1. Mancini, the stubborn boss.
Mancini always has a stricter management
on the players compared to Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho whose stands are
much more flexible, and sometimes he could get really unreasonable and rigid.
The stressing of blue team boss on the
disciplines of the players has been goodly acknowledged in the locker rooms.
However his indulgence for the striker Mario Balotelli has apparently caused
the unhappiness of the old guards, also fighting with Gareth Barry and James
Milner at the field side has shown how unwilling Mancini to compromise with the
players. Hitler II!
2. The Dreadful Journey
After the surprising Swansea loss, the
blue team has appeared to be a little bit exhausted. This has also been
evidently proven by the fact that David Silva had been performing really poor
since the beginning of the season. As for Yaya Toure, who after his long
absence for Africa Cup of Nations, did not even get to rest well before he went
back to the field. So tired man!
3. Continuous Injuries
Injuries are unavoidable on the fields,
even the biggest competitor Manchester United have countered the same problem, in fact the main players of the Red Devils Vidic and Valencia will only come back the
next season.
This problem did not bother Man City much
at the early stage of the season, but it gets really overwhelming in the recent
games. Vincent Kompany and Joleon Lescott [hamstring injury in the warm up, you
gotta be kidding!] missed some of the key matches while Aguero [By pain-killing spray!] and Barry have also just joined the crocked list of the Blue team. Ouchhh!
4. The Strategies
Early of the season, plan A of the City has deemed to be invincible. Mancini's style of 4-2-3-1 secures a good defense against the opposition, at the same time good attack through the middle or on the wings! But the plan does not seem to be working well anymore as time goes by.
It's not easy to find out that Silva and Nasri can only do passing across the middle, sideways pass has never been their thing! One good thing left is that Balotelli remains unpredictable on the field, but unfortunately even the teammates do not know what is on his mind. [Don't laugh!]
5. Manchester United, the Devil Rival.
You just have no reason not to win when you have accumulated 71 points after only 31 matches! Early victories of the city have made them stand out in the season. But on the other hand, the persistence of the Devils has overrun everything and refreshed the league table from time to time! As of blog time, the Red Devils have a 5-point lead to maintain the title, which is gonna be the 20th of them!
Now LOOK at the analysis below, and SMILE :)