5 football managers who don't deserve the criticism they get
Being a football manager can be lonely and sometimes depressing life at times. If a team happens to be going through a bit of a dodgy patch, the manager is always, always the one who gets it in the neck.Regardless of whether the person in charge can be seen to be doing his absolute best, the buck has to stop with someone and invariably it’s at the managers door. It’s why we’ve seen so many changes at that level in recent times.Clearly some of those in charge don’t deserve the abuse. Let’s take a look at five of them:
#1 Roberto Mancini
Is a manager’s personality largely to blame if he were to be criticised for any reason? Arguably yes. Roberto Mancini is a prime example.
Whilst at Manchester City he authored their first top-level title win, in utterly incredible circumstances, in 44 years. Rather than celebrate it with him, some sections of the media preferred to concentrate on his spiky nature and how so many players had fallen out with him.
Ditto Inter Milan. The Nerazzurri are third in the Serie A table at the time of writing and sit just four points away from leaders Napoli.
Only 13 goals conceded is the best in the division and only behind Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid in the whole of Europe. Yet Mancini is being castigated for being “boring.” For playing a typically Italian game which, frankly, is proving to get the results required.
Inter certainly can’t be discounted as title contenders at this stage. Does it matter how points are gathered as long as they’re gathered? Would fans rather a team play sweeping, attractive football and lose?