Wayne Bridge

[ColinBellsjockstrap]

I honestly don't get the vitriol against Wayne Bridge. He did fuck all wrong as far as I can see.

He was an England international who went to two World Cups, won the league and FA Cup with Chelsea and was unlucky to lose his place in both teams to Ashley Cole. It was our idea to sign him. Hughes paid something like £10 million to bring him to City in early 2009, and we offered him top money and a 5 year deal. At that point, he uproots himself from London, leaving his missus to be comforted by EB&L JT and his little lad 200 miles up the motorway.

But before the end of the year, Sparky gets the tin-tack and Roberto comes in. Suddenly, Bridge is surplus to requirements. He doesn't moan or woman, no toys out of the pram … just gets on with it, trains and is available for selection. Except that come the summer, RM brings in Kolarov and its obvious that Bridge isn't going to get a look-in at all.

Meanwhile, because of the Terry situation, he's retired from the England set-up, even though he's a squad regular. Not having the best of luck at this point, is he?

We try to sell him to Celtic … but he doesn't want to go. Maybe he doesn't fancy playing for Lennon or doesn't fancy the SPL and what was then a two-horse race (now it's a one horse procession.) Maybe he doesn't fancy Glasgow. Maybe he doesn't want to be even further away from his kid. He's just started dating a pop star and maybe thinks that a banishment to the frozen north will fuck up his lovelife … and all that for less wages! Fuck that, he thinks and hunkers down to wait for a better exit route.

Except that, next we know, he's being touted to some Russian outfit … and who the fuck wants to go and live in Russia? Wreck his private life, because the poster girlfriend isn't upping sticks with him, is she? And he won't be having the kid every other weekend and Boxing Day either. Stuck in Siberia for less dough? Who would be fucking daft or desperate enough to do that???

So he decides to wait and see what else is on offer. Except that's not good enough for Roberto, who does the unforgivable and starts briefing against Bridge in the press. Starts taking the piss in public and slagging off one of his own players … all because he won't fuck off to Siberia on less money. Let's be honest - that was more than a bit snidey.

Finally, two years after he joins us, West Ham come in for him on loan and he's off back to London like a shot. Unfortunately, the Hammers end up going down at the end of the season … and any chance of a permanent move goes out the window. Back to Manchester, and training with the kids.

He sticks it out until January and Sunderland come in with a loan offer, so off he goes to the North-East. Not ideal, but he makes the best of a bad do.

And that's the last we see of Wayne … because that summer he joins Brighton on a year-long loan. By all accounts, he has a storming season for them and is voted onto the Championship Team of the Year. Hardly the fucking donkey that some of us would have the others believe.

We had a deal with Bridge. It was our idea and we set the terms. He held up his end of the bargain. When we changed our minds, we treated him like a pariah, stuck him training with the kids and our manager took the piss out of him in pubic.

Bridge didn't woman or whine. He spent more than half his time on our books out on loan at three different clubs - so why all this bollocks about him sitting round, counting the cash and doing bugger all?

All he refused to do was fuck off to Siberia and rip up his contract because we had changed our minds about him. The same as any fucking one of us would do in the same situation.

Fair play to the lad. Now he's signed for Reading, I hope he has another cracking season in the Championship and all goes well for him and his girlfriend with the new baby.

Great post, agree with every word.

If City were daft enough to pay him top dollar who could blame him.

 

[gocity]

I'm sorry but of all the fucking dross I've seen over the last 38 years, no one, and I mean absa-fucking-lutely no one, even remotely comes close to Laurent Charvet or Nigel Clough.

Adrian Heath, Danny Mills, Alan Kernaghan, Tony Vaughan, Jamie Pollock, Mikel Frontzeck, Kare Ingebritsen, Graham Baker, Barry Silkman, Barry Siddall, Barry Conlon, Martin Phillips, Antonine Sibierski, Giorgios Samaras, Bernardo Corradi and the countless other shower of wasters, misfits and useless tossers that have scandalously been allowed to pull on a City shirt over the years are ALL veritable Lionel Messis by comparison to the absolute disgraceful, layabout, inept, lollygegging, cannot be fucking arsed, are you sure you are a footballer son, pathetic, is this what we've really come to, fucking shite performances regularly witnessed from that pair of reprehensible, oxygen thieving *****.

And breathe.

Quite a list

And no mention of David Brightwell

or Macmanann

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I honestly don't get the vitriol against Wayne Bridge. He did fuck all wrong as far as I can see.

He was an England international who went to two World Cups, won the league and FA Cup with Chelsea and was unlucky to lose his place in both teams to Ashley Cole. It was our idea to sign him. Hughes paid something like £10 million to bring him to City in early 2009, and we offered him top money and a 5 year deal. At that point, he uproots himself from London, leaving his missus to be comforted by EB&L JT and his little lad 200 miles up the motorway.

But before the end of the year, Sparky gets the tin-tack and Roberto comes in. Suddenly, Bridge is surplus to requirements. He doesn't moan or woman, no toys out of the pram … just gets on with it, trains and is available for selection. Except that come the summer, RM brings in Kolarov and its obvious that Bridge isn't going to get a look-in at all.

