Blue Mooner
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levets said:Blue Mooner said:I have it on good authrority that Mancini is not well liked by a number of playrs in the dressing room (and not just the one's not being picked) and its easy to understand why. I have also been told that some of the players will back up Tevez that he didn't refuse to play.
Even Adam Johnsons comment when asked whether the manager said congratulations after his goal against Blackburn spoke volumes about some of the feelings that exist in the dressing room.
There's one thing being tough with players and showing who is in charge and there is another thing humiliating them - take droppng Lescott for a big game after some of his best performances - and him being the only one. What sort of message does that send to lescott ?
You can't argue with the results and as long as that continues of course everyone will support Mancini so this is merely sharing information that I have been told and my own observations not a Mancini must go rant.
You can be tough and show whos in charge but the surely the skill of a good manager is recognising that different players need different things and some need an occasional arm round the shoulder and some positive encouragement. Of course you don't have to like your manager but you can respect him, I'm not sure how much the players respect him but just toe the line. This is just one aspect of his management that I personally don't warm to.
I think Mancini has made a rod for his own back on this one, such that if we do happen to be low in numbers in the striking department due to injuries or suspension or they show a drop in form and results dip I guarantee people will use this incident as a stick to beat him. Anyone who thinks we will be better off without a carlos tevez in our squad is delusional.
Its always the same old with City fans knee jerk impestuous reactions. A majority on this board would have had Balotelli seen off from the club if they'd had their way. After his last two games thank god that didn't happen. We need to stop acting like spoilt children and recognise that football has changed and that players don't love the club in the same way we do, its a job (a great one and no doubt one they enjoy) where players can pick and choose where they work and have disagreements with managers as happens in all walks of life, and these disputes have to be managed sympathetically and professionally in the same way as any workplace.
I still maintain that Mancini should have painted a different picture of the dispute and one which would have left the door open to a reconciliation.
I have it on good authrority that Mancini is not well liked by a number of playrs in the dressing room
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Go on then.....
Because I have it on good authority that he is...
just to help you out....
Do you mean as a person,
As a football manager,
Or as a boss?
I honestly don't know the answer to that question and I don't know how widespread that feeling is - but I think the answer would be as a person - which I would say doesn't necessarily mean that he can't be a good manager and succeed with his methods but in this case I think it has caused him a serious problem that needn't have arisen had he managed the situation better.
By the way I am not a Mancini out man, I want us to stick with him, its just this particular aspect of his personal managerial style I find doesn't appeal and in this situation its caused us a major problem - and a costly one.