Lucky Toma
Well-Known Member
Personally I believe in what Bobby Manc is trying to do and can only think of one moan I have aired against him (after the Stoke game last season).
However, I have NO problems with fellow blues - some of whom will attend more games than I do and most of whom love the club as much as I do - criticising his methods.
They have every right to.
Yet I've noticed an increasing and worrying trend on here where the pro-Mancinis aggresively shout down the anti-Mancinis and accuse them of being knee-jerk, anti-City somehow and ignorant to the nuances of the game.
It has come to the point now where - if anyone is foolhardy enough to 'dare' criticise Bobby - he or she are dismissed outright with venom by the majority.
There is an attitude of arrogant censorship almost that is distasteful. That and (misplaced at times) intellectual snobbery.
What I mean by my last sentence is that if a BMer bemoaned Bobby's cautious approach to a game he/she would inevitably be accused by more than one person of not understanding what is being aspired to. Bollocks. The sceptics know precisely what Bobby is trying to do. They just dont like it!
Like I say, I'm in the pro-Bobby camp. But - and I'm not getting all high and mighty, this is merely an observation - I'm really not comfortable sometimes in the company that I keep within that camp who so forcefully discourage debate when it comes to our manager.
However, I have NO problems with fellow blues - some of whom will attend more games than I do and most of whom love the club as much as I do - criticising his methods.
They have every right to.
Yet I've noticed an increasing and worrying trend on here where the pro-Mancinis aggresively shout down the anti-Mancinis and accuse them of being knee-jerk, anti-City somehow and ignorant to the nuances of the game.
It has come to the point now where - if anyone is foolhardy enough to 'dare' criticise Bobby - he or she are dismissed outright with venom by the majority.
There is an attitude of arrogant censorship almost that is distasteful. That and (misplaced at times) intellectual snobbery.
What I mean by my last sentence is that if a BMer bemoaned Bobby's cautious approach to a game he/she would inevitably be accused by more than one person of not understanding what is being aspired to. Bollocks. The sceptics know precisely what Bobby is trying to do. They just dont like it!
Like I say, I'm in the pro-Bobby camp. But - and I'm not getting all high and mighty, this is merely an observation - I'm really not comfortable sometimes in the company that I keep within that camp who so forcefully discourage debate when it comes to our manager.