Liverpool Banter Archive May 14 2013

14 May 2013 22:35:02
Eds, just wondering about the likihood of Raul Albiol joining. His career has clearly stalled at Real but is he someone Madrid will be wanting to offload? Can you see him as someone to come into our defence? Any info much appreciated. {Ed002's Note - Search engine please.}

14 May 2013 21:25:26
Eds fellow reds, as Wigan are now down, do you see BR going for di santos

Hope not

14 May 2013 21:13:08
Hi eds/Macca :)
I know u have probably answered this question for some body else already, but I have heard we are looking for 4 strong signings this summer. What positions are we looking at right now? And are there any players that you know of that look likely to happen? I know nothing can be guarateed but surely with some of the inside info you guys get you must have an idea? Cheers lads keep up the good work. especially you Macca :)

14 May 2013 23:21:49
Liverpool will demand cristian tello as part of any deal to take pepe reina back to Barcelona.

14 May 2013 23:10:02
Work is going on behind the scenes to try and persuade christian eriksen and tello to join the club. these are the clubs preferred attacking options. {Ed002's Note - Tapping up then.}

Not tapping up Ed if we've already spoken to their clubs surely

14 May 2013 22:56:45
Just seen on tv that Palermo have said Josip Ilicic could leave following their relegation to Serie B. Does anyone have anything on him and if he's any good like? All I know is he's a Slovenian attacking midfielder.

14 May 2013 21:00:19
alright001 edd its franky of the conspiracy site, just watched the under 21s against Man United and disappointed to say the least about the approach and attitude of the players, flanno and robinson imo have gone bkwards, I don't think coady will make it as a midfielder, a lack of pace and no vision, don't get me started on sama, seen him a few times and he is a accident waiting to happen, sorry rant over, my question is what do u reckon off inglethorpe as a coach?and our we going to get rid off flanno and jack robinson? on a plus sign the only kid who stood out was jones and he should a bit of fight and was vocal to he's team mates. {Ed001's Note - Inglethorpe has only just arrived, it takes time to work on the coaching side of the game and he was doing well with Spurs. Flanno has only just come back from a long injury lay off, and Robinson from a loan spell with a hoof ball team who got relegated, bit harsh to judge either. Coady did have good pace, not lightning, but certainly not slow, maybe he is just a little jaded? It is likely Flanno will move on, depending on how things play out in the summer and how badly he wants to stay. Robinson is a little different, we don't have much left back cover if he goes, so he might get another chance, though we are looking for left backs.}

Atm we have two versions of our U21's - a team of people who are mostly way younger than the opposition, and a team that have barely played together because most of them have been available for the first team instead. This would make for a very rough time of it - however, he was 90 minutes away from the final at the start of this match so Inglethorpe can't be that bad

14 May 2013 22:03:43
Forget Eriksen, Mkhitaryan is the man we really want. Also feel we should consider loaning a centre half next year, to be used as cover. Then going all out for Nicolas Nkolou from Marseille.

Mobile Kop

14 May 2013 21:54:15
Since Wigan already reglated do you think that LFC should sign James McCarthy & Callum McManaman. I think they will be good addition to the current squad.

14 May 2013 20:55:46
If English clubs keep performing badly in the champions league then the fourth qualifier will be lost, especially with an all German final this year.

That will heap even more pressure on the top teams. We really have to mount a serious challenge next season especially as we won't have any european football.

Fingers crossed we make the right few signings this summer.

Under 21's were not very impressive tonight but they weren't getting any decisions off the ref. The season was going well for them this year but they just seemed to run out of steam in the last couple of months.

McB

Chelsea won it last year?

I went to the under 21s game tonight at old Trafford, I had to sit with the Manchester United supporters which was very hard to put up with, but your right about the referee giving everything to Manchester United ( nothing changes there ) but how I contained myself ill never know, I just wanted to shout abuse at him all game! Even Liverpool fans cheered when we got actually got a decision lol, I ended up walking out of the stadium just after Flanagan got sent off!

Ack17

Chelsea won it last year and might win the Europa cup this year, we are being bouyed by strong Europa league performances to keep our spot

The ref was fine.

