hgblue said:
If Mancini manages this club for another twenty years, he will never make a bigger mistake than benching Robinho in favour of Bellamy. There was no way Robinho was going to stick around watching an average journeyman pro with dodgy knees take his place in the team in a World Cup year, and took the correct decision to get some game time under his belt elsewhere.
Well I've heard it all now.....the poor downtrodden,misunderstood little soldier...how dare that nasty Mancini stop the poor lamb getting the chance to play in the World Cup,and how dare he play a bloke in front of him who actually wants to wear the shirt and gives a shit about the club,aswell as being a damn good player to boot....??
Robinho only cares about Robinho...my point is with his skill he could quite easily have made Mancini take note..he just couldn't be arsed to apply himself,too much trouble-so he legged it.This is the thing with him-it's always someone else's fault...
Robinho had done nothing in the months previous to him leaving to prove he wanted to play for us-the constant sniping and touting himself in the press,the disinterested body language...he was becoming a liability-of his own making.
Do you really think that a fit and firing,motivated Robinho would've been dropped in favour of Bellamy?Never!
But the facts are that a "journeyman with dodgy knees" could quite easily keep him out of the team-a decision that both Hughes and Mancini both took,and one I agree with 100%.
Robinho has to look at himself-all the skill but a heart the size of a pea.Can he change?I doubt it.
Comes across as someone who will go through his career being "nearly the best" simply because he can't be arsed to apply himself and knuckle down when it really matters.
And it will be someone elses fault,be it Hughes,Mancini,Madrid,whoever ....always.
