Santiago Street . said:
How many of these moaning kneejerk reaction types were only last week creaming over that picture showing the players' reaction to Vieira's goal and agreeing that it showed the critics how wonderful our team spirit was and how morale was better than ever.
So one week later after a defeat with several mitigating factors how is it that Mancini has suddenly lost the dressing room and the players don't wanna play for him ?
He's doing a good job you fools.
We're in the semi final of the cup and 4th in the league, 6 points off 2nd place with an easier run in than the Arsenal.
He's got things wrong - Kolarov, Boateng, Dzeko and Balotelli have been disappointments but many foreign signings take a season to bed in before showing their true form.
It's easy to be wise after the event but Dzeko was one of the most sought after strikers in Europe and Kolarov was wanted by Mourinho for Madrid so how can Mancini be criticized if these two don't make it. I bet every one of you miserablists was happy when we signed Dzeko.
We're a better team than this time last year and we're heading in the right direction. He made a good decision choosing Hart as number one and keeping him in even when he's dropped a clanger. He's improved the defence beyond recognition. He's brought the best out of Tevez.
If we beat the rags you people should hang your heads in shame and be prepared to swallow a large slice of humble pie before you blithely join in with all the celebratory banter next Sunday.
Santiago - a voice of reason and sanity - amongst a plethora of absolute drivel.
Rest assured most of the Mancini haters were the Hughes haters before that. As soon as night follows day these clowns will find a reason to replace a manager.
We all know that had our 'fans' been rag fans back in the day in the early years of the Fergie reign that he wouldn't have got past his third year ! F*ck me we don't even give a manager 12 months.
What's even more ironic is they're quite happy to replace our manager with a manager who has been deemed not good enough somewhere else. Oh so O'Neill wasn't good enough for Villa - we'll have him
Or worse still they would go for a manager like Boas that if the truth be told they know f*ck all about and has been in a managerial role for the equivalent of 5 minutes.
When will these numpties realise that you will have poor performances under ANY manager, whoever they might be, Look at the rags against West Ham and Crawley.
But what is beyond doubt is that the way you see the best from a team is if they are all given time to settle in, understand each others games, strengths and weaknesses to the point wherel playing together becomes subliminal and intuitive as you instinctively know the movements a particular player makes. THAT is what sets the rags aside from the rest - a team that has played together year on year and evolved.
Stability, not the manager is key, there is a cigarette paper between the top managers each with their own strengths and weaknesses. We have a good 'proven' manager and we need to give him time to let this team evolve. Unfortunately, I know I'm wasting my time with some people on here.
As you say, lets hope come Sunday we can ram the criticism back down their throats and make them look the fools they are. Not because Sat will prove or disprove anything (its another game to take us where we want to be) but will show that all their mischief making, innuendo and rumours are just that and they should be ashamed to be disrupting the squad at such a crucial time.