Benjamin Mendy leaves City | Launches “multi-million-pound” claim against club over unpaid wages (p118)

[Sir peace frog]

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.

it would be very interesting to drag up their pre signing threads ,im pretty certain the mangala one people would of been very happy

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

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.

Pellegrini, the tactical genius.

Fernando was alright to be fair. Didn’t light up my world but did a job for us at the time.

 

[Gabriel]

Pellegrini, the tactical genius.

Fernando was alright to be fair. Didn’t light up my world but did a job for us at the time.

Agreed. I wasn’t insinuating that Fernando was bad, just that he signed in a window where ‘alright’ was a relief.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Three trophies in three seasons and the semi finals of the Champions League shows Pellegrini wasn’t too bad at all.

The first season in particular was exceptional. I loved every minute.

 

[BlueCityfan]

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.

What bothers me most about that period is that Txiki was already our sporting director back then. We were also supposedly "preparing" for Pep. Yet we were signing some truly horrendous anti-Pep players. It wasn't until Pep joined (or maybe a year prior) that we started having good transfer windows.

 

[Corky]

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.

Bony was a winter signing.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

You lot have short memories, RSC and Jo were like prime pele compared to Tony cunningham, trevor christie and robert hopkins

And the silky skills of Peter Bodak :-/

 

[bluesince76]

It's easy in retrospect to class Mendy as a bad signing, but I don't recall anyone saying that in his first few games for us when he was getting lots of assists and creating even more chances. Ignoring the off the field issues for a second, it was the knee injuries that did it and from when he did make a short comeback, it looked like he couldn't run properly and I'm not sure he'll ever be a top level footballer again, but the sort of thing that can happen to anyone.

Then there's the off the field stuff and without suggesting anything he did was illegal, it was questionable behaviour for a professional footballer, even an injured one. Won't be the only player to not behave in the best way off the field (not even the only City fullback!) but doesn't suggest dedication.

 

[johnnytapia]

Definitely. Probably the worst professional 'footballer' I've ever seen. A fine athlete perhaps, but an absolute fraud of a player.

Like he was kicking a fucking hand grenade

 

[johnnytapia]

No

Didn’t our accounts show we’d paid him up for remaining part of his contract? 18 million springs to mind for some reason (his wages or number of shags).