Eliaquim Mangala - now official

[TrueBlue1705]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I am not liking his lack of enthusiasm in wanting to join City but if he does sign for us then then there will be time for to win me over.

Worse still his lack of class - City should know from the Isco and Hazard experiences its time to tell this guy to f*ck off .... He's not even a proven top player for christs sake, who does he think he is!!!

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I have watched him a few times since January and I have to say he's very good but makes some almighty cock ups.
Fernando is amazing but Mangala is more like David Luiz than Vincent Kompany, The reputed €45m (£37.8m) buy-out clause is DEFINITELY far too much for him
Frankly I think Nastasic is the steadier player. I'd rather we kept Nastasic and brought Karim Rekik into the first team to play in the LC and occasional first team games.

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Sorry but for me Nastasic is very average, hes only 21 so he might develop into a decent centre back given time but I wouldn't feel comfortable going into next season with just Rekik and Nastasic as cover.

Benatia would be my first choice but I could see Mangala and Kompany making a great partnership.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I have watched him a few times since January and I have to say he's very good but makes some almighty cock ups.
Fernando is amazing but Mangala is more like David Luiz than Vincent Kompany, The reputed €45m (£37.8m) buy-out clause is DEFINITELY far too much for him
Frankly I think Nastasic is the steadier player. I'd rather we kept Nastasic and brought Karim Rekik into the first team to play in the LC and occasional first team games.

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Sorry but for me Nastasic is very average, hes only 21 so he might develop into a decent centre back given time but I wouldn't feel comfortable going into next season with just Rekik and Nastasic as cover.

Benatia would be my first choice but I could see Mangala and Kompany making a great partnership.

Rekik might not just be cover, I'd wager we'd have a massive thread on the 19 year old who went on loan to PSV and ended up as captain and got a place in the Dutch national side if he wasn't already our player !

 

[CityStu]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I have watched him a few times since January and I have to say he's very good but makes some almighty cock ups.
Fernando is amazing but Mangala is more like David Luiz than Vincent Kompany, The reputed €45m (£37.8m) buy-out clause is DEFINITELY far too much for him
Frankly I think Nastasic is the steadier player. I'd rather we kept Nastasic and brought Karim Rekik into the first team to play in the LC and occasional first team games.

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Sorry but for me Nastasic is very average, hes only 21 so he might develop into a decent centre back given time but I wouldn't feel comfortable going into next season with just Rekik and Nastasic as cover.

Benatia would be my first choice but I could see Mangala and Kompany making a great partnership.

Nastasic had a great first season. Looks like he'd suit Mancini's contained style of defending far more than Pellegrini's front foot style though. He's hopefully young enough to adapt at City, but if he were to move back to the continent (particularly Italy) he'll look world class in no time.

 

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I am not liking his lack of enthusiasm in wanting to join City but if he does sign for us then then there will be time for to win me over.

Worse still his lack of class - City should know from the Isco and Hazard experiences its time to tell this guy to f*ck off .... He's not even a proven top player for christs sake, who does he think he is!!!

I'm sorry, but how on earth is saying that you prefer the idea of London to Manchester lacking class? He didn't say Manchester was a dump, or anything remotely about Manchester, he merely gave the fairly common view that London is a fantastic place to live. People need to be toughen up a bit, taking offence to someone saying they like London is bordering on pathetic

 

[TrueBlue1705]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I am not liking his lack of enthusiasm in wanting to join City but if he does sign for us then then there will be time for to win me over.

Worse still his lack of class - City should know from the Isco and Hazard experiences its time to tell this guy to f*ck off .... He's not even a proven top player for christs sake, who does he think he is!!!

I'm sorry, but how on earth is saying that you prefer the idea of London to Manchester lacking class? He didn't say Manchester was a dump, or anything remotely about Manchester, he merely gave the fairly common view that London is a fantastic place to live. People need to be toughen up a bit, taking offence to someone saying they like London is bordering on pathetic

Why the f*ck is he saying this then knowing full well we are negotiating with Porto to sign him? - To me its a lack of class to come out with such a statement, it stinks of someone who thinks he's bigger than he is ....

 

[birchwoodgingerste]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

To be honest mangala is very raw but he has all the attributes to force a rock solid partnership with vinny.He reminds me of a young sol cambell physical quick but a bit clumsy its a bit of a gamble but he has all the attributes.

 

[BigOscar]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Worse still his lack of class - City should know from the Isco and Hazard experiences its time to tell this guy to f*ck off .... He's not even a proven top player for christs sake, who does he think he is!!!

I'm sorry, but how on earth is saying that you prefer the idea of London to Manchester lacking class? He didn't say Manchester was a dump, or anything remotely about Manchester, he merely gave the fairly common view that London is a fantastic place to live. People need to be toughen up a bit, taking offence to someone saying they like London is bordering on pathetic

Why the f*ck is he saying this then knowing full well we are negotiating with Porto to sign him? - To me its a lack of class to come out with such a statement, it stinks of someone who thinks he's bigger than he is ....

I'm sorry, but what are you expecting him to say? He's not our player, he is under absolutely no obligation to tow the company line. He was asked for an opinion and he gave one, an entriely reasonable one that was in absolutely no way offensive to us as a club. Thank fuck no one records everything any of us say and takes such offence to such minor comments.

 

[Lord Blue]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

Worse still his lack of class - City should know from the Isco and Hazard experiences its time to tell this guy to f*ck off .... He's not even a proven top player for christs sake, who does he think he is!!!

I'm sorry, but how on earth is saying that you prefer the idea of London to Manchester lacking class? He didn't say Manchester was a dump, or anything remotely about Manchester, he merely gave the fairly common view that London is a fantastic place to live. People need to be toughen up a bit, taking offence to someone saying they like London is bordering on pathetic

Why the f*ck is he saying this then knowing full well we are negotiating with Porto to sign him? - To me its a lack of class to come out with such a statement, it stinks of someone who thinks he's bigger than he is ....

Erm, maybe we're not

 

[TrueBlue1705]

Re: Eliaquim Mangala

I'm sorry, but how on earth is saying that you prefer the idea of London to Manchester lacking class? He didn't say Manchester was a dump, or anything remotely about Manchester, he merely gave the fairly common view that London is a fantastic place to live. People need to be toughen up a bit, taking offence to someone saying they like London is bordering on pathetic

Why the f*ck is he saying this then knowing full well we are negotiating with Porto to sign him? - To me its a lack of class to come out with such a statement, it stinks of someone who thinks he's bigger than he is ....

Erm, maybe we're not

Then in this case it would make sense - but as I understand it has he not already acknoweldged that we were negotiating with Porto for him and stated we hadn't been able to agree a fee, whilst at the same time stating his preference for a London club....