city diehard
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i know every one asks but can someone please sum up all the itk info
cheers in advance
cheers in advance
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anyone know how bad ass these shieks are?
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Uwe Rosler's Grandad
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city diehard said:i know every one asks but can someone please sum up all the itk info
cheers in advance
I can summarise that in five words "Looks like exciting times ahead"
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Uwe Rosler's Grandad said:city diehard said:i know every one asks but can someone please sum up all the itk info
cheers in advance
I can summarise that in five words "Looks like exciting times ahead"
Next question
Well said URG, so glad you did that before I decided to try and summarise the last 40 pages !
To be fair, its been quite an interesting thread with people like yourself, ZZ, Rammy and Tolmie involved, oh and OB1. I will be a very happy man should things happen as per this thread.
Brucie Bonus
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Dyed Petya said:OB1 said:Brucie Bonus said:I'll stick with the general point made by OB1, or was it...I forget...that Mourinho is arguably one of the top five managers in the world, and Hughes inarguably is not in the top twenty. Did I get that right?BlueMark said:With all these 'dont forget x y and z weren't JM buys' I am not sure whather we agreed on the OP's point with listing the players JM 'bought' ... ? :-)
That is what I said.
I agree. It would be a very courageous* decision to keep MH if Mourinho is serious aboutwanting to come to us.
* - In the 'Yes, Minister' sense of the word.
Drôle :-).
bizzbo
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it's almost like the rumours gathered pace at just the right time to make sure everyone at the club pulls there finger out, if they wanna keep hughes....
the mega-money-mega-stars approach has always been a possibility, one which would mean countless players packing their bags, as well as the coaching staff and probably one or more of the directors.... there are plenty of people who would prefer Hughes to stay for their own reasons, but maybe it's good to remind them that patience is not infinite, and they have to deliver the results that justify keeping faith with the current regime.
the mega-money-mega-stars approach has always been a possibility, one which would mean countless players packing their bags, as well as the coaching staff and probably one or more of the directors.... there are plenty of people who would prefer Hughes to stay for their own reasons, but maybe it's good to remind them that patience is not infinite, and they have to deliver the results that justify keeping faith with the current regime.
Ducado
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LOL
I don't want Mourinho because I think he's a twat. Not logicial perhaps but that's how I feel.
Someone, somewhere, sometime posted that Wrighty said his son wouldn't play for Mourinho again. If true then another reason not to want him here.
I don't particularly like hughes either by the way and I think SWP should be second choice to Robben/Ribery/Tevez next year but that's besides the point.
I'm in such a catch-22. Hughes gets us 3 wins and we make 7th, I'm temporarily happy and he stays, and then he turns out to be as crap a manager as I thought he was starting to look. Or Hughes doesn't get us to Europe, it's an excuse to kick him out the door and we get in the biggest moaner in football (almost as bad as Ferguson IMO). I wish they just gave me the job. Why can't they just do that? Huh?
Someone, somewhere, sometime posted that Wrighty said his son wouldn't play for Mourinho again. If true then another reason not to want him here.
I don't particularly like hughes either by the way and I think SWP should be second choice to Robben/Ribery/Tevez next year but that's besides the point.
I'm in such a catch-22. Hughes gets us 3 wins and we make 7th, I'm temporarily happy and he stays, and then he turns out to be as crap a manager as I thought he was starting to look. Or Hughes doesn't get us to Europe, it's an excuse to kick him out the door and we get in the biggest moaner in football (almost as bad as Ferguson IMO). I wish they just gave me the job. Why can't they just do that? Huh?
Something people need to bear in mind is that to Mansour, City are just a tiny, tiny part of his business empire. We're one of hundreds of companies he owns. If people think he sits around worrying about which players Manchester City are going to sign, then i suspect they'll be very wrong. He has shares in banks, huge multinational companies, vast amounts of property in that London, i'd be surprised if City accounted to more than 0.1% of his overall business portfolio. That's not to say he doesn't want the best for us, just that it's unlikely to be him that makes the decisions about the football side of the operation. This is why Khaldoon's here, he's the link, but admittedly not a football man. Hughes and his team will make ALL of the football decisions, Cook runs the business side of things, and they both report to Mubarak who in turn reports to the big man.
I highly doubt Mansour & Khaldoon sit around talking fantasy football. If Hughes wants Eto'o, Ribery and Tevez he'll tell Cook and Khaldoon, and if they think it's feasible then Cook will make moves for them. If Hughes wants, say, Lescott, Parker & Santa Cruz then we'll go for those. Our owners are already proving a great asset to the club, and by the sounds of it they're here long-term, but they won't be buying players over the managers head, they won't be making mangerial changes unless their advisors think it absolutely necessary, and they won't be sat around 24/7 discussing the merits of us signing Thierry Henry, or Micah Richards poor form. We're a very small part of their business, and with that i think we try and remain moderately realistic.
Also, the owners appear very keen to come across well, both to the fans and the media, and not to quickly gather a reputation, as other foreign owners have, of being sack-happy, throwing their weight around, dabbling behind the scenes. I think they want to win friends in the game, and this is why i think they'll give Hughes at least another season to prove himself.
I highly doubt Mansour & Khaldoon sit around talking fantasy football. If Hughes wants Eto'o, Ribery and Tevez he'll tell Cook and Khaldoon, and if they think it's feasible then Cook will make moves for them. If Hughes wants, say, Lescott, Parker & Santa Cruz then we'll go for those. Our owners are already proving a great asset to the club, and by the sounds of it they're here long-term, but they won't be buying players over the managers head, they won't be making mangerial changes unless their advisors think it absolutely necessary, and they won't be sat around 24/7 discussing the merits of us signing Thierry Henry, or Micah Richards poor form. We're a very small part of their business, and with that i think we try and remain moderately realistic.
Also, the owners appear very keen to come across well, both to the fans and the media, and not to quickly gather a reputation, as other foreign owners have, of being sack-happy, throwing their weight around, dabbling behind the scenes. I think they want to win friends in the game, and this is why i think they'll give Hughes at least another season to prove himself.
Ducado said:
Where have you been and where's your sick note ?
wrongun73
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and whos this lol character?stony said:Ducado said:
Where have you been and where's your sick note ?