Richards Interview (The Sun With Quotes)

[Prestwich_Blue]

Been thinking about this all day and it's had me puzzled. Plenty of players play for England who don't play regularly for their clubs. Lescott did, SWP does, Wes Brown & Ratface, Foster, Joe Cole etc.

From my dealings with the media, I know there is always an ulterior motive behind stories and you have to be careful not to take things at face value. Players also don't usually give interviews without the club knowing about it or being involved. That's why Vicky Kloss is always in the tunnel at the end of games to keep an eye on things. Papers also have no scruples about making out they've interviewed a player when they haven't, having got the quotes from other media sources or even private conversations (e.g,. Micah talks to someone privately and that someone goes to the papers).

So what's behind this one? I struggled to see it until I thought about Hiddink's revelations that he'd been approached by us. These just happened to surface when Hughes and then Mancini were under pressure. I've said before that i believe Abramovich was behind this with the intention of destabilising the club.

My view is that Capello has leaked this story for the same reason, someone having put him up to it or maybe he just fancies the City job and sees this sort of thing as a way of pulling the rug from under Mancini. So let's not be too quick to judge Micah here.

Bit Mulder and Scully to think Capello is behind this! I just think that he is a deluded young man who thinks he is better than he is and has been egged on by his agent. I wonder how many years he has left on his contract?

Believe me mate, there's some weird shit goes on in the media.

 

[Dee]

That's such a lot of blox about Capello leaking micahs quotes. Face it he's frustrated - just the same as millions of others who do an adequate job and feel undervalued. Being a footballer doesn't make them THAT different to everybody else. Bottom line : if you're too frustrated, look elsewhere young man!

 

[Mancio]

Been thinking about this all day and it's had me puzzled. Plenty of players play for England who don't play regularly for their clubs. Lescott did, SWP does, Wes Brown & Ratface, Foster, Joe Cole etc.

From my dealings with the media, I know there is always an ulterior motive behind stories and you have to be careful not to take things at face value. Players also don't usually give interviews without the club knowing about it or being involved. That's why Vicky Kloss is always in the tunnel at the end of games to keep an eye on things. Papers also have no scruples about making out they've interviewed a player when they haven't, having got the quotes from other media sources or even private conversations (e.g,. Micah talks to someone privately and that someone goes to the papers).

So what's behind this one? I struggled to see it until I thought about Hiddink's revelations that he'd been approached by us. These just happened to surface when Hughes and then Mancini were under pressure. I've said before that i believe Abramovich was behind this with the intention of destabilising the club.

My view is that Capello has leaked this story for the same reason, someone having put him up to it or maybe he just fancies the City job and sees this sort of thing as a way of pulling the rug from under Mancini. So let's not be too quick to judge Micah here.

behind this kind of stories there is always the same thing :

MONEY

Here i'm one of the less earnings. give me more money if you want i accept rotation sistem

its so easy.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Been thinking about this all day and it's had me puzzled. Plenty of players play for England who don't play regularly for their clubs. Lescott did, SWP does, Wes Brown & Ratface, Foster, Joe Cole etc.

From my dealings with the media, I know there is always an ulterior motive behind stories and you have to be careful not to take things at face value. Players also don't usually give interviews without the club knowing about it or being involved. That's why Vicky Kloss is always in the tunnel at the end of games to keep an eye on things. Papers also have no scruples about making out they've interviewed a player when they haven't, having got the quotes from other media sources or even private conversations (e.g,. Micah talks to someone privately and that someone goes to the papers).

So what's behind this one? I struggled to see it until I thought about Hiddink's revelations that he'd been approached by us. These just happened to surface when Hughes and then Mancini were under pressure. I've said before that i believe Abramovich was behind this with the intention of destabilising the club.

My view is that Capello has leaked this story for the same reason, someone having put him up to it or maybe he just fancies the City job and sees this sort of thing as a way of pulling the rug from under Mancini. So let's not be too quick to judge Micah here.

behind this kind of stories there is always the same thing :

MONEY

Here i'm one of the less earnings. give me more money if you want i accept rotation sistem

ita so easy.

you know your english is getting worse?

you're trying too hard to be Italian.

 

[Mancio]

behind this kind of stories there is always the same thing :

MONEY



ita so easy.

you know your english is getting worse?

you're trying too hard to be Italian.

unfortunally you are right mate. but its not becouse i'm italian , its becouse i'm a too old guy and when i was a schoolboy english wasnt so important as today is. i'm sorry.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

behind this kind of stories there is always the same thing :

MONEY

Here i'm one of the less earnings. give me more money if you want i accept rotation sistem

its so easy.