He let us off on a couple of nasty challenges tbh.

Flanagan was shocking. This season has convinced me he will not make it.

Utd outclassed us - though we have a lot of talented youngsters who weren't playing, so I wouldn't be downhearted.

Tunnicliffe at Utd looks quality - motm for me.

It's great that Fergie is gone. Whereas I would have thought that Tunnicliffes progress was a sure thing, now I'm not so sure - Maybe Moyes will ruin his potential (I hope).

Fair play to Utd - the better side won. They play as a team, whereas too many of our lads were trying to stand out as individuals imo.

They were both penalties too.

BJH YNWA

14 May 2013 20:43:04
Roberto Martinez. is one hell of a manager.
year in year out. the man is an example of belief. {Ed001's Note - and how to get the media to tell everyone you are wonderful without actually being of any use at all at your job. His team are a shambles defensively and adequate, at best, going forward, yet the media make believe they are brilliant. The sad thing is, those with little ability to think for themselves swallow the crap and laud Martinez.}

Would love Martinez to go to the bitters for two reasons

1) agree with ed that he is over rated

2) even if he was that good his style of play is so different to the current approach. - the whole club will be in turmoil for a few years

Ed001 you don't really know what your talking about do you? Martinez has done a fantastic job with limited resources year on year out. Yeah defensively they are poor but he has used what he had at his disposal. His character is infectious and he is a good manager that would do well at a bigger club so give him the respect he deserves.

Neil {Ed001's Note - rubbish, they have a decent budget, much higher than Norwich's, for instance, they were much better defensively. He took over a mid-table club and reduced it to fighting relegation each season, it is not me who hasn't a clue! Perhaps you should learn how to think for yourself, instead of believing the media bull about how wonderful he is, then you might see he is a very average manager who got lucky.}

I think that's harsh on Martinez, they sell their best players every summer and never reinvest the whole sum in the squad.
Moses, Valencia, N'Zogbia, Palacios, Baines have all gone for big fees.
They play on a home pitch that is wrecked by a rugby league team every week but still try and play proper football.
They always manage to survive but this season it has caught up with them (but they still won the FA cup).
I think Martinez could do well at a bigger club with more resources.

Jay {Ed001's Note - they always invest the money back in the squad, that is simply untrue. Whelan has always backed his managers with funds, don't know where you got that utter nonsense from.}

Finally ed someone that has a similar view as me. I don't get how staying in the premiership by the skin of your teeth every year can be looked at as great management and an achievement

HamoLfc {Ed001's Note - simply because he is a very nice man that is beloved by the media.}

I agree with u ed, I was very happy we went for br instead of martinez

No he is not. Ed001 summed up what I wanted to say.

The real AG

Agree with Ed. Defensively very poor, you can blame that on the personnel, but just the organisation of the players is awful and that is something that should be worked on in the training ground. They spend a lot for the position they are in so he hasn't really worked on a "limited" budget. I must say though I'd have rather not seen them get relegated!

Dan.

Norwich were mentioned but Swansea have a net spend of approx 4. 5M in the last three years roughly the same as Wigan.

Hi ed. can you give me an example of wigans money being reinvested. I really rate martinez as a manager. His optimism is very infectious and he gets the best out of some very average players {Ed001's Note - simple, look at this: http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/wigan-athletic-transfers.html that lists the ins and outs. It only shows permanent deals, no mention of the millions spent on the loan deals, which required a fee. Even ignoring those loan deals, the club has still reinvested what it received in transfer money with its spend on bringing in players. That also doesn't take into account the many millions that go into paying off those players that leave, who all get a laughable loyalty bonus unless requesting a transfer. That is a percentage of their remaining contract paid up to them. Wigan simply aren't this poor little club, selling all and sundry to survive, that the media have us believe. Whelan puts his hands in his pockets every year to keep the club going, they are a prime example of a sugar daddy club, just their sugar daddy doesn't happen to have Roman's billions.}

The fact that every year under him Wigan have escaped relegation right at the end of the season clearly shows he is not a great manager. A nice manager to have in the league, just not a particularly good one

Okay everybody relax Martinez is a grate speaker that is why lfc looked at taken him on bored he is not a terrible manager nor a grate manager as of yet he is young and now that they've finally gone down he'll get a move and we can see if he is truly any where near grate

14 May 2013 20:35:38
Under 21s struggling tonight.

Flanagan just got a straight red. 3-0 down.

