Next Captain

[mike o]

Something I saw in the MEN struck me as very interesting.

5 minutes before the game apparently Vinny asked everyone to leave the changing room including the manager. He then had a talk to the players.

I would love to know what he said. Now that's leadership.

Inspiring stuff, Especially considering his age. Hes obviously a natural leader of men.


Would love to know what was said at half time as Nigel spoke about heated words and Yaya being emotional.<br /><br />-- Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:21 pm --<br /><br />

another thing to point out, Kompany was an immature idiot that wasn't well liked when he was Balotelli's age................

Yep, got mates from Belgium who say he was a nightmare.

 

[Real-City]

I have always been a fan of Samba football so I was so excited to land Robinho, however, the day Robinho started acting out I was immediately drawn to Vincent Kompany. His calmness(in the midfield at the time) and ability on the ball are what stood out to me. The fact he plays with so much heart and never complains, yet cost us just £6 million makes him one of the best deals ever. Easily my favorite player in the squad.

It's a shame Dunne couldn't have had him around during his tenure, might have made an unstoppable tandem.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Something I saw in the MEN struck me as very interesting.

5 minutes before the game apparently Vinny asked everyone to leave the changing room including the manager. He then had a talk to the players.

I would love to know what he said. Now that's leadership.

Inspiring stuff, Especially considering his age. Hes obviously a natural leader of men.


Would love to know what was said at half time as Nigel spoke about heated words and Yaya being emotional.

-- Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:21 pm --

another thing to point out, Kompany was an immature idiot that wasn't well liked when he was Balotelli's age................

Yep, got mates from Belgium who say he was a nightmare.

Met quite a few Belgians over the course of last year and they all said he was well respected over there.

 

[blue order]

Vinnie is totally awesome and I would love him to be Captain.

He was at the Bredbury OSC's meeting on Wednesday. He was asked what the players thought of the fans doing the Poznan and they thought it was brilliant. He was also asked to get the players, Mancini etc to do the Poznan when we won which he did (so that stops the confusion about him or Lescott) :-)

Joe Hart was asked to instigate it at the Poynton meeting last Thursday last.

The plot thickens!!! who is the mystery poznan starter??

 

[mike o]

Inspiring stuff, Especially considering his age. Hes obviously a natural leader of men.


Would love to know what was said at half time as Nigel spoke about heated words and Yaya being emotional.

-- Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:21 pm --



Yep, got mates from Belgium who say he was a nightmare.

Met quite a few Belgians over the course of last year and they all said he was well respected over there.

They love him now.

When he was younger he was a nightmare,similar to Balotelli as Dave said

 

[Bill]

vinny was more than the captain on saturday.

 

[sheikys billions]

100% capain next seaon no brainer really!

 

[deano ou812]

vincent should be captain from now on, regardless of tevez's hamstring injury it is totally disrepectful to the fans and the players that as club captain he was not at wembley.Although he is our top scorer, if imo he gets over the injury before the final he should not play,barring injuries the eleven who got us their start.

 

[Greyco]

Met quite a few Belgians over the course of last year and they all said he was well respected over there.

They love him now.

When he was younger he was a nightmare,similar to Balotelli as Dave said

Lol, not at all similar to Balotelli. I guess your Belgian mates are Brugge-fans who've loathed Kompany because he came from the Anderlecht-academy, their hated rivals.
Kompany was very respected at a young age because he talked so much sense and was mature beyond his years which earned him invitations of multiple variety-talkshows on Belgian TV-stations. For most neutral fans, like me, Kompany was always in highregard.

Kompany came in the Belgian side aged 17 or 18 and came in the worst Belgian side in history outshining all of the old guard immediatly. Some of these old hands didn't take to kindly to the fact being in the shadow of a kid and started making a fuzz because Kompany didn't wear a tie like the rest of them with his suit and other minor issues.
Kompany was the first of this new 'gold'-generation of young Belgians breaking through and some of the older hands seemed to have problems with the interest of the public in these new young superstars so a couple of years ago all kind of stories were leaking out. Things that normally wouldn't leave the dressing room. Clearly some of these disgruntled old players tried via the media to influence the public opinion. Anyway just look up the nutcase Stijnen. The national goalie of a few years ago recently fired by his team Club Brugge because he was activily posting on a fanforum under an alias boasting about himself and talking shit about the young goalie who he had lost his place to.

 

[Gelsons Dad]

They love him now.

When he was younger he was a nightmare,similar to Balotelli as Dave said

Lol, not at all similar to Balotelli. I guess your Belgian mates are Brugge-fans who've loathed Kompany because he came from the Anderlecht-academy, their hated rivals.
Kompany was very respected at a young age because he talked so much sense and was mature beyond his years which earned him invitations of multiple variety-talkshows on Belgian TV-stations. For most neutral fans, like me, Kompany was always in highregard.

