Jack Grealish

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PJRavfc said:
There's still plenty of our fans who think he isn't leaving us. It's as if they can't understand why a player who's a boyhood fan might want to play in the CL and win a few trophies in the prime of his career. I've said it numerous times on Twitter but our fanbase have got to be amongst the most irritating in English football.
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Sensible realistic post. City & Villa are not competing at present. Not a dig in anyway about the size or history of your club. If Villa were currently competing to win the league, city would have no chance to temp him away.

Hooefully the Villa owners invest the funds wisely to get you 1 step closer to lifting a trophy.
 
mancityscot said:
Lovely piece from VillaTalk
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It's weird with Villa fans, they're noticeably the most bitter about our success. I dont know if it's because we were battling for a European place with them a few times and then we kicked on and they didn't. Obviously signing Barry and Milner won't have endearded us to them. But we seem to get more vitriol from Villa than anywhere else, although Everton fans aren't our biggest fans either.

I always enjoy the comments from their fans condemning the wealth of City, then in the next breath they'll implore their own owners to spend more money and make signings so they can compete. The irony being that FFP is their biggest barrier to being able to challenge, not City. If money guaranteed success united would have multiple league titles over the last few years. Its an advantage, not a certainty.
 
PJRavfc said:
There's still plenty of our fans who think he isn't leaving us. It's as if they can't understand why a player who's a boyhood fan might want to play in the CL and win a few trophies in the prime of his career. I've said it numerous times on Twitter but our fanbase have got to be amongst the most irritating in English football.
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Scottyboi said:
I get it though, we were the same with Shaun Wright Phillips was fucking heart breaking to lose him.
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Well, at the risk of blowing my own trumpet…


Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
I think a reasonable degree of comparison (not identical in all points, obviously) of the situation for Villa and Spurs fans is us and Shaun Wright-Phillips. Obviously if you've got a very talented young player at your gaff you don't want them to leave for higher wages/a bigger club/more likelihood of trophies. You want them to stay with you and dream about them helping your club/team make a step up (not trophies immediately, of course — but it takes bricks to make a house). I would like people to hold up their hands, think back and say if they were enraged by it at the time. Personally, I can genuinely say I wasn't. Deeply sad, yes. But it was just in the order of things, by that point. It was the way football was. I was pretty philosophical. As it turned out, it didn't really amount to a career changing move for SWP. As I remember it, he spent a lot of time on the bench at Chelsea. Which seemed like a waste.
Actually, I say it's the way football was at that time. But thinking back, it's much older: I'd be curious to know what the feeling was of, say, a lifelong Watford supporter when Liverpool just rocked up and swooped for John Barnes, saying “I'll have that!”. Probably the best player Watford ever had, although it seems to have been airbrushed out of football history (not least by the player himself — you'd think he'd been born on Scotland Road).
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He’s a world class player on his day, I agree he needs to do it for us week in week out though. But I feel he’s a sitting duck at times who cops for shit when others get a free pass.
 
mancityscot said:
Lovely piece from VillaTalk
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READ this one. Even more fun. Damn these tears!

: This incarnation of Manchester City was formed in 2008. As much as MK dons is Wimbledon. It isn’t a real club. It’s hollow. Tell me what roots remained? 2 or 3 mascot players? They know that too. They comfort themselves with the thought that everyone is jealous. If only your club could be owned by a emirate state in an effort to legitimise a virtual dictatorship via soft power sports ownership. If only.

As a set of supporters they are desperately searching for an identity, a meaning, in this brave new era. Nothing organic, no set backs, no pain and redemption. Just a machine. A efficient machine but a machine nonetheless. Win. Sheikh smile. Win. Sheikh Smile. Win. Worst still, the leach fans begin to come out in force. Migrating from FCB, RM, United & Chelsea. Diluting what little remained of that community asset.

When I talk to Manchester City fans about post 2008 City, you see the little death behind their eyes. Emotionless, blank and rehearsed. Now I mention, Goater, Dickov, the Kippax, Joe Royle, Weaver at Wembley, the fire flickers again. Passion & meaning. How does that silver taste? Was it worth your soul?
 