Meanwhile, because of the Terry situation, he's retired from the England set-up, even though he's a squad regular. Not having the best of luck at this point, is he?

We try to sell him to Celtic … but he doesn't want to go. Maybe he doesn't fancy playing for Lennon or doesn't fancy the SPL and what was then a two-horse race (now it's a one horse procession.) Maybe he doesn't fancy Glasgow. Maybe he doesn't want to be even further away from his kid. He's just started dating a pop star and maybe thinks that a banishment to the frozen north will fuck up his lovelife … and all that for less wages! Fuck that, he thinks and hunkers down to wait for a better exit route.

Except that, next we know, he's being touted to some Russian outfit … and who the fuck wants to go and live in Russia? Wreck his private life, because the poster girlfriend isn't upping sticks with him, is she? And he won't be having the kid every other weekend and Boxing Day either. Stuck in Siberia for less dough? Who would be fucking daft or desperate enough to do that???

So he decides to wait and see what else is on offer. Except that's not good enough for Roberto, who does the unforgivable and starts briefing against Bridge in the press. Starts taking the piss in public and slagging off one of his own players … all because he won't fuck off to Siberia on less money. Let's be honest - that was more than a bit snidey.

Finally, two years after he joins us, West Ham come in for him on loan and he's off back to London like a shot. Unfortunately, the Hammers end up going down at the end of the season … and any chance of a permanent move goes out the window. Back to Manchester, and training with the kids.

He sticks it out until January and Sunderland come in with a loan offer, so off he goes to the North-East. Not ideal, but he makes the best of a bad do.

And that's the last we see of Wayne … because that summer he joins Brighton on a year-long loan. By all accounts, he has a storming season for them and is voted onto the Championship Team of the Year. Hardly the fucking donkey that some of us would have the others believe.

We had a deal with Bridge. It was our idea and we set the terms. He held up his end of the bargain. When we changed our minds, we treated him like a pariah, stuck him training with the kids and our manager took the piss out of him in pubic.

Bridge didn't woman or whine. He spent more than half his time on our books out on loan at three different clubs - so why all this bollocks about him sitting round, counting the cash and doing bugger all?

All he refused to do was fuck off to Siberia and rip up his contract because we had changed our minds about him. The same as any fucking one of us would do in the same situation.

Fair play to the lad. Now he's signed for Reading, I hope he has another cracking season in the Championship and all goes well for him and his girlfriend with the new baby.

Very well put. Great post.

 

[BlueMo']

Who can blame him.\Shit footballer.
Won the lottery and got with Frankie
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[kippaxchris]

In no way is he even close to the worse player to ever play for us

Only this the OP can't have been a City fan for long I think of many, many worse players we have signed over the last 30 odd years

Or i just don't rate Wayne Bridge? Not hard really is it? People like you who assume things like this through one post from a fan/person that you don't know & have never met are ridiculous!

 

[forevermancity]

In no way is he even close to the worse player to ever play for us

Only this the OP can't have been a City fan for long I think of many, many worse players we have signed over the last 30 odd years

Or i just don't rate Wayne Bridge? Not hard really is it? People like you who assume things like this through one post from a fan/person that you don't know & have never met are ridiculous!

How old are you mate?

 

[kippaxchris]

Only this the OP can't have been a City fan for long I think of many, many worse players we have signed over the last 30 odd years

Or i just don't rate Wayne Bridge? Not hard really is it? People like you who assume things like this through one post from a fan/person that you don't know & have never met are ridiculous!

How old are you mate?

25 Why?

 

[syedorf]

glauber Berti was shitter than bridge he only played ten mins and that was Only because we asked Leslie for it because it was funny I don't blame bridge 1bit he didn't ask for it to fuck up which it did from his first game against Newcastle but he defininitly isn't the shittest I've seen play

 

[forevermancity]

Or i just don't rate Wayne Bridge? Not hard really is it? People like you who assume things like this through one post from a fan/person that you don't know & have never met are ridiculous!

How old are you mate?

25 Why?

Just wondered because if you were 14/15 it might be understandable why you have the viewpoint.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but fuck me that is a strange one, considering some of the shit you have supposedly watched!

Only on the Internet!

 

[kippaxchris]

How old are you mate?

25 Why?

Just wondered because if you were 14/15 it might be understandable why you have the viewpoint.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but fuck me that is a strange one, considering some of the shit you have supposedly watched!

Only on the Internet!

It probably is a strange view but i'm a left back and have played semi-professional and its hard to compare players in other positions but still even as a left back since i have watched us hes the worst i have seen, Terry Phelan, Javier Garrido, Michael Tarnat, Danny Tiatto, Gael Clichy even Kolarov are all better but to be fair i forgot about Stephen Jordan and Michael Ball but they didn't cost as much as him though so maybe you were right yesterday when you said i mean worst buy! But for the price we payed we got an awful player. I don't know what you mean with the only on the internet bit.