Pellegrini is the new manager (Malaga Newspaper reports) 4.

[Ray78]

FC Porto have opted for Paulo Fonseca a coach who led Pacos Ferreira to the Champions League, So Manuel Pellegrini will not be going there.

 

[Kompany is King]

Would keep Milner.

Nasri maybe expendable given the players that have come in/may come in.

 

[LEDC]

Would keep Milner.

Nasri maybe expendable given the players that have come in/may come in.

I think Milner and Rodwell will have a lot of minutes, they are clever players and great complement for any squad. Nevertheless your football has a lot more matches than any other league due the different tournaments, so all the players will have enough minutes. And don´t forget the rotations. and in City, Pellegrini will have plenty of good players to rotate, something he didn´t have in Malaga. He always give chances and trust to their player, but at the end is all a matter of performances, if they do well, they will play.

 

[hilts]

Milner is better than nasri at the moment.. I would be quicker to bench nasri instead

If city were to sell Milner what clubs would be interested? this will tell you if he is good enough to be classed as a top draw player

 

[cleavers]

We would all love that there were more English players (or even British) but sadly we will have to wait until the new academies (not just ours) start churning them out

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

 

[oakiecokie]

We would all love that there were more English players (or even British) but sadly we will have to wait until the new academies (not just ours) start churning them out

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

Tell you what cleavers,listened to Martyn Tyler earlier and he gave a superb anology about the England set up and how many under 21 players were actually called up by Pearce and didn`t give a fuck about playing.
Sad state of affairs but honestly a superb piece by Tyler.

 

[SheeshKebab]

We would all love that there were more English players (or even British) but sadly we will have to wait until the new academies (not just ours) start churning them out

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

Tell you what cleavers,listened to Martyn Tyler earlier and he gave a superb anology about the England set up and how many under 21 players were actually called up by Pearce and didn`t give a fuck about playing.
Sad state of affairs but honestly a superb piece by Tyler.

Got a link Oakie?

 

[LEDC]

We would all love that there were more English players (or even British) but sadly we will have to wait until the new academies (not just ours) start churning them out

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

Not that much, is part of the Holistic approach of City and Pellegrini is part of that approach :-p, son don´t worry. By the way, Why the FA didn´t try to apply the German system and force all the clubs to invest into their academys and try to develop professionals coachs for this youth academys. In this issue I think City is one step ahead of most of the other premier league clubs.

 

[oakiecokie]

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

Tell you what cleavers,listened to Martyn Tyler earlier and he gave a superb anology about the England set up and how many under 21 players were actually called up by Pearce and didn`t give a fuck about playing.
Sad state of affairs but honestly a superb piece by Tyler.

Got a link Oakie?

It was on SS1 after tonights game and he and Swanson were outside the England Teams Hotel,so I`m certain it would be SS1 News at 10.00 pm tonight mate.
Sorry mate I`m fooking shite at linking.

 

[cleavers]

We would all love that there were more English players (or even British) but sadly we will have to wait until the new academies (not just ours) start churning them out

I'm not going to hold my breath on that one either.

Until there is a total overhaul of the english/british system, where most of the kids start at clubs run by dads and other well meaning, but ultimately talentless "coaches", and before clubs (like ours) take the cream into their youth academy's (whilst missing out on the vast majority who are never scouted because they don't play at the few amateur clubs that get priority). And while clubs only recruit youth to suit their bank balances, there is little hope of getting much english/british talent through to the top level, something our FA should be getting sorted out in schools, but unfortunately they are run by people who are too busy looking after their own mates (Gill etc).

Anyway that is getting very off topic for this thread.

Tell you what cleavers,listened to Martyn Tyler earlier and he gave a superb anology about the England set up and how many under 21 players were actually called up by Pearce and didn`t give a fuck about playing.
Sad state of affairs but honestly a superb piece by Tyler.

You only need to look at both squads to see how little is coming through, and that is at the FA's door for not organising proper coaching at school level. They should be preventing kids joining clubs before 14/15 years old imho, and coaching them at a district/county/regional level until then, with the best youth coaches available.

Significant money should be made available from the PL TV deal to organise that, but the clubs, especially the big clubs won't allow it because they have too much power. Its little wonder that our national sides are a bit of a joke in world football currently.

There is a very good reason why the PL has such little home grown talent available, and its not simply because City are ruining football (again).