Take a look on the Liverpool channel, the ref looks like kung fu panda!

Yes a bad ref but look at the lfc team they are very poor I want lfc to be great but I am realistic

14 May 2013 20:24:32
hi eds, I would just like to say what a great site and i'm going to feel sorry for yous over the summer when all kinds of rumours will be going around, thank to all the eds for the site and your hard work

mickey b {Ed001's Note - cheers mate, the summer is always a killer!}

At least the Cavani and Ken Aguero crap has stopped.
I know there are new names to replace them. But, there were just a ridiculous amount of posts about those two.

14 May 2013 19:47:36
Bob Paisley 20 trophies including 3 European cups in 9 years.

Alex Ferguson 38 trophies including 2 European cups in 26 years.

Is Fergie the best manager ever? The most succesful? Yes, because he was at Utd an extra 17 years but for me Paisleys record of over 2 trophies per season and the European every 3 years certainly dwarfs Fergies. I will agree that Fergie's 1 1/2 trophies per season is magnificent but Paisley's is something else.

The Irish Rover

Or you could put it another way

- is it more impressive to win 2. 2 trophies per season over 9 years or 1. 5 trophies per season over 26 years?

I'm not sure it's fair to label either as the 'best' necessarily but I'd say SAF is the 'greatest' for achieving so much over such a long period. When you think of how much the game has changed since the mid 80's til now it's amazing how he's been able to adapt yet still stay on top.

Both greats though!

HB

Different times, different cultures, different leagues. It's impossible to compare, just like trying to compare Pele and Messi

HB what's your thoughts on the appointment of Moyes and how he'll cope?

HB what's your thoughts on the appointment of Moyes and how he'll cope?

Difficult to say whos the best, and really were just looking at managers in this league. Fergie and Paisley have achieved great things at clubs that were made great and big before they took over.
I always think Clough deserves to be right up there, to build to title winning teams at different clubs and then a couple of European cups. If Leeds had gone a lot better ( I bet they wish it had now) who knows what he could have achieved.

Paisley always seems to get overlooked when talking about great managers.

Also AF won trophies that were not around in Bobs time.

5 times Alex, 5 times.

Lee73

Sheesh Rover, you're scraping the barrel. Paisley took over a successful team and did a remarkable job. Ferguson took ov an under achieving team and turned them into serial winners even in the face of billionaire owners. He also broke the stranglehold of Rangers and Celtic winning leaues, domestic cups, and the Cup Winners Cup. Let's just agree both were great Managers

AJH

14 May 2013 19:38:17
Just watching the u21's, we need to change the philosophy on how we play the game, far too negative, not enough movement off the ball and very often passing sideways and backwards.

On the other hand Utd playing the way utd play, closing down, much quicker tempo and far more movement off the ball.

alan50

That boy Januzaj they have seen an amazing talent.

Better ref would have helped too, one that was fit and could keep up with play too!

14 May 2013 18:48:29
question for eds or anyone else. we need 2 defenders that's very clear for all too see. but we are being linked with eriksen or that type of player, but we have allen gerrard henderson coutinho lucas and shelvey. 6 players for 3 positions if we buy another 1 who will be sold? malta

I think jonjo may be sold on

14 May 2013 19:32:18
Allen if he don't improve. Or put him up for loan.

Shelvey is on his way out, as is downing eriksen and martens there replacement

14 May 2013 18:31:13
why are we not looking at benat from betis would challenge lucas in DM, would offer much needed cover for the defence could also be deployed further up the field, not the fastest but is solid and his passing is amazing, world class imo.

He would cost to much for a back up! Iturra is bring looked at on a free

Because Benat is better in a more attacking role.

