mancity1 said:Funny how fickle football is and how Super Mario will lead the lines against Blackburn.
I have always said if you are to have success in the Chumps League and the Premiership you need four quality strikers and I still stick by that.
You do need to manage them well and if they have some big egos to boot you have to know how to keep them in check and gain maximum advantage in your use of all four.
Now it appears we are down to three with Dzeko on notice.
I am not a big fan of a manager stating in public his anger at players in such a fashion and I have no doubt Mancini could have handled that much better and hopefully will learn from it.
I don't pay much attention to players spitting the dummy when they come off , it happens every weekend and to many a player and if it needs to be dealt with at all it should be dealt with after the match in the confines of the dressing room etc away from the prying media etc.
Football is an emotional game and its natural that players and managers alike will vent their frustration throughout the 90 minutes.
As for Tevez only he knows why he decided not to take to the pitch.
I have heard it has been reported he was not mentally and physically ready to play any part so if that was the case he should not have been picked for the bench in the first place and should have conveyed that to RM before the side was picked.
As for the game we were outplayed for the majority of it , rarely created any threatening going forward and defended like schoolboys on a few occasions in the first half.
In the second half we lost all interest in doing the team and club proud both on and off the pitch.
Put it down to a bad day at the office and move on.
Its a pity the Tevez situation has not been able to have been handled better for all concerned.
Its a lose , lose situation no matter which side you take.
Lets hope the players we are left with realise what is required to be part of a successful club.
We have the talent , but talent doesn't give you team spirit , team cohesion , a will to win and a never say die approach to want to help your teammate get the job done.
mancity1 said:Funny how fickle football is and how Super Mario will lead the lines against Blackburn.
I have always said if you are to have success in the Chumps League and the Premiership you need four quality strikers and I still stick by that.
You do need to manage them well and if they have some big egos to boot you have to know how to keep them in check and gain maximum advantage in your use of all four.
Now it appears we are down to three with Dzeko on notice.
I am not a big fan of a manager stating in public his anger at players in such a fashion and I have no doubt Mancini could have handled that much better and hopefully will learn from it.
I don't pay much attention to players spitting the dummy when they come off , it happens every weekend and to many a player and if it needs to be dealt with at all it should be dealt with after the match in the confines of the dressing room etc away from the prying media etc.
Football is an emotional game and its natural that players and managers alike will vent their frustration throughout the 90 minutes.
As for Tevez only he knows why he decided not to take to the pitch.
I have heard it has been reported he was not mentally and physically ready to play any part so if that was the case he should not have been picked for the bench in the first place and should have conveyed that to RM before the side was picked.
As for the game we were outplayed for the majority of it , rarely created any threatening going forward and defended like schoolboys on a few occasions in the first half.
In the second half we lost all interest in doing the team and club proud both on and off the pitch.
Put it down to a bad day at the office and move on.
Its a pity the Tevez situation has not been able to have been handled better for all concerned.
Its a lose , lose situation no matter which side you take.
Lets hope the players we are left with realise what is required to be part of a successful club.
We have the talent , but talent doesn't give you team spirit , team cohesion , a will to win and a never say die approach to want to help your teammate get the job done.
Mancini - ohhh said:I believe he learnt a grave lesson..