Roberto, your boys took a Hull of a beating

ROBERTO MANCINI might have a bottomless pit of money at his disposal, but one thing he cannot seem to buy as Manchester City manager is a desire for his players to produce the character required to win games away from home in the Premier League.

City have developed a soft underbelly away from Eastlands and this was exposed once again, this time by a Hull City team put together at a fraction of the cost it took to assemble Mancini’s.

Robinho, for instance, earns more in a season than what half of Hull’s squad take home combined, but what should be troubling Mancini most is the fact that some of the missing Brazilian’s colleagues appear to have been infected by the same lethargy he displayed when it came to securing victories on the road.