14 May 2013 17:42:56
Hello lfc fans just a quick question who do you want to get fourth arsenal or spurs? And why

Arsenal for me! don't want spurs getting more money and getting stronger as a club fighting for top 4
YNWA lfc linc

Arsenal, Wenger is a very underrated coach. In my view if he had fergies money then it would be arsenal who would've dominated the last 20 years. They play good football, I enjoy watching them, and they have a good youth policy.
derryred

Arsenal all day. Spurs get top 4 and it's just more money for them to snap up all our transfer targets

14 May 2013 18:38:03
Mate as long as we're above them. who cares?

But we're not gaz,? what you on about

Think gaz got caught creeping on the wrong page

14 May 2013 20:40:34
Ah f*** sorry read the question wrong. Got a bit miffed seeing Arsenal and Tottenham and 4th spot and got my wires crossed. I thought the geez that posted meant for next season and am only interested in Liverpool toppling them both off there. Sorry :-)

14 May 2013 21:52:03
aresenel for me always I like the way they play and I also admire wenger.

Arsenal definitely - a quality historical club who try to play football the right way. Plus I can't stand Gareth 'A Breeze Took My Legs Away' Bale.

14 May 2013 21:26:18
I REALLY did read the question wrong. I am not a creep. I'm LFC all the way. I got a bit miffed people going on about other teams being higher than us. I thought about next season and then jumped in saying we will be higher. So to answer the question properly mine is Arsenal because Tottenham have a habit on jumping on same transfers as us so if they don't get CL we have more of a chance of getting who we want. Like I said I'm sorry for other post :-)

Gunners for me. For some reason I just can't stand Spurs. They are right up there with Man U and Everton for me.

It may stem from my dislike of pompous Harry Redknapp and Bale.

14 May 2013 17:33:06
Hey eds great site! Bit of a broad question which hasn't been answered as far as I can tell. As far as teams being relegated around Europe (Spanish, German, French and Italian teams like Palermo or Brest), which players are attracting interest from Liverpool or other English teams? I've heard talk of Quintero and Ilicic but nothing else.

YNWA {Ed002's Note - Rather too broad to answer easliy.}

14 May 2013 17:14:49
I've heard whispers about Yacob of WBA potentially on his way to LFC.
Any substance Eds? What do people reckon? I think He'd be a good back-up for Lucas

He'd be a good backup to Lucas' capable backup (if we get one).

14 May 2013 16:13:01
Anyone know what the situation is with danny wilson? Out on loan atm and his contract is up at the end of the season, played 13 games this year. We going to give him another contract? He's a player I'd like to see do well. Also pancheco, we gona keep him our get rid? Hopefuly we can off load spearing to bolton for a few mil, the bolton fans seem to have really taken to him. Cheers, dinger. {Ed019's Note - He'll leave}

Contracts up, will leave on a free, possibly back to Scotland.

14 May 2013 15:59:59
Alboil, Inan, Mertens (all unlikely but certainly achievable). That would be a fantastic summer IMO.
A defensive midfielder would just be gravy.
Thoughts?

Be nice all the same. maybe another striker. defo anuda def midfielder. that diame would be gr8. wanyama would be good because he can play at centre half and def midfield
5 gold stars

14 May 2013 15:45:38
Whoever we buy in the summer, I cannot see them being big names? Most likely emerging players we have not heard much about like Assaidi. But we never know.

Lee73

What a buy in has been he is utter garbage but what do u expect for 2.5m if that's what we wre looking at this summer fsg need to get a helmet on they are going to get some stick

The way so many of our fans are moaning on, FSG could bring in Ronaldo and get moans about how they hadn't bought in Messi

Its called squad depth at 2.5 mill assaidi is just fine as a 3rd choice winger u couple of whingers

And the fact assaidi is actually better than downing

You should never judge a players ability on how much their transfer fee is. Hypia was signed for about 2 million and he's one of the best centre backs to have ever played for Liverpool. Mishu was also about £2 million.

14 May 2013 15:27:54
we need a midfield arl arse, a yaya toure, fellani, viera type.

James McCarthy for me. Strong, loves to get stuck in, never backs down to anyone, hard as nails and can play too. Great attitude. At still only 22 he's only going to get better and might get a better price for him now aswell with Reading likely to go down.
Hate to make comparisons but the lad really could become a Roy Keane type player.

