Benjamin Mendy - City lose case and Mendy awarded £11m in back pay (p168)

[Lavinda Past]

Didn't he win a world cup / PL and League cup winners medal playing something like 4 or 5 games

Football awards and medals are given out like sweets nowadays. Even that tosser Cancelo got a cupboardful within the last couple of weeks. And Scott Carson...? The City fans who went to Istanbul deserve a medal more than he does.

The cut-off number of games for a medal should be much higher.

Mangala is/was the most uncoordinated player on the planet. Played like his feet were on the wrong legs.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Roque Santa Cruz?

Still playing, believe it or not.

One for Ripley or the McWhirter twins!!!

 

[Phil1]

We are known for signing players for their character as well as ability but can’t get it right every time. Onwards and upwards.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Great debut v Chelsea, downhill quicker than Frank Klammer after that (one for us oldies).

To be fair, Diego Costa was awful that day. Most people in the crowd could have kept him quiet.

 

[Lavinda Past]

We only spent money on Mangala, of which we had pots, but we didn’t have a pot and bought Daley, necessitating the sale of the core of the side. Stuff it, on reflection I’m knocking Mendy back down a notch and putting Daley back on his rightful throne. :-)

The thing I remember mist about Steve Daley's debut was looking around and seeing thousands of fans standing open mouthed and speechless when we realised what Swales had spent £1.4 million on.

He wasn't actually that bad, but we paid about £1.2 million over the odds for him.

Mangala wasn't worth the value of the ink used to sign his contract.

 

[Gabriel]

The thing I remember mist about Steve Daley's debut was looking around and seeing thousands of fans standing open mouthed and speechless when we realised what Swales had spent £1.4 million on.

He wasn't actually that bad, but we paid about £1.2 million over the odds for him.

Mangala wasn't worth the value of the ink used to sign his contract.

It was also who left that year that added to the umbrage felt. Mangala was signed in the same summer as Bony and Fernando, in what with immediate hindsight was a truly horrendous window.

 

[Etihad]

Don't judge us by them.

My comment could be taken either way. But personally I feel it reflects badly on united that they've retained MG.

 

[Lavinda Past]

It was also who left that year that added to the umbrage felt. Mangala was signed in the same summer as Bony and Fernando, in what with immediate hindsight was a truly horrendous window.

To be honest, I thought Fernando was OK for us, but never really progressed. He's a decent pro.

I thought Wilf would set the place on fire when he signed. Unfortunately, Wilf is a lazy bastard who put his feet up before the ink was dry on his contract.

It was a terrible window!

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Mangala takes that crown

In fairness, Mangala looked an exceptional signing and I was delighted when he came in. It just didn’t happen.

 

[JCB001]

My comment could be taken either way. But personally I feel it reflects badly on united that they've retained MG.

If he was a no mark player he would have been history by now..... then again when have they ever had morals that lot