the goats backside said:
For what i know i think Micah is getting better, lets not scapegoat him
Getting better in what sense? Maintaining consistency at having severe 'lapses in concentration' which will cost us important points? Completely agree.
It's not about making people scapegoats. It's about raising issues about players, good and bad when necessary. I would argue Tevez has been no better than Richards this season so far. So I certainly don't buy into the fashion of 'slagging off particular players at particular times'. However, the loyalists (I refer to those who cant say anything relatively critical about City for fear it will undermine their very existence and logic of allegiance and who back Richards merely because he was a local youth team player) need to argue the case, that he is good enough to play at the top level (CL football which we hope to obtain). He isnt. And never will be. The Sunderland example, is not making him a scapegoat. It's a case of, 'oh yea, Richards is playing today'
