Cahill is better than Ireland
Arteta is better than Barry
Pienarr is better than SWP
Fallaini is possibly better than De Jong (not a lot in it but Fallaini offers more going forward!)
and Rodwell is better than MJohnson (again possibly not a lot in it but where Johnson looked like he's gonna be a very good player long term, Rodwell looks like he'll be top class!)
So to be honest i'd be happy to pick up ANY of their midfield! And this is where, as well as the full back and goal keeper areas, I feel we are well behind being a Champions Lg team right now and possibly for another 3 or 4 years yet!<br /><br />-- Sat Mar 27, 2010 10:15 am --<br /><br />
SPUDDY said:
Morning Everton fan here I registered on this forum a few years ago ( as i have done with a few forums of other clubs ) and i enjoyed browsing here , I used to read posts from well educated fans supporting a club you could say in a similar position/situation to ourselves , In the last twelve months or so the posts from a massive percentage of City fans have become frankly laughable and after reading this thread i wonder what has happned to all the decent City fans.
We all know you cann afford to buy any player in the world certinally any player in our squad but comments like get Arteta for £10m you might have to double that amount and you think you signed our best player in Lescott im sorry but you never even signed our best centre back.
Don't tarr us all with the same brush mate, although it's hard not to! I feel exactly the same about many of my fellow City fans! All this "we'll buy your club and burn it down!" shit, this "we're bigger than Everton Spurs and Villa" tone that has crept into many-a-blues outlooks, this horrible arrogance that has become a feature of this once fantastic support is really putting a massive downer for me on the excitement of our future potential!!
Don't get me wrong, I hate Moyes! as soon as the words "Joleans not for sale, stop rocking our boat!" shit came out if his mouth I knew he was just trying to make us look like the bad guys and that Lescott was absolutely for sale! but the arrogance within our support is sickening, and I hate it!
We aren't all like that tho fella, there are plenty of decent Blues about, it just seems all the idiots come on Bluemoon!