Player thread: Samir Nasri (2014/15)

[MangoMagic01]

Come on brotha!!
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Very insightful, funny to think of Nasri and Ribery putting it over the rest of the national team.

Both are muslim if I remember correctly Deschamps is a bellend and is anti Islam

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With respect, that's a pretty outlandish statement!

Yes Nasri is of Algerian descent and Ribery converted.

Certainly difficult to prove but I have been hearing murmurs of racial issues in the French squad for years, not sure where Deschamps stands on that.

 

[EalingBlue2]

Both are muslim if I remember correctly Deschamps is a bellend and is anti Islam

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With respect, that's a pretty outlandish statement!

Yes Nasri is of Algerian descent and Ribery converted.

Certainly difficult to prove but I have been hearing murmurs of racial issues in the French squad for years, not sure where Deschamps stands on that.

It was claimed of Ali bernabia that he was not picked for France because it was already too much having djorkaeff and zidane in the side

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

A couple of other things. You know of course that his girlfriend went on Twitter to say that France was a shit country when he wasn't selected. As you can imagine, that didn't go down too well (before anyone says, well, she's right, she's only telling the truth, reverse it for a second: an English player's girlfriend makes the same comment about England? Imagine the feeding frenzy in the press?) Anyway, what's important in my book is that Nasri (who wasn't around at the time) phoned her to say "You know, you shouldn't have done that". That was in the Equipe interview. What annoyed me at the time was that it was spun as if Samir had put her up to it. In France he's presumed guilty until proven innocent . I saw an interview with him on France's Canal Plus in which he was scrupulously polite, scrupulously courteous, and in which he openly admitted that he hadn't behaved well during the 2012 Euro , and that he apologised for it. Above and beyond that, I don't know what he's supposed to do: wear sackcloth and ashes? I think he's a straight talker and I like the guy. He shoots his mouth off sometimes? So what. More important than any of this tittle tattle - he's a very talented footballer, and he was in fine form for us last season. And has been, this. Long may it continue.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

A couple of other things. You know of course that his girlfriend went on Twitter to say that France was a shit country when he wasn't selected. As you can imagine, that didn't go down too well (before anyone says, well, she's right, she's only telling the truth, reverse it for a second: an English player's girlfriend makes the same comment about England? Imagine the feeding frenzy in the press?) Anyway, what's important in my book is that Nasri (who wasn't around at the time) phoned her to say "You know, you shouldn't have done that". That was in the Equipe interview. What annoyed me at the time was that it was spun as if Samir had put her up to it. In France he's presumed guilty until proven innocent . I saw an interview with him on France's Canal Plus in which he was scrupulously polite, scrupulously courteous, and in which he openly admitted that he hadn't behaved well during the 2012 Euro , and that he apologised for it. Above and beyond that, I don't know what he's supposed to do: wear sackcloth and ashes? I think he's a straight talker and I like the guy. He shoots his mouth off sometimes? So what. More important than any of this tittle tattle - he's a very talented footballer, and he was in fine form for us last season. And has been, this. Long may it continue.

How do you know he phoned his girlfriend to say " you know you shouldn,t have done that"
because he said he did?

you may have seen him on tv where he was polite and courteous..ive seen ryan giggs be polite and well mannered......so what?

The truth is Nasri, as he has recently openly admitted is "arrogant" and out spoken.

He is also , when on form, rapidly becoming my fav present City player, and thats where his arrogance helps him...the audacity to stand there with the ball and say to the defender..just fucking try and take it off me...and they do try, and they can,t ...such fantastic ball control, never mentioned by the media.. a wonderful, highly skilled footballer.. and an arrogant gob shite to boot, not that i care one little bit.