"might get a better price for him now aswell with READING likely to go down?" I think you mean wigan pal. I like the idea tho, young with room to grow. couldn't hurt learning from Stevie and Lucas for a couple years aswell

If McCarthy is so good Wigan wouldn't be getting relegated

14 May 2013 13:40:22
ed if suarez were to leave this summer do you know of any names LFC would look to as replacements? thanks ed! {Ed019's Note - Ed002 has suggested that Sanchez could be looked at}

14 May 2013 14:23:01
Am I the only person who would much rather we target Inan over Eriksen?!
Inan is a far more talented player than Eriksen, and IMO a more achievable and likely target.
Thoughts?

Like Inan ALOT. Be a great buy at 8 million euros or so.

Apples '96'

I won't lie and say I have seen a lot of Inan but from what I did against Madrid in the Champions League he looked to be technically very good but slow and labored on the ball. Don't think PL would suit him. He was impressive against Schalke though.
The Gooch

14 May 2013 12:07:06
Just a quick query for the Eds. Do any of you know what happened with the teenager from Dulwich that had a trial recently?

BELIEVER {Ed001's Note - no, sorry.}

Daniel Carr has signed for Huddersfield if I remember correctly.
DT

14 May 2013 12:47:29
Liverpool targets :

Christian Eriksen - Ajax - almost certain to join this summer

Dejan Lovren - Lyon - replacement centre back for the leaving carra but also Skrtel set to leave

Dries Mertens - PSV - winger with an eye for goal, Rodgers is keen but won't come cheaply.

(I'm not sure on any of the fees)

14 May 2013 13:30:31
Why is Eriksen almost certain to join? To me it seems like he has his head up the wrong end of Borrussia Dortmund at the moment. Lovren is a decent option. Perhaps we could raid Ligue 1 for him and Digne. Mertens has better options than us, and is hopelessly one footed. No good in a front three that needs to interchange. Premier league defenders are good enough to just show him on to his left foot and he'd be screwed. This isn't the eredivisie unfortunately! Dzuduszak would be a much better player for us, but I'd like somebody who can really run at the opposition or push them back with direct play. Villa, Tello, Turan, Ince etc.

Inan, Ince, Botia, Digne, Ilori, Richards/Albiol. If we still have cash left after that, then maybe a crack at Eriksen. But is he really that much better than Texeira or Suso who are still 2-3 years younger? He's certainly no better than Coutinho who is also 1 year younger.

YNWA! (Adam)

YNWA! (Adam)

Christian Eriksen is definitely NOT a certainty, he is more likely to join Dortmund or City if they make a bid.

The real AG

Henrikh Mkhitaryan instead of Eriksen as it looks as we have missed out as Dortmund are apparently in early talks with his agent and club.

Lovren i'm not too sure about i'd rather use Kelly as 1st choice with Agger, and have Wisdom and Douglas if we can get him as back up.

Mertens would be very good signing and given he has said he will be leaving we have a good chance if we show real interest, he get plenty of goals, assists, can dribble and has pace.

14 May 2013 14:19:24
Errikson will be moving to Dortumand. rule it out

Mertens I would personally love it to happen. But chance are slim, downing has to be shipped to finances or, Br will go with Ince wich will cost us some money, so as Spurs Interested.

If erikson and martens signed will be challenging for the tital no doubt can't see them both unless we sell downing!

I'm assuming you haven't read all the recent stories concerning Eriksen's desire to join Dortmund and talks taking place between the two clubs?

JFT 96

JP

No are you apparently sure on the likehood of people coming. Or the targets themselves

I just don't get Erikson. I am not sure what he could add.

Pompey Red

I don't think Erikson gets himself Pompey Red mate, he has been interested in moving to half the teams across Europe!

The real AG

14 May 2013 12:47:01
6m bid for Digne was rejected. Expect us to offer 8m and it should get it done.

Alderweireld is all but done and dusted. He's ours.
Dries Mertens and Eriksen are the main two targets for the attacking side of the game this summer.

