All round miserable bore Jack Charlton tells Steven Ireland to apologise and get on with it or just forget about it. He wouldnt tolerate it in his day. Not entirely sure what Stevie problem is, was it the wig, or does he just suffer under pressure. Ireland(country) would be pleased to have him back, by far, on of the best talents they have.
Mark Hughes is optomisitc over Martin Petrov's injury. He hopes to delay knee surgery for the player after consultation with Petrov's specialist in Spain. Luckly he didnt damage his ACL, but has damaged his meniscus ( often cited as torn cartiladge, it helps spread the weight ont he body and reduce friction in the knee.) They are hoping over the next few weeks to build the muscle around it, to give strength and support, andget him playing much sooner than expected.
Looks like a long shot to me!
Micah Richards looks' set to return for the Stoke game this sunday, Great news if true, as we are looking pretty bare at the back at the moment. We need him at right back, Onouha looked awful when he came on the other day.
Mark Hughes is preparing his side for the challenge of Rory Delap, who isnt that good a footballer, but has a long effective throw, that Stoke have put to good use this season (still doesnt rival Dave Challinor record breaking throw of 46.75 metres). Hughes is rightly concerned, as our defence is rubbish at the moment, no zabaleta, dunne playing some of the worst football we have seen for some time and garrido still struggling to tackle anything. We need a result in this game, or the pressure will grow on hughes. Elano needs to play, i would hate to see him a vicitm to tactics, everyone has raved over steven ireland this season, but i believe Elano has been the unsung hero, scored goals, created goals and his role with the defence means we dont lose so much ball from dunney whacking it upfield. He also has a far better final ball than ireland or anyone else and shouldnt be the one left out.
Friday, 24 October 2008
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Much Loved and much Admired: the Joey Barton Story.
"the last-chance saloon"
Yes Joey is worried about it being his last chance, now he's a changed man. Joey blamed alchohol as a convienent excuse for stubbing cigars in collegues eyes, hitting kids in the far east, recking a taxi cab and battering someone outside a Mcdonalds. He doesnt have an excuse for battering a team mate so severely he had to be taken to hospital, depsite having medical staff on hand at the training ground. Nor could he excuse his awful behaviour on the pitch stamping on the heels of another player and and outright kicking dixon Etuhu, for which he escaped any punishment.
He doesnt deserve any chance. A thug, that the game should of tossed aside a long time ago. It's ironic that his return coincides with the arrival of a footballing moron at Newcastle, in joe' i'm irish' Kinnear. The perveyor of thuggish football and long ball nonsense will find Barton right up his street, a poor passer of the ball but a good at kicking the opposition.
If platani really wants to protect the game, he needs to stop thugs like Barton from getting so many chances to shame himself and the image of the game.
Yes Joey is worried about it being his last chance, now he's a changed man. Joey blamed alchohol as a convienent excuse for stubbing cigars in collegues eyes, hitting kids in the far east, recking a taxi cab and battering someone outside a Mcdonalds. He doesnt have an excuse for battering a team mate so severely he had to be taken to hospital, depsite having medical staff on hand at the training ground. Nor could he excuse his awful behaviour on the pitch stamping on the heels of another player and and outright kicking dixon Etuhu, for which he escaped any punishment.
He doesnt deserve any chance. A thug, that the game should of tossed aside a long time ago. It's ironic that his return coincides with the arrival of a footballing moron at Newcastle, in joe' i'm irish' Kinnear. The perveyor of thuggish football and long ball nonsense will find Barton right up his street, a poor passer of the ball but a good at kicking the opposition.
If platani really wants to protect the game, he needs to stop thugs like Barton from getting so many chances to shame himself and the image of the game.
Europe
Spurs lose again, i enjoyed every minute of it. They look awful and their Goal Keeper Gomes is loopy.
Pompey were stuffed 3-0, while villa managed to beat Ajax at home 2-1.
In our group, Schalke 04 beat the great under-achievers PSG 3-1, while Muppet Mclaren Twente managed to beat Santander 1-0. What can we make from these results, Schalke are going to be the hardest to beat.
- Rumour of the day-
Vagner Love, ex-striking partner of Jo at CSKA wants to join city, and is desperate to get his family out of Russia, he understands spurs have an interest in him, but knows that they are shite.
-Other News-
The ghostly white Defender from the City Youth Cup winning side has joined Morecambe on loan till the new year. Not really made my mind up on the lad seem him a few times last season, when watching the youth team in league and cup and he has been good and bad. Hope the expereince does him good.
Nery Castillo not heading home, his unknown desire to go home seem's to have collapsed as the Mexican transfer window has now shut. I cant believe he is a bad player, and from what i have seen from him, he would be usefull in our side. Last season vs Spurs, he was our best player, we didnt see him again.
We are also in talks with Spanish midfielders Alex Pla and Jorge Guinovart from UD Cornella, a fairly unkown club north of Barcelona. Good to see Hughes trying to add to our youth team.
