Who's the greatest ?

Xhavenjoe said:
Dunne Goater or Bell. They were top performers consistently when times were not so good. Yaya Sergio Vinny and Silva are brilliant players but how good would they have been playing with teams in the 80's and 90's
Of the modern day players I think only Zaba could have played in all decades
Click to expand...
The thread is the greatest player ever to play for city .
 
IMO. It's Colin and close second yaya.
Silva becomes anonymous in games when we don't have support around him.
Yaya is the starting point. If he's not there to start build up and get the ball to Silva, David spends all his energy moving around not getting the ball, fernandinho, KDB more rushed not as graceful or commanding as yaya who's touch and passing is immaculate and knowledge of when and who to pass to is sublime. A bell, toure and Silva midfield wow!
 
Despite Cakegate, Cokegate and FuckwitAgentgate, for me it has to the colossus that is - Gnégnéri Yaya Touré.
 
I was lucky enough to see Colin Bell play regularly for City. He was all energy and speed and could outrun most opponents, hence his nickname. He was ( and still is) a good role model for any young player. He wasn't treated right after he stopped playing but never said a bad thing about the club (take a cue Yaya). But David Silva should, in my judgement, just take the accolade of City's best player on and off the pitch. The past six years have been a joy to be a City fan watching those magic skills from him (I still think that pass to Dzeko v the Rags for the sixth goal was the best I have ever seen from anybody) and a great role model in an age short of good role models in sport. In the old days I used to add the points up during the season just hoping we would get to 40. Now I have to listen to people moan that we don't win trophies every season. What a change!
 
Merlin, King Colin, Kinky, Kompany, Kun, Joe corrigan & Hart, Micha, Power,ASA,Peter Barnes, Gerry Gow ........ god I feel old
 
Never got the chance to see colin bell but obv hes a city legend, but it has to be silva for me only been watchin us since 1983, david phillips was my hero at the time!! How far have we come since them days eh?? never thought i'd see world class players playing for city & thanks to hrh sheik mansour we've seen loads of them, vinny, yaya, tevez all deserve mentions but its merlin for me
 
It's a very difficult choice between Kompany and Silva, they're both the best players in the world in their position.

Kompany is just outstanding, there's isn't a single weakness in his game as a centre back. Physically (when fit) he's a beast, strong as an ox, very quick, very agile and has a great spring for someone of his size. Technically he's brilliant, his tackling is exceptional, his positioning is second to none, his ability to read the game and make interceptions is top class and he's bloody brilliant on the ball. It's his mentality that makes him our greatest ever player though, he's a warrior, he never gives up, never stops fighting and never stops leading and encouraging his team mates, he is the perfect captain.

Special mention to Silva though, he's the most talented player I've ever seen technically and he's the one I'd happily pay to watch until my dying day.
 
I'ts been brilliant watching our midfield duo the last few years of our Dave and YaYa knitting passes together wreaking havoc and carnage against the opposition. I don't see any player now out there who could replicate either of what they are producing, that's what's frightening. YaYa gets the nod from me, at a forced choice, the guy is phenonemal.
 
For me, no doubt, it is Carlos Tevez! Say what you want about his ignominious end to his City career but the bloke was a world class footballer during his years here.

He had such a will to win and could carry the rest of the team on his back to earn 3 points when everyone else was having a mediocre game! Frankly, I think we really missed having him in the team for a season or two after he left. He was difference maker for us.
 
What a damned difficult question to answer when I've been watching City since the 1950s ..................

My boyhood hero was Bert Trautmann - fearless, brilliant keeper, commanded his penalty area (not just the six-yard box), great vision to start attacks - and a gentleman with us autograph hunters in shorts and school caps.
And then came Colin the King - it has all been said about him before
But then we migrated to NZ and it is only in the last few years I have seen the current squad on TV so missed some of the gems we had in the 80s. 90s
Of the current squad I am torn between Dave and Yaya, and then we have Zabba the Warrior...........................

So I'll just sit on the fence and relive all the great times and players.
 
better dead than red said:
For me, no doubt, it is Carlos Tevez! Say what you want about his ignominious end to his City career but the bloke was a world class footballer during his years here.

He had such a will to win and could carry the rest of the team on his back to earn 3 points when everyone else was having a mediocre game! Frankly, I think we really missed having him in the team for a season or two after he left. He was difference maker for us.
Click to expand...

This, he came from arguably the best side the rags ever had with Ronaldo and granny shagger in his prime. He seemed to go up a notch in the standard of football he played when he came here, ran all game, chased everything and had a back of being in the right place to snaffle a goal. His penalty technique of running at the ball from ten yards and just twating it scared the hell out of me.

Signing Tevez convinced the proper footballers to think about signing for City, as signing Robinho was just a statement of how the spending power we had but he didn't have the temperament to be successful with us. If we hadn't have got him in 2009 maybe the likes of Silva and Yaya would have rocked up in 2010.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top