ROBERTO MANCINI will ride out the storm at Man City - despite their second successive Champions League exit at the group stage.
Winning the Prem and the FA Cup guarantees him immunity from the sack, at least for another year.
But some of his decision making is baffling. His dropping off the competent Lescott for the unpredictable tennis player Illie Nastase for one, and his constant rotation of personnel in Europe.
Two things in particular point to someone who is not always of a sane disposition.
1. He bought Maicon who is so far over the hill he could be in the sea.
2. He brought on James Milner, a grafter and defensive tidyer-upper, for Kun Aguero late on last night against Real Madrid. Why? Why, when there are only minutes left and you need to win the game, do you bring on a killer like Milner and take off the one man who has consistently proved he can win a match for you in the final minute? Crazy if you ask me...
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- Frank Worrall
- is a Fleet Street journalist who has written regularly for The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Mail on Sunday, FourFourTwo magazine, Melody Maker/NME and many other newspapers and magazines. The subjects of his critically-acclaimed books include Gareth Bale, Roy Keane, Lewis Hamilton, Alex Ferguson and Rory McIlroy.