Shock of the Day.
Habib Beye has red card recinded. The Fa have once again undermined it's referee's and the law to suit the media. IT WAS A FOUL! Beye took Robinho out through his thigh, so what, that he eventually got the ball. I expect city to appeal Zabaleta decision as he clearly won the ball and that according to the FA is all that matters. Well done!
Pompey were stuffed 3-0, while villa managed to beat Ajax at home 2-1.
In our group, Schalke 04 beat the great under-achievers PSG 3-1, while Muppet Mclaren Twente managed to beat Santander 1-0. What can we make from these results, Schalke are going to be the hardest to beat.
- Rumour of the day-
Vagner Love, ex-striking partner of Jo at CSKA wants to join city, and is desperate to get his family out of Russia, he understands spurs have an interest in him, but knows that they are shite.
-Other News-
The ghostly white Defender from the City Youth Cup winning side has joined Morecambe on loan till the new year. Not really made my mind up on the lad seem him a few times last season, when watching the youth team in league and cup and he has been good and bad. Hope the expereince does him good.
Nery Castillo not heading home, his unknown desire to go home seem's to have collapsed as the Mexican transfer window has now shut. I cant believe he is a bad player, and from what i have seen from him, he would be usefull in our side. Last season vs Spurs, he was our best player, we didnt see him again.
We are also in talks with Spanish midfielders Alex Pla and Jorge Guinovart from UD Cornella, a fairly unkown club north of Barcelona. Good to see Hughes trying to add to our youth team.
Shock of the Day.
Habib Beye has red card recinded. The Fa have once again undermined it's referee's and the law to suit the media. IT WAS A FOUL! Beye took Robinho out through his thigh, so what, that he eventually got the ball. I expect city to appeal Zabaleta decision as he clearly won the ball and that according to the FA is all that matters. Well done!
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Newcastle game reflection
Not a Great game as was to be predicted. City never perform against the teams they should be beating. Newcastle are a poor side and will continue to struggle under the buffoon that is 'Joe Kinnear.
We didnt really get out of the starting blocks, a whole lot of possession, about two thirds, through the whole game, yet we did nothing with it. We didnt capitalise when Newcastle rightly went down to ten men, beye took out robinho on his thigh, going through the player to clip the ball, anywhere on the pitch it's a foul, dont see why it should be any different in the penalty box. It appears that most pundits make the rules up to suit themselves. Everyone seems to forget that Coloccini tripped Micah Richards up in the box, but as he stayed on his feet, no decision at all was given.
My main critic of the Hughes in the game, was the dropping of Elano. He has been one the best players this season in creating and scoring goals. He has blossomed in his deep role and has become more physical and overall more fit. He also does a lot of work collecting the ball from the defence and carrying it up field, something Didi Hamman wont do. We missed the creative spark that aides the likes of Ireland robinho and swp.
The defence is really worrying me. Dunne is having an awful season, i have never seen the merit in having him as captain, he seems to have very limited leadership skills. He needs to find form quickly or he could find himself on his way out. Ben haim and Onouha both look out of sorts and lacking match fitness, worrying if they dont get up to speed quickly. Richards seemed to try to hard on the right and actually made SWP less effective, he is now injured, which adds another worry.
Garrido, i have given up on, i like the lad, he seems a decent footballer, but he isn’t really a left back, too often, he's caught out or skinned, he needs replacing quickly, can Glauber berti fill this role?
We didnt really get out of the starting blocks, a whole lot of possession, about two thirds, through the whole game, yet we did nothing with it. We didnt capitalise when Newcastle rightly went down to ten men, beye took out robinho on his thigh, going through the player to clip the ball, anywhere on the pitch it's a foul, dont see why it should be any different in the penalty box. It appears that most pundits make the rules up to suit themselves. Everyone seems to forget that Coloccini tripped Micah Richards up in the box, but as he stayed on his feet, no decision at all was given.
My main critic of the Hughes in the game, was the dropping of Elano. He has been one the best players this season in creating and scoring goals. He has blossomed in his deep role and has become more physical and overall more fit. He also does a lot of work collecting the ball from the defence and carrying it up field, something Didi Hamman wont do. We missed the creative spark that aides the likes of Ireland robinho and swp.
The defence is really worrying me. Dunne is having an awful season, i have never seen the merit in having him as captain, he seems to have very limited leadership skills. He needs to find form quickly or he could find himself on his way out. Ben haim and Onouha both look out of sorts and lacking match fitness, worrying if they dont get up to speed quickly. Richards seemed to try to hard on the right and actually made SWP less effective, he is now injured, which adds another worry.
Garrido, i have given up on, i like the lad, he seems a decent footballer, but he isn’t really a left back, too often, he's caught out or skinned, he needs replacing quickly, can Glauber berti fill this role?
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