Javi Garcia

[MCFC BOB]

There's no shame in saying it after three or four years, not three or four months.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Javi will be a great buy for us and will prove it over the next 5 months.

 

[Bazzmand Show]

Not good enough. Selling De Jong for him... no point mentioning it again tbh.

Here's a funny one: give him time. I loved Nige so much and I'd have him back here in a second but we need to at least give Garcia a chance.

He's already scored more goals than De Jong did in his time here.

That's nice.... His job is to protect the back four and he looks slow, cumbersome and generally lacking in any technical attributes.<br /><br />-- Mon Dec 24, 2012 7:07 am --<br /><br />

Javi will be a great buy for us and will prove it over the next 5 months.

Mate what are you even basing this on...? You do realise he was not overly highly regarded at Benfica either...

 

[forevermancity]

He is so slow.

De Jong wasn't exactly the quickest over ten yards.

Wow

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Am I the only one who didnt overly rate de Jong? Yes he was a hard tackler and determined and a laugh on the training pitch but Tiote offered Newc that last year and was as effective as de Jong. There are many players you could replace de jongs talents with, but I don't think that was what RM was after and certainly isn't what he got with Garcia and Rodwell. He wanted a player that could do all that and pass forward and pass directly. Like Xavi Alonso said - he was amazed that in England we rated tackling as a skill whereas in other countries that was just expected and technique was far more important. He should know being prob the best in the deep lying midfield position which we are crying out for.

+1

NDJ might have been Europa League quality, but we are trying to BUILD for Champions League every year. WIth his age, his contract demands and his willingness to leave, it was a no-brainer for City. Notice, he is not making positive waves in Milan, where technique is prized above most else!!

 

[stavros]

sorry just cant see that he is ever going to be a regular starter for us.

silva yaya de jong all slow starters but I was sure about all three of them despite their slow start.

really not sure about this guy , but time will tell, and hope im wrong.

 

[Anonymous]

sorry just cant see that he is ever going to be a regular starter for us.

silva yaya de jong all slow starters but I was sure about all three of them despite their slow start.

really not sure about this guy , but time will tell, and hope im wrong.

de jong wasnt a slow starter, his debut was superb.

 

[bluemc1]

Am I the only one who didnt overly rate de Jong? Yes he was a hard tackler and determined and a laugh on the training pitch but Tiote offered Newc that last year and was as effective as de Jong. There are many players you could replace de jongs talents with, but I don't think that was what RM was after and certainly isn't what he got with Garcia and Rodwell. He wanted a player that could do all that and pass forward and pass directly. Like Xavi Alonso said - he was amazed that in England we rated tackling as a skill whereas in other countries that was just expected and technique was far more important. He should know being prob the best in the deep lying midfield position which we are crying out for.

+1

NDJ might have been Europa League quality, but we are trying to BUILD for Champions League every year. WIth his age, his contract demands and his willingness to leave, it was a no-brainer for City. Notice, he is not making positive waves in Milan, where technique is prized above most else!!

yes we know how shit AC Milan are in CL so thats why they bought him, Europa league quality my arse, trying to build for CL ? well we sold him and did worse this year than last, how many prem players have played in a world cup final ?

 

[City_Sean]

Am I the only one who didnt overly rate de Jong? Yes he was a hard tackler and determined and a laugh on the training pitch but Tiote offered Newc that last year and was as effective as de Jong. There are many players you could replace de jongs talents with, but I don't think that was what RM was after and certainly isn't what he got with Garcia and Rodwell. He wanted a player that could do all that and pass forward and pass directly. Like Xavi Alonso said - he was amazed that in England we rated tackling as a skill whereas in other countries that was just expected and technique was far more important. He should know being prob the best in the deep lying midfield position which we are crying out for.

+1

NDJ might have been Europa League quality, but we are trying to BUILD for Champions League every year. WIth his age, his contract demands and his willingness to leave, it was a no-brainer for City. Notice, he is not making positive waves in Milan, where technique is prized above most else!!

agreed, people raved about de jong, but it says it all to me that he left for 2 million, he was never linked with the barca's or bayerns, or even madrid, great player for us but he couldnt even get in our team half the time.

 

[Rolee]

sorry just cant see that he is ever going to be a regular starter for us.

silva yaya de jong all slow starters but I was sure about all three of them despite their slow start.

really not sure about this guy , but time will tell, and hope im wrong.

de jong wasnt a slow starter, his debut was superb.

So was Garcia's.