. etc. etc. I hate thinking of such amazing performances by some of our players are rewarded by a rotation time on the bench. Am I the only one he thinks this? I get it I get, rotation rotation rotation, but how do you drop (which is what you are doing by not picking someone in your starting 11, dropping them) players after the 1-6 smashing for example?
Mancini wakes up on a Saturday morning.............''Oh yes, who'za do I play today yes?''
Personally it's a headache and problem I wouldn't mind having and solving.
