MeatHunterrr said:He just wasn't good enough anymore, simple as. Almost had to play with 1 right back whole last season, because he never was fit and when played looked atrocious.
Also sounds very bitter to me.
Davs 19 said:M18CTID said:Davs 19 said:....and a better RB than he'd been (when fit) for the last 18 months. Loved the lad to bits but he'd gone backwards at an alarming rate and wasn't close to being good enough for a top 4 club.
I'd love him to get himself back on track though and wish him all the best.
I'm pretty sure that the only reason he went backwards was because the injuries had a huge impact on his form which isn't really his fault. Cast your mind back to the 11-12 title winning season - it almost seems to have been forgotten that Richards was our first choice RB for most of that campaign and put in some superb performances. He was at his marauding best in the 6-1 in particular but he also made an impact in other games too - I recall a match a few weeks after the derby at home to a previously unbeaten Newcastle and he scored a great goal in a 3-1 win. It was only in the closing games of the season that he lost his place to Zabaleta and after that things started to go wrong with him regularly picking up injuries.
You won't get an argument from me with any of that.
Sadly, it doesn't change the fact that he was no longer good enough.
Fame Monster said:Best fullback I've ever seen at City.
I love Zabs but at his best, he is not as good as Micah at his best.
The year we won the league, Micah was absolutely phenomenal/imperious/as good as anyone in the world. After his injury that season, he never got a run of games to get him back to that standard and his face (English) didn't fit with Pellegrini.
Would love him back at City but can't see it happening. All the best Micah and thanks for the memories.
Damocles said:Fame Monster said:Best fullback I've ever seen at City.
I love Zabs but at his best, he is not as good as Micah at his best.
The year we won the league, Micah was absolutely phenomenal/imperious/as good as anyone in the world. After his injury that season, he never got a run of games to get him back to that standard and his face (English) didn't fit with Pellegrini.
Would love him back at City but can't see it happening. All the best Micah and thanks for the memories.
He's not even Glen Johnson at his best, let alone Zabaleta.
Good backup who had a purple patch. Positionally dyslexic.
Bigga said:MeatHunterrr said:He just wasn't good enough anymore, simple as. Almost had to play with 1 right back whole last season, because he never was fit and when played looked atrocious.
Also sounds very bitter to me.
So where the fook do you rate Sagna, in comparison?? Laughable post.
May as well have kept Micah for all Sagna does. Stolen a living as far as I'm concerned.
Fame Monster said:Best fullback I've ever seen at City.
I love Zabs but at his best, he is not as good as Micah at his best.
The year we won the league, Micah was absolutely phenomenal/imperious/as good as anyone in the world. After his injury that season, he never got a run of games to get him back to that standard and his face (English) didn't fit with Pellegrini.
Would love him back at City but can't see it happening. All the best Micah and thanks for the memories.