Jack Rodwell - young English talent NOT to sign for City

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“I would ­probably say don’t sign now, I’d say get as much football as you can.

"The first thing I’d ask is, ‘how good are you?’ You just never know – you could go there, do really well and be winning league titles and everything.

“But just because you’re English and young it doesn’t mean you’re not going to play for Manchester City.

“I would just say weigh up your options and ask yourself if you want to be playing regularly.”
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Compare the above to my words on Ross Barkley recently:

It wasn't so long ago that everyone had their eye on a young Scott Parker at Charlton Athletic, or a young Shaun Wright-Phillips at Manchester City. I don't blame either player for the moves they made because their talent far outshone the clubs they played for, but Barkley fits right in at Everton because they're both on the cusp of something special. If Barkley allows himself to believe that he'll become the next Frank Lampard or Stephen Gerrard, just like Parker did (just watch out for the comparisons) he'll be another England drone from the production line of failures.

Keeping Barkley at Everton keeps him grounded. Martinez is a smart guy who'll be well aware that Barkley has that something which could take him to stardom. It's the same reason most Spanish players don't leave Spain until they're older than 23 - they learn the important bits until they're old enough to leave and apply their trade elsewhere. Sending Barkley to City, Chelsea, Barcelona, United, whoever, adds pressure he doesn't need. Barkley is far from the finished article but it won't take him long to get there. There's no point signing him this summer for an over-inflated fee when he's not ready to take over from Yaya. He'd be a small fish in a very big pond at a club who, if they see Barkley is dragging the team down, can replace him at the click of a finger.
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Barkley will only join us when Yaya either leaves or retires, he's good to stay at Everton until then. He's a young lad working under a technically driven manager. Let's just hope the press stop comparing him to players of the past. It's happened with Lennon, Bentley, Parker, Welbeck, Wilshere, and all the other promising youngsters who've amounted to nothing. Allow him to progress quietly and he could be special.

Joining City isn't progressing quietly, it's jumping the gun. He'll be fine at Everton for another year or two, by which time he'll be worth about £35m and ready to take over from Yaya.
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Media once again with another negative and misleading headline. Rodwell is talented enough but his progress was halted by persistent injuries and strong competition.
 
Thread title is not good,the OP is obviously not very bright.

Nothing wrong with what Jack has said.
 
The newspapers have had nothing much negative to write about us because we've had a quiet and smooth pre-season. The first chance they get they twist some innocent comments from a decent young lad into a scummy back page to attack City. Rodwell will probably be as appalled as us to read that headline in the morning. And I hope City's PR team are on the phone tomorrow to the Mirror Group...

Do not buy these newspapers who attack our club. The only papers that avoid this phenomenon seem to be The Times and, yes I'm going to say it, MEN, who are making a concerted effort to cover us more positively these days (redcirclegate may have been the turning point).
 
Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:
Have to say, I'm not a believer in the agenda, but this is pretty shoddy journalism from The Mirror.
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I do believe we get the raw end of the deal but it's simply a headline to attract attention and it's worked

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/6253551/Liverpools-Fernando-Torres-Id-never-play-for-Manchester-United.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... nited.html</a>
 
Fair play to him. If anything he admitted he wasn't good enough. Hopefully he can have a injury free few years and get better.
 
pudge said:
Blue Is the Opposite of Blue said:
Have to say, I'm not a believer in the agenda, but this is pretty shoddy journalism from The Mirror.
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I do believe we get the raw end of the deal but it's simply a headline to attract attention and it's worked

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/6253551/Liverpools-Fernando-Torres-Id-never-play-for-Manchester-United.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... nited.html</a>
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Wow.

That's fucking outstanding.
 
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