Is Mancini Going Crazy?

[Didsbury Dave]

So in a nutshell we've both got experience of the game, share some opinions and some differ. So why the personal attacks?

Im on my iPhone so would have athritis if I responded point by point.

Well delay the great battle for the soul of bluemoon until the summer. Who knows what will happen between now and then but something tells me it might go nuclear......;-)

 

[johnny crossan]

So in a nutshell we've both got experience of the game, share some opinions and some differ.
Im on my iPhone so would have athritis if I responded point by point.
So how's about you lay off the attacks

Game Set & Match to Damo!!!! Back to squealing like a stuck pig!!!

 

[tonea2003]

can you 4 create your own tit for tat thread so you can sling your mud
without destroying each thread.
not having a go at anyone individual, most threads start out really good but soon desend into mud slinging.
c'mon lads we are all city fans here.

 

[Cully]

He definitely said that Dzeko needs to improve.

Well he does.

I just wish we played like Chelsea and we bought Torres, then we'd really show em, oh wait.......... ;-)

 

[Damocles]

So in a nutshell we've both got experience of the game, share some opinions and some differ.

Im on my iPhone so would have athritis if I responded point by point.

So how's about you lay off the attacks

As I said originally, my problem with you comes from the righteousness of opinion and the way in which you put it across. Hell, I'm not exactly innocent of this either and it probably doesn't help when we ramp up the sarcasm, but the idea that this is a one sided attack battle is incorrect and dishonest. I also disagree with you on an awful lot of causality but that's less of an annoyance and more of one of those points that are enjoyable to debate with you.

Opinions should be formed on reflection of evidence and you had Mancini down as a bad choice from the word go. Maybe it's my inner scientist, but I find this discouraging and thus any point that you make subsequent to this to be agenda driven, whether it is or isn't.

I do not understand how anybody can look at Mancini's record pre-City, Mancini's evolution of the team and Mancini's current standings and believe that he has done badly or presented any evidence of long term problems, after only 14 months (and in reality, there was a pre-season/World Cup between that, so it wasn't like he spent every day with the players). I know this sounds a bit daft, but you try too hard to be right and often pick out innocuous threads in the cotton and try to draw a greater meaning out of them. If you take a step back and not just focus on the past three games, I think we can both agree that we have kicked on well; tactically, as a club, on the pitch, in our methods, in our 'beatability', in numerous places. I don't think we have really gone backwards in any place really.

Due to this, the only real feeling that people could have against Mancini, is that he isn't progressing QUICK enough, and after 14 months in charge, I'm not sure what progress was expected. This is the same confusing feeling that I had about the league title; I just can't see how people expect us to improve our consistency that quickly.

 

[Boots_]

Some cringeworthy stuff here, chaps.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

can you 4 create your own tit for tat thread so you can sling your mud
without destroying each thread.
not having a go at anyone individual, most threads start out really good but soon desend into mud slinging.
c'mon lads we are all city fans here.

Only one of us slung mud in this thread mate but I agree it's not what the forums for. Anyway , the troops like a bit of jousting. It's good for morale, eh johnny?

I tell you what. Truce, dammers? I won't even call you madocles any more. I know you hate that ;-)

War is over ......if you want it

 

[pauldominic]

Seems we've moved onto mancini as the target now. Sure in my opinion i would have prefered a 1-1 but as mancini has said he wants the team to start keeping clean sheets and this i think is the reason behind our early season success and the key to us progressing. I dont think its a huge coincidence that since the defence got a bit leaky our results have dipped or are we going back to the hughes era of we'll outscore you

Clean sheets are highly valued - its the italian way.

Wasn't it the Keegan Philosophy rather than Sparky's?

Mighty Glad we got shut of sparky.

 

[johnny crossan]

Anyway , the troops like a bit of jousting. It's good for morale, eh johnny? I tell you what. Truce, dammers? I won't even call you madocles any more. I know you hate that ;-)
War is over ......if you want it

if so ...not another syllable from me on the subject

 

[Didsbury Dave]

So in a nutshell we've both got experience of the game, share some opinions and some differ.

Im on my iPhone so would have athritis if I responded point by point.

So how's about you lay off the attacks

As I said originally, my problem with you comes from the righteousness of opinion and the way in which you put it across. Hell, I'm not exactly innocent of this either and it probably doesn't help when we ramp up the sarcasm, but the idea that this is a one sided attack battle is incorrect and dishonest. I also disagree with you on an awful lot of causality but that's less of an annoyance and more of one of those points that are enjoyable to debate with you.

Opinions should be formed on reflection of evidence and you had Mancini down as a bad choice from the word go. Maybe it's my inner scientist, but I find this discouraging and thus any point that you make subsequent to this to be agenda driven, whether it is or isn't.

I do not understand how anybody can look at Mancini's record pre-City, Mancini's evolution of the team and Mancini's current standings and believe that he has done badly or presented any evidence of long term problems, after only 14 months (and in reality, there was a pre-season/World Cup between that, so it wasn't like he spent every day with the players). I know this sounds a bit daft, but you try too hard to be right and often pick out innocuous threads in the cotton and try to draw a greater meaning out of them. If you take a step back and not just focus on the past three games, I think we can both agree that we have kicked on well; tactically, as a club, on the pitch, in our methods, in our 'beatability', in numerous places. I don't think we have really gone backwards in any place really.

Due to this, the only real feeling that people could have against Mancini, is that he isn't progressing QUICK enough, and after 14 months in charge, I'm not sure what progress was expected. This is the same confusing feeling that I had about the league title; I just can't see how people expect us to improve our consistency that quickly.

I'm not going to change my style just like you aren't.

Once again I hold out the olive branch of peace on behalf of my cabal brothers. I feel like Gerry Adams in all honesty, but I'm doing it with a smile ;-)

Well work on the small print later.....