Mancini's biggest fault. (IMO)

[crystal_mais]

I've kept really quiet about things for a while and to be honest I have shut myself from anything football since Sunday. To say I was dissapointed is an understatement.

I have so wanted Mancini to come good and start bringing success. He seems like a decent fella and has a good view on football, but it just is not happening for him.

I personally feel his biggest faults are:-
- No grasp of the English game and how to win
- Total reliance on slow build up football
- does not command respect from his players


What pissed me off about Sunday was our total lack of ambition, we are meant to be a top 4 side.

We need a winner but more importantly somebody who can bring their team together and get them to buy into their methods.

I am well pissed off and still refuse to watch sky sports or anything football related still.

 

[xbow1315]

I'm not here to slag off the current manager, or any of the players. I'd just like to air something that's bugging me.

In my opinion Mancini's biggest fault is that he believes Yaya Toure is a premiership quality attacking midfielder. I don't doubt Yaya's qualities and one game out of maybe 6 or 7 he has an excellent game there (usually against poor opposition). But for me he's just not good enough in this roll.

Look at premiership teams who play with either an AM or a number 10 dropping off into midfield to link up play. Tottenham (Modric, Van Der Vaart) Chelsea (Lampard), Arsenal (Fabregas), Liverpool (Gerrard), Ushited (Rooney). I just don't think Yaya is as good as any of these players in this roll. For me our two more defense-minded Mids should be two from Barry, De Jong, Yaya, Vieira, Milner, Zab. Then the AM position should be given to either Silva or Tevez (The Rooney roll if playing alongside Balo or Dzeko) or at a pinch Milner.

Against Chelsea we had a big man up front so Silva would have been ideal as the AM (Or number 10) with Milner and AJ on the wings to play balls into the box. This just never happened. I can barely remember Dzeko having a chance (except the one he stuffed up when Yaya dummied a touch). It seemed that 50% of the breaks we got (and there weren't many) broke down due to a poor ball by Yaya or a lack of vision by him.

Like I said I don't want to slag the player off, I think he has many fine qualities, just not as the lynchpin of our midfield. For me the AM is the most important roll in a 4-3-3 or a 4-5-1.

Thoughts?

I agree yaya ndj and barry in the same team does not work for me. It means silva plays to wide, Yaya cant get up and down and leaves gaps between mid and attack. (would be ok if we were 3 nil up though).I think this is why we will not see best of Dzeko or mario and tevez looks pissed off.

 

[2sheikhs]

To those who think Yaya is suited to this role.Why does he look so knackered as the game goes on?

 

[Dax777]

To those who think Yaya is suited to this role.Why does he look so knackered as the game goes on?

I don't get the connection. Can you explain?

 

[King Geedorah]

To those who think Yaya is suited to this role.Why does he look so knackered as the game goes on?

To those who think Yaya isn't suited to the role. Why does have 2 Ys in his first name?

 

[EalingBlue2]

This show just why Mancini is a great manager and we are posters on the net. Had yaya been pulled back then probably no FA cup or champs league