robin van persie

[Blue Haze]

Don't know why you paint him to be some sort of evil person, no other fans do apart from city fans on here.

I have no idea why either, to be honest.

Best answer I got was that his face was punchable. And something about a rape charge that in the end was dropped due to lack of evidence.

Anyway

Man City primed for Van Persie raid as Arsenal admit contract talks are on hold

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Contract talks on hold. Not looking good.

 

[Calcio]

Thats an insult to Dzeko as my grandmother is better than Van Persie.

Im sure she'll be overjoyed knowing that she is better than City's top scorer this season.

van persie is the best striker in the league atm, no doubt about it

Haha, okay. So how can we make our strikers better than Van Cockhead? I know, let's get rid of two of the 3 we have. Then, just stick him upfront and make him take all penalties and freekicks. You know what, just to top it off, let's give Balo the captaincy, even if he isn't the best mentally. And then just rely on him to score our goals :)

You can insult him all you want....but City will be in for him and will pay good fee for him.

 

[Eastlands90]

van persie is the best striker in the league atm, no doubt about it

Haha, okay. So how can we make our strikers better than Van Cockhead? I know, let's get rid of two of the 3 we have. Then, just stick him upfront and make him take all penalties and freekicks. You know what, just to top it off, let's give Balo the captaincy, even if he isn't the best mentally. And then just rely on him to score our goals :)

You can insult him all you want....but City will be in for him and will pay good fee for him.

Dream on.

 

[shikariblue]

van persie is the best striker in the league atm, no doubt about it

Haha, okay. So how can we make our strikers better than Van Cockhead? I know, let's get rid of two of the 3 we have. Then, just stick him upfront and make him take all penalties and freekicks. You know what, just to top it off, let's give Balo the captaincy, even if he isn't the best mentally. And then just rely on him to score our goals :)

You can insult him all you want....but City will be in for him and will pay good fee for him.

Sorry, we are not a one man team like Arsenal, so we don't need to pay loads of money for a striker we don't need. I can't see him being happy being in a rotation system and not being the centrepiece. I can't see the fans being happy that this **** will be playing for us either. So at the end of the day, if City were to go in for him, they would wait until his contract runs out and get him for free. Still, he would be warming the bench a lot.

 

[Motty]

Really, Really cannot see this happening.

For a start, Arsenal have already sold us four very important players and therefore I very much doubt they would sell us anybody else, especially not the player who is the only reason why they are still in the top half! If he goes, I would struggle to see them having any form of European football next season.

Next, hasn't Van Persie said he is happy at Arsenal? If that is the case, why would he want to leave somewhere where he is happy, he's the captain, he's first choice and he's loved by all, for a club where he would be the fourth choice striker and would very rarely play more than three games in a row without being dropped.

Furthermore, if Arsenal were to sell him, what would they want for him? We can't bring any other striker in until Tevez has gone. That could be very difficult, as we need to find a club that both wants and can afford him. The additional problem we have now is, most clubs will now have a smaller valuation of him, but City are still determined to get his full value. Hence this could be a big problem.
And even with Tevez gone, we've still got people on the books such as Adebayor and Santa Cruz.

Personally I'd much rather see us have Adebayor as Tevez's replacement. If people think it would work having Van Persie as fourth choice, then surely it could work with Adebayor as well. Would save us a lot of money. I'd absolutely hate to see him join Spurs permanently because he is such a quality player and I still feel he has something to offer to the club. Despite what some think of him, he'd never have done what Tevez did.

 

[dref619]

Thats an insult to Dzeko as my grandmother is better than Van Persie.

Im sure she'll be overjoyed knowing that she is better than City's top scorer this season.

van persie is the best striker in the league atm, no doubt about it

I think there is some doubt though. Look at how our goals are spread out... now imagine we reverted to a situation like last season where we relied on one striker like Arsenal are doing, probably doubling said striker's chances without any other strikers in the team. He'd probably have more goals than Van Persie because even with our goals spread out, Dzeko has only 1 less than Van Persie and Aguero has 2 less than Van Persie.

look at what van persie is doing though. he is literally carrying them through. its difficult to say his service has been brilliant all season, because at times it just hasn't been. take the sunderland game for example, he single-handedly dragged the through that game. if he was at the top of a decent team, such as ours, i rec he'd have bagged another few. i don't really want him here as i don't see the need for another top class striker, but he is simply the best striker in the league atm. the only layer out-performing him for me is our dave

 

[MCFCinUSA]

but it's not as if Arsenal are a bum team, even though they've lost some of their better players and have lost a few more matches than they're accustomed to losing of late.

