by The Original Special One » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:08 pm
To be fair to Mancini, he was right to field a weakened side tonight, because it will be a long season.
And also he needed to see how his fringe players were going to perform, and whether he could ease any of them into key league games.
But I think we can safely say after tonight that Bridge is for the exit door, the sooner the better.
And SWP should be out by the Summer
Given is back to bench-warmer, from Saturday on, for an indefinite period, no matter how much he sulks.
Boyata needs to have his confidence rebuilt, perhaps in FA Cup games, and in substitute right back appearances.
(but no starting spot until he's rebuilt his confidence with a run of solid substitute performances)
Milner can't run the midfield
Vieira can't last 75 minutes, any more.
Micah Richards is still a 'work in progress': I wouldn't write him off yet
On the positive side:
Zaba always puts in a solid shift
Ade is worth a starting place: let Balotelli fight it out with him.
As for David Silva: what more can one say?