de niro said:
add elano and didi hamman, dont think we dont know what you are doing.
you are a digrace to your proffession, have'nt got the balls to put it in for the fans.
you know the only chance you have at city is if the manager leaves before you do.
well i firmly hope you lose this battle and the club stand firm and rid us of you and the other cancers within the dressing room.
Well said de niro.
With maybe the exception of Dunne yesterday you are correct.
Mark Hughes came to our club with a reputation of having created the fittest, hardest working team in the premiership at Blackburn. At the time 'just what the doctor ordered'.
A manager who can get the best out of his players both physically and mentally.
Unfortunately for Hughes he has inherited a squad where half or more are not willing to put it in on the training pitch and get themselves up to the high level of fitness he demands.
Hughes knows what type of player he wants and has a good eye for talent.
Playing the likes of Vassel instead of Elano is his way of trying to kick Elano up the arse. Unfortunately rather than react in the professional way and put in the effort Elano has chosen instead to SULK.
Sacking the manager now will almost definately leave us in a more precarious position than we already are.
Hughes has brought in Kompany, SWP, Zaballeta, Robhino and his training regime has in my opinion got the best out of Ireland. He has just signed a quality international full back in Bridge. He has young players like Sturridge also rising to the level he demands. OK TBH has been a poor signing.
Richards has been awful all season, everyone knows he'd rather be in the Gym.
Dunne has been poor but with a pregnant wife and the bunch of crap playing along side him is not surprising.
Ball is a sunday league player at best.
Haaman is past it and certainly isn't up to it physically.
Fernandes runs and runs and runs and then runs but then he runs.
Elano is a world class player but is a luxury. No room for luxuries in the prem i'm afraid. putting in a 5 minute shift, patting your badge and taking every corner or free kick badly simply isn't good enough.
Being in the position we are at the moment is going to make it hard for Hughes to get good players in this window, but lets wait and see.
Yes it was a total bag of shit yesterday. I believe the reason was that after SWP went off injured our best 3 players weren't involved (SWP ROB SI). The majority of those players left on the park know they are not in MH long term plans so decided not to put in the effort.
It is (in my opinion) simply not acceptable to put any less effort than 100% when wearing our beloved shirt
Lets get behind the manager and see who he brings in!