Is Mancini a likeable fool, but nothing more?

Bombo

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Is Mancini a likeable fool and nothing more? We all love the way he wears his city scarf and his stylish Italian threads, but I'm beginning to wonder if he is all show and no substance.
He signs vieria an injured player who has up to now been of no use whatsoever and let's robinho go out on loan. Fair play robinho hasn't done much more than vieria but were people on here not criticising Hughes for not being able to get the best out of him. Well Mancini couldn't either.
People called Hughes for saying obviously too many times in interviews and playing too many defensive midfielders. Well Mancini always says 'it is important' whatever question he is asked and against the rags played zabaletta, de Jong and Barry in midfield, one more DM than Hughes used to pick.
Hughes at least signed some players in January such as bellamy, de Jong and given and all had an impact. Mancini has signed a injured has been, and is trying to loan a right back that can't get in roma's team who are not exactly setting the world on fire at the moment.
It is fair to say he has failed in his only two severe tests up to now against the rags and everton, and we were a bit fortunate at home against the rags though the team showed great commitment.
What I'm saying is I'm not sure about the guy especially as a couple of signings could have made a big difference in the semi final and as such wonder if our owners aren't too sure either hence the lack of transfer activity. Do they not trust him to spend the cash or is he merely a baby sitter for someone else until the summer.
 
How on earth do you think you and/or anyone could know after such a short time?

GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE FFS.

And your post title is also crap imho.
 
7 wins in 9 games is it? Only one major blemish, the loss to Everton but they played far better than anyone could have dreamed. We lost to the scum but also beat them, they just happened to score one more. Okay, we haven't taken any big scalps under Mancini yet but we have dispatched of the sort of teams Hughes couldn't, pushing us back into proper top four contention.
 
1961_vintage said:
How on earth do you think you and/or anyone could know after such a short time?

GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE FFS.

And your post title is also crap imho.

just an opinion, I'm not calling for his head I'm simply posing some questions that perhaps some people don't want asked
 
zzzzz

nah.

he's got brains, his tactics are clever, flexible, tailored to each match, each situation within the match. and he's got us playing like a team in no time.

as for vieira, he is a true leader and a serial winner......

Arsenal

Winner

* Premier League (3): 1997-98, 2001-02, 2003-04
* FA Cup (4): 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005
* FA Community Shield (4): 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004

Runner-up

* Premier League (5): 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2004-05
* FA Cup: 2001
* FA Community Shield: 2003
* UEFA Cup Final: 2000

Juventus

* Serie A: 2005-06 (Trophy revoked due to Calciopoli scandal)

Internazionale

Winner

* Serie A (3): 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09
* Italian Super Cup (2): 2006, 2008

International

Winner

* FIFA World Cup: 1998
* UEFA European Championship: 2000
* FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001

Runner-up

* FIFA World Cup: 2006

Individual

* UEFA Football Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000
* 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup: Top Scorer
* FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2006
* PFA Team of the Year: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04
* UEFA Team of the Year: 2000-01
* French Player of the Year: 2001
* Overall Team of the Decade - Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992/3 - 2001/2)
* FIFA 100

Orders and special awards

* Légion d'honneur: 1998


the rest of our squad barely have a 5 trophies of any sort between them. we have no real leader. vieira is there for his experience, for what he can say to people in the dressing room, as much as anything he can do on the pitch (and don't rule anything out there)
 
Sometimes I really do wonder about some City fans.

The blokes has won 7 pots in 4 seasons and I don't give a monkeys if a couple were in strange circumstances.

He is astute, has a good tactical brain and broadly uses his subs better than any City manager I have seen. If he says 'important' alot in his interviews go and try Italian and see how you do being interviewed constantly within weeks of needing to regularly use the language.
 

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