Mancini

[Rammy Blue]

Titanic pics on their way, but fucked if I'm trawling back a hundred pages...

Anybody buying this 'four years behind the rags' and 'need to spend big' lark? I always have the blue tinteds on to a degree, but I think we have every inch the squad them ***** have got.

First team,i'd agree,the overall squad balance is weaker though.

Bacon tends to purchase players that 'fit' better

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

 

[Balti]

Titanic pics on their way, but fucked if I'm trawling back a hundred pages...

Anybody buying this 'four years behind the rags' and 'need to spend big' lark? I always have the blue tinteds on to a degree, but I think we have every inch the squad them ***** have got.

First team,i'd agree,the overall squad balance is weaker though.

Bacon tends to purchase players that 'fit' better

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

 

[Rammy Blue]

First team,i'd agree,the overall squad balance is weaker though.

Bacon tends to purchase players that 'fit' better

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

I didn't realise all his squad had been there 25 years. Fuck me, they must all be getting on a bit.

 

[bobmcfc]

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

I didn't realise all his squad had been there 25 years. Fuck me, they must all be getting on a bit.

Aren't you forgetting something lol

 

[chesterbells]

First team,i'd agree,the overall squad balance is weaker though.

Bacon tends to purchase players that 'fit' better

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

Yep, spot on.
That's why it dismays me to see the posts trying to compare Mancinis position with fergusons - 'you wouldn't expect fergusons job to be questioned after not winning the title for 1 year' etc - it's not comparing like with like

 

[Balti]

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

I didn't realise all his squad had been there 25 years. Fuck me, they must all be getting on a bit.

yes its amazing that they've won the league every year playing exactly the same way for all those years

he's such a genius that bacon faced one

 

[Rammy Blue]

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

I didn't realise all his squad had been there 25 years. Fuck me, they must all be getting on a bit.

yes its amazing that they've won the league every year playing exactly the same way for all those years

he's such a genius that bacon faced one

I'm not having a pop fella, just saying that bacon has a tried and tested formula and he purchases players that in the main all seem to fit the system.

 

[FantasyIreland]

Agreed. I'd say that bacon is years ahead of us in buying players that suit a particular system. He can literally change the entire side and still they play exactly the same way.

and he's only had a quarter of a century to work at it too

Yep, spot on.
That's why it dismays me to see the posts trying to compare Mancinis position with fergusons - 'you wouldn't expect fergusons job to be questioned after not winning the title for 1 year' etc - it's not comparing like with like

You mean like when the 'inners' compare Mancini,like for like,with other mangers who haven't had his resources or backing?

And its normally the same bunch who bring the Rags into every argument.

 

[OB1]

I'm not having a pop fella, just saying that bacon has a tried and tested formula and he purchases players that in the main all seem to fit the system.

That's surely why the idea of Txiki imposing the approach from Barca of a 4-3-3 formation and tiki-taka football is not far fetched. The club needs a well defined way of playing and needs to recruit at all levels to that template.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I didn't realise all his squad had been there 25 years. Fuck me, they must all be getting on a bit.

yes its amazing that they've won the league every year playing exactly the same way for all those years

he's such a genius that bacon faced one

I'm not having a pop fella, just saying that bacon has a tried and tested formula and he purchases players that in the main all seem to fit the system.

Exactly this, and particularly quick wide men with a proven ability at whipping the ball in. He favours height and athleticism too for the united speciality of hoof and chase against better opponents. Smalling, Evans, Vidic, Valencia, Camelgob, Carrick, Fletcher, Wellshit, Van Persie, all 6ft 2' or bigger. They're a huge team physically, with their set piece prowess acting as a constant get out of jail free card for them, and ensuring also that they seldom struggle against the 'parked bus' tactic the way we do.
By contrast, for example, Dzeko, Nasri, Milner (and Balotelli) all seem to have been bought as individual talents, without too much thought as to how they might be effectively deployed. Just an opinion, before anyone gets their tighty whiteys in a bunch........!