The view from the times

[johnwaynebobbet]

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From The Sunday Times
December 21, 2008
We need blue steel at City
Shaun Wright-Phillips says Manchester City must begin to show some fight again if they are going to escape the drop zone
Jonathan Northcroft
Two former top-flight footballers were discussing Manchester City over lunch. They were disparaging. Both are connected to a club that, like City, has ambitions to challenge the Big Four.

“I wouldn’t have a single member of their first eleven in our team,” said one. Not Micah Richards? “Lost his way.” Stephen Ireland? “Great season but needs to sustain it.” Richard Dunne? “Good player in bad form.” Robinho, surely? “Nope.

"Our lads have heart - not sure if Robinho performs when the chips are down.” They had forgotten Shaun Wright-Phillips. “Oh, he’s the exception,” both agreed. “Definitely take him.

 

[dannybcity]

Terrible joke, there's no punch line.

 

[Matty]

"On Thursday, albeit in a dead Uefa Cup rubber, Hughes’ side dominated Racing Santander yet suffered a 3-1 defeat."

After reading that comment I stopped reading the rest of the article. We were so dominated by Santander it was an embarrassment.