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Originally Posted by Locke
First of all, I have no love for Mancini, I think hes an arrogant moron and his team formation against Real Madrid was asinine. That said, hes still the manager.
Say what you want, and Kompany was very much at fault for exposing Hart, but I think Hart could have done better on those two goals. He had a great game prior to that and maybe its not all on him, but he certainly played his part.
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"I think he should have done better" or "played his part"
What does that mean? He had no chance. Ronaldo should've been doubled with Mancini putting more players behind the ball. The goal befalls Kompany who was standing around like a stool-pigeon, and took his keeper out of the play. Watch it again. Hart doesn't react until the ball is just passing Kompany. Far too late. Screened.
As I already mentioned the Benzema goal was a very fast play. No keeper saves that. Banger play, hammer shot. Compare again, to Hart's save in the same place against Ronaldo early in the first half. BRILLIANT save. Then he does it all over again 10 minutes later!
Hart was the better keeper on the pitch. How about the first goal on Casillas? Wrong-way!
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Originally Posted by Locke
He was asked his opinion and he should have given it like most pros do;
"We played well, lost our focus at the end there and we'll improve on the home leg."
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You mean something like this?
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Originally Posted by Joe Hart
You can’t go 2-1 up with five minutes to go and lose the game. We can only blame ourselves.”
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Thats it! That is par for the course in sports. Over-reacting to that quote is akin to an overprotective think-of-the-children soccer mom. Heck our own Jarome, says derivatives of that.
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Originally Posted by Mancini
I agree but I think Joe Hart should do his job. I can criticise the team not Joe Hart. Joe Hart should stay as goalie. I am the judge, not Joe Hart.
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Doesn't he sound like a treat.
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Originally Posted by Locke
Standard stuff man. Then again, it must be a cultural thing for MUFC fans to be cluelessly ignorant and arrogant.
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Standard stuff? I suppose when your team is getting wiped all over the place, you'd put a gag order on your team.. but when you're one of the top 3 spenders on the planet, saying "we should not fall apart after leading 2-1 in the final minutes", is the furthest side of mutiny as you can get.
Arrogant? It's an insult for the insecure.
Ignorant? I broke down why the goals weren't his fault with fact, and why what he said is fair play. If countering with legitimate facts & reason is ignorant, you'll have to teach me your rules.