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Ireland Leaving - Absolute Disaster
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The Fat el Hombre
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BillyShears said:The Fat el Hombre said:I know exactly the point your making and your guess is as good as mine, but I'd expect injuries and suspensions before the end of the season will result in Ireland getting his chance(s)
Agree about him staying til at least Jan next year as well. Mancini's only been here 3 months and Ireland already wants to jump ship? Seems he's jumping the gun to me
I don't think Stevie will start another game this season...
In the summer IF he chooses to leave for United or Arsenal then he won't have jumped any gun, he'll be leaving because he will know he won't be getting much game time next season...
But it's not summer and he hasn't been benched for all remaining games of the season yet and no one can be sure that he will. No one know how it's gonna pan out so to be setting up to leave now is jumping the gun. He could get a good run in the team before the season's out and then what?
The Fat el Hombre said:Lancet Fluke said:I agree with this but think his chance probably won't come till next season unless we lose a few and end up having to go for broke in matches towards the end of the season. Mancini seems to be pretty clear in his mind that he wants a more solid looking central midfield and that that will get us our short term goal of 4th. I would like to think Ireland would stick around at least until next Jan to see how things pan out, unless the manager makes it explicitly clear that he will not be in his plans at all in the future.
I know exactly the point your making and your guess is as good as mine, but I'd expect injuries and suspensions before the end of the season will result in Ireland getting his chance(s)
Agree about him staying til at least Jan next year as well. Mancini's only been here 3 months and Ireland already wants to jump ship? Seems he's jumping the gun to me
Well if the Special one is deffo coming,then jumping the gun is a fookin under statement.
Hamann Pineapple
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Loving some of the comments Dave is getting over there. One guy says " It may not be your vault, you may be just a vessel for bullshit "
FEEDHIMGARY
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The Fat el Hombre said:BillyShears said:I don't think Stevie will start another game this season...
In the summer IF he chooses to leave for United or Arsenal then he won't have jumped any gun, he'll be leaving because he will know he won't be getting much game time next season...
But it's not summer and he hasn't been benched for all remaining games of the season yet and no one can be sure that he will. No one know how it's gonna pan out so to be setting up to leave now is jumping the gun. He could get a good run in the team before the season's out and then what?
Thats very likely... a week is a long time in football.
Billy... what makes you think he wont start another game this season?
bluefandk
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samharris said:http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2009/December/Stephen-Ireland-happy-to-play-patience
Dear me 74 pages of bollocks and then the truth comes out.
Wrighty Wrexham
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Think he got the message?
Stephen Ireland has warned his teammates that they must learn to embrace rest and rotation if the Blues are to become the best in England and beyond.
The 23-year-old midfielder has been in and out of the side this season and when he looks at the substitutes’ bench in some recent matches, he knows that there may yet be more of the same yet to come.
But the reigning player of the season, who today travels with the squad to face fellow top four hopefuls Tottenham, is up for the battle and is adamant that competition is the quickest route to success.
Rotation is here to stay at any successful club. It is going to happen and that’s the main difference between this season and last season.
...Stevie on rotation policy...
“It was fantastic to watch the lads beat Chelsea in our last home game,” he recalled. “I was gutted to not be involved. I celebrated with the lads, but I would have loved to have been part of beating them, but I picked up an injury and that game came around too quickly for me.
“Being in and out of the team is all part of the job. Of course I want to start every match but so do 20-odd other top class players at the club.
“Rotation is here to stay at any successful club. It is going to happen and that’s the main difference between this season and last season.
“It happens at Chelsea and all the other top teams and we seem to have the right blend at the moment and things are going really well for us; so if you’re in one week and out the next, you can’t really complain. It’s something you have to get used to.”
That doesn’t mean Ireland will be happy to be a substitute, far from it, he wants to make his selection as automatic as it possibly can be.
“I make sure I work my socks off and give everything each time I train or play. I always make sure that when the stats are checked mine are the highest in the team - or at least up there with the highest - and apart from a couple of injury set-backs they have been,” he continued.
“When I get back in the side I’m going to be doing everything I can to make sure I stay there as long possible and make it difficult for the gaffer to leave me out.
“That is how teams evolve and improve. Every team needs competitor to drive players to improve and we have loads of it now at City.
“Last season we had three central midfielders and it was easy enough for me to get into the team, but this year is different and that is a challenge for everyone in the squad, not just me.”
Stephen Ireland has warned his teammates that they must learn to embrace rest and rotation if the Blues are to become the best in England and beyond.
The 23-year-old midfielder has been in and out of the side this season and when he looks at the substitutes’ bench in some recent matches, he knows that there may yet be more of the same yet to come.
But the reigning player of the season, who today travels with the squad to face fellow top four hopefuls Tottenham, is up for the battle and is adamant that competition is the quickest route to success.
Rotation is here to stay at any successful club. It is going to happen and that’s the main difference between this season and last season.
...Stevie on rotation policy...
“It was fantastic to watch the lads beat Chelsea in our last home game,” he recalled. “I was gutted to not be involved. I celebrated with the lads, but I would have loved to have been part of beating them, but I picked up an injury and that game came around too quickly for me.
“Being in and out of the team is all part of the job. Of course I want to start every match but so do 20-odd other top class players at the club.
“Rotation is here to stay at any successful club. It is going to happen and that’s the main difference between this season and last season.
“It happens at Chelsea and all the other top teams and we seem to have the right blend at the moment and things are going really well for us; so if you’re in one week and out the next, you can’t really complain. It’s something you have to get used to.”
That doesn’t mean Ireland will be happy to be a substitute, far from it, he wants to make his selection as automatic as it possibly can be.
“I make sure I work my socks off and give everything each time I train or play. I always make sure that when the stats are checked mine are the highest in the team - or at least up there with the highest - and apart from a couple of injury set-backs they have been,” he continued.
“When I get back in the side I’m going to be doing everything I can to make sure I stay there as long possible and make it difficult for the gaffer to leave me out.
“That is how teams evolve and improve. Every team needs competitor to drive players to improve and we have loads of it now at City.
“Last season we had three central midfielders and it was easy enough for me to get into the team, but this year is different and that is a challenge for everyone in the squad, not just me.”
blue_soundwave
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Well that article's a couple of months old, he could've changed his mind in that time since he's hardly seen the pitch.
With Lescott being out I'd use this chance to put Barry at left back and have Stevie alongside De Jong in the middle.
With Lescott being out I'd use this chance to put Barry at left back and have Stevie alongside De Jong in the middle.