Expect all to stay except Carra, Carroll, Spearing and Assaidi. Ajax have asked for Assaidi as part of Eriksen deal.

Coates and Suso will go out on loan.

Most of this is of course BS.

The real AG

14 May 2013 14:20:13
Ajax asked Assaidi?.

No chance of Digne coming. Firstly he would want to be first choice lb, which is bound to p**s enrique off, and secondly, all major clubs in europe want him. If they get a hang of our interest, they would just offer a better package to Digne and loan him back to Lille.

14 May 2013 11:06:07
Am I right in thinking the transfer window opens June 9th sloshpots?
Shabba!

14 May 2013 12:50:14
I thought it was May the 31st/June the 1st midnight.

No facts to back this up, its just what I have in my mind for some reason.

Transfer window opens 1st July until 31st Aug

Transfer window opens 1st July, this is the first day that contracts can be completed and paperwork processed. However from the last day of the season players, agents and clubs can agree deals and wait until 1st July for the paperwork to be officially processed.

Most players contracts finish on 30th June due to the first day transfer day been1st July so most players will wait until that date before announcing any kind of potential or pending move.

Liverpool may have deals agreed for players as soon as the season finishes but I highly doubt they will announce any until the 1st July just in case the deal falls through or there is a change from either of the parties.

NS

14 May 2013 10:36:04
Is it true, we've lost out on a Europa place via the fair play scheme, Eds? {Ed002's Note - By a mile.}

We didn't lose out, England lost out. But if England didn't we still would have

Thanks Ed. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or not, being in Europe would have helped with transfers in, but out means we have less tired players to go for a CL spot for the following season. {Ed019's Note - England came 9th anybody who wanted to know}

14 May 2013 09:14:22
Morning ED's, Quick question, could someone please shed some light on this intrest from this Qatari group? I have been reading everywhere and I can't seen to get any solid information.

cheers.

Roopert the Red {Ed002's Note - Try the search function.}

14 May 2013 08:06:06
our goal is to get into the top 4 next season, I would spend big on a world class cb. we need more players but when I see how we have been playing lately a cb next agger would make it easier. going forward we are strong enough to get into the top at the back we are not

A good cb and a good DM. Need competition in that position for Lucas. Diame would have been ideal

Why diame mate, from what i've seen he is injurie prone, plays 45 minutes at hight tempo then is awful and misplaces passes and is substituted eventually?'

i'm sure there are better players

14 May 2013 06:07:18
B. Rodgers:

"That's 38 goals we've scored this year away from home - which is a record away for any Liverpool team since 1989. It's a lot of goals. "

Red7.

14 May 2013 10:20:37
Short of 31 points that's very very less compared to one of the best Liverpool Teams had in 2009

14 May 2013 02:12:26
Hi Eds or Reds,

Strange question, but what do you think are the main reasons limiting Riise being moved to central defence? Despite his age he still appears to have more pace than most natural CBs. I suppose his positional awareness and game intelligence is possibly too poor to fill a CB role.

ForzaRed

13 May 2013 23:09:57
That's why I don't want no sugar daddy leave buck to get on with it unlucky roberto great manager even with the success u have had u still not good enough hope u stay in EPL JON96

14 May 2013 10:33:59
roberto great manager?. you are having a lugh.
look at his buys?. garcia, kolo toure, sinclair, hargreeves, rodwell. Nasri, adebeyor.
common man. what has he done till now?
over 300 mill spend. and you don't win one game out of 8 in CL group stage?.
he was outclassed by Geramns and spanish, couldn't even reach the Europa league.
Even a blind Owner would sack him after his spending spree. He doesn't have a clue apart from 3-5-2 formation, which sometimes his players don't have a clue.
he is by far the worst manager ever.
city needs atleast 5 new players after all those bunch of players there.

Great Manager, no. With the resources he had at City, he should have done better.