 

[Centurions]

A couple of other things. You know of course that his girlfriend went on Twitter to say that France was a shit country when he wasn't selected. As you can imagine, that didn't go down too well (before anyone says, well, she's right, she's only telling the truth, reverse it for a second: an English player's girlfriend makes the same comment about England? Imagine the feeding frenzy in the press?) Anyway, what's important in my book is that Nasri (who wasn't around at the time) phoned her to say "You know, you shouldn't have done that". That was in the Equipe interview. What annoyed me at the time was that it was spun as if Samir had put her up to it. In France he's presumed guilty until proven innocent . I saw an interview with him on France's Canal Plus in which he was scrupulously polite, scrupulously courteous, and in which he openly admitted that he hadn't behaved well during the 2012 Euro , and that he apologised for it. Above and beyond that, I don't know what he's supposed to do: wear sackcloth and ashes? I think he's a straight talker and I like the guy. He shoots his mouth off sometimes? So what. More important than any of this tittle tattle - he's a very talented footballer, and he was in fine form for us last season. And has been, this. Long may it continue.

How do you know he phoned his girlfriend to say " you know you shouldn,t have done that"
because he said he did?

you may have seen him on tv where he was polite and courteous..ive seen ryan giggs be polite and well mannered......so what?

The truth is Nasri, as he has recently openly admitted is "arrogant" and out spoken.

He is also , when on form, rapidly becoming my fav present City player, and thats where his arrogance helps him...the audacity to stand there with the ball and say to the defender..just fucking try and take it off me...and they do try, and they can,t ...such fantastic ball control, never mentioned by the media.. a wonderful, highly skilled footballer.. and an arrogant gob shite to boot, not that i care one little bit.

Is that arrogance or just supreme confidence in his ability though?

Which ever it is he's one of the few that must be on the team sheet in indelible marker. Hart (if only through lack of competition), Aguero, Silva and Yaya being the others.

 

[City_Sean]

I wouldnt say Nasri is arrogant. He just speaks his mind and I applaud him for doing so.

 

[mancunial]

Made for champions league football, pure class but that's only my point of view, his two fingers to the rags and Bobby wrapover charlton statement that nasri would only go to United when they come calling gave him legendary status in my eyes, Nevilles revenge surfaced with the van Persie free kick when the same happened at qpr v another the following week where Neville never mentioned it? Make no mistake nasri loves it at city it would be a shame for him to be driven out by certain individuals, his exclusion from the France team only benefits city in the champs league where he will have a lot to prove, I have a feeling that the barca games are going to be his pound of flesh for the fans?

 

[nobody can eat fifty eggs]

From Red Watch an on-line rag fan site in 2011:

Nasri's a great player to watch, he's entertaining and scored some fantastic solo goals last year. But he's 23 and buying him IMO would definitely stunt the progress of Cleverley and Anderson and even Pogba and Morrison further down the line. Buying Sneijder would develop all of those players because he's truly one of the greatest creative midfielders in the world.

Nasri, as Gerald said, had half a good season. He disappeared in the second half of the season and I do seem to remember him missing a few very good opportunities against Bolton in the latter end of last season. He'd cost £23 or so million - I'd rather spend £7 or so million more on a player in his prime than take on an EX ARSENAL player that hasn't convinced me he can be great for a whole season

Deluded fuckin rags.

 

[Bluekiwi]

From Red Watch an on-line rag fan site in 2011:

Nasri's a great player to watch, he's entertaining and scored some fantastic solo goals last year. But he's 23 and buying him IMO would definitely stunt the progress of Cleverley and Anderson and even Pogba and Morrison further down the line. Buying Sneijder would develop all of those players because he's truly one of the greatest creative midfielders in the world.

Nasri, as Gerald said, had half a good season. He disappeared in the second half of the season and I do seem to remember him missing a few very good opportunities against Bolton in the latter end of last season. He'd cost £23 or so million - I'd rather spend £7 or so million more on a player in his prime than take on an EX ARSENAL player that hasn't convinced me he can be great for a whole season

Deluded fuckin rags.

Gee, where are those "cheap" players? We wouldn't have any problems meeting our FFP ceiling if we could find them. Or did he mean £23 plus £7?

 

[dennishasdoneit]

I wouldnt say Nasri is arrogant. He just speaks his mind and I applaud him for doing so.

you wouldn,t but Nasri himself does.