The Nigel De Jong Appreciation thread

[jamielowndes]

Terrific player and a huge asset to any team. He'll be sorely missed.

 

[baggy]

Fucking love(d) you Nige.

All the best in Italy, enjoy the culture and lifestyle and break a few legs whilst you are out there.

You will always be welcome in Manchester...

 

[moon]

Good luck Nige And Thank You

Oh when De Jong
Goes sliding in.

 

[savo]

Fair play to Nige, I always remember the interview where he mentioned seeing more Blue than red in Manchester! Top man, even got his own hate thread on Sadcafe.

http://www.redcafe.net/f7/de-jong-true-bitter-286465/

 

[Targetblue]

Think this is a big mistake he's a rock in midfield hard to replace ? Good luck Nigel thanks you will be missed !!

How will we replace his 11 starts in the league?

Especially with our younger, better, more versatile Garcia?

DJ is a top bloke and I wish him well but he'll not be missed football wise.

Nobody said this thread was about his footballing abilities. Nige was a colossus for us in every game he played.

I don't give a toss about whether or not he only started 11 games, I just want him to know that I'm completely miserable knowing that he's gone.

Some players just get into your heart, like the Goat did 10 years ago, and they are loved for more than their footballing ability.

Nige is one of those players and from the bottom of my heart I wish him well!

 

[Miester]

Nigel!! Thanks for the good times and all the best; Shooooot!!!

 

[Mr. Aguia]

Sad to see him go. He's the reason I'm a City fan. We'll miss his leadership on and off the field. Good luck!

 

[schtipps]

You will be missed by us all, your no prisoners attitude won you many plaudits here at city but we needed a ball playing central midfielder to push on. Sorry to see you go and will miss your tough tackling no nonsense football. top bloke aswell.

 

[Bluemoon115]

Fantastic energy, passion and commitment on the pitch, but they only get you so far.

Love him to bits, and will miss him a lot, but make no mistake, we are trading up.

 

[1961RICH]

Respect Nigel - you played a very important role in getting us where we are now. Enjoy Italy.