Etihad Player of the Year

[sir baconface]

I was thinking about our own polling on Bluemoon a little earlier (before anything on the Etihad) - where's it gone?

It never happened.

 

[Blue Til Death]

I was thinking about our own polling on Bluemoon a little earlier (before anything on the Etihad) - where's it gone?

It never happened.

We are not really here, remember, nothing we say or do really happens.. !

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Lol, coming from a man who wanted a manager out who won our first title in 44 years and who also said a 3rd division play off was a better moment than Aguero winning the league with the last kick of the season, you know all about getting it wrong, son! :-)

In danger of getting off topic, but you're not making a very compelling argument given that Pellegrini expertly healed the divisions in the squad, and won both the Premier League and Carling Cup in his first season in English football! As to the 3rd division play off final I know exactly where DD is coming from. The Dickov and Aguero moments were near identical in terms of dramatic impact, but because Dickov's goal was the first time we'd ever experienced such incredible redemption, it was transformed into the near celestial. What was it Billy Bragg said? "It's never the same after the first time, but it doesn't stop you coming back for more."

Yeh I probably didn't word it very well. Pellegrini has achieved what you said, and deserves credit for that. Where I'm saying Dismal got it wrong is he was calling for Mancini to go before we won the FA Cup. He then continued his silly campaign the season after when we went on to win the league. The results themselves proved how wrong he got it, but he'd never admit it. The reasons for that are open to individual interpretation.

The 3rd Division Play Off was an incredible moment, absolutely incredible. But to even try to compare it to the Aguero moment is just bonkers to me. Again, the only reason DD did that is because he had an agenda against the manager which was rather tasteless.

Let it go.

The war is over. Again.

Move on. Take it on the chin. He isn't coming back.

Sweet Jesus.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Lol, coming from a man who wanted a manager out who won our first title in 44 years and who also said a 3rd division play off was a better moment than Aguero winning the league with the last kick of the season, you know all about getting it wrong, son! :-)

In danger of getting off topic, but you're not making a very compelling argument given that Pellegrini expertly healed the divisions in the squad, and won both the Premier League and Carling Cup in his first season in English football! As to the 3rd division play off final I know exactly where DD is coming from. The Dickov and Aguero moments were near identical in terms of dramatic impact, but because Dickov's goal was the first time we'd ever experienced such incredible redemption, it was transformed into the near celestial. What was it Billy Bragg said? "It's never the same after the first time, but it doesn't stop you coming back for more."

Yeh I probably didn't word it very well. Pellegrini has achieved what you said, and deserves credit for that. Where I'm saying Dismal got it wrong is he was calling for Mancini to go before we won the FA Cup. He then continued his silly campaign the season after when we went on to win the league. The results themselves proved how wrong he got it, but he'd never admit it. The reasons for that are open to individual interpretation.

The 3rd Division Play Off was an incredible moment, absolutely incredible. But to even try to compare it to the Aguero moment is just bonkers to me. Again, the only reason DD did that is because he had an agenda against the manager which was rather tasteless.

Whilst winning the title after 44 years and stuffing the rags in the process will obviously be held in higher regard than a Div 1 play off final by any neutral, I can only go by how I felt on the respective days. Aguero's goal was incredible, but in terms of the degree of maniacal fanaticism with which I celebrated, it is surprisingly down in 3rd place on my all time list. Ya Ya in the cup final was 2nd, but I knew even as I was falling over Wembley's old bench seats, screaming and screaming and screaming with adrenalin fuelled pleasure, that I would never again experience quite the same sensation as I did when Paul Dickov scored, and it has proven to be the case. Each to their own I suppose, and I understand why Sergio's goal may have brought greater pleasure to the majority of Blues, but for me Dickov's was the purer experience in terms of unbridled joy

 

[sh249]

Silva by some considerable distance for me. With or without Cakegate.

 

[blueinsa]

In danger of getting off topic, but you're not making a very compelling argument given that Pellegrini expertly healed the divisions in the squad, and won both the Premier League and Carling Cup in his first season in English football! As to the 3rd division play off final I know exactly where DD is coming from. The Dickov and Aguero moments were near identical in terms of dramatic impact, but because Dickov's goal was the first time we'd ever experienced such incredible redemption, it was transformed into the near celestial. What was it Billy Bragg said? "It's never the same after the first time, but it doesn't stop you coming back for more."

Yeh I probably didn't word it very well. Pellegrini has achieved what you said, and deserves credit for that. Where I'm saying Dismal got it wrong is he was calling for Mancini to go before we won the FA Cup. He then continued his silly campaign the season after when we went on to win the league. The results themselves proved how wrong he got it, but he'd never admit it. The reasons for that are open to individual interpretation.

The 3rd Division Play Off was an incredible moment, absolutely incredible. But to even try to compare it to the Aguero moment is just bonkers to me. Again, the only reason DD did that is because he had an agenda against the manager which was rather tasteless.

Whilst winning the title after 44 years and stuffing the rags in the process will obviously be held in higher regard than a Div 1 play off final by any neutral, I can only go by how I felt on the respective days. Aguero's goal was incredible, but in terms of the degree of maniacal fanaticism with which I celebrated, it is surprisingly down in 3rd place on my all time list. Ya Ya in the cup final was 2nd, but I knew even as I was falling over Wembley's old bench seats, screaming and screaming and screaming with adrenalin fuelled pleasure, that I would never again experience quite the same sensation as I did when Paul Dickov scored, and it has proven to be the case. Each to their own I suppose, and I understand why Sergio's goal may have brought greater pleasure to the majority of Blues, but for me Dickov's was the purer experience in terms of unbridled joy

As you say mate, you had to be there that day and the feeling of skin coming of your shins as we fell over Wembley's old bench seats and the sheer emotion of the day will be something that will live for me to the day I die.

Without a doubt, being a home and away blue back in those days was a truly incredible thing and something that will never be replicated regardless of what we go on to win imo.

 

[jollylescott]

Silva by some considerable distance for me. With or without Cakegate.

I voted for Merlin. In terms of both quality and consistency, I think he takes the cake (pardon the pun).

For those that say that Yaya is our greatest player, I beg to differ. That mantle belongs on the shoulders of the little magician.

 

[aguero93:20]

I voted for Yaya on here, because I thought he was our best player a whisker ahead of Dave. Don't see a reason to change it just because he's acted like a **** since.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I voted for Yaya on here, because I thought he was our best player a whisker ahead of Dave. Don't see a reason to change it just because he's acted like a **** since.

Sshhh - there was no poll on here, and anyone suggesting it was pulled because Yaya was winning is completely wrong, because obviously it never existed in the first place.
Hope this clears things up.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Yaya for me. I am not going to stoop to his levels and see my arse over petty things. He was the best player and he thoroughly deserves the award.