Wexford Blue said:Has been superb for us and a bargain, gets stripped for pace the odd time but that's not his game / fault...
One of the first names on Mancini's team sheet every week. Says it all.
He barely made it to that World Cup and was clearly still carrying the ankle injury which kept him out of City's run-in.Joehannes said:It's wrong but I think a lot of people think Gareth Barry and see Oezil leaving him for dead at the World Cup. Unfair, but other fans just don't watch enough of City to understand how important he is, what he does is unlikely to make the MOTD highlights.
In stark contrast to Adam Johnson, whose goals will make the highlights but his arse scratching won't. So, every fucker and his dog are of the opinion that AJ is massively underused by Mancini.
I suppose every club will have these players though.
This, he's such an important player from a tactical perspective,never lets his managers down.de niro said:Wexford Blue said:Has been superb for us and a bargain, gets stripped for pace the odd time but that's not his game / fault...
One of the first names on Mancini's team sheet every week. Says it all.
bang on the money.
FishFoot said:Barry was a class act for us for years.TonyM said:Vills fans know how important he is.
I remember seeing him thrown in at centre back when he was 17 and looked like he'd been playing there his whole life.
O'Leary was literally minutes from flogging him to Pompey for £4m years ago then he got sacked. O'Neill came in, gave him the armband and stuck him in the middle. Best thing he ever did.
Barry was class for us. His sense of calmness on the ball and his positioning on the field is class.
We've not replaced him since he left.
sambrookonthewing said:FishFoot said:Barry was a class act for us for years.TonyM said:Vills fans know how important he is.
I remember seeing him thrown in at centre back when he was 17 and looked like he'd been playing there his whole life.
O'Leary was literally minutes from flogging him to Pompey for £4m years ago then he got sacked. O'Neill came in, gave him the armband and stuck him in the middle. Best thing he ever did.
Barry was class for us. His sense of calmness on the ball and his positioning on the field is class.
We've not replaced him since he left.
Thanks for this post. Always good to hear a sensible view from someone who has watched a player for most of his career.
I'm wondering if Rodwell will be groomed to do the Barry role when he eventually retires
Yeah, he wasn't fit and yet it seems that England still take unfit players to tournaments, Parker another example this summer, along with Shrek for that matter.LongsightM13 said:He barely made it to that World Cup and was clearly still carrying the ankle injury which kept him out of City's run-in.Joehannes said:It's wrong but I think a lot of people think Gareth Barry and see Oezil leaving him for dead at the World Cup. Unfair, but other fans just don't watch enough of City to understand how important he is, what he does is unlikely to make the MOTD highlights.
In stark contrast to Adam Johnson, whose goals will make the highlights but his arse scratching won't. So, every fucker and his dog are of the opinion that AJ is massively underused by Mancini.
I suppose every club will have these players though.
Yet he was scapegoated, while fully-fit Shrek flopped at a major tournament — yet again — and slagged off the supporters who had paid fortunes to get there, but seemed to be immune from criticism
de niro said:Adam-mcfc said:If I hear this again I might off myself. Why is it that only City fans give him the credit he deserves?
one of the first names on the sheet. fantastic player does an incredible job. the moaners are usually the armchair fans. a great shame the guy is 32, will be murder replacing him when the time comes.