Best player from our doldrums years (1980 to roughly 2009)

Lake would possibly have topped the lot but fate and injury curtailed that.

Kinkladze was the right player at the wrong time. Hard to make too much of case for him when he was part of possibly our worst era of all time and often went missing.

Anelka was a class forward and had everything for a top class striker. Came to us a few years too early.


Ali bernarbia was a class act but his best season was in the first division and by the time we got promoted he was finished. Touch and vision was unreal.

Leaves swp who carried us for two seasons. Kept us up and was an outstanding talent before Chelsea ruined him.
 
Lavinda Past said:
100%

Ali Bernarbia was long past his peak by the time he arrived at City, but he was still an absolute joy to watch
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I remember Keegan saying he'd literally stepped off the plane and was starting him against Birmingham (I think). I remember being at the game not really excited or caring to see this new signing and I was absolutely blown away
 
Bernarbia or Anelka.

At that stage Anelka was good enough to be at a CL team in a top league, we were lucky to get him.
He was a whinging twat who was exceptionally rude about us after he left. But he was a fantastic player.

Ali was otherworldly.
But we saw the best of him in division 1.
By the time we were back in the PL he was about 33 and at some points it passed him by with the pace and physicality.
If we had him a few years earlier I think he would have been a force in the PL.
But so grateful for that season in division 1.
 
IrishBloodEnglishHeart said:
The best I've seen technically is still Ali B. We got him at the very very end of his career. Would have been amazing to see him in his prime.

Defending wise Daniel van Buyten was class.
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I had forgotten about van Buyten.
He was fantastic. I think it was Hamburg who wanted £5m for it and we didn’t have it at the time.
 
Micky Blue said:
Bernarbia or Anelka.

At that stage Anelka was good enough to be at a CL team in a top league, we were lucky to get him.
He was a whinging twat who was exceptionally rude about us after he left. But he was a fantastic player.

Ali was otherworldly.
But we saw the best of him in division 1.
By the time we were back in the PL he was about 33 and at some points it passed him by with the pace and physicality.
If we had him a few years earlier I think he would have been a force in the PL.
But so grateful for that season in division 1.
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Was it Bernarbia who scored that screamer against utd from about 30 yards early in a derby 1 nil win under Sven? He must have bent it about 10 yards outside the goal before finding the bottom corner. Absolutely class.
 
Micky Blue said:
I had forgotten about van Buyten.
He was fantastic. I think it was Hamburg who wanted £5m for it and we didn’t have it at the time.
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I saw all DVB games in person, the first he was dragged out of position and the ball played behind him for the Owen goal.

The fifth he gave away a penalty, got injured and sent off costing us the game in one incident, which was very harsh on him to be fair.

He then missed the last 9 games of the season injured, wasting a large loan fee on him, and Marseille also wanted a large transfer fee which his performances did not warrant.

Fans judge him from on one game which was on the telly rather than a less than impressive 5 game PL stint and mostly injured.
 
Keepingthefaithsince1976 said:
Was it Bernarbia who scored that screamer against utd from about 30 yards early in a derby 1 nil win under Sven? He must have bent it about 10 yards outside the goal before finding the bottom corner. Absolutely class.
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No Bernarbia had long retired about 4 years earlier at that point.
He left when Keegan was boss.

It was the Brazilian Geovanni who scored that goal. That incidentally was the first derby I went to.
 
I mean for the pure excitement it has to be Kinky. And I think if Kinky worked under a better manager and was more professional he could have done anything he wanted. He is very close to Messi when it comes to being ambidextrous.
 
mattcity5 said:
Was gonna say - Dunne got a ton of POTYs, but for me Distin was better every single season. James was quality, Anelka too.

Other than those - Wright-Phillips was special, and Elano and Petrov had quality.

Back from the pre2000 years - the u21s group in the middle/late 80s, plus Curle and Hendry from the early 90s for me.
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Curle was my boyhood hero. I had high hopes Nicky Summerbee and Nigel Clough as well but they broke my childhood.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
Met them all. Eric Nixon used to go in the Old House at Home on Burton Road which was a huge Blue pub in those days. It was my local.
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There were some good pubs in Withington, we were usually to be found in the Turnpike. I played in the same school team as Roger and Nigel Hart, the five Nixon brothers lived up the road from me in Bosley Avenue. Alex is President of our supporters club, he’s a top bloke, very supportive of all the branches he’s associated with.
 
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