Yeah, the moment I saw that starting formation, it send red flags all over.
Today confirmed again what I've know for years, Mancini will never be a top manager nor a manager that can build a great team. No top manager or anyone that expects to build a team to compete in Europe would ever start Melo and Medel together in midfield, hell most top manager wouldn't even start one of the two, such limited players only start in top teams if they're defensive beasts ala Makelele, neither Melo nor Medel stand out defensively over other DMs.
And the worst of all it's that he insist in that horrible midfield while Brozović is in great form and having a player like Kondogbia that's superior defensively and every aspect of the game (except grinta) to both Melo and Medel.
Unless we invest a lot of money and everything goes our way, we definitely have no chance at Scudetto with Mancini at the helm. Even as good as this season have gone so far, basically no injuries, most even matches going our way, Handanovic in god-like form, etc. I don't think we'll even reach CL spots.