Mancityfans.net'er said:
And thats all down to hart is it? They can give us maik taylor then because he usually has a good game against us (maybe apart from when we hammered them)
I have never heard of any team being arsed about the prize money by the way. It makes me think of the time under SP or keegan when the team were really shit, out of the UEFA chase and it was a media excuse to tell the players we still had something to play for. As I recall it didnt work and the players didnt give a shit.
£3m for Brum would have a say in their transfer budget next season. Ok they have a rich owner, but not on the same league as we do. Money is money, but when its millionS, well then its common sense to want it, not lose it. Letting our keeper go on loan all season was a gamble on our part, a gamble which more than likley looked to pay off cos it meant Hart getting experience and we were happy for that to happen as it ultimately only benefits us. That gamble also had the potential to fail though, like it is now and whilst long term we will still have the pay off of the gamble, right now we are suffering the effects of it failing, but as I say a gamble is a gamble and if it turns out to have some sort of fail, you have to suffer the consequences of it. Put it this way, if Given was ok would we be wanting Hart back? No, course not and the gamble would all be in our advantage, so just cos we need him back it shouldn't mean we can expect it just because the gamble appears to have some kind of negative efffect now.