CTID101 said:They are the ones who influence the game,or are they all robots controlled by Mancini on the touchline? not capable of thinking for themselves? not capable of passing/jumping/shooting/defending?
Mancini isn't sat on the bench playing Fifa controlling each individual player.
Bones_92 said:Some people are fucking unbelievable! Sack Mancini? Then what? Back to square one!
OB1 said:Today demonstrated the case against Mancini in a nutshell.
He has never solved how to beat Everton, he has built a team that lacks pace, that has not got the confidence (or ability) to pass the ball when pressed and that does not have enough of the required mentatlity for games like this.
LoveCity said:Tactically limited, don't blame the players because Mancini has had a near bottomless wallet to build this squad. A squad that lacks variety and balance.
A top manager would not have allowed this hoodoo to go uncontested for so many years, Mancini sits on the second tier of managers and games like today (well, not today individually but the SAME mistakes in the SAME fixture EVERY year) show why.
cookster said:OB1 said:Today demonstrated the case against Mancini in a nutshell.
He has never solved how to beat Everton, he has built a team that lacks pace, that has not got the confidence (or ability) to pass the ball when pressed and that does not have enough of the required mentatlity for games like this.
Agree 100% mate. It's not like Everton have changed their style, Mancini just can't evolve his tactics - totally one dimensional.
LoveCity said:CTID101 said:They are the ones who influence the game,or are they all robots controlled by Mancini on the touchline? not capable of thinking for themselves? not capable of passing/jumping/shooting/defending?
Mancini isn't sat on the bench playing Fifa controlling each individual player.
His job is to coach, organise, and motivate a talented set of players - certainly a superior set of players to Everton's. Yet every year we play the exact same match against Everton and lose. How much blame can you put on the players when there is a year between every Everton away fixture and nothing changes out there? "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" certainly doesn't apply with City unlike Everton.
PS: 3 at the back. 3 at the back.