RVP's holding his end up, but I think you still have to credit the team (even if off colour) for a little of his success, don't you?

(and I agree, if he were fronting up for us on balance he'd probably have scored more)

 

[rossie]

maybe not a popular choice with fans at first, but once he starts scoring that would all change.. personally i think hes a great player and would love him here

 

[comeonyoublues]

would be great signing

 

[Calcio]

but it's not as if Arsenal are a bum team, even though they've lost some of their better players and have lost a few more matches than they're accustomed to losing of late.

RVP's holding his end up, but I think you still have to credit the team (even if off colour) for a little of his success, don't you?

(and I agree, if he were fronting up for us on balance he'd probably have scored more)

The team absolutely deserve more credit for his goal than they are getting, specially Gervinho who has given him 5 assists, 4 which was tap ins after he beat his man and lay it on a plate for him. Arsenal isnt as good as they used to be, but going forward they are still very good and Van Persie has a team thats built around him and two wide men who focuses on providing him chances all the time

 

[MadchesterCity]

maybe not a popular choice with fans at first, but once he starts scoring that would all change.. personally i think hes a great player and would love him here

wise words, until he comes though, will still be a duck

 

[alky313]

His age and fragility concern me. That alone tells me we should move on. Plenty of others would love to wear our shirt.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

 

[BlueDejong]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Hazard & Gotze & Erriksen & Javi Martinez & Marco Reus & Vertonghen

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Kerrrrrrrrrrrwality. That's how it's done - top young talent who are already quality players and can go on to be the best in the world. If it doesn't work out we got most or all our money back (Boateng), if it does work out we end up with more of the like of Silva and Kompany in the squad

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Brilliant was waiting for the moment where we could buy the youngsters as the first team is strong enough

What if 1 of the strikers blows a hammy or a knee during that time though???

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Brilliant was waiting for the moment where we could buy the youngsters as the first team is strong enough

What if 1 of the strikers blows a hammy or a knee during that time though???

We need to get out of the mindset of a conventional striker. Barca have shown the way and Mancini is now taking it to the next level in the Premier League.

Silva, Nasri, Johnson, Yaya, all who can play as the second striker, if needed.

Which is why it will be young players who can sit between midfield and up top, who can operate wide.

 

[bluemoondays]

Regardless of what happens with Tevez I assume we are looking for a 4th striker. As we play Balo left wing/forward with either Aguero or Dzeko up front we can get another forward in for rotation purposes.

I assumed we would go for someone like Anelka (available on a free next summer) who may be prepared to bench sit a bit. I doubt we will be looking at another Aguero type signing, maybe a promising youngster but a promising young striker is still big money with FFPR looming........

 

[BlueCityfan]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Brilliant was waiting for the moment where we could buy the youngsters as the first team is strong enough

What if 1 of the strikers blows a hammy or a knee during that time though???

We need to get out of the mindset of a conventional striker. Barca have shown the way and Mancini is now taking it to the next level in the Premier League.

Silva, Nasri, Johnson, Yaya, all who can play as the second striker, if needed.

Which is why it will be young players who can sit between midfield and up top, who can operate wide.

Any idea how many players Mancini wants to sign in january (if any?)....what kind of players? Maybe who is his main targets?

Something about our future transfers would be appreciated. :D

 

[dref619]

Forget Van Persie, I'm saying that to anyone who is considering betting money.

He is not a target for a variety of reasons.

The main one, we do not consider him value for money, in relation to his age.

City are targeting the best of young talent this January and next summer.

Brilliant was waiting for the moment where we could buy the youngsters as the first team is strong enough

What if 1 of the strikers blows a hammy or a knee during that time though???

We need to get out of the mindset of a conventional striker. Barca have shown the way and Mancini is now taking it to the next level in the Premier League.

Silva, Nasri, Johnson, Yaya, all who can play as the second striker, if needed.

Which is why it will be young players who can sit between midfield and up top, who can operate wide.

gotze or hazard