by bluenine Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:49 pm
Torrente wrote: Jaime wrote:Why is there such a love affair with Mancini on this board? Oh...see, I'm with Batman on this one.
I agree. The guy was lucky to coach a team that couldn't have been in an easier position to win the league for two years while not playing particularly attractive football and always choking in the CL.
I think you guys are being a bit too harsh on Mancini... he inherited a club which just did not know how to win anything, having a dysfunction team for far too long, full of highly paid primadonnas and unbalanced as hell.
He then won trophies every season of his tenure, starting with the Coppa. He created one of the best squads in europe, perfectly balanced to implement his 442, with one quality back up for every position, and actually spent less money to do this (per season) than his predecessors.
The Inter of 2006-07 was the strongest Inter team I have seen in 25 years, probbaly the strongest ever. You obviously haven't seen that team play in Serie A if you say Mancio's team was not attractive in its play... sure, they did not attack like Brasil, but they attacked with such confidence and relentless power that it was as attractive as it can get. That team won more points than any team has in the history of Serie A, much much more. Sure, there was no Juve, and Milan has a 8 point penalty. But you only need to read the comments Milan fans before that season started (most were confident that they will overhaul just 8 points easily over the season) and then see the end result (Inter finished 38 points over Milan) to see the impact that team made. 17 consecutive wins, it was the most unbelievable run I have seen in any top league.
When you see Mourinho struggling with that Inter, after spending over 50M on Mancio's squad, only to revert back to Mancio's strategy/formation, then you realise what contribution Mancio made at Inter.
Sure, Mancio did not do well in europe. But in his last 2 seasons in the CL, it was also down to key injuries / red cards, so luck had a big part to play in that.
Mancio has won trophies with all 3 clubs he has coached, overachieved in all of them. Not saying whether he is right for Chelsea or not, but IMO Mancio is good enough for any club on the planet. He instills a winning mentality to his team everytime, and he has improved as a manager every year.
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