Mancini says 'Tactics' will change.

[CITY FOR LIFE]

Roberto Mancini has vowed to revert back to a more attacking style once he has a fully-fit squad.

The Manchester City boss has often deployed club captain Carlos Tevez as a lone frontman this season, preferring instead to pack the midfield.

Argentine strike ace Tevez has not taken too kindly to being asked to plug away on his own, with the fiery South American becoming embroiled in a dressing room bust-up with his manager during Sunday's meeting with Newcastle.

Mancini, though, is standing by his selection policy, insisting he is doing the best he can with those available to him.

With a number of key men sidelined, or working their way back to full fitness, he has called on his players to be patient as he pieces together his strongest starting XI.

Necessity
The Italian has hinted that he will adopt a more direct approach once the Eastlands treatment room has emptied, reassuring Tevez that he will soon have a partner to help carry the goalscoring burden.

"It's out of necessity," said Mancini on his current tactics.

"Emmanuel Adebayor has just recovered from injury, but Mario Balotelli hasn't.

"And without flying full-backs like Jerome Boateng and Aleksandar Kolarov, who can push forward, I've had to adjust the team to get results. But only until everyone is back and fit."

 

[Didsbury Dave]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

 

[CITY FOR LIFE]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

How true, there again I think we could have got on the park and made a difference on Sunday.

 

[waspish]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

You could be right! But I just feel at the moment he is far better as an impact player

 

[flb]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

The amount of times we got behind there high line in the first half should have seen us go in with a 4-1 lead,the point is we have plenty in the squad to beat teams without having to play Johnson every game.

And wasnt Mancini sending him a message to Johnson that hes not quite made it yet as an automatic starter and needs to concetrate only on his game instead of crappy auctions to date a slapper with false massive tits?

 

[Clubber]

I don't think he has to change them against the old big 4, as he has shown that he can get points off them, and his tactics work well.

I do think however that he should be more attacking against the lower placed clubs, as we have enough to beat them player for player. I think Mancini is the man for the job and will get the balance right.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

The amount of times we got behind there high line in the first half should have seen us go in with a 4-1 lead,the point is we have plenty in the squad to beat teams without having to play Johnson every game.

And wasnt Mancini sending him a message to Johnson that hes not quite made it yet as an automatic starter and needs to concetrate only on his game instead of crappy auctions to date a slapper with false massive tits?

The reason we didn't go in with a 4-1 lead is that we didn't have enough pace or penetration in a midfield full of slow tacklers. Johnson, or SWP, would have solved that problem.

I don't care about messages, I care about wins.

We got one to be fair, although we were hugely lucky.

 

[ST Coleridge]

His comments don't account for the fact that Adam Johnson was left on the bench for 70 minutes when it was obvious to anyone in the stadium he could make the difference.

I have to agree that Johnson should've started, especially since Milner had been poorly. Perhaps Milner was started on the left to help with the threat of Ben Arfa?

That said, it's not a 'crazy' tactical decision -
a) Johnson played in midweek, and might've been expected to be rotated
b) it might have had something to do with this fondness for inside-outedness - AJ (clearly better on the right, in this lone Carlos formation) would mean that Silva would have had to play mostly on the left, making it trickier to come inside.

The most I would say is that Johnson might have been brought on ten minutes earlier. That said, the end result is the same.

 

[flb]

The amount of times we got behind there high line in the first half should have seen us go in with a 4-1 lead,the point is we have plenty in the squad to beat teams without having to play Johnson every game.

And wasnt Mancini sending him a message to Johnson that hes not quite made it yet as an automatic starter and needs to concetrate only on his game instead of crappy auctions to date a slapper with false massive tits?

The reason we didn't go in with a 4-1 lead is that we didn't have enough pace or penetration in a midfield full of slow tacklers. Johnson, or SWP, would have solved that problem.

I don't care about messages, I care about wins.

We got one to be fair, although we were hugely lucky.

Milner twice broke into the box only to play shit passes to Tevez,nobody would have give a shit then if Johnson hadnt have come on.I think Dave when we see a fit Balotelli we will really see then what City are all about.

 

[ST Coleridge]

The reason we didn't go in with a 4-1 lead is that we didn't have enough pace or penetration in a midfield full of slow tacklers. Johnson, or SWP, would have solved that problem.

I don't care about messages, I care about wins.

We got one to be fair, although we were hugely lucky.

Was Sweep fully fit? If so, I would have started him ahead of Milner on the left.

What would you like to see against the lowlier sides, Dave?

I reckon we could afford to do something like -

......NJD....GB
..AJ.....DS.....JM
..........CT.........

But then you're kind of putting Silva, De Jong & Barry up against Nolan, Barton & Tiote. And Silva's a bit of a fancy dan. Still, the above would be my choice for these sorts of home games.