Manchester City have been on a lovely little losing streak of late, and the only player capable of dragging them out of the doldrums has flown off to Argentina to hide in his mom’s house. There have been all sorts of rumors flying about over Mancini’s lack of control in the dressing room. Now with an ever expanding injury list the gaffer is looking to lay blame on his physio, Jamie Murphy.

Mancini has won a key battle in his attempt to impose his authority, with the club’s head physiotherapist set to lose his first-team role. Jamie Murphy, whose relationship with Mancini is understood to have become strained, was absent from last night’s trip to Poland (ed note: refers to the embarrassing loss to Ekstraklasa minnows Lech Poznan).

Anyone remember how Tevez and others were complaining of Mancini’s training practices at the beginning of the season (double sessions, resultant joint injuries)? Remember Mancini’s fallout with his trainer at the start of the campaign, when he fired the man who kept Man City the healthiest side in all of English football though the 09-10 season? I do, though I’ll be damned if I can find the post we wrote on this a few months back.

Mancini is looking for a scapegoat, again. City used his name (and lots of cash) to attract top players from all over, but now that he can’t do anything but destroy the bodies of the multimillion dollar squad, he’s sure to be out the door. Who’s next in line at the helm of Man City?