You could well be right but it seems a very clumsy way of doing things. It's not like he is an essential player for us and he is unlikely to get more money at places like Newcastle or spurs.

also I love a good conspiracy theory and I'm convinced certain people have an interest in destabilising us.

 

[gooney]

I'd say to Micah, 'I'll give you a run in the side, make the spot yours'. That way, we either have a potentially great player in our side, or, we drop him to the bench, but this way he has less reason to complain. I can understand how he's annoyed about the constant chopping and changing in that position, none of them will play at their best if he keeps doing that. E.g He did well against Villa and then was dropped against Blackpool. Why? Can't see how that benefits us as a team. Not as if he needed a rest.

Also, if he does go, I could see him being great somewhere else, establishing himself as England's first choice right back and possibly the best right back in the league.

Cogently Expressed!

He wants to play for England.
He doesn't want to 'rot on the bench'.
Thats why he needs to be selected & be given the opportunity consistently not sporadically.

Whats wrong with saying that in public (after going private tete-a-tete with City & England's managers)?
IMHO He has gone about it right.

Micah is cognizant of his worth & great performances, especially against the gunners, to City. To play effectively against the likes of Clichy, Nasri, van Pussy et al make me realize that he has the wherewithal (mental & physical talents) to be a great player. He is a real threat going forward at the same time hemming in their wing back.


The back four we had against the gunners IMHO is the best defensive core in the PL right now. Don't tinker with it!

Zab is a great utility player.. Right now he should be utilized on the left side.

OTH de Jong is found wanting & exposed defensively by the nifty & skilled gunners. Just imagine against the likes of CL teams. He is not CL material. A holding midfielder also needs to hold the ball at times rather than dishing the ball away everytime he receives the ball. Thats why he gets a below team average mark by most football pundits for the recent match.

Micah may not be the sharpest tool on the squad but at least I can claim that he is smart enough to be cognizant of the need to realize his ambitions & goals. Give him credit!

I can't say for some of the negative (especially 1 liner obscened-laced tirade) comments by some of us here who IMHO are the dullest twits in this shelter of the forum! And they are the dogs who hounded at Micah for Etherington's equalizer. Micah should be lauded for his heroic goal then but typical Pavlovian response eh?


BTW which current City defender has the most goals recently?

Did you just questioned De jong there?

 

[Soulboy]

Been thinking about this all day and it's had me puzzled. Plenty of players play for England who don't play regularly for their clubs. Lescott did, SWP does, Wes Brown & Ratface, Foster, Joe Cole etc.

From my dealings with the media, I know there is always an ulterior motive behind stories and you have to be careful not to take things at face value. Players also don't usually give interviews without the club knowing about it or being involved. That's why Vicky Kloss is always in the tunnel at the end of games to keep an eye on things. Papers also have no scruples about making out they've interviewed a player when they haven't, having got the quotes from other media sources or even private conversations (e.g,. Micah talks to someone privately and that someone goes to the papers).

So what's behind this one? I struggled to see it until I thought about Hiddink's revelations that he'd been approached by us. These just happened to surface when Hughes and then Mancini were under pressure. I've said before that i believe Abramovich was behind this with the intention of destabilising the club.

My view is that Capello has leaked this story for the same reason, someone having put him up to it or maybe he just fancies the City job and sees this sort of thing as a way of pulling the rug from under Mancini. So let's not be too quick to judge Micah here.

Clever theory... but how does this help pull the rug from under Mancini?

If anything it has actually strengthened Mancini's position at the club, as most if not all the supporters and the owners will see this as another attempt at player power and back the manager.

If Tevez asking for a transfer couldn't pull the rug from under Mancini then there's not a hope in Hell that Richards will be able to do it!

I like Micah as a player, but someone needs to remind him of the pecking order at a football club...

 

[malg]

Anyone who thinks we have a free press in England, and that journalists don't have ulterior motives for printing stories should subscribe to Private Eye...it's absolutely the only place you'll find out exactly what our press are like.

 

[Soulboy]

Anyone who thinks we have a free press in England, and that journalists don't have ulterior motives for printing stories should subscribe to Private Eye...it's absolutely the only place you'll find out exactly what our press are like.

You suggesting Private Eye don't get it wrong sometimes?

Then you've not been reading it long enough!

;-))