Sorry fellas but i can't help thinking a friendly fixture bang in the middle of our most important season possibly in the clubs history (definitely for over 40 years) is a very stupid idea. Sure it's a lot of fun for the more affluent City fan who can afford to spend hundreds of pounds to jet off and watch a foolishly planned friendly. And it is during a scheduled international fixture when the majority of our players are with their nations anyway. But it's a squad game and the likes of Taylor, Sylvinho, Onouah, Zabaleta, Weiss and the like will all be very important squad players. To risk injury against a bunch of semi pro's who will be eager to prove a point in front of their home crowd is blatantly stupid.
We are bound to lose a couple of first choice players during the International break, we always do. So we will need our squad players (whom most are as good as some first teamers anyway) to stay clear of injury. Considering the fact that when everyone returns we will be facing an AWAY TRIP TO ANFIELD.
It's obvious this is something that our owners (whom i do agree are FANTASTIC of course) have forced upon Sparky as i am sure that, if he had the choice, he'd prefer to bin this nonsense. It's one where i believe he should have politely stood his ground and explained his reasons of why this was a bad idea.
