Prestwich_Blue said:
SWP's back said:
The rest of football agree with Mancini 100%. As do virtually every City fan.
Everyone thought OJ Simpson was guilty of murdering his wife. Apart from the jury who actually had to make the decision. Funny that.
Anyone with a shred of intelligence who tries to make the point that it's not necessarily black and white gets shouted down by people who can't see beyond the ends of their noses. Funny that.
Everyone still thinks OJ murdered his wife
But no its not black and white nothing ever is. And all this is not just about Tuesday and whether it was about refusing to warm up or refusing to come on or both or first refusing then 'reluctantly' getting up and then sitting down.
This is about Tevez not being the man. Not being Captain and not being top dog. We all saw the half hearted warm ups prior to coming on already this season. The less than stellar performances when he did come on and we all know why because it happened at manu. Tevez as main man will do the business because it feeds his ego. Tevez relegated to squad player was not as effective at manu and was never going to be effective here. Tevez wants preferential treatment and doesn't want to be constrained by the norms that govern other players.
Instead of being eager to help the team in Munich or anywhere for that matter his first instinct is to feel sorry for himself. How the way he is being treated is unfair as he is the man and last seasons top scorer and no matter how unfit he is or out of form or how other players are playing he, Carlos Tevez, should be first choice no matter what.
And this is what this is all about. We either want players that will play for the team as much for themselves or we want players who think they are bigger than the team and will hand in transfer requests when we hit top spot and do interviews slagging off the club executives and claim they have a hotline to Sheikh Mansour and throw a moody strop when asked to come on the pitch and help the team in an important match.
Mancini when asked this morning about his authority replied that it was important that the club be strengthened by this and he is right. City has to grow as a club where this sort of player attitude is not tolerated. I believe City are getting there and Tevez is the last remaining player who has this attitude, an attitude that was tolerated and pandered to by City through short term necessity but which we no longer feel the need to do so.
Our mistake was not move Tevez on in the summer. Ideally we will now do so in January. In my opinion there will be no sackings or tearing up of contracts but rather a pragmatic resolution of the issue with a cut price sale in January and a degree of reconciliation in the interim but with Tevez playing little of no meaningful part in the squad.
I am not saying the details in Munich are unimportant they aren't but the crux of the matter is what does this club want to be long term and does having a senior player with an attitude that is notoriously toxic, unless coddled and pandered to, a template for long term sustainable success?
No it isn't.
And finally whilst everyone is jumping up and down claiming a 'misunderstanding' well that cuts both ways and instead of sitting there sulking like a spoilt brat how about clearing up that 'misunderstanding' there and then and getting on with the game or how about not creating any 'misunderstanding' in the first place and just doing as you are instructed rather than refusing to do so at a crucial time in the match?
