Joe Hart (joined Torino on season long loan - Official)

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Side note, can someone give me a couple sentence update on this punched/kicked telly thing? Somehow I missed this story but keep seeing it referenced.

all rumors and gossip no one knows if it actually happened.

 

[Terra Passenger]

all rumors and gossip no one knows if it actually happened.

Just because it's rumored to have happened and gossiped about doesn't mean it didn't actually occur. Again, so fucking what?

Arsenal v. City preseason friendly - 2nd half. That's what's important.

 

[Phil1]

cityisOURS has perfectly expressed my thoughts. Joe has been one of the top keepers, not only in the Premier League but in World football, for several seasons, and has more golden gloves than any 'keeper presently playing. It would be like turning against Kun or David in my opinion.

It could be Dave or Kun who are at risk of being let go in the future. Who knows? At the moment it seems those two are still going to play a part whilst Hart isn't. I'll be saddened to see Joe go and gutted when the time comes for the other two to leave but as long as the replacements improve the team I'll accept it.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Just because it's rumored to have happened and gossiped about doesn't mean it didn't actually occur. Again, so fucking what?

Arsenal v. City preseason friendly - 2nd half. That's what's important.

hmmm yep so fucking what.

surely you can't judge hart on one half in pre season.... he kicked the ball long twice i think. he will have been judged over pre season, training and past games.

 

[Terra Passenger]

hmmm yep so fucking what.

surely you can't judge hart on one half in pre season.... he kicked the ball long twice i think. he will have been judged over pre season, training and past games.

Nope - he never even tried to play it out from the back except maybe when it was absolutely convenient when he first came on. As the half progressed, it was lump forward every time.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

whilst I get the fact that some supporters want to defend Joe and feel that he is being treated badly, the fact is that there is little sentiment in professional football, and players are now paid astronomical sums of money for carrying out their chosen profession.

If Pep doesn't fancy Joe, for whatever reason ( I do not know anything about his alledged issues with the club, previous managers etc ), then Joe, and supporters, are going to have to accept the fact that he is no longer the no 1 choice at City, and do whatever is necessary to preserve the rest of his career, be that moving to a PL club or abroad.

Sorry is this is too simplistic and harsh for some, but I don't see an alternative.

 

[Ezra]

More Transparency how do you suggest city should of gone about that?! Explain! Other managers dont think certain players fit and send them to train with kids.

This! Maybe it became transparent when Joe (I love the guy, by the way) decided to blatantly disregard Peps wishes?

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

hmmm yep so fucking what.

surely you can't judge hart on one half in pre season.... he kicked the ball long twice i think. he will have been judged over pre season, training and past games.

you are missing the principal of the whole thing. It was a pre-season game. The result was not important. What was important was that the players got the chance to play the new system. None more importantly than Joe. But Joe decided to do what he wanted and lump it long rather than pass out. Willy was in the same situation and followed instructions and passed it out consistently. Joe not only robbed himself of the chance to get a grip on the system, he wasted 45 minutes of the whole teams time, the manager and even the fans who paid in. He thought he knew better. He clearly didn't and that was there for all to see with those kicks.

Like I've said, I'm a huge Joe fan but he has shown it is definitely time to move on, for him and for us.

 

[Sergio Picasso Aguero]

Can't we all just accept that he's leaving and close the thread. This feels like when fans were still posting on the Milner thread weeks after he had signed for candlepool. Bravo can't sign soon enough.

 

[decmancity]

How do people on here know that Joe defied Pep in the 2nd half of the Arsenal game?

Pep for all we know told him to just do what he had been doing, don't bother trying to pass it etc as we know you haven't got the ability.

I like Hart, been a big part of our success but I am not upset he is leaving. He is an employee of the club, nothing more. If Pep feels that Bravo can be the difference then that's what I will support.