Signing Santa Cruz was a sackable offence. Hughes knew he was crocked yet went ahead with it. He might have been good for us if he had spent less time on the treatment table.
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Past their best when they joined us but were great players in their pomp City XI
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gloryhuntersince85
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Ian Bishop was past his best when he re-joined us in 98 but you could still see he had class, George Weah has to be mentioned and surely Dabo and Corradi must have been better before they played for us.
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If we're choosing these players based on their very best form elsewhere, despite most being letdowns or simply past it but effective here then here's my Past it! City XI
---------------- Schmeichel -----------------
------------- Kolo ------ Pearce (vc) --------
Maicon -------- Hamann -------- Tarnat
------------ Vieira (c) ---------------------------
-------------------------- Lampard --------------
------------ Deyna -------- Weah --------------
--------------------- Fowler -----------------------
Subs: Seaman, Demichelis, Sylvinho, McManaman, Benarbia, Kanchelskis, Cole.
Dangerous bench that covers most of this teams injury needs.
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Past it manager: Sven-Goran Eriksson
He has experience with playing a similar system to what I'm trying to implement here.
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I've gone with a kinda 3 at the back with Maicon and Tarnat acting as attacking wingbacks with enough energy to help out defending, Hamann will sit deep at all times he is like a 3rd more advanced CB/DM stopper/ deep lying playmaker with his great passing range which was a very underrated aspect of his game... His position here is not too dissimilar to his Bayern days or when played for Germany sometimes, which is why I'm confident playing Pearce as a left sided CB along with Kolo's pace on the other side it should be able to cope with most teams... and I believe with Vieira in the team box to box him with Lampard they should do offer enough to help along with the wingbacks at both attacking and defending... It was tough leaving Benarbia out for Deyna but Kazmierz Deyna was definitely a better player at his peak than our much loved Ali B at his best, he was a world class operator capable of being this teams KDB and he bar nobody is Poland's greatest ever player before Lewandowski, no question about it and that's nowt to be sniffed at as Poland have had some genuinely amazing players like Boniek and Lato plus many more...
Deyna is a very advanced playmaker here and has a free role switching sides linking with the wingbacks the attack and Lampard beautifully. George Weah is up front as a powerful pace filled inverted wing forward/second striker terrorising teams, anyone who saw him at his best knows he was a ballon d'Or winner for a reason his mixture of pace power and flair meant he was unplayable at his his best... An 18 -22 year old Robbie Fowler who had the world at his feet later ruined by injuries, back then he was quick agile lethal and great at linking up play that was important in my decision he finishes off the team, with an outstanding attacking threat in this team that on its own would cause any team nightmares, especially when you know Lampard is making his trademark darting runs, with Tarnat Deyna and Maicon all putting excellent deliveries into the box there's gonna be plenty of goals.
Verdict: wouldn't be an easy game for anyone despite centre back problems but I've fixed them as best I can it could work, this theoretical team would be our toughest opponents if entered in the prem at their peak years this season, especially when you consider how difficult we sometimes find it to play against 3/5 at the back at times.
---------------- Schmeichel -----------------
------------- Kolo ------ Pearce (vc) --------
Maicon -------- Hamann -------- Tarnat
------------ Vieira (c) ---------------------------
-------------------------- Lampard --------------
------------ Deyna -------- Weah --------------
--------------------- Fowler -----------------------
Subs: Seaman, Demichelis, Sylvinho, McManaman, Benarbia, Kanchelskis, Cole.
Dangerous bench that covers most of this teams injury needs.
--------------------------------------------------------
Past it manager: Sven-Goran Eriksson
He has experience with playing a similar system to what I'm trying to implement here.
--------------------------------------------------------
I've gone with a kinda 3 at the back with Maicon and Tarnat acting as attacking wingbacks with enough energy to help out defending, Hamann will sit deep at all times he is like a 3rd more advanced CB/DM stopper/ deep lying playmaker with his great passing range which was a very underrated aspect of his game... His position here is not too dissimilar to his Bayern days or when played for Germany sometimes, which is why I'm confident playing Pearce as a left sided CB along with Kolo's pace on the other side it should be able to cope with most teams... and I believe with Vieira in the team box to box him with Lampard they should do offer enough to help along with the wingbacks at both attacking and defending... It was tough leaving Benarbia out for Deyna but Kazmierz Deyna was definitely a better player at his peak than our much loved Ali B at his best, he was a world class operator capable of being this teams KDB and he bar nobody is Poland's greatest ever player before Lewandowski, no question about it and that's nowt to be sniffed at as Poland have had some genuinely amazing players like Boniek and Lato plus many more...
Deyna is a very advanced playmaker here and has a free role switching sides linking with the wingbacks the attack and Lampard beautifully. George Weah is up front as a powerful pace filled inverted wing forward/second striker terrorising teams, anyone who saw him at his best knows he was a ballon d'Or winner for a reason his mixture of pace power and flair meant he was unplayable at his his best... An 18 -22 year old Robbie Fowler who had the world at his feet later ruined by injuries, back then he was quick agile lethal and great at linking up play that was important in my decision he finishes off the team, with an outstanding attacking threat in this team that on its own would cause any team nightmares, especially when you know Lampard is making his trademark darting runs, with Tarnat Deyna and Maicon all putting excellent deliveries into the box there's gonna be plenty of goals.
Verdict: wouldn't be an easy game for anyone despite centre back problems but I've fixed them as best I can it could work, this theoretical team would be our toughest opponents if entered in the prem at their peak years this season, especially when you consider how difficult we sometimes find it to play against 3/5 at the back at times.
Kinkladze's crazy skills
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Mangala - prime Baresi in the first game against Chelsea.
Past his best after that.
Looked the same against Ibrahimovic too completely shackled him... But then he's getting destroyed off championship/ league one standard forwards in cup games, if typical City was a football player he'd have to be close to what they'd be.
HarrytheBlue
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He is an all-time legend.Ali Benarbia. I think if we signed him five or ten years previously then he'd have gone down as an all time legend.
Johnny Mars Bar
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Signing Santa Cruz was a sackable offence. Hughes knew he was crocked yet went ahead with it. He might have been good for us if he had spent less time on the treatment table.
Being a shit manager and a rag can be added to the long list of sackable offences committed by Mark Hughes.
Franny 1234
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The problem was he was that good he played on another planet from his team mates. CTIDJust checked, I knew he wasn't on his last legs but didn't know he was only 23 when he joined us! What a signing for us at that time! No idea how we pulled that one off
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Blimey yes - forgot about him. One of his goals (and there weren't many) was against Everton at Maine Road. I was at that game.Adrian Heath - great player at Everton and Stoke.
Only goal I can remember for us was Norwich away.