Stupid player sales

[Cellarite]

He’d still make it into my all time best City squad without doubt, even now, incredible player.

Still an incredible player now? Get him signed.

Michael Hughes to Strasbourg for me as many have mentioned.

 

[vicblueman]

How do you force players to move abroad.

By not letting them go to Arsenal or top 6 prem clubs lol!

 

[Bluesince1979]

Thought Ward was treated slightly unfairly - wasn't that bad and put a good shift in - unlike most at that time.

He only played once didnt he?

 

[Mon Autre]

Maybe we should have expected it to some extent?

Hindsight obv, but Arteta learnt off Pep and has got his team playing a very similar system. We know it took City a year or so to adapt to Pep's ideas, so maybe we should have expected an improvement from Arsenal also.

I think it would be a stretch to be looking at every coach who has worked alongside Pep and expect to see a crazy upturn in their fortunes after 2 years in a job.

 

[Sky Blue Thinking]

Yep. Oldham had Warhurst, Barret and Steve Redmond off us. And we got Rick Holden off them: /

Pointon also went to Oldham with Redmond, so they got 2 defenders and we got Rick Holden.

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

Pointon also went to Oldham with Redmond, so they got 2 defenders and we got Rick Holden.

Yeah. Holden was a good player for the Latics, dunno what happened when we signed him though.

 

[There is a Light]

What were the circumstances behind Stan Bowles leaving? Was he a hellraiser when he was at City?

I wasn’t even born, but I’m guessing there must have been some level of stupidity in letting a local lad leave, who then went on to be one of the most gifted players of that generation.

 

[LongsightM13]

Might not fall in to the category of stupid sales but some of youngsters we have let go over the years is quite galling especially given the careers they went on to have.

Gerry taggart. Neil Lennon. Ashley ward. Paul warhurst. To name a few from when weren’t particularly good.

Earl Barrett and Roger Palmer as well. Oldham did really well taking our young lads

 

[LongsightM13]

And, if we’ve beaten Everton, Villa and Brentford we’ve got 7 points more and we’re big favourites to win it, regardless of the stellar start Arsenal have had. Mind you, I think, according to many media outlets anyway, last January we were 14 points ahead of Liverpool and still needed a ridiculous last 15 minutes of the season to win it. I suspect there’ll be a few ups and downs yet..

Brentford we were beaten fair and square, no complaints. Without Ederson it could have been 3-0 at half time. But we should have beaten Newcastle, Villa and Everton quite easily, three needless draws is as bad as two defeats points wise

 

[LongsightM13]

What were the circumstances behind Stan Bowles leaving? Was he a hellraiser when he was at City?

I wasn’t even born, but I’m guessing there must have been some level of stupidity in letting a local lad leave, who then went on to be one of the most gifted players of that generation.

Yeah pretty sure it was off field shenanigans and unprofessionalism. That he went to Bury, Crewe and Carlisle shows there was no queue of clubs waiting to sign him, despite his natural ability

Edit: found this

EXCLUSIVE: Stan Bowles doesn't care who goes down... as long as it's Sunderland

He sparked a riot after denting their FA Cup in 1973 and became the most hated man in Sunderland. Any regrets? No, Stan Bowles hopes they get relegated. Sportsmail reporter Ivan Speck discovers that the Seventies idol has lost none of his mischievous charm in the 30 years since football took...

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