Ian Wright

Didn't watch MOTD but Wright has always seemed a decent bloke. Think he has improved since his first appearances as a pundit when he was used as a clown a bit like Micah is at the moment.
 
At least he doesn't hide his bias and refers to Arsenal as "us"...let's be honest, it was a soft penalty. Maybe it's because his son is a City legend, but I've always thought he's fair to City.
 
Paul lakes knee said:
At least he doesn't hide his bias and refers to Arsenal as "us"...let's be honest, it was a soft penalty. Maybe it's because his son is a City legend, but I've always thought he's fair to City.
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SWP a legend? A legend who fucked off at the first opportunity, yeah a fan favourite but a legend is pushing it mate.
 
Jazzyblue said:
And Neville, Shearer, Keown, Merson are towering intellectuals who always say nice things about us?

I cannot understand this modern obsession with commentators and picking on certain ones, Joey Barton style (there’s a real twat for you). Call me old fashioned but I am watching the game for City, not for what the guys paid to fill airtime in between say. That said I don’t have the first clue about what Ian Wright did that was so bad it deserved digging up a 14 year old thread because I was at the match yesterday cheering on the Blues.
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Good for you.
Glad you didn't follow the "obsession of picking on certain commentators
Admirable also that you were cheering the Blues on so vociferously and didn't even know what you were replying to.
Kudos.
 
Keeper! said:
Utter wanker.

Got Eric Nixon sent off back in the day at Maine Road followed by dropping his shorts and mooning the kippax.

Also got Garrry Cook sacked because of his "leaked" email concerning Nedum's Mother to spite Cook and City not giving SWP a pay rise.

The man has serious anger, prejudiced issues.
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Didn’t Nixon kick out at Mark Bright?
 
Jam Tomorrow said:
SWP a legend? A legend who fucked off at the first opportunity, yeah a fan favourite but a legend is pushing it mate.
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He didn't fuck off. He had to go or else we would of gone into administration as Chelsea paid the cash in one lump sum.

There are multiple reports (some on here in fact) saying he was in tears at Macclesfield when he was told as he didn't want to leave
 
kippaxwarrior said:
He didn't fuck off. He had to go or else we would of gone into administration as Chelsea paid the cash in one lump sum.

There are multiple reports (some on here in fact) saying he was in tears at Macclesfield when he was told as he didn't want to leave
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Everyone knowd this, he is a new fan or a troll.
 
He was decent but a bit like Alan Smith he's become delusional since Arsenal got involved in the title race.

'Worst penalty decision' he's ever seen when the Arsenal one was far worse. Gvardiol wasn't faking the contact, he was clattered, it may not have been a pen but there was contact that caused both players to feel it.

Havertz deliberately initiates contact, that dive was far worse.
 
Jam Tomorrow said:
SWP a legend? A legend who fucked off at the first opportunity, yeah a fan favourite but a legend is pushing it mate.
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I don't remember it that way at all.

I remember him being crestfallen at having to join Chelsea and his less than enthusiastic interviews at the time hold weight to that argument. I remember him being overjoyed when City won the title in 2012, and the fact he has appeared on City TV multiple times and been present at trophy parades suggests that maybe you might want to cut the guy a bit of slack over a transfer he was pretty much coerced into following through.

As for Ian Wright, he's an ex-Arsenal player turned pundit and fan, who's not afraid to declare his allegiences. I don't expect him to wax lyrical about how great City are. All I want from pundits is for them to be factual about their criticisms and not weigh in on false info.
 
Metal Biker said:
I don't remember it that way at all.

I remember him being crestfallen at having to join Chelsea and his less than enthusiastic inerviews at the time hold weight to that argument. I remember him being overjoyed when City won the title in 2012, and the fact he has appeared on City TV multiple times and been present at trophy parades suggests that maybe you might want to cut the guy a bit of slack over a transfer he was pretty much coerced into following through.
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Always on the youtube channel with Lescott/Curle and Dickov to mention a few others. ALWAYS bigging City up in every way he can.

People maybe get confuddled with what his gobshite dad said after 2008, but I remember no acrimony between blues and SWP at all ever.
 
Paul lakes knee said:
Really? He had.no choice tbh, club was fucked and needed the money. Legend to me anyway.
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And me.Never shirked a tackle,gave hid all home and away ,never hid often looked both our most skilful and determined player and deservedly stood out at a time when our team wasn't very good.

His game moved up a level,imo, under Keegan whose all out attack policy with Berkovic and Bernarbia in midfield brought out the very best in him..Fans watching us play then will remember how loud we sung his name and the effort he put in to earn that respect.

Was gutted when he left .

I'll always remember it took "Shauney Wright Wright Wright " about 20 games to score his 1st goal for us ,as he lacked confidence and often dragged his shots wide,always low pile drivers but just off target.

It was typical of the player ,and typical City at the time that he chose to score his 1st ever goal for us in a midweek win away at Millwall, at the original Old Den , a far more intimidating ground then at the time than the plastic new den.,so most City fans missed it ! Millwall gave Swp the usual abuse and he responded ,in kind,on the pitch.

Great player for us.
 
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Paul lakes knee said:
Really? He had.no choice tbh, club was fucked and needed the money. Legend to me anyway.
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This is all true but I don’t remember the ins and outs being fully understood at the time. Some back then did think he’d fucked us off for a big money move that didn’t pay off with all that time he spent on the bench at Chelsea. The full picture about how little choice he had and how sad he was to leave came out in dribs and drabs later. Great shame because he was a class act, one of the players who gave us back our pride and while his move saved our bacon it was to his personal detriment, so we owe him a debt. I remember MEN covering him even when he was in the academy and how class he was. That derby goal alone is legendary.
 
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