Past City Players Not Everyone Rated, But You Miss Now

[MarsLlama]

Thought this might be a fun counter-balance to the other thread. I'll start with one:

Jesus Navas.

Yeah he was a bit rubbish, but I always liked him. He came to us despite crippling homesickness, always gave his absolute best, was passionate and worked as hard as anyone. Very pleased to see him doing well for Sevilla.

You could also add your favourite moments from the player you chose- for me it'd be him hyping up the City fans at Wembley after scoring his penalty in the shootout vs Liverpool in 2016.

 

[BlueTG]

Thought this might be a fun counter-balance to the other thread. I'll start with one:

Jesus Navas.

Yeah he was a bit rubbish, but I always liked him. He came to us despite crippling homesickness, always gave his absolute best, was passionate and worked as hard as anyone. Very pleased to see him doing well for Sevilla.

You could also add your favourite moments from the player you chose- for me it'd be him hyping up the City fans at Wembley after scoring his penalty in the shootout vs Liverpool in 2016.

Underrated at times for me. That first season he was good and very productive, 2nd in assists only to Silva I think.

After that, his limitations became more and more evident because our teams standards were slipping all over under Pellegrini. Still did whatever was asked of him.

 

[Lavinda Past]

I'm so tempted to say....

No, I can't do it.

Enjoy the thread - I'll come back for a read when it turns into a complete shitshow.

 

[youngbob]

Javi Garcia.

Was really valuable during that 13/14 season.

 

[kun]

Kolarov

 

[tony adcock]

Going back a bit - but I didn’t realise how good Distin was until he had gone.
Rapid and under rated centre half who made all other defenders he played with better

 

[I'm Blue]

Kolarov

I loved Kolarov, but he certainly split opinions.

 

[kun]

Going back a bit - but I didn’t realise how good Distin was until he had gone.
Rapid and under rated centre half who made all other defenders he played with better

Distin was a superb player, don't think you'd have found many City fans who didn't rate him

 

[MarsLlama]

Kolarov

Definitely another one for me. Yeah he was defensively not great but I always enjoyed watching him play. Still remember him proudly showing off the gap in his teeth after he lost one in a derby, I think to that bastard Ibrahimovic.

 

[LongsightM13]

Judging by how many on here seem to have rewritten history and decided he was a lazy useless shit all along, I’ll go with Leroy

 

[ws01]

Judging by how many on here seem to have rewritten history and decided he was a lazy useless shit all along, I’ll go with Leroy

100%

 

[kun]

Judging by how many on here seem to have rewritten history and decided he was a lazy useless shit all along, I’ll go with Leroy

This is happening to Sterling now

 

[bluesteel]

Sane, Kolarov, Dzeko all left too early.

 

[117 M34]

Bravo - as a number 2.
Think he was better than steffan is now

 

[SanPellegrini]

Balotelli

 

[MarsLlama]

Judging by how many on here seem to have rewritten history and decided he was a lazy useless shit all along, I’ll go with Leroy

Phenomenally talented player him- maybe top five I've ever seen for City in terms of natural talent.

Yeah, it feels like an easy way out to say the only reason he didn't last is because he was lazy. Think he wasn't very consistent, true, but on his day... blimey. He's definitely back to his best now at Bayern after a bad first year.

 

[MarsLlama]

Bravo - as a number 2.
Think he was better than steffan is now

I liked Bravo as a number 2- prefer Steffen personally but Bravo was a great penalty-stopper. That reminds me of another- Caballero.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Always thought Clichy was a good player for us, and was never really replaced, despite spending a lot of money in the meantime.

 

[argyle]

Dzeko.

 

[MarsLlama]

Always thought Clichy was a good player for us, and was never really replaced, despite spending a lot of money in the meantime.

I liked Clichy. I remember in Pep's first season, home to Burnley, Ferna got an early red card. We tried and tried to break down Burnley's defence until eventually Clichy went "fuck it" and passed a lovely low shot through the crowd of defenders and into the net. Sergio scored minutes later and we won with 10 men.