How many players has Mancini fallen out with at some time or other? 7/8 where he has become embroiled in public arguments. Very professional.

He did ostracise Kolo and told him he didn;t have a future at the club when he though he could get 3mil and a one way ticket to Turkey. He is now doing the same with Lescott.

Nastasic is playing too many games – which is an opinion but I have seen many great talents burn out young through being overplayed at an early age. SAF, Wenger and many great managers take care of their youngsters and limit their outings so that they can develop properly. Mancini is not one of those managers based upon his actions.

Lescott could do a good job for us – that is an opinion. However I would imagine most pros including Kompany, who would partner him, would agree.

He does use the same players – check the stats.

That he is a fool who does not understand human nature is an opinion based upon his actions – the public castigation of players, the lack of communication with players that they have reported, the way he ignores them, the fact the squad knows they could be next to get the cold shoulder if Mancini suddenly decides their face doesn;t fit. Management detract from any team spirit in my opinion.

As for the players, they are speaking out more about the way we play. Last season they wouldn;t have dared. So far I’ve heard from Hart, Richards, Clichy, and this week Yaya.

Personally I haven’t heard much of anything from players about Mancini, praise or otherwise, so I don’t take that as evidence of anything quite frankly.

And if my attack seems so bad, its borne from a continued frustration of watching a manager who has consistently relied on quality players getting results rather than anything much he contributes. Add the fact that he inherited many of his best players – Hart, Richards, Zabby, Kompany, Lescott, Barry, and the departed de Jong, and numerically even his signings have been more miss or mediocre than hit (and anyone can sign a successful mega star without much credit – another opinion) – and he has a supporting cast of minions that makes the Ben Hur cast seem reasonable! Those personnel expenses went up considerably in the last finacials as pointed out by Forbes magazine.

And I’m not too keen on the job the defensive coach and medical teams he decided to change close season are doing quite frankly – the results don’t show them as being an improvement – though he does have more italian friends around.

Needless to say I’ll be glad when he’s gone.

Sometimes ostracizing players is the only way to make them move though it would fail if a players are paid more than what they deserve more often than not. Wayne Bridge and Santa Cruz are living money sucking examples. I am sure Lescott and Kolo fall in the same category when it comes to money and their skill set [though way better than Bridge or Cruz]. Anyways, as it was and still is the hall mark of Mark Hughes to over-pay for players [Harry Redknapp is already blowing up his top over this in QPR].