Chris in London
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Agree with all of this.
We all knew that Lakey's injury was a disaster not just for Lakey personally but for our club too.
What I didn't know was just how badly the club seems to have let him down in the management of the injury. The story about how Lakey's medical file was shredded is just unbelievable (in more ways than one - I wonder if the explanation 'it didn't make sense' actually means 'it made perfect sense but the contents were so damaging we thought we'd better shred it'). Contrast that with the way the new owners have dealt with him - CITC, the hall of fame, all that stuff. As with the Neil Young stuff the new ownership of the club has shown itself to be absolutely magnificent in the way it deals with our former heroes. Those who say that City now has no class and has lost its soul should read this book and think long and hard about what it is they are actually saying - that the club who skimped on the cost of the flight back from LAX after his operation was somehow had more dignity and was more responsible than the club which is pouring billions into the re-development of East Manchester.
The other thing about it that I thought was that it wasn't just a great read but brilliantly written as well. I don't think there wat a ghost-writer or anyone else (except his missus) involved in the writing of the book, and if so, fair play to him (and her) for not just telling the story, but really telling it well. I knew he could play, I didn't know he could write.
Dunno if he fancies writing anything else, but I'd be well up for reading it if he did.
We all knew that Lakey's injury was a disaster not just for Lakey personally but for our club too.
What I didn't know was just how badly the club seems to have let him down in the management of the injury. The story about how Lakey's medical file was shredded is just unbelievable (in more ways than one - I wonder if the explanation 'it didn't make sense' actually means 'it made perfect sense but the contents were so damaging we thought we'd better shred it'). Contrast that with the way the new owners have dealt with him - CITC, the hall of fame, all that stuff. As with the Neil Young stuff the new ownership of the club has shown itself to be absolutely magnificent in the way it deals with our former heroes. Those who say that City now has no class and has lost its soul should read this book and think long and hard about what it is they are actually saying - that the club who skimped on the cost of the flight back from LAX after his operation was somehow had more dignity and was more responsible than the club which is pouring billions into the re-development of East Manchester.
The other thing about it that I thought was that it wasn't just a great read but brilliantly written as well. I don't think there wat a ghost-writer or anyone else (except his missus) involved in the writing of the book, and if so, fair play to him (and her) for not just telling the story, but really telling it well. I knew he could play, I didn't know he could write.
Dunno if he fancies writing anything else, but I'd be well up for reading it if he did.