Ilkay Gundogan - Done Deal

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Fuck me, those looking for reasons that this is a bad move must walk around with grey clouds pissing down with rain over their heads all day long.

They don't call it blue moan for nothing.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Barca politics at play here, wouldn't believe a thing that comes out of that club. Flick has said he expects Gundo to stay, interesting days ahead

Fuck me keep up.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

The cleaners are currently getting his old place shipshape.

 

[bell_mcfc]

Best time to sell to retain some value, another poor season and his value plummets. we could probably still get 40m for him.

But also with the Bobb injury does give us extra depth. Imagine it will be like Phillips as in if he doesn’t go this summer and it isn’t working he doesn’t have long left.

I’d like to see him get a chance this season.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Oscar Bobb's injury is more likely to affect where Phil plays than Ilkay coming back.

To be fair I don’t think Phil should be on the wing, regardless of Bobbs injury.

 

[Coatigan]

We initially offered him one year, but when the Spanish rags offered two years, we did too.

By then, Ilkay had made up his mind.

Nobody knows this. Pointless trying to build a story there and pass it as fact.

Ultimately he wanted to leave, and made his choice and whatever his reasons we should respect them. If he choses to come back and the club welcome it, that should be respected too.

 

[Norman kneejerk]

On the one hand yes, on the other I'd imagine they would like to play

Its a consideration but for 12 to 18 months more of a finishing school. Doubt Pep would just chuck them in anyway without big experience next to them unless the game was won.

 

[Vienna_70]

To be fair I don’t think Phil should be on the wing, regardless of Bobbs injury.

Nor do I, but neither of us is Pep.

 

[SkyBlueCanuck]

Please City, no cheesy stuff. Let Gundo just walk in with the team and the Etihad will lift off.

Like many said, I normally don't favour these comeback stories but there are so many memories and biggest moments in our lives linked with him - I'm buzzing!

I agree. Nothing too cheesy or over the top...

Perhaps just lowering the stadium lights during his first walk out into the Etihad, lighting Gundo with a Blue Moon spotlight and playing "Sirius" by Alan Parsons Project.

 

[jimharri]

I used to like Gerrard before this match. Mid-table Villa, with fuck all to play for, performed like it was the Champions League final FFS!

At 5 minutes in, they were time-wasting so badly, at 15 minutes the ref had to warn their keeper! Their fans wouldn't return the ball when it went out either.

Gerrard set his team up to play defensively, waste time & to hit us on the break to help his beloved Dippers win the PL title.

It didn't occur to the Villa fans that if Gerrard had have put this amount of effort & planning in throughout that season, they wouldn't have ended up with fuck all to play for! Twats!

Serious question; what did you expect them to do? Roll over and get their belly tickled? Can you imagine the shitstorm that would come down on them from a great height? The way the game panned out made it all the more sweeter.