: Wed Jul 29, 2009 1:52 pm  

richardviking wrote:

If Liverpool's defenders are that bad, then why did we concede two in two league games against Man U and 0 against Chelsea?

Luiz Felipe Scolari

You conceeded 7 in two games against Hiddink.

And why shouldn't City's signings be compared to the top PL players, if that is where they are aspiring to be?

They should be considered against 1) What Citeh already have 2) The players in the sides qualifying for Europe 3) The best players in the league.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:11 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

Interesting 'logic'.

Very interesting indeed. City fans have never guarded themselves from looking daft before, why start now?

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:16 pm  

richardviking wrote:

Sick to death of this Alonso thing. I think he's respectable enough to give his all where ever he plays and I hope its Anfield.

He's got three years on his contract so I'd just refuse to sell him. Madrid are absolutely shameless, I hope they get crushed by Barca again next season.

And then we'll have an asset worth £25-£30 million not wanting to be at the club. Whether he gives his all or not, we'd be daft to keep him if he is that desperate to go. £10 million he cost us, so we willt reble our money on a plyer who had 2 poor seasons out of 4.....if we're looking on the bright side!

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:16 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

The shop wasn't too great to start with either but there are always teething problems with new sites.

We do have a high quality website with lots of VOD free of charge. The best football website I have visited. I can't believe that City have become 'professional'

It's not the actual purchasing, it's information on ticket availability, opening days of sales, loyalty points required etc (i.e the Blackburn game), that's the problem.

Where has the page dedicated to all such information for home and away games disappeared to?

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:21 pm  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Citeh's aim should be a safe finish for Europe and a very good run in at least one of the cups. Picking up a top 4 spot when the top 4 are so established is asking way too much.

Very true and a Cup run is becoming a 'must' now. There are few excuses anymore. A trip to Wembley and a top six finish would do every City fan right now I think.

I think a top four spot is probably beyond us but I'm not sure that Arsenal are too established to be caught now. The top three are not catchable at prsent but Arsenal are starting to look very vulnerable.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:38 pm  

Sthelens RLFC wrote:

And then we'll have an asset worth £25-£30 million not wanting to be at the club. Whether he gives his all or not, we'd be daft to keep him if he is that desperate to go. £10 million he cost us, so we willt reble our money on a plyer who had 2 poor seasons out of 4.....if we're looking on the bright side!

The fact is that there it would be extremely difficult to find an adequate replacement. I can only think of Pirlo, Xavi, Carrick or Fabregas as the calibre of player I'd like to see at Anfield. I doubt we could get any of those. Aquilani is rumoured to be the first choice replacement, and he can't even hack life in Serie A.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 2:42 pm  

richardviking wrote:

The fact is that there it would be extremely difficult to find an adequate replacement. I can only think of Pirlo, Xavi, Carrick or Fabregas as the calibre of player I'd like to see at Anfield. I doubt we could get any of those. Aquilani is rumoured to be the first choice replacement, and he can't even hack life in La Liga.

I think most players would struggle to hack la liga whilst they're Serie A players, he's never even played in Spain.

I'm not that big a fan of Aquilani, he has talent but I think he's too weak for English football, too lightweight, like.

If we were going to go down the young, unproven route, I'd rather we signed Hernanes from Sao Paolo, who I believe has the potential to surpass Alonso.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:06 pm  

If the levels of giddyness from city fans get any higher I can see there being 250,000 on the hill at Blackburn again for their first league game.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:07 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

I think most players would struggle to hack la liga whilst they're Serie A players, he's never even played in Spain.

I'm not that big a fan of Aquilani, he has talent but I think he's too weak for English football, too lightweight, like.

If we were going to go down the young, unproven route, I'd rather we signed Hernanes from Sao Paolo, who I believe has the potential to surpass Alonso.

Edited my original post, you get the jist.

: Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:09 pm  

I dont get the hype. Alonso isn't even that good. Like lots of midfielders in the world he is a tidy player who can pass the ball, whats the big deal?