gillie wrote:Thanks mate but i meant at City.
Ah, ok then. Probably Hughes, although I'd then get mad for the sloppy goal we would concede. See, the fact is that neither of them is complete, Hughes was probably better when attacking, but we let in too many soft goals, while with Mancini we have shored up the defence quite a bit (although the odd sloppy goal is still conceded) but we have also lost something as attacking flair goes, because he can't afford to lose at the moment, so defence comes first.
Renato_CTID wrote:Maybe we aren't playing decent football in the last few games but I also remember very well the shit we played during the record of draws with Leslie! What's the matter with Serie A? It's a completely different kind of games, less spectacular than the more of Premier League games. But I was very impressed by last Sunday night match Fiorentina-Roma: the only one in Italy I ever appreciated in this season!
You've probably been more impressed by Fiorentina in that game then, lol. But see, that is a very good example of how things work, Fiorentina played way better, but still lost because they conceded a sloppy goal. So who will be more happy, and most of all who gets three points in the table? Fiorentina who played some good attacking football, or Roma who held out in defence and then scored when they had the chance? This is what is at the base of success imho, although you can't always play badly because you will soon or later be punished for it.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:The thing is though that Mancini has no room for Joga Bonito right now. He NEEDS to grind results if he wants to stay here. No matter what he says, I believe it's top four or at least close or he is gone. Sword of Damokles hanging over his head for the rest of the season.To be fair, Hughes found out too late that he had no room for his shit defending either.
What sort of football we see when he gets his own midfield in in summer remains to be seen. Early signs of signing Johnson seem good but it's still anybody's guess. I don't think he is 4-3-3 man anyway and we are playing that system mainly because we have players for it. He has never played it before and has always used playmaker before. He seemed to be fan of 4-4-2 diamond in Italy and I believe that's what we'll see once he gets in midfielders suited to that system.
Exactly what I meant with my first post in this topic, thanks for explaining it better. I also agree that Mancini likes a 4-4-2 diamond formation, so this is what we will line up with if he stays next season. I think he already tried it for parts of a game, the most glaring occasion imho was the first leg of the semifinal against the rags, where in the second half he put SWP as the playmaker behind the strikers for about 20 minutes or so.
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:18 pm