BringBackSwales said:ANY1aBLUE said:bluemoondays said:I could see this being a "Vieira replacement", he seems to be outside of the age group we are targeting as he's 28 soon.
Not sure how it stacks up with Milner, Barry, Yaya, NDJ though, unless BM is going to leave Yaya as an AM instead of dropping him back to DM as most seem to be assuming.
Class player, 63 caps for Italy and member of their world cup winning side in 2006.
'how he stacks up against Milner & Barry' ????? Are you serious? You answered that when you added 'class player'...........................
have ANY of your 1,427 posts not had a negative connotation about someone? You really are depressed
bluefandk said:I would love him at City, unfortunately i just cant see it happen, he loves Roma to much and always turns down the clubs who wants to sign him.
Would love to be wrong though.
I didn't say how "He" stacks up, i wrote how "It" stacks up in terms of where the other players will play or rotate. Naturally De Rossi would be a starter next to NDJ but most people seem to be assuming if we sign a few AMs or wingers that Yaya would drop back into his Barca DM type role. We aren't going to play Yaya, De Rossi and NDJ together in a 4-2-3-1 unless Yaya stays as an AM, Barry and Milner would be rotation players is my guess.ANY1aBLUE said:bluemoondays said:I could see this being a "Vieira replacement", he seems to be outside of the age group we are targeting as he's 28 soon.
Not sure how it stacks up with Milner, Barry, Yaya, NDJ though, unless BM is going to leave Yaya as an AM instead of dropping him back to DM as most seem to be assuming.
Class player, 63 caps for Italy and member of their world cup winning side in 2006.
'how he stacks up against Milner & Barry' ????? Are you serious? You answered that when you added 'class player'...........................
Mancio said:the guy has got ENORMOUS personal issues at Rome. nothing to do with football. maybe better for him go outside but i doubt he'll be strong enough to do it.
bluemoondays said:I didn't say how "He" stacks up, i wrote how "It" stacks up in terms of where the other players will play or rotate. Naturally De Rossi would be a starter next to NDJ but most people seem to be assuming if we sign a few AMs or wingers that Yaya would drop back into his Barca DM type role. We aren't going to play Yaya, De Rossi and NDJ together in a 4-2-3-1 unless Yaya stays as an AM, Barry and Milner would be rotation players is my guess.
ST Coleridge said:Mancio said:the guy has got ENORMOUS personal issues at Rome. nothing to do with football. maybe better for him go outside but i doubt he'll be strong enough to do it.
Really Mancio? What's going on?
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bluemoondays said:I didn't say how "He" stacks up, i wrote how "It" stacks up in terms of where the other players will play or rotate. Naturally De Rossi would be a starter next to NDJ but most people seem to be assuming if we sign a few AMs or wingers that Yaya would drop back into his Barca DM type role. We aren't going to play Yaya, De Rossi and NDJ together in a 4-2-3-1 unless Yaya stays as an AM, Barry and Milner would be rotation players is my guess.
I can't see him moving Yaya back unless we get an attacking midfielder with some defensive nous - I'm thinking someone like Lampard/Gerrard/Fabregas. Our targets (Nasri, Sanchez) suggest that we're trying to fill a 'wing' position first.
Given that we therefore have only Milner, Barry, De Jong and Yaya for three positions, I could see De Rossi fitting in pretty well.
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dref619 said:whats going on mancio ? i know he only has one year left on his contract ?
would kill for him at city, can do everything in the middle of the park for me, going back and forward
Stephen Ireland looked good in about 10-15 games in 2008-09 too!kinkladzestwinkletoes said:CityPar said:kinkladzestwinkletoes said:City, offerta per De Rossi 3 – Il Manchester City ha offerto 35 milioni di euro alla Roma per il cartellino di De Rossi: la Roma avrebbe al mmento declinato l'offerta ritenendo il centrocampista incedibile
City bid for De Rossi 3 - Manchester City has offered 35 million euros to Rome for the card of De Rossi: Roma would have to mmento midfielder turned down the offer considering the non-transferable
from Repubblica Sport. Does this mean the offer was rejected???
Yup sounds like it if indeed its genuine in the first place.
never really seen much of him but what I have seen, he looks good.