Just a thought ... but wasn't Joe lobbying to bring in Dave Watson as goalkeeping coach? Watson is credited with Joe's rapid improvement at Birmingham and is the England goalkeeping coach. Manuel evidently ruled that out and brought in his own guy from Malaga, Xabier Mancisidor. Could be one factor in Joe's wobbles? Before the start of last season, Mancini changed the defensive coach and brought in one of his mates from Italy, a guy called Gregucci who didn't speak a word of English and had been bombed out of 8 or 9 teams in 10 years. That was a disaster, the best defence in the country was completely screwed up with all that back three rubbish. Maybe Joe and Xabier aren't on the same page yet?