Comments on: Man City’s Roll Call of the Quite Good

By: tony

tony — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:57:37 +0000

city like every epl team should invest in there academy bring young players thru the rank’s etc..barca milan juve roma. youth players from there respective country, english clubs like city are destroying football with all this money throwing around.fifa & uefa should impose a salary cap on how mush a team can spend.

By: neil

neil — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:49:32 +0000

the missing link between city’s billions and its set of mediocre targets is probably mark hughes. he has said he wants players who can handle the premier league and that may be why he’s going for the likes of bridge and bellamy, rather than a bunch of fancy foreign dans who city already have (read nery castillo, jo…) and who aren’t performing. sure, he’d probably rather buy the very cream of world talent who could perform, but like others have said i doubt city can attract them yet. for me the most mediocre character is hughes himself - he’s been a backward step from eriksson - i bet he’ll be gone by the end of the season.

By: meatandmalbec

meatandmalbec — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:03:55 +0000

Tevez would be a good signing but he isn’t going to end up there - not in a month of Sundays.

By: des

des — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:42:34 +0000

The Freelance Fool is surely not so foolish. Parker is a classic case of an OK player who can do an OK job for teams hoping to avoid relegation or, at a push, try for a UEFA Cup slot.
What they need is a player who has graced some of the biggest teams in the land and, being named as number 14 in British football’s player Rich List, obviously likes a good wedge.
Step forward Damien Duff.

By: Ned

Ned — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:35:35 +0000

I look forward to reading Matt’s next article, whoever he may be. Matt shmatt.

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By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:29:41 +0000

It’s crucial that clubs like City are aspirational about the players they sign. If they have the money then they should buy or nurture the very best talent possible. When fans are cash-strapped this season and next, clubs are going to have to do more to fill their grounds every other week - attracting a few names from the top drawer could prove crucial.

City might not have the shiniest brand but it will never improve if they don’t raise their sights a little.

And Matt - you don’t even notice the rain after a while!

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:45:34 +0000

One other thing: Digging around for this article, I was reminded that Blackburn signed Flitcroft only after talks to bring in a young Zinedine Zidane broke down. What might have been…

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:43:13 +0000

Thanks for the comments so far, and please, keep them coming. I’ve got a tin hat I can put on.

Osky, the point I’m making is that City *should* be dreaming a bit more. If they concentrate on signing the easily signable they stand a chance of building a decent team, as long as they maintain patience, and perhaps playing UEFA Cup football for a few years. If they want to play in the Champions League, I really think they have to get better players. If it all goes wrong, at least it will be a fun ride.

And Matt, I appreciate it’s difficult to convince top class players to come, but it should be easier if they look outside the Premier League (the idea of signing Cristiano Ronaldo was indeed ridiculous) and if they look for clubs that need cash and have players who are perhaps unfulfilled where they are.

I should have made it clearer that I don’t expect City to sign seven players like the ones I mentioned, more like two or three. I don’t see why Silva and Villa should be impossible targets, and wouldn’t they be able to make Eto’o the sort of offer he just couldn’t refuse?

If anyone can think big, surely Manchester City can. If the best they can do is the sort of players being mentioned this week, I think that’s just a bit disappointing.