Now after seeing the Yaya Toure article from his agent my first reaction was one of disbelief. That swiftly turned to anger "Why the F would!!!!???!!!!" But as I calmed down and thought the scenario (which we do not know is true yet) over I came to a harsh but necessary conclusion. I love Manchester City this is a love born by me being birthed close to there but even when I left the city my family, friends, relatives all shared the mutual love of supporting the blues. I have since traveled the world and met various other blues who share a similiar love for whatever reason. Some have never been to Manchester but adopted the blues as their own and for that I welcome them.
Come take over and we won the lottery we had the big bucks and were going to make massive signings and in that instant I knew that we have moved from club just barely battling for premiership survival to an instant launch pad/money maker for players, agents and managers alike. When Robinho came and was followed by the Silvas, De Jongs,Balotellis, Agueros I lied to myself and said they all love the shirt as much as I did. I told myself they were coming because they wanted Manchester City to succeed as much as I did but as time went on I had to start accepting the truth.
The club I support is now one of the best employers in the world we have attracted top players, management and directors. They are here for themselves and their self development and hopefully that intermingles with the success of the club. True professionals even though self serving and selfish will always deliver what is required. That is what I now expect from the players the staff and from the board. I do not put my love or feelings onto them and expect them to cry blue, sleep blue, shit blue and bleed blue. For that reason I do not mind that players come to us to launch their career and try go to one of maybe 3/4 clubs bigger than us. I do not mind agents fabricating stories so they can inflate player wages or values. We have top tier board to handle that. THIS was always going to happen. We are big club now and because of that everything surrounding us and our players and the goings on will be big news. It all will not be positive, it will not always be what you want to hear. I do not want players kissing badges and proclaiming their love for the club every week. Just perform and do your jobs. Ill let the world class staff handle that and when the owners think they are not good enough they will replace them.
For these reasons I do not let myself get wound up by speculation or events out of my control. I love City no matter who plays for us, who manages us and who runs us. If a player comes here for 2 years and decides to move on? Good luck others will come and go. We will all still be here (except the Dzeko fan boys when he returns to Germany :) )
Come take over and we won the lottery we had the big bucks and were going to make massive signings and in that instant I knew that we have moved from club just barely battling for premiership survival to an instant launch pad/money maker for players, agents and managers alike. When Robinho came and was followed by the Silvas, De Jongs,Balotellis, Agueros I lied to myself and said they all love the shirt as much as I did. I told myself they were coming because they wanted Manchester City to succeed as much as I did but as time went on I had to start accepting the truth.
The club I support is now one of the best employers in the world we have attracted top players, management and directors. They are here for themselves and their self development and hopefully that intermingles with the success of the club. True professionals even though self serving and selfish will always deliver what is required. That is what I now expect from the players the staff and from the board. I do not put my love or feelings onto them and expect them to cry blue, sleep blue, shit blue and bleed blue. For that reason I do not mind that players come to us to launch their career and try go to one of maybe 3/4 clubs bigger than us. I do not mind agents fabricating stories so they can inflate player wages or values. We have top tier board to handle that. THIS was always going to happen. We are big club now and because of that everything surrounding us and our players and the goings on will be big news. It all will not be positive, it will not always be what you want to hear. I do not want players kissing badges and proclaiming their love for the club every week. Just perform and do your jobs. Ill let the world class staff handle that and when the owners think they are not good enough they will replace them.
For these reasons I do not let myself get wound up by speculation or events out of my control. I love City no matter who plays for us, who manages us and who runs us. If a player comes here for 2 years and decides to move on? Good luck others will come and go. We will all still be here (except the Dzeko fan boys when he returns to Germany :) )