Slim wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Any player who causes shit at the club can fuck off imo but Tevez did the interview 2 weeks ago & he made the point that Mancini is the manager & he decides what they do & said he was ok with it . If he's lying & willing to cause trouble he can go.
BUT..
Why the fuck has the manager chosen to dig it all back up in public now, TWO WEEKS LATER? Why has he waited until our most important games of the season to tell the press his thoughts? Why didn't he deal with it earlier if he can't avoid talking to the press? Why is he talking about Tevez leaving when Tevez didn't say any such thing in his interview? Why is he telling the press anything at all? Why couldn't it wait until after the West Ham game? How does it help us? Does it help our enemies, if so, why is he helping them? Do the rest of the players agree with him? Will it effect them? Is he so hopeless at motivating the players & so scared they won't perform that this is the only way he can do it, gambling that it will get a positive response? If he's not doing it to motivate the players then WHY is he doing it? What has Manchester City Football Club gained from their manager bringing this out in public at this time?
This was in an interview in the Daily Mail in the week preceding the Manchester derby, when Tevez had been specifically asked not to speak to the media. He went on to say he was "OK" with Mancini but the former Internazionale coach felt his authority had been undermined by a player he has repeatedly talked up as being one of the best in the world.
At the time Mancini said he did not want to take issue with the former U***d striker before such an important game. The timing is still bad from a City perspective, with important games coming up against Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur in the next few days, but Mancini was willing to explain his irritation as he shaped up for the most critical phase of City's season.
He told him not to speak to the press, he did. He spoke to him privately about it but not in public. He spoke up again about moving if we don't get CL, I think Mancini thought Tevez was taking the piss and decided to address it. If he hadn't, who knows what he'd say next week.
The bloke who wrote the article is saying he was told not to speak to the press not Mancini. If that's what Mancini is angry about then why the fuck didn't he say so? It's hardly more controversial than telling Tevez he can go is it?
If Tevez gets it in his mind to say something, he'll say it. We've seen that from his time at OT when he directly contradicted Ferguson's version of events. So all that will happen now is that if Tevez does say something, rather than it just being a player whinging, it will be seen as a direct challenge to Mancini. How the fuck is that better at this stage? Tevez is much more likely to pipe up now Mancini has questioned his intentions anyhow.
Why the fuck couldn't he just wait a week & then deal with it?
I've got serious doubts about this bloke.