Re: Samir Nasri
I do wonder how Nasri will do this season. He can't use the manager as an excuse. He claims he doesn't care about the France snub and expected it... but he should be ready to go and I really think he may suffer this season. He wants to play every game but doesn't put the same performances in every week. He is one of those players who is easy to target when things go wrong. His languid style looks effortless when we are winning but instantly becomes lazy when things aren't going well. The difference in quality between Nasri and Silva isn't as much as it appears sometimes. Silva is rarely below par and is always able to change games, Nasri is capable of exactly the same but seems to drift in and out of form fairly easily. With Jovetic fit and Fernando added to the squad, both he and Navas will feel they can offer more than Nasri this year, and he will need to step up. Whilst many blame Mancini for his previous form, he doesn't have any excuse this time around as we have seen what he is capable of when he applied himself.