Ireland Leaving - Absolute Disaster

[allan harper]

I think D.D was cracking under the pressure of 4th spot when he posted this. I've heard off a reliable junky THQ has sorted him out with a few splifters an all is ok now.

 

[flb]

I think DD gets a little too passionate at times,but dont we all.

He knows his football without question but Dave answer me a question


Should Ireland be telling people club matters that he knows damn well will end up on here and cause a split in the fans?


Its rank amateur stuff and not that of a proffesional footballer

 

[samharris]

For 2-3 years i was accused of being Ireland's brother, best mate, agent and even himself when i defended him week after week during his early days and especially under Sven and i took great delight in seeing him blossom last season.

But Ireland leaving would not be a an "absoloute disaster", i don't want him to leave as i still rate the lad but he wouldn't get in my side from now til the end of the season.

It's aload of bollocks to say he hasn't been played in his prefered posistion, he played off Adebayor against Liverpool and was awful and in the rest of the games where he has played in a central role he has been average apart from a few flashes of brilliance.

He is a very talented player but a very limited one. He can't play in a 4-4-2 and he can't play in a set posistion, his superb season last year was all based on him being in a free role, freed to go and join the attack whenever, can we really afford a to accomodate a player like that in a top side? Possibly but we only have one season out of 6 to judge him on.

It's sad to "hear" that he won't fight for his place and move on at the first oppourtunity but it is even sadder to use this forum to try and get the fans on his side and cause divisions between the fans and the current manager.

If he does go then he goes with my best wishes and i hope he succeeds, this club will get to the top with or without Stephen Ireland, i hope he stays but it's not even close to someone like Kinkladze leaving or even SWP, two players who i was devasted when they went.

Sheik Mansour, Khaldoon and ADUG leaving would be an absoloute disaster, Stephen Ireland wouldn't, lets get back to realism here.

quote..Sheik Mansour, Khaldoon and ADUG leaving would be an absoloute disaster, Stephen Ireland wouldn't, lets get back to realism here.






well said sir..

 

[Marvin]

Enough damage done

 

[Anonymous]

For 2-3 years i was accused of being Ireland's brother, best mate, agent and even himself when i defended him week after week during his early days and especially under Sven and i took great delight in seeing him blossom last season.

But Ireland leaving would not be a an "absoloute disaster", i don't want him to leave as i still rate the lad but he wouldn't get in my side from now til the end of the season.

He wouldn't get in your side between now and the end of the season? Clearly you don't rate him that much...;- )

It's aload of bollocks to say he hasn't been played in his prefered posistion, he played off Adebayor against Liverpool and was awful and in the rest of the games where he has played in a central role he has been average apart from a few flashes of brilliance.

As many people in this thread have said, he underperformed in an underperforming midfield. But "awful" against Liverpool - I'm sure there's more than me on this board who thinks that is a gross overstatement.

He is a very talented player but a very limited one. He can't play in a 4-4-2 and he can't play in a set posistion, his superb season last year was all based on him being in a free role, freed to go and join the attack whenever, can we really afford a to accomodate a player like that in a top side? Possibly but we only have one season out of 6 to judge him on.

A limited player who has played right wing, left wing, defensive midfield, box to box midfield, attacking midfield, and as a 2nd striker? No, he's not limited - and to say that ignores the facts completely. I agree wholeheartedly about him struggling to play in a 442, but personally I think that's because he's only ever played in a 442 with De Jong.

It's sad to "hear" that he won't fight for his place and move on at the first oppourtunity but it is even sadder to use this forum to try and get the fans on his side and cause divisions between the fans and the current manager.

As was discussed earlier in this thread, that's not true.

If he does go then he goes with my best wishes and i hope he succeeds, this club will get to the top with or without Stephen Ireland, i hope he stays but it's not even close to someone like Kinkladze leaving or even SWP, two players who i was devasted when they went.

The only reason you and most people wouldn't mind Stevie leaving is because we're rich enough to buy a better player and and don't need to try and get the best out of him. Seems, I don't know, a little silly to compare it to when SWP or Kinky left.

Sheik Mansour, Khaldoon and ADUG leaving would be an absoloute disaster, Stephen Ireland wouldn't, lets get back to realism here.

Yeah, you're dead right, because at the end of the day, it's their money which allows us to replace players like Ireland, Nedum, Hart, et al with infinitely better world class ones...

 

[allan harper]

If Ireland wants to leave how can City get the best out of him ?

 

[flb]

If Ireland wants to leave how can City get the best out of him ?

One thing that puzzles me also is if the Mourinho rumour is true then why is he prepared to jump ship when he is the one manager who is on a par with Ferguson for getting blood out of a stone?

 

[robbieh]

If Ireland wants to leave how can City get the best out of him ?

One thing that puzzles me also is if the Mourinho rumour is true then why is he prepared to jump ship when he is the one manager who is on a par with Ferguson for getting blood out of a stone?

Good point as if I recall the OP was touting Jose's arrival. (Correct me if I am wrong, or was it de Niro, another Hughes apologist). Surely if this was fact SI would await developments.

Suspect that means Mancini is staying and thank God for that.

 

[johnny crossan]

it was definitely the right time for a 60 page thread on this issue anyway.

I imagine you hate the use of equations in lieu of grammar and syntax, but I assure you, heartfelt and unintentionally a bit funny = win.

did you see 'in the loop'? the movie spin off from the thick of it? funniest moment... when it's revealed malcolm tucker has an even more evil doppelgänger, who he unleashes when he really wants to draw blood....the attack dog's attack dog. that's who you reminded me of today..... that guy, and several ex-girlfriends... in those days right at the end of the relationship where one or both of you are looking for arguments in the hope it provides the impetus to end it and the reason for doing so.

and now DD's having tactical rethink by wearing a hairshirt until his next sortie. In order to keep in character he might decide to offer apologies to all those posters he duped into believing his thread was about Superman, or even to Mancini for his relentless vilification, or to the Club for them having to deal with the fallout from the deliberate de-stabilisation - or even to Ireland for using his lack of form as a stick to beat the manager - I'm sure Stephen would appreciate it.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

it was definitely the right time for a 60 page thread on this issue anyway.

I imagine you hate the use of equations in lieu of grammar and syntax, but I assure you, heartfelt and unintentionally a bit funny = win.

did you see 'in the loop'? the movie spin off from the thick of it? funniest moment... when it's revealed malcolm tucker has an even more evil doppelgänger, who he unleashes when he really wants to draw blood....the attack dog's attack dog. that's who you reminded me of today..... that guy, and several ex-girlfriends... in those days right at the end of the relationship where one or both of you are looking for arguments in the hope it provides the impetus to end it and the reason for doing so.

and now DD's having tactical rethink by wearing a hairshirt until his next sortie. In order to keep in character he might decide to offer apologies to all those posters he duped into believing his thread was about Superman, or even to Mancini for his relentless vilification, or to the Club for them having to deal with the fallout from the deliberate de-stabilisation - or even to Ireland for using his lack of form as a stick to beat the manager - I'm sure Stephen would appreciate it.

I'd appreciate you stop coming out with piles of pompous, delusional shite.

"Deliberate destabilisation"? "Tactical rethink"? "Endless vilification"?

PMSL

You carry on believing in the Power of Bluemoon as a life-changing medium, mate.

It's quite touching to be honest.