Sky Blue said:
Fuck me, have you been asleep these last few weeks. Chelsea, Red Shite at OT, The first goal at home to West Ham. We've played some really good stuff at times. To say "in a long time" is absolute bollocks.
That;s the thing with the way Mancini has got us playing, we are capable, at any given time, of playing some truly exceptional, attractive, football and putting any side to the sword. However, when it doesn't work, it looks slow, deliberate and toothless. Mancini's got his strengths and his faults, the fualts would seem to fall into a couple of areas, Man Management and stubbornness. He doesn't build natural relationships with his players, he's all stick and no carrot. Plus he thinks his way is the only way, and won't be aswayed by the evidence. We don't have a plan B as such, if the slow, methodical passing, and attaching centrally doesn't work then we don't really deviate too much from that. And he still insists on trying the 3-5-2 formation when each and every time we've gone to it we've looked unsettled and far from dangerous.
Personally I'm on the fence as to whether I want Mancini to go. I think if he stays I'll be happy, but I also wouldn't be crying if he left.
