No Training Today?

[Blue Hefner]

I find this bizarre that a team in the top 2 with 7 games to play lets it players and management swan off to Europe on a alarming regular basis. After Saturday's disaster, which has been coming, all leave should have been cancelled and they should have been in. Firstly for a right bollocking, second to iron out some differences and thirdly to discuss the game and how we plan to turn it around.

 

[DannyBoy2890]

Come on Billy is there really any need for another Mancini bashing thread.

It's really not that difficult to criticise him for giving the players time off when last week's time off was followed by Saturday's inept performance. We were tactically all over the shop on Saturday. As I say, I'd expect more training not less with Arsenal coming up at the weekend. I'd expect a fucking siege mentality with Mancini calling the players in and having a post mortem on why things are going to badly wrong at the minute. I'd expect extra work on midfield and forward movement. Extra work on team shape.

We lose to Arsenal and what was a blip will have turned into an unmitigated disaster, and I get the impression that no one is really that arsed because .... well, we're second. Fair enough. I'm going to hold the manager/players to higher standards than that, as I suspect will the owners.

I'm not going to argue with you about it because the reasons for and against having a day off both have equal merit.
But my stance on you wanting to turn this into a Mancini bashing thread still stands.
The next game as not even been played and you have already had a go have you not ?
What will you say if come the Arsenal game we beat them and look fresh and back to our earlier form I'll guess probably nothing and hope this thread falls off the page.
Your daily stance is admirable if nothing else.

How's it mancini bashing lol?
We were shite on saturday. And i too would expect them to be on the training pitch today trying to right all the wrongs, that have cost us too many points recently.
Especially at this time of the season, where every game should be treated as a cup final!

 

[Anonymous]

I find this bizarre that a team in the top 2 with 7 games to play lets it players and management swan off to Europe on a alarming regular basis. After Saturday's disaster, which has been coming, all leave should have been cancelled and they should have been in. Firstly for a right bollocking, second to iron out some differences and thirdly to discuss the game and how we plan to turn it around.

Should've happened post Swansea IMO. Been very little improvement since that match.

 

[lionheart]

Mancini is in Italy either trying to find a summer buyer for Balotelli or looking for a career change of his own. As for Nigel flying home to Amsterdam, it's pretty clear where he wants to be next season.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

This is just fucking ridiculous, apologies for the use of the expletive, but this is getting beyond a joke now.

I posted yesterday about how relevant it was for Mancini to give the lads two days away last week, rather than time together somewhere as a squad.

Now we hear Zaba is on his way to Barcelona today, De Jong is in Amsterdam.

Sure, these lads earn amounts which means they can do what they want, when they want.

But these plane journeys are taking the piss.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I find this bizarre that a team in the top 2 with 7 games to play lets it players and management swan off to Europe on a alarming regular basis. After Saturday's disaster, which has been coming, all leave should have been cancelled and they should have been in. Firstly for a right bollocking, second to iron out some differences and thirdly to discuss the game and how we plan to turn it around.

Should've happened post Swansea IMO. Been very little improvement since that match.

I think its ridiculous that they are allowed to go to Europe, Zab in Barca, NDJ in Amsterdam, god knows where the rest are. Surely this part of the season should be about focus, not short breaks and looking after business interests. They'll have plenty of spare time in a couple of months
How can a team be 100% focused when they all have these little breaks planned every chance they get??

 

[SWP's back]

I find this bizarre that a team in the top 2 with 7 games to play lets it players and management swan off to Europe on a alarming regular basis. After Saturday's disaster, which has been coming, all leave should have been cancelled and they should have been in. Firstly for a right bollocking, second to iron out some differences and thirdly to discuss the game and how we plan to turn it around.

Shows how far we have come I guess when a first home draw (when nearly in April) is described as a disaster I suppose.

I sometimes wonder what's happening to our fans.<br /><br />-- Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:31 pm --<br /><br />

Mancini is in Italy either trying to find a summer buyer for Balotelli or looking for a career change of his own. As for Nigel flying home to Amsterdam, it's pretty clear where he wants to be next season.

Can this wum not be fucked off soon please?

 

[Cheesy]

The sad fact is that if they'd been in training today many of the very same posters berating Mancini for giving them the day off would be having a go at him for not giving the players a break 6 days before a huge game.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I find this bizarre that a team in the top 2 with 7 games to play lets it players and management swan off to Europe on a alarming regular basis. After Saturday's disaster, which has been coming, all leave should have been cancelled and they should have been in. Firstly for a right bollocking, second to iron out some differences and thirdly to discuss the game and how we plan to turn it around.

Shows how far we have come I guess when a first home draw (when nearly in April) is described as a disaster I suppose.

I sometimes wonder what's happening to our fans.

-- Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:31 pm --

Mancini is in Italy either trying to find a summer buyer for Balotelli or looking for a career change of his own. As for Nigel flying home to Amsterdam, it's pretty clear where he wants to be next season.

Can this wum not be fucked off soon please?

The performance was a disaster and has been coming. Which ever way you look at it with 8 games to go drawing at home to S'land is a disaster

 

[Anonymous]

The sad fact is that if they'd been in training today many of the very same posters berating Mancini for giving them the day off would be having a go at him for not giving the players a break 6 days before a huge game.

Rubbish. Absolute rubbish with no foundation whatsoever... the same posters criticising Mancini this week are the same ones who criticised him last week for taking time off and giving the players time off after Stoke. Is that really that hard to comprehend?