Uwe Rosler Interview

karen7 said:
Uwe Rösler on Manchester City: “When I walked on to the pitch for my first game at Maine Road, my dreams were fulfilled. I was lucky to play in front of the old Kippax. You had 15,000 fans singing non-stop, and even luckier that the fans took to me straight away...”

“The goals were part of that, of course, but there was more to it. Manchester City was a working-class club. And my way of playing mirrored the people who went to the stadium: hard graft. Never say die. Never give up.”

”I spent four and a half years playing in Manchester, but the relationship I developed with the fans has lasted a lot longer than that.”

“I flew to Manchester for a reserve game against Burnley at Maine Road. When I walked out I couldn’t believe how many people were there – it must’ve been around 5,000. For a reserve game! And they were singing. I was unbelievably impressed.” [via @CoachesVoice]
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I was at that reserve game. It was well and truly leaked that week that we had a potential new striker and he was going to play in the reserves. I had a mate in the youth team at the time and it wasn't even him that let us know - everyone knew. He scored 2 goals - and one i still remember where he had the ball on the bye line to the left of the goal and everyone thought he was going to cut the ball back, he drifted passed one defender and beat the keeper from a crazy angle. I think we all knew then he was going to be a player.
 
I still have my Uwe's Grandad t-shirt and one or two Uwe shirts.



Every high school student around me had heroes, be they from bands, sports teams, the movies, family and friends, etc. I chose to have several heroes, Morecambe & Wise, and my Nana amongst them. One such hero was a German footballer called Uwe Rosler. Uwe was brought into Manchester City F.C.’s line-up by Brian Horton from Bundesliga club FC Nurnburg. Uwe was a holder of five East German international caps. Rosler’s enthusiasm, and 64 goals, made him hugely popular with City followers like me – in his first three full seasons he was the top scorer with 22, 13 and 17 goals respectively. His performance even outshone his more illustrious countryman Jurgen Klinsmann and won him City’s Player of the Year trophy in 1995. In April 1998 he returned home when he joined Bundesliga leaders Kaiserslautern. He was not a glamour-loving footballer, nor a man who asked too much, but he always gave his all, and his spirit encouraged others to give theirs too. That is why he was my hero, and remained a hero even in 2005 when he was a football club manager in Norway. He even battled off cancer. Uwe Rosler is a true living City legend. He now manages Fleetwood Town, and his sons play at City. Colin and Tony are named after City legends Colin Bell and Tony Book.

from my blog
 
My favourite players over my time as a blue (for various reasons) are David Phillips, Steve Redmond, Uwe Rosler, Kevin Horlock, Gareth Barry and David Silva.

But my number one is Uwe. As the article said he had an instant rapport with the fans. And I've never wanted someone to do well personally as much as him...I always wanted Uwe to score and play well, as well as City. And then following him closely after City too (though stopping just short of stalking). His signed 93-95 shirt has pride of place on my wall.

Always great when the player feels the bond too.

And great to see his Malmo side top of the league nearly at the halfway point in the Swedish season.
 
Most of our heroes to be fair are pretty sound guys on and off the pitch. Can't think of too many heroes that in 'real life' are tossers Probably Joey Barton?
 
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