Nedum Onuoha thank you for your honesty.

Tim of the Oak said:
Mancini is a Club legend.
PPT said:
Top post!
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In 2013 the club were in trouble with ffp. Mancini continually told the media he needed more money , the squad was too small so he said. The quotes are there for you to read. He took the club on and lost.
More spending at that time would have been suicidal and the club were not prepared to go down the pan.
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Tim of the Oak said:
Fair enough but if the criteria was to be the world’s best like Pep then we would probably be left with Erling, Kevin, Khaldoon and Kyle - and possibly Colin Savage back on City Matters.

There would probably have been no Vicky Kloss or Danny Wilson (Good servants to the Club that they were) or legends like Zabba
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I can’t understand this post Tim.
 
oakiecokie said:
Thank fuck Dave, I thought it was just me. ;)
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I will put a translation on for the old timers lol. I guess it comes down to whether you view Mancini’s management as elite or you expect people to be perfect. Mancini is probably the best loved manager since the Mercer / Alison era so he deserves a bit more respect on here. Pep was an upgrade. Fair enough.

I don’t want to distract from the focus on Nedum so I will leave it there. Top Blue that he is. Anyway, almost everyone associated with the Club at that point was replaced by upgrades (apart from the fans). It was only natural that Nedum would be replaced.
Ps I see a mention of Boyata who went on to have a good international career.
 
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Tim of the Oak said:
Mancini is a Club legend. Nedum and Gary Cook aren’t. Nedum is brilliant with his punditry and his intelligence shines naturally, for example, like Pat Nevin. I’m very happy he’s a Blue.

There’s a lot of comments on this thread about people in football. I just want to remind Bluemooners about a couple of facts. Mancini ended the rags’ dominance and upset a kit man. Ian Wright spoke out to stop a tirade of racially motivated abuse in the media against Raheem Sterling. Cook did a good job in the main but the email exchange made his job untenable.
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This for me is one of the most iconic images in our history and you so right in saying Roberto Mancini is and will always be a legend in our history

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Keeper! said:
This for me is one of the most iconic images in our history and you so right in saying Roberto Mancini is and will always be a legend in our history

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I love that pic. It’s up there with the pics of Edin and Kolarov celebrating the 6th goal and Mario goading the rags at the final whistle of the Yaya Toure Cup semi final.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
I love that pic. It’s up there with the pics of Edin and Kolarov celebrating the 6th goal and Mario goading the rags at the final whistle of the Yaya Toure Cup semi final.
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And this, this was the night the alcoholic old fool knew we were the real deal, the noisy neighbors were now the elite, Mancini was a winner, he made us winners, whatever his faults and there were many, he made us what we are today.
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Keeper! said:
And this, this was the night the alcoholic old fool knew we were the real deal, the noisy neighbors were now the elite, Mancini was a winner, he made us winners, whatever his faults and there were many, he made us what we are today.
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Brilliant. Arguably the best of the lot.

Anytime we see a pic of Mancini on the touch line, I anticipate the cameras switching to Phil Jones and the GPC at Sunderland. I know that was the last day of the season but I was reminded of it by Leeds fans on Friday night, when I went to watch David Silva.

A Leeds fans told me he plays that footage several times a year lol.
 
Not read the the thread apart from the first page.

Let me express my deep disappointment in the 'fans' that backed Cook over Neds and his Mum, back in those days. I couldn't believe lots of us would back some fucking money chasing exec over one of our own and some of the shocking views expressed on BM will, imo, forever cast a shadow on the forum.

Neds could have turned his back on the club and threw heavy shit, quite easily, but didn't and it surprised me to see him back on the scene talking some great stuff about us then and now.

A million times the man than any of the absolute thunder cunts that expressed their hate/ disbelief towards him and his mother, of whom I never recalled recanting and apologising.

Now HE'S a True Blue over 95% of former and current players.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
Rather than show deference to the opposition manager, support your fucking boss, or at least stay the fuck out of it when he’s standing up to a bully and trying to rattle the ****.
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100%, says a lot about Mr Platt, he has a face that one could never tire of giving a good slap.
 
Keeper! said:
As a Player Nedum was very ordinary in terms of a footballer but he was an incredible athlete.
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He certainly was (and no doubt still is for his age), kind of saddens me but I watched Nedum grow through the youth system, similar with Micah, and at the time was really confident they’d both go on to become the stalwarts of the team for years to come, and would have been made up with that, because that’s where we were then, Nedum I suppose was one of the biggest casualties of the takeover.
 
Dirty Harry said:
He certainly was (and no doubt still is for his age), kind of saddens me but I watched Nedum grow through the youth system, similar with Micah, and at the time was really confident they’d both go on to become the stalwarts of the team for years to come, and would have been made up with that, because that’s where we were then, Nedum I suppose was one of the biggest casualties of the takeover.
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I remember the club giving him a lot of publicity when he was coming through the ranks, not sure if they thought he was a genuine star or things were that bad pre takover that they wanted to give the fans hope.

I was never that impressed by him, as said earlier, incredible athlete but very average footballer.

I always though Micha was way above him in ability.

As fans we all love to see the local lads come through but it also clouds judgment on their ability and prospect of making the first team.
 
jimharri said:
Mancini ended the 35 year drought (and the 44 year title drought), and has earned his place in our history. He will never be forgotten. As a people person, though, he seems (repeat for the hard of hearing, SEEMS*) to have left a bit to be desired. IIRC quite a few of the behind the scenes staff at the club (chefs, laundry, groundstaff etc) were not broken hearted to see him go. I suppose the old saying about breaking eggs to make omelettes comes to mind.


*I said "seems" as I wasn't around the club at the time and can't verify how he was as a person away from the media.
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Personally I couldn’t give a flying fuck if Mancini upset the tea lady or ‘Chappy’ the comedy kit man.

The guy is a hero and the way he’s been almost erased from history by the club is an insult.

Gets on my wick when ex players like Nedum drone on and on and on about what a bastard he was.

Yeah he was a bastard. And a winner. And you just weren’t good enough lad. Get over it.
 
Keeper! said:
100%, says a lot about Mr Platt, he has a face that one could never tire of giving a good slap.
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Someone i am very close to has a son who played in the same cricket team as platts son. As well as michael vaughans, freddie flintoffs and robbies savages. He said all the latter were brilliant, welcoming, inclusive, etc.
he said platt was just an ignorant wanker
 
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