The real AG

14 May 2013 11:12:54
Better? 15 points off from top. only 5 points above cheslea. Manchini soesnt have a clue what was happeing the whole seaosn. his buys were awful.
If you remove Yaya Toure from that team of 300 mill. they would be behind West brom. {Ed001's Note - and he couldn't even stick with playing Yaya in the position he said he bought him for and where he starred for them last season! Mancini is too busy strutting about giving it the big I am, rather than working with the players and managing them. Terrible manager, who was lucky to go to a club so starved of success the fans would love anyone who could give them the slightest sniff of it.}

14 May 2013 11:26:19
By far the worst manager ever? Now who is having a laugh I wish we had a manger that bad to win the league and cup now I'm no city fan but he is quality he's won leagues in ITALY oh so your beloved rafa is a bad manager to so ye after spend buck loads of cash but I think we have the best young manager in the league hope city don't come calling RODGERS is going to prove a lot of people wrong JON96 {Ed001's Note - to be fair, he won leagues in Italy during the midst of the scandal, which saw the main rival demoted and the others in complete turmoil.}

His league form has been fine, no problem there - FA cup winner and finalist, League winner and runner up in 3 years. Not bad at all

But he probably drove the final nail in his own coffin when he was forced to admit defeat with Balotelli, and most importantly when he went out bottom of his CL group failing to win a game.

14 May 2013 14:27:48
Utter Rubbish, Manchini a great and successful manager. 300 mill spend he should be right their with real madrid. he was outclassed and out performed in CL. and immediatly after the exit he quoted, " We were not good in transfer market, I wanted de rossi but didn't happen".
That was the worst post match conference I ever had. de rossi stopping dortumand and Madrid. My god.
He bought Garcia for 25 mill, sinclair for 8 mill nasri for 25 mill. his buys are the worst in footballing history.
He should have been sacked right after the CL exit.
he scrapped UTD last season on gaol differnce.
was outclassed by the same UTD this year.

give me 300 mill. I ll get you the CL coming seaosn.

14 May 2013 14:33:34
His league form has been fine, no problem there - FA cup winner and finalist, League winner and runner up in 3 years. Not bad at all

This is actually stuppid. In both FA and League untill the semi final you are almost to be drawn with a Championship side. and in semi finals you have two legs. look the last 3 season. city lost to Liverpool in semi final. the only one tough match they had was against cheslea this FA cup.

I still don't know why did they buy Hargreeves and rodwell? combined 30 mill. lescot 25 mill, nasri 25 mill. adebeyor 25 mill, milner 25 mill, korlov 20 mill.

thats over 120 mill. none will get into any top side in europe.

14 May 2013 16:14:55
Hargreeves was free and rodwell is what we have lots of potential

14 May 2013 17:43:01
rodwell is not going to touch a football in another 2 years with city.

13 May 2013 22:34:47
Eds

Do you think we will sign players early like our January Window.

Hem {Ed002's Note - No idea, sorry.}

13 May 2013 18:03:56
Hey ed002, Deportivo Mundo is reporting that Sergi Canos will sign for us on the 20th of May! Have you heard anything about that? And also do you know anything about him as a player? Is much expected from him in the future? Cheers, Scouserseb {Ed002's Note - He is just a child; you won't see him anywhere near the first team for perhaps three years.}

Ed can you realise we want to know because we can watch him next season if he signs I'm more excited when we sign wonder kids than some first team players. Do you know if he will or is expected to sign regardless off his age or how long it will be till we see him in the first 11? please don't mistake this for abuse it really isn't {Ed002's Note - Do you understand the rules surrounding children?}

I think you're mistaking youth for child Swamp. Canos is 16 - he still has to be in full time education in the UK, never mind football rules

Well "Swampmonster", your singing a different tune today. Couple of days back, you didn't want the likes of Suso, Wisdom and Sterling and wanted ready made replacements, now you want wonder-kids.

The real AG

Didnt mention not wanting sterling, only the wonder kids get through suso & certainly wisdom are not. Use common sense. And eds are you saying we can't talk about him because of his age? {Ed001's Note - I would suggest it is best you don't talk about kids at all, as you clearly have no idea. Suso is a far better player than Sterling, with a lot more long term potential.}

Swampmonster, only wonder kids get through huh, enlighten me, how did Carragher got through then?

Some of the young players could be late bloomers, Michu is an example.

You clearly are clueless, Suso is a better player than Sterling.

The real AG