Agreed. The likelihood was that we weren't good enough to beat them, but that's not the point. If we'd lost by 3 or 4, having given it a bloody good go, I think most city fans wouldn't complain.
I don't think he's been homesick for about seven years.
Sorry mate. It sounded like you were saying he was in pain due to being homesick.No - he said he finished coz he was in constant pain playing - he went back to Seville because he was homesick - do keep up dear boy
Sorry mate. It sounded like you were saying he was in pain due to being homesick.
Hopefully is just a similar pain to the one I have getting out of bed in the morning.
He was on the main stand side of the pitch. I was in block 211.Remember him scoring against Spurs after about 10 seconds. I'd just put my pint down and walked onto the stand, looking at the goal just as it went in. Think we won 6-0.
My two daughters still eulogise about those peepers.Best eyes i have ever seen except the last mr k
Best eyes i have ever seen except the last mr k
Did suffer consistency issue similar to an average winger but as you mentioned was still a useful player to have around and after he left he continued to have a solid career. The only issue with not signing Navas earlier was his chronic bouts of Homesickness which he did eventually cure.Navas is a great example of Pellegrinis tenure.
13/14 was great. Other than 17/18 probably the most fun season in recent memory.
14/15 and 15/16 were very uninspired tactically from MP and felt like a guy working his notice - getting up for the CL but not doing well int he league was kind of indicative of that. Navas was told to spam crosses into Aguero against packed boxes and as anyone could have predicted the result was a lot of blocked low crosses and easily cleared (by defenders with half a foot on Sergio) aerial balls.
I’d have loved to see a 25 year old Navas under Pep. He would have been perfect for the days of Sterling and Sane down the wings because he’s a great support runner on those fast breaks, has good enough technical skill to keep up with probably the most technical midfield based side ever (Spain 08-12), and was just a very hard working, tactically astute player - hence the successful swap to RB as his end product never really recovered from Pellegrinis mismanagement.
If he’d been younger I think he’d have won 10 trophies with us under Pep as a 12th man, someone to bring on when the game needs stretching but reliable enough to look after the ball.
Not quite as bad as Nolito and the cave girlThe only issue with not signing Navas earlier was his chronic bouts of Homesickness which he did eventually cure.