Modric

[Bill]

he's massively overhyped

Agree totally.

Think £35-£40 million is way too much for him.

And me, good player but not worth the hype and not right for us.

 

[Roll On City]

ANDRE VERY-BORING will check Modric’s mental state before deciding whether to welcome him back into the Tottenham fold.

THE MENTALIST LOL!!!

 

[Salford_Blue]

Barry's not a bad player but he is extremely limited, Im sure City can quite easily get an upgrade for him.

Modric isn't a defensive midfielder but Yaya can drop there and put Modric alongside him.

£50mill btw...

Barry is not limited. A limited player cannot form one half of a premier league title winning midfield. Yaya, despite being a defensive mid his whole career leaves 90% of the defensive midfield work to Barry, which he handles superbly. His distribution is excellent and without him the team suffers tremendously. Watch games where De Jong partnered Yaya, there's a massive difference.
Great teams all have a player like Barry to handle the work that lets the other players shine. Busquets, Khedira, Carrick, Obi Mikel, etc are all examples of this

Perfectly put my friend.
Not sure about his peers that you have named though...Obi Mikel and Carrick?
The example I always use is Makalele

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

He would destroy yayas game, he'd be constantly cleaning up after the ugly swine, and unless it hasn't been noticed yaya is the most explosive midfielder in the league- fact !!!

 

[Neville Kneville]

Anyone who is not a City fan would call Barry 'limited' - fact.

Most players are limited. How many headers does Messi score ?

Barry is better at his job than Modric.

 

[Heart.net]

20-25m. Anymore and its highway robbery.

 

[Ric]

Anyone who is not a City fan would call Barry 'limited' - fact.

Most players are limited. How many headers does Messi score ?

Apart from this one ;)

 

[spurspinter1]

He would destroy yayas game, he'd be constantly cleaning up after the ugly swine, and unless it hasn't been noticed yaya is the most explosive midfielder in the league- fact !!!

Think Modric and Yaya would make an ungodly partnership, possession and productivity with the ball would be amazing but luckily we're not going to have that issue unless you pay utterly ridiculous money, unless we can get Toure on loan but I don't see it myself...

 

[stony]

Barry's not a bad player but he is extremely limited, Im sure City can quite easily get an upgrade for him.

We hear this a lot, usually from fans of other clubs who's opinion of Barry is based on one game for England when he wasn't fully fit.
He does his job without any fuss. His positioning and awareness is up there with the very best. He may not look spectacular but there's a reason Mancini plays him as often as he does and lets not forget that if he wanted to, he could afford to replace him in a heartbeat.

A Villa fan said it best when we first signed him. "You'll watch him every week and wonder what all the fuss is about, but the first time he isn't there, you'll realise exactly what the fuss is about"

Very underrated player, unlike Modric who like every Spurs player is very much overrated.

 

[the blue panther]

Barry's not a bad player but he is extremely limited, Im sure City can quite easily get an upgrade for him.

We hear this a lot, usually from fans of other clubs who's opinion of Barry is based on one game for England when he wasn't fully fit.
He does his job without any fuss. His positioning and awareness is up there with the very best. He may not look spectacular but there's a reason Mancini plays him as often as he does and lets not forget that if he wanted to, he could afford to replace him in a heartbeat.

A Villa fan said it best when we first signed him. "You'll watch him every week and wonder what all the fuss is about, but the first time he isn't there, you'll realise exactly what the fuss is about"

Very underrated player, unlike Modric who like every Spurs player is very much overrated.

It's usually said by fans who truly believe in their one true footballing god - that is Scott E Parker.