While his choice of reason may have been just, “(Blackburn) have games against sides within touching distance in the league and we need to treat those games as cup finals,” his ever-constant unchanging trait of flattering to deceive, not only conned the 1000-or-so fans that crossed the border to Wales to see their team half-heartedly run round a pitch, but it was unnecessary too.
Mancini was clearly as distracted by the annual fixture congesting cup, expressing that he thought it was mad and unfair to expect Manchester City to play Arsenal just two days after playing Liverpool. “We should play with 11 young players. Maybe 14 or 15 years old to make a statement,” said the again scarf donning Italian, “it is not right but we’ll go there and try to win it, of course.” That is where the two managers differ, one lied outright to his fans stating his aim to reach the cup final and consummately dispose of his Welsh opposition and the other one aired his grievance and then declared his intention to get on with it.
With words of expectation chucked in the air by Kean for Blackburn fans to inhale and intoxicate themselves with, the expectation of a win came with an expectation of a relatively strong side. Instead, Kean dropped his ‘keeper and 3 of his 4 defenders, as well as others, including Yakubu. With words of condemnation filtered through Mancini’s interview for Manchester City fans to hear and repeat to all that may fear Wenger’s youth might have snatched a win, the expectation of a weakened side but a desire to win came across. Blackburn lost and Manchester City won. Kean made eleven changes and Blackburn were outplayed. Mancini carried through his ideas and only Nasri from Sunday’s starting XI started. One lied and one stayed true to his word.
He continuously flatters to deceive and unfortunately for Blackburn, as well as the rest of English football, he looks as if he will remain at Ewood Park for the foreseeable future; not only has he recently received a pay increase on his existing contract, but he claims he has been given a January transfer kitty to splash. Let’s hope for the fans’ sake it isn’t on journeymen or Robert Pires.
Written by Jordan Florit for www.maycauseoffence.com/ For more articles visit my website or my Twitter @JordanFlorit
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Good read, my friend! We are in the hands of fools and the sooner they have gone the better?
We will be in the championship for sure and it may well be worth it to rid ourselves of this turbulent shower?
We’ll be back, stronger and wiser. The end of this nightmare cannot come soon enough!
Tomorrow should make for interesting viewing on MOD folks!
Thank you very much.