What a week, 30 minutes of great football away from home in the champions leagure against a 'proper team' - then getting their arses handed to them in the next 30 mins, then a 3 day pantomime covered all our the footballing world. I'm a rangers man myself, but got to say it, only city!
Players in the squad will not want to break ranks just yet, but I'm sure some of them will feel as strongly as the fans but not willing to say it publicly. But if they side with Tevez they will be out, so come the day of reckoning they will know what side their bread is butterd on - no doubt at all. A few will have divided loyalties, a few won't care, a few will despise him, and ultimately, there will be guys in the starting 11 who think Tevez should be playing and not being pitched in as the 3rd\4th striker - thats just the way footballers who want to win today will think, it's the manager who thinks long term and has rightly demoted want-away-carlos for in-form dzeko, 35 million replacement kun. and favored son Balotelli of course - you can't build your season around a guy who probably leaves in the next (or next but one) window even before all this kicked off.
Mancini strikes me as a smart guy - he made the logical choice at the start of the season, and it was probably a hard one, given that a fit hussling busssling tevez is somebody you could always make room for. But in the summer, rather than Tevez making his transfer overtures privately, he did so through the media (again), moaned about the country (again, but not the wages funnily enough), spent 3 weeks appearing to eat pies (like he was from wigan), and then rocked up a few days before the season kicked off thinking oh well, another years then he will see, after all I'm the man ain't I. No wonder Mancini thought fuck that, your down the order pal. Alternate scenario, tell the club privately he wants to solicit a move but is commited if nothing happens, have his "advisor" speak to the 4 or 5 clubs who can afford a player of his stature. get back to the club straight after the south american comedy tourney, knuckle down and show that what a lot of fans thought was true (he might want away but he knows only one way to play, full on). THEN mancini has a choice to make about including somebody who might not have a long term future.
Instead the wee fat prick sulks about, barely warms up, looks disinterested when subbed on. That thing with the kids coming out, and the missus at the game - fucks sake fatty, do you think city fans are fucking stupid - ok carlos sure, your still the man....eh noooooo? I bet Mancini saw that and thought what a two faced wee fucker you are. For me Mancini not only did the right thing in demoting him, but he broke him mentally in doing so - all be it I don;t think that was the aim - he cracked after half a dozen games.
To all first teamers, don't cross the man with the scarf - ask the others who tried. To carlos tevez, you are the worst advised footballer in the history of football - give your head a fucking wobble fatman. When the club comes a calling and aks what happens, hang the wee fucker out to dry the way he did the team on Tuesday past. He is everything that is wrong with football.