Comments on: Roberto Mancini’s Suffering From Amnesia http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html News from the Italian Serie A Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:23:18 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: A http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39852 A Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:14:53 +0000 http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39852 I think it went like this: Mancini and his charges have stuffed up another CL campaign, the bloke is feeling miserable, decides to quit on the spot. Coaches are trained to be disingenuous at press conferences, so when asked if the loss had anything to do with it, he replies that it didn't and that he had planned to leave at the end of the season long ago. Next, Moratti calms him down in the week with kind words to the effect that you're not as a bad a coach as you think, effectively changing his mind for him so at the next interview he naturally completely forgets what he had said in that emotional state of mind on that CL Tuesday night. I think it went like this: Mancini and his charges have stuffed up another CL campaign, the bloke is feeling miserable, decides to quit on the spot. Coaches are trained to be disingenuous at press conferences, so when asked if the loss had anything to do with it, he replies that it didn’t and that he had planned to leave at the end of the season long ago. Next, Moratti calms him down in the week with kind words to the effect that you’re not as a bad a coach as you think, effectively changing his mind for him so at the next interview he naturally completely forgets what he had said in that emotional state of mind on that CL Tuesday night.

]]> By: Marco P. http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39679 Marco P. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:05:22 +0000 http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39679 Would it be too much to label what Mancini did Tuesday as a... "Cassanata"? If you remove the hysterical feet stomping/shirt throwing/hair pulling, it awfully comes close, doesn't it? Including the 'public apology' the day after... In fact in its own perverse way, the fake apparent calmness he exhibited in that press room is Mancio's own version of a Cassano impression. Scary when you think about it... Would it be too much to label what Mancini did Tuesday as a… “Cassanata”? If you remove the hysterical feet stomping/shirt throwing/hair pulling, it awfully comes close, doesn’t it? Including the ‘public apology’ the day after…

In fact in its own perverse way, the fake apparent calmness he exhibited in that press room is Mancio’s own version of a Cassano impression. Scary when you think about it…

]]> By: Hedi http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39637 Hedi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 04:02:50 +0000 http://italy.theoffside.com/serie-a/roberto-mancinis-suffering-from-amnesia.html#comment-39637 Great credit to Massimo Moratti who did some nice approaching after Mancini's early decision :D Great credit to Massimo Moratti who did some nice approaching after Mancini’s early decision :D

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