Great Kompany said:
READ this one. Even more fun. Damn these tears!

: This incarnation of Manchester City was formed in 2008. As much as MK dons is Wimbledon. It isn’t a real club. It’s hollow. Tell me what roots remained? 2 or 3 mascot players? They know that too. They comfort themselves with the thought that everyone is jealous. If only your club could be owned by a emirate state in an effort to legitimise a virtual dictatorship via soft power sports ownership. If only.

As a set of supporters they are desperately searching for an identity, a meaning, in this brave new era. Nothing organic, no set backs, no pain and redemption. Just a machine. A efficient machine but a machine nonetheless. Win. Sheikh smile. Win. Sheikh Smile. Win. Worst still, the leach fans begin to come out in force. Migrating from FCB, RM, United & Chelsea. Diluting what little remained of that community asset.

When I talk to Manchester City fans about post 2008 City, you see the little death behind their eyes. Emotionless, blank and rehearsed. Now I mention, Goater, Dickov, the Kippax, Joe Royle, Weaver at Wembley, the fire flickers again. Passion & meaning. How does that silver taste? Was it worth your soul?
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Haha! That could have been taken from any forum from any team that isn't City.
Fuck them all the deluded cunts.
 
Bluesince88 said:
No doubt I’ll be called spoilt or entitled but rather annoying this, not you thanks for the info. You just know it’s slow because of the euros, euros finishes then its wait until they’re back from holidays not its wait weeks. Season starts in 3 and it’s disappointing we are going into it without our business being done. I guess it proves these deals are far from done as others have suggested which again is a further worry what we do if it goes tits up.
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As you say, the euros and holidays are a natural delay.

They are also both such big deals, which always takes longer. Not just in money, but in profile, for bith clubs.

More often then not, they generally do tend to get to the late stages, and Tixi always seems comfortable with that. I'd like to think he is now as well.
 
wolviedinho said:
That include falling over, poor touch and not being able to set up attacks? Pep is crazy but come on sterlings form last season was awful.
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You'll be pleasantly surprised after a few games that he's got one of the best first touches I've seen, he'll go down and win you Free-Kicks which KDB will inevitably cause havoc with and he regularly runs with the ball from the edge of our 18 yard box for us to set up attacks. He'll need to be a lot fitter to fit into Pep's style though as Villa's pressing from the front is pathetic, almost as bad as our midfields yet you'll have some fans tell you John McGinn is worth £50m. Douglas Luiz has plenty of potential though and was top class for us before he was hit with Covid last season, think we breathed a sigh of relief when Pep decided against bringing him back this summer.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Sorry if already posted but Sam Lee has responded to all the criticism he’s getting regarding his understanding of the Grealish situation:

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You'd think the main reporter for the athletic on all things City would post a bit more on the biggest city forum going wouldn't you. I don't know why he sticks to Reddit, it's not like he wouldn't be welcomed with open arms on here.. :-)
 
Great Kompany said:
READ this one. Even more fun. Damn these tears!

: This incarnation of Manchester City was formed in 2008. As much as MK dons is Wimbledon. It isn’t a real club. It’s hollow. Tell me what roots remained? 2 or 3 mascot players? They know that too. They comfort themselves with the thought that everyone is jealous. If only your club could be owned by a emirate state in an effort to legitimise a virtual dictatorship via soft power sports ownership. If only.

As a set of supporters they are desperately searching for an identity, a meaning, in this brave new era. Nothing organic, no set backs, no pain and redemption. Just a machine. A efficient machine but a machine nonetheless. Win. Sheikh smile. Win. Sheikh Smile. Win. Worst still, the leach fans begin to come out in force. Migrating from FCB, RM, United & Chelsea. Diluting what little remained of that community asset.

When I talk to Manchester City fans about post 2008 City, you see the little death behind their eyes. Emotionless, blank and rehearsed. Now I mention, Goater, Dickov, the Kippax, Joe Royle, Weaver at Wembley, the fire flickers again. Passion & meaning. How does that silver taste? Was it worth your soul?
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Gotta love the hypocrisy on some of them

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