mancityscot said:
I just feel he has fucked up with a lot of our players. Bellamy, onuoha etc.
?? Bellamy has played just the 6 games for Cardiff, and not been over impressive, the common consensus in Football is you can't have Bellamy around if he's not playing. 8 clubs & more managers in 10 years would suggest this. Onouha, are you kidding he's dross, one good game doesn't change that. He was absolutly awful against the mighty Newcastle oh and he's older than Boateng to boot!! Who's the etc? Ireland? Garrido? Weiss? LOL!
Mancini is truly a class act. Yes his tactics are taking a while to get used to. But having listened to the man speak and looking at the signings he's made I'm convinced he will not deploy defensive tactics for long.
Yes his substitution of Tevez Saturday left us all perplexed but just for one second put yourself in his shoes, nothing was working, and he saw an angle that many didn't, he is the first manager we have had who does what he thinks is best for team without thinking of the consequences for himself, it would have been easy to leave Tevez on, and just leave it, but Mancini had the balls to try something different with out considering the backlash he must have known he would get if it didn't work. I think every great manager needs balls. It didn't work, but Tevez wasn't playing well, and was trying to 'Gerrard' it, and I though he was hindering the team on this occasion. I remember Benitez taking Gerrard off in a derby at 0-0 and Liverpool won, was it a master stroke? Not according to pundits, and all people said "what would have happened if you didn't win?"
Any old fool can pick the team that everyone wants but that is not always the best for the team.Lest we forget that just 12 months ago we were in 8th and were drawing with the likes of Burnley 3-3 at home, that is no recipe for success. Mancini has without doubt imporved us, and most of this is with the dross that Hughes signed, SWP, JO, Lescott, Bridge and RSC, no wonder he makes weird subs, look what was on the bench against Birmingham, a load of Hughes' raggy dolls!
I totally agree that the Football needs to be better, and I'm sure Mancini will agree, but he needs time, he has only really signed 7 players, 3 of which are yet to really take part, Silva is pure class, Johnson looks sharp and bright on occasion but needs to improve, I'm sure training with players he does he will learn a lot, if he can't learn from Silva then God help him. Ya Ya looks exceptional in parts, awful in others, but against WBA he was outstanding as a out and out central midfielder, Milner needs to get used to playing in a team that dictates play and regain his confidence.
Mancini's regime has infinitely improved De Jong, Kompany and Tevez. He has also made ballsy decisions to replace Given with Hart, the safe option would have been to stick with Given, He removed Bellamy which to many his most controversial, but Bellamy is a bad egg, and has not exactly ripped up trees at Cardiff. When Bellamy's good, he very good, but when he's bad....... Wow
I think most rational City fans know that we have a great platform to build on, and that's thanks to Mancini now we need to step to the next level, and I'm sure Mancini is the man for this.
I am looking forward to this.
..........................Hart................
Boateng..Kompany..Toure..Kolarov
....................De Jong..................
..............Ya Ya..........Barry..........
........................Silva....................
..................Tevez...Balotelli...........
Now that is a great side, and is most certainly not boring, negative or defensive.
