Richards

[Eds]

He should have signed a new contract when it was offered and then he wouldn't be in the situation he is in now. I actually think he may end up at City and see out his contract as nobody would even loan him at the moment, as he doesn't appear to be in any condition to play 90 minutes at premiership level. Maybe just maybe he can get fitter whilst trying to change his diet / lifestyle and become a squad member who could be relied on to play the last 20 minutes of a game we are winning comfortably giving more important players some rest

 

[mannycity]

He'd do a decent job next to Rhyl's left centre back and not many forwards would fancy trying to rough them up. But premier league? Sorry, Micah, all the best for the future, but somewhere along the way, you forgot you're supposed to be a footballer, not a gangsta.

Exactly this, he's more like a shot putter, than a footballer,someone mentioned on a post he's the club jester a good assumption too.

There seems to be a falseness about his laugh aswell, I actually thought that he meant to miss his penalty on purpose,so he can come home,one of the last players to get fucked off following our end of season annihilation at boro was it 8-1.

That penalty was a disgrace,so unprofessional, if he did that playing for Mancini he wouldn't get in any match day squad at all.

In my opinion since he got his last contract,he has lost all his focus on football,preferring a celebrity status,he thought wrongly he'd made it, well in fact for an English player success should be measured by England caps not £££££££££'s.

 

[JamesMCFC]

Just interested people are saying Micah's bulked up how do you loose it fat people exercise and eat less as Micah is muscle and not fat and exercise will maintain his bulk .how would he loose it ?

Muscle is ridiculously easy to lose. You need to maintain high calories and lift weights nearly every day just to maintain it. If you stopped going to the gym and just did cardio and ate less it would go in months.

Oh right never been in that position regarding muscles just assumed they'd go flabby .if that's all he has to do he needs too do it quick far more like a boxer than a football player now

Think it would be a lot more difficult for Richards to lose it

He looks naturally built like that.

 

[Mr HJ]

The best we can hope for is as deadline day approaches is a team panics into buying him. The fee will be very small due to his contract, injury record and the fact that he is woefully out of form. Even so there will be a coach out there that thinks he can turn him around and that gives me hope we will get a fee - It would be a low risk purchase if they can get him to reduce his wage demands. Micha was good fun and when we were developing was a key part of our squad but now - not a chance unless half the squad go down with illness!

 

[Tricky_Trev]

The best we can hope for is as deadline day approaches is a team panics into buying him. The fee will be very small due to his contract, injury record and the fact that he is woefully out of form. Even so there will be a coach out there that thinks he can turn him around and that gives me hope we will get a fee - It would be a low risk purchase if they can get him to reduce his wage demands. Micha was good fun and when we were developing was a key part of our squad but now - not a chance unless half the squad go down with illness!

Getting a fee is only half the battle. When he turns to the buying club and says he wants at least 80k per week, or whatever he seems to think he's worth, the deal will be off. Nobody would offer him more than 25-30k, which is still an insane amount of money... but he has a flashy lifestyle to maintain and that's more important to him than football one would suspect.

 

[ell]

The best we can hope for is as deadline day approaches is a team panics into buying him. The fee will be very small due to his contract, injury record and the fact that he is woefully out of form. Even so there will be a coach out there that thinks he can turn him around and that gives me hope we will get a fee - It would be a low risk purchase if they can get him to reduce his wage demands. Micha was good fun and when we were developing was a key part of our squad but now - not a chance unless half the squad go down with illness!

Getting a fee is only half the battle. When he turns to the buying club and says he wants at least 80k per week, or whatever he seems to think he's worth, the deal will be off. Nobody would offer him more than 25-30k, which is still an insane amount of money... but he has a flashy lifestyle to maintain and that's more important to him than football one would suspect.

Sorry but if Jack Colbacks taking home 50k a week im sure someone will be willing to pay Micah that much

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

Spoke to the Oldham chairman a few times over past couple of years. Think they were banking on a few million from Micah - May end up with nothing,

I thought we had bought Oldham out of that deal a few years ago?

I think they refused on the grounds they believed he would be worth a fortune by now..... whooopsssss....

I also recall one of Oldham's top brass egging City on into selling Richards whilst we were in full title flow under Mancini. My own view back then was that Oldham could do one, but in retrospect we'd both have done nicely by selling him.

 

[George Hannah]

I still hope he can recapture his form

 

[Chippy_boy]

Honestly I think we're stuck with him.

I can't see anyone wanting to pay him £80k a week and put yourself in his shoes: if on a contract that pays you £80/w would you REALLY agree to move elsewhere and take a £30k to £50k pay cut? I can't imagine he would ever agree to that, and nor would most people I imagine.

He'll be hoping he can get fit and fight his way back into a regular 1st team place here at City.

 

[bluesince76]

More expensive than Cliff and about as much use to us. He'll be here until next July unless we pay the wages. Be interesting to see who comes in for him on a free and what wages they pay. In the long term for him, he'd be better going anywhere now to prove he's fit, rather than trying to convince someone to take the gamble next year.