Fanzone Danny said:
the fact he is a complete liability defensively and would be interesting to see how many goals this season he has cost us,
I'd also like to see this, if anyone can assist? Considering he wasn't playing much under Hughes and our defence has leaked very few since Mancini came in I'd hazard a guess that Petrov has cost us very few or even no goals at all
Fanzone Danny said:
doesn't have the heart or inclination to go in for challenges, goes missing for large periods of games and from all accounts is really arrogant guy who doesn't give a toss about a set of fans who in the main support him every game whether he is on the pitch or on the bench.
don't doubt what u r saying Al just playing devils advocate really as personally I can take or leave petrov. From a personal point of view I can't relate at all to petrov as I struggle with his body language and attitude towards fans (again only going off what I have heard from half a dozen people including ones within the club) can't doubt what u say about his contribution going forward and if u were to ask me should we try and keep him given where we could be next season I'd probably say keep him
Arrogance I don't mind in a footballer. As for him not giving a toss about us lot, then I can't say I've ever felt that way with him. It's not like he's been waxing lyrical about other clubs like Robbie was and Petrov always gives 100% on the pitch. That will do for me and that's as much of a toss I expect from a City player
Fanzone Danny said:
So I can understand why fans aint bothered if we let him go but for once I am sat on the fence with regards to him and think we have bigger fish to fry than if he stays or goes.
Yea but with our resources you could say that with almost any player in the squad. We could have bigger fish to fry than Shay, Lescott, Toure, Micah, SWP, Barry etc. Point is Petrov has been quality ever since he settled in with us (took about 7 games in his first season) and is a good member of the squad. We're probably gonna be in Europe next year which will be an extra competition and Petrov could prove to be as valuable as he's always been since he came in
Some of the stuff written about him on here in the last week is absolutely ridiculous. I find it pretty astounding considering he's been a good player for us this season