I'd prefer to listen to Vinny thanks very much....

[bluefandk]

Kompany is employed by Manchester City FC and, as such, has his hands completely tied behind his back with regards to what he can and cannot say.

Therefore I'd prefer to listen to every last person on here first because their opinion is their own.

Kompany might hate Mancini but he gets paid a damned good wage to keep a diplomatic silence and go along with club policy. He isn't going to rock the boat is he?

I bet if he had said he wanted Mancini sacked you would have listened to him ;-)

 

[MCFC BOB]

Kompany is employed by Manchester City FC and, as such, has his hands completely tied behind his back with regards to what he can and cannot say.

Therefore I'd prefer to listen to every last person on here first because their opinion is their own.

Kompany might hate Mancini but he gets paid a damned good wage to keep a diplomatic silence and go along with club policy. He isn't going to rock the boat is he?

While there could be some truth in what you are saying. . . do you really reckon Kompany hates Mancini?

Kompany is an incredibly intelligent, eloquent, and all together nice bloke. He has been in Dzeko's position before and knows how difficult it is to step up from the Bundesliga to the Premier League. The amount of time you have on the ball rapidly decreases between these two leagues.

Kompany was never a world beater when he came here as his position was rotated and changed in his first few months, but after one pre-season Kompany was a totally different player. Kompany settled in England, and he's been brilliant ever since.

I have a feeling that the same with happen with Dzeko. Even though I think he's completely rubbish at the moment. But a goal in the Premier League may do him a world of good. We've seen what he can do in a league he's used to.

Whether Kompany believes in what he has said here or not, it will give Dzeko some confidence ahead of a strong run in. How do you know Dzeko won't tap in a top-4 claiming shot from under the bar? It's impossible to miss, and doesn't take much skill to do it, but that goal that Dzeko could potentially score, would be the most important and memorable goal in our recent history.

Crouch scored 8 league goals last season, and has only scored 10 league goals in his entire time at Spurs, yet he was the player that fired them into the Champions League.

 

[masterwig]

I have been surprised by the stick Dzeko has had.

I thought he had a very impressive debut. Since then the goals haven't flowed but when he is on he wins headers. The problem is there's rarely someone close to him who can profit or has an understanding of partnering him.

His goals against Aris were well taken, he should have got a hat-trick that night.

Even against Kiev when people slated his cameo, he managed to bring the ball down on his chest with two players at his back, turn and get a shot away. It was a good skill but all people were doing was slagging off his shot.

If we want the best out of him, we have to base our team and style around him a bit more. You can't just take a player who does well in one system and chuck him into a completely different one and expect him to be the same player.

I can see that he could be a very reliable and consistent player next season, something I don't see in Balotelli.

 

[Mike N]

Makes two of us.

I vote you best fan of the season.[/quote]

Well I certainly don't proclaim to be one of those "Mike" think Kiam has safely got his hands on that trophy - and tbh Blues who go home and away every week, far and wide would be who your talking about - sometimes you have to stick your head out to slam through a point Mike, something i'd say you've got a bit to learn about so best get back to ya seminars eh....[/quote]

Dont patronise me dick head. 40 years of supporting city means that I have an opinion and am not an 'embarrasing fool' as you put it for saying anything about any of our players.

If you have the time, you can check all my comments on threads. I've had a go at one player, Kalo, for being a shit bag and not taking the ball in the face. Im entitled to do this, Im paying his wages.

 

[theevilweasel]

Love Vinny and the noises he makes.

However, hardly going to come out and call a player even if they are shite. I wonder his opinion on Jo?

Therefore, I don't prefer to listen to propaganda emanating from the club.

 

[Damocles]

Sorry I don't buy it. If you're a good player it won't take time to adjust to a new team. Look at Suarez. The question is that the panic buying in January based on youtube extracts is not a good way of judging that a player is good enough. Good players from Dutch or Spanish leagues are the best to go for. Italian and Bundesliga are rubbish and any average player looks too good.

I can probably name 100 players who counteract this argument, but I'll name only a few who you will be intimately familiar with:

Cristiano Ronaldo,
Nani,
Evra,
Berbatov

Didn't exactly set the world alight did they?

 

[allan harper]

So apart from Silva everyone of our signings needs a season to bed in. Maybe Hughes philosophy of buying established premiership players was right, he just bought the wrong ones.

 

[BlueCityfan]

Kompany for captain! Tbh...when Carlos walks to the pitch as captain. It just doesn't feel right. The captain should be a real captain. But our captain cannot even speak english and hands in transfer requests.

We have the wrong man as captain. A "captain" who is only the "captain" so that he can feel valued.

 

[greeny-ctid]

should be captain!

we de jong as vice!

just love them both!

 

[Matt Diablo]

Makes two of us.

I vote you best fan of the season.

Well I certainly don't proclaim to be one of those "Mike" think Kiam has safely got his hands on that trophy - and tbh Blues who go home and away every week, far and wide would be who your talking about - sometimes you have to stick your head out to slam through a point Mike, something i'd say you've got a bit to learn about so best get back to ya seminars eh....[/quote]

Dont patronise me dick head. 40 years of supporting city means that I have an opinion and am not an 'embarrasing fool' as you put it for saying anything about any of our players.

If you have the time, you can check all my comments on threads. I've had a go at one player, Kalo, for being a shit bag and not taking the ball in the face. Im entitled to do this, Im paying his wages.[/quote]


fair point - following de Niro's post in another thread its made me feel differently tbh - I haven't been going every week and am alrite for readies (at the moment!) - watchin us be so defensive in all the big games continuously would make you snap tbh. The derby I saw at COMS was pretty bleak I must admit, but then at Arse I was pretty happy with the boys as I've always seen us get battered in the past - I'm not that arsed seeing blues being pissed off with single players here and there, its just the general onslaught that is getting too much, that was what I was implying, and so the point I guess is Mike I do care about your opinion for whats its worth....