I’d like to give you and Dunnie a 50/50 ball and see who wins that? No joking aside he won Manchester City's Player of the Year award for 2004/5 which he also won in the 2005-6, 2006-7 and 2007-8 seasons, becoming the first person to win City's Player of the Year award four times. Well if that don’t make him a winner. I was referring to a winning mentality, and football being a team game ,you need at least 14/15 winners all pulling in the same direction.The Fat el Hombre said:A winner who's never won anything, that's a new one.jamiegrimble said:I agree with most everything you say Mr Rich,but for one point.I believe Dunne is a winner.You could see by the way he organized the back four,and put his body on the line in crunching tackles for the cause,that cant be faked.I believe the City playing staff he inherited as captain werent winners.He was a few years premature for the blues time scale,both personally and in the scheme of things.
How exactly was he a few years premature for the blues time scale?
jamiegrimble said:I was referring to a winning mentality, and football being a team game ,you need at least 14/15 winners all pulling in the same direction.
Obviously he’s past his sell by date now football wise. Man City are beginning to take of as we speak. To late for Dunne to get on the train, he’s not quick enough, or young enough. But I believe he would have been good enough for a place in the squad if time were on his side.
The Fat el Hombre said:Dunnie doesn't have a winning mentality that's probably one of the reasons we got rid of him. Not only was it obvious on the pitch by his inability to drive us on when we needed it but it was also glaringly obvious when it was said in the press that our squad needed a winning mentality and Dunnie came out a couple of days later and said that we needed time and we shouldn't expect too much. That was very telling for me.
Personally I think Dunnie came too late if anything. If he'd have retired ebfore last season all the delusional City fans amongst us could have continued to kid themselves that he's a great defender and would have led us to glory with our new players, when the actual fact is that as soon as City started to show a bit of ambition a player with Dunne's limitations and proneness to error's days were numbered
Grand Master Ram Rod said:I'd say cheer him before the game, maybe sing his song before the game and then support City through the game is probably the best option. Anyone booing him though to me, aren't wanted, most likely the fans who have only supported City since the takeover.
So you're gonna boo him then?S.E.H said:Grand Master Ram Rod said:I'd say cheer him before the game, maybe sing his song before the game and then support City through the game is probably the best option. Anyone booing him though to me, aren't wanted, most likely the fans who have only supported City since the takeover.
Or maybe those fans have still supported the club all their life, but have a different opinion to you and therefore think that Dunne was shit for the club and that he is by no means a Manchester City legend.
Grand Master Ram Rod said:So you're gonna boo him then?S.E.H said:Or maybe those fans have still supported the club all their life, but have a different opinion to you and therefore think that Dunne was shit for the club and that he is by no means a Manchester City legend.