Humlannitton said:OK, let's make an update.Humlannitton said:Let's think a little positive thoughts for a while!
Our backbone and some of the most important players for City right now:
Nigel De Jong, 25.
Vinny Kompany, 23.
Carlos Tevez, 25.
Pablo Zabaleta, 25.
Superman Ireland, 23.
Micah Richards, 21.
Adam Johnson, 22.
(Joe Hart, 22.)
Imagine where we could be in a couple of years.. with these players growing experience, they will only get better! They are already good enough to have us fight for a place amongst the top four... the sky is the limit!
Add to this our "veterans":
SWP, 28.
Gareth Barry, 29.
Adabayor, 26.
Craig Bellamy, 30.
Joleon Lescott, 27.
Wayne Bridge, 29.
Kolo Touré, 28.
I mean, for gods sake, not even our veterans are too old or beginning to go downhill. We have a LOT to build on!
If you want to be even happier, add to this prospects like Onuoha, Weiss, Ibrahim, Boyata...
And it doesn't stop there! We still have money to improve in positions where we might need it (striker, playmaker most importantly if you ask me).
It takes time to build an empire, but there is no doubt in my mind that the Blue Empire is rising!
Our backbone and some of the most important players for City right now:
Nigel De Jong, 25.
Vinny Kompany, 24.
Pablo Zabaleta, 25.
Micah Richards, 22.
Adam Johnson, 23.
Joe Hart, 23.
Added to the "young" list:
Dedryck Boyata, 19.
Alexander Kolarov, 24.
Jerome Boateng, 22.
David Silva, 24.
James Milner, 24.
Mario Balotelli, 20.
And again, our "veterans":
SWP, 28.
Gareth Barry, 29.
Emanuel Adabayor, 26.
Joleon Lescott, 28.
Wayne Bridge, 30.
Kolo Touré, 29.
Carlos Tevez, 26.
Added to the "Veterans":
Yaya Touré, 27.
..and stricken from the lists:
Steven Ireland & Craig Bellamy.
Let's just say things aren't exactly looking worse now!
CTID!
We're in trouble if Richard's is one of our most important players!
Whilst Zabba is great as a utility player I'm sure Mancini wouldn't consider him in the backbone of our team, same for Johnson.