Sylvinho looks forward

This has been reported as being 'Brazilians welcome arrival of Mancini' which I don't think is quite the point. Sylvinho is simply making the important point that we have 21 EPL games left as well as a League Cup semi-final against United. This can still be a historic season for MCFC, but not if we let recent events distract us:

“It has been a strange few days but when you’re talking about football at a high level, it’s always difficult,” Sylvinho said. “Some things happen and, as a player, you have to be prepared to adapt to a new system.

“Even when you’ve got a new coach, training is normal and we try to do our best. Mark Hughes is a good guy, a good manager, a good boss and he tried to do his job and the best for the club, but football is too quick, it changes a lot and you have to be prepared.”

I imagine that Sylvinho will play at left back on Boxing Day - unless Mancini happens to like the look of Javi Garrido. But with all that Serie A experience I don't know if Mancini will see Sylvinho's lack of pace as a major stumbling to his playing regularly for us at fullback.