lionheart said:Reading the umpteen comments about our Champions League performances, it seems that Mancini is forever beyond criticism. However, it seems to me that he is at least partly responsible and may simply be getting too big for his Italian boots. He has been unable to motivate players like Robinho, Adebayor, Bellamy, Boateng, Tevez and several others. Dzeko will be the next on his list. His man management skills need to be vastly improved if he wants to lead City to greater glories. As for his substitutional tactics, why does he always remove a striker and replace him with a midfielder only to bring on another striker some time later. He seems to do this all the time. Why for God's sake? Without doubt, Mancini is the best manager we have had at this football club but that doesn't mean that he can escape criticism. No I'm not a Rag, simply a fellow blue who lived through the doldrums of the 1990's and would love to see our current success last longer than that enjoyed by the last club who won the league simply through buying power and little else...Blackburn Rovers.
Take a look at the players you have mentioned and tell me a manager that hasnt had a problem with them.