Kompany came in the Belgian side aged 17 or 18 and came in the worst Belgian side in history outshining all of the old guard immediatly. Some of these old hands didn't take to kindly to the fact being in the shadow of a kid and started making a fuzz because Kompany didn't wear a tie like the rest of them with his suit and other minor issues.
Kompany was the first of this new 'gold'-generation of young Belgians breaking through and some of the older hands seemed to have problems with the interest of the public in these new young superstars so a couple of years ago all kind of stories were leaking out. Things that normally wouldn't leave the dressing room. Clearly some of these disgruntled old players tried via the media to influence the public opinion. Anyway just look up the nutcase Stijnen. The national goalie of a few years ago recently fired by his team Club Brugge because he was activily posting on a fanforum under an alias boasting about himself and talking shit about the young goalie who he had lost his place to.

Talking of leighton, where is he these days?

 

[Salford_Blue]

Couple of points:

Imagine Kompany AND Vidic at City...frightening. Would we ever concede?

Imagine the next World Cup with him at the helm of a bright, young and talented Belgian national team. They are going to become a force very soon.

 

[squirtyflower]

.......is the moment we moved on as a club

i loved vinnie since he arrived
a quality player who gives his all for the club, added to his obvious intelligence

i remember how gutted he was at the semi final at the swamp, you could see then etched into his face was intent not to let it happen again

had vinnie not been injured for the first part of last season, we would have strolled fourth place

 

[OrigamiNinja]

MEN website says that City are going to offer him a £120k pw new contract in the Summer.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

MEN website says that City are going to offer him a £120k pw new contract in the Summer.

Deserves it

 

[mike o]

They love him now.

When he was younger he was a nightmare,similar to Balotelli as Dave said

Lol, not at all similar to Balotelli. I guess your Belgian mates are Brugge-fans who've loathed Kompany because he came from the Anderlecht-academy, their hated rivals.
Kompany was very respected at a young age because he talked so much sense and was mature beyond his years which earned him invitations of multiple variety-talkshows on Belgian TV-stations. For most neutral fans, like me, Kompany was always in highregard.

Kompany came in the Belgian side aged 17 or 18 and came in the worst Belgian side in history outshining all of the old guard immediatly. Some of these old hands didn't take to kindly to the fact being in the shadow of a kid and started making a fuzz because Kompany didn't wear a tie like the rest of them with his suit and other minor issues.
Kompany was the first of this new 'gold'-generation of young Belgians breaking through and some of the older hands seemed to have problems with the interest of the public in these new young superstars so a couple of years ago all kind of stories were leaking out. Things that normally wouldn't leave the dressing room. Clearly some of these disgruntled old players tried via the media to influence the public opinion. Anyway just look up the nutcase Stijnen. The national goalie of a few years ago recently fired by his team Club Brugge because he was activily posting on a fanforum under an alias boasting about himself and talking shit about the young goalie who he had lost his place to.

They are from Brugge haha

They love him now but when we signed kept saying hes a trouble causer!

Cheers for the info

 

[stonerblue]

Mine too. Not just that, it was the way he went out training on that Wembley Tunnel video, leading the lads out with his chest puffed out. He looks the part and I hope he keeps it.

That vid from the tunnel cam shows Vinny to be a real leader.

 

[Essembe]

The pride he showed when leading us out at Wembley says it all. If you look at the kid to his right, he sensed that and responded naturally to Vinnies mojo by proudly holding up the club flag/banner thing as they walked on to the pitch. If that little kid felt it, imagine what that does to his team mates!!! We gotta try and bottle that shi*!!!

Amazing moment for me!!!

 

[FeedTheGoat10]

A picture paints a thousand words.

 

[FinnieMc]

They are from Brugge haha

They love him now but when we signed kept saying hes a trouble causer!

Cheers for the info

This has been taken very much out of context. The only time Vinnie really caused some trouble is when HSV wanted him to come back early from the Olympic Games (Belgium made it to the semis) and he didn't want to.
There were some issues with lateness and some issues with the national team (although you can take that last one with a pinch of salt as the "accusers" there turned out to be the real troublemakers.)

Comparing him to that nutjob Balotelli is like comparing Einstein to Wayne Rooney when it comes to intelligence.

 

[WNRH]

They are from Brugge haha

They love him now but when we signed kept saying hes a trouble causer!

Cheers for the info

This has been taken very much out of context. The only time Vinnie really caused some trouble is when HSV wanted him to come back early from the Olympic Games (Belgium made it to the semis) and he didn't want to.
There were some issues with lateness and some issues with the national team (although you can take that last one with a pinch of salt as the "accusers" there turned out to be the real troublemakers.)

Comparing him to that nutjob Balotelli is like comparing Einstein to Wayne Rooney when it comes to intelligence.

All i know is that i saw an interview with Kompany on Soccer AM and he said he was a nightmare and wasn't well liked when he was younger even by himself.