Manchester City

[mrbojangles]

Bamford as you must well know as always been known as "debtors retreat"

It's only known as that by the "bleaters" who aspire to reside there but can't afford to

[petermik]

Bamford as you must well know as always been known as "debtors retreat"

It's only known as that by the "bleaters" who aspire to reside there but can't afford to

So that,s why you left then............

[Bredbury Blue]

Only saw 1st half of the scousers game, but thought Denis Suarez looked very tasty.

[mrbojangles]

Bamford as you must well know as always been known as "debtors retreat"

It's only known as that by the "bleaters" who aspire to reside there but can't afford to

So that,s why you left then............

Still have an house there actually. Mortgage free

[petermik]

Yesterday (friday) morning 29th April,Cronkeyshaw common

[mrbojangles]

Stuff that for a game of soldiers peter. I like shorts and flip flop's nowadays.

Can't see properly but I think my mates house is on the right just passed the car in the right hand side

[petermik]

His name Dave?

[JacknDanny]

What can you expect.

Away from home playing Kolarov and Bony.

Starting with 9 1/2 men.

35 minutes and I dont want to watch anymore, its going to get nasty

[Bredbury Blue]

Fortunate to be only 2v1 down. Bony and Sterling doing nothing...Nacho looks the footballer of the 3 of them. We are making so many basic mistakes. If Pellegrini is at all bothered about this game he needs to make major surgery and quickly; 3 subs on now. Get Bony and Sterling off. If he doesn't want to put Aguero on then get Nacho up front and strengthen midfield. Sloppy goals. Massive gap between defence and midfield. Poor City!

[JacknDanny]

Look at the subs bench!!!

No youngsters. Demichelis!! Thats a help!

We have lost EVERY game in which we have been losing at half time!!

Thats one of the reasons that Pellegrini doesnt cut it for me!!

[Chicog]

Look at the subs bench!!!

No youngsters. Demichelis!! Thats a help!

We have lost EVERY game in which we have been losing at half time!!

Thats one of the reasons that Pellegrini doesnt cut it for me!!

I'd get shot of him and try another one.

[Bredbury Blue]

Rolled over for Wednesday. Made Soton look like Barca. Who to blame for that rubbish today, Pellegrini or most of that team? Nacho apart, pathetic. Sterling, Bony, Delph, Kolorov...hold your head's in shame. 4th place back in jeopardy. Painful viewing with just 2 moments to savior.

[JacknDanny]

A list of 5 or 6 centre forwards who have been dismal for City over the years.........

Gerry Creaney,

Bernie Carradi,

Lee Bradbury,

Santa Cruz,

Jo

All dreadful in my opinion.

Step forward Wilfried Bony........... I would happily take any of those on that list to start before Bony. He is a complete and utter piece of cr@p

[JacknDanny]

Rolled over for Wednesday. Made Soton look like Barca. Who to blame for that rubbish today, Pellegrini or most of that team? Nacho apart, pathetic. Sterling, Bony, Delph, Kolorov...hold your head's in shame. 4th place back in jeopardy. Painful viewing with just 2 moments to savior.

I would agree with the 4 main culprits you have named.

I am afraid I was wrong about Delph. Seen him a few times now. Average at best.

Kolarov just cant run or defend.

Sterling still has time on his side. I just hope Pep can do something with him.

Bony, if its possible, just gets worse.

Just heard Pellegrini being interviewed. Blaming the fact that we didnt play on Saturday and he thinks it would have made a difference to our performance!!

I dont know whether Pellegrinis comments are the dumbest of the week, or Van Gaal who after seeing Fellaini elbow Huth in the face said "it was just a normal reaction"

[SantiSuk]

Yesterday (friday) morning 29th April,Cronkeyshaw common

[Photo of snow on penultimate day of April in UK deleted]

Came back to Bangkok with family after a shortened 2 week visit the day before yesterday. Weather in UK should be returning to normal soon!

I'm guessing that demands by the family for an annual UK break (only really practicable in the long Thai school holiday) have been killed off for good. Every cloud has a silver lining!

Returning to football:

Proper uninjured centre forwards win titles. No surprise they cost so much. No surprise that Leicester and Spurs are up top and the Mancs, Arsenal and Chelsea are faltering/inconsistent/languishing. At least in your case the absence of a world class centre forward is an injury issue.

Edited May 2, 2016 by SantiSuk

[petermik]

It was a nothing game forget it,just treading water waiting for the BIG one against RM................and good luck

[Chicog]

A list of 5 or 6 centre forwards who have been dismal for City over the years.........

Gerry Creaney,

Bernie Carradi,

Lee Bradbury,

Santa Cruz,

Jo

All dreadful in my opinion.

Step forward Wilfried Bony........... I would happily take any of those on that list to start before Bony. He is a complete and utter piece of cr@p

How much did he cost again?

[Bredbury Blue]

^we all know the answer to that one. All together now...TOO F*CKING MUCH!!! :-(

[smokie36]

Funny to think of all the players you have bought only three or four are worthy of wearing the shirt.

Let's see what your new boss has up his sleeve....mind you had better pull your fingers out or it will be Thursday nights in Azerbaijan!

[Bredbury Blue]

Funny to think of all the players you have bought only three or four are worthy of wearing the shirt.

Wow, such a vague statement. Since when are you judging this...I.e. since what season? Like all clubs, we've bought well and we've bought badly.

[smokie36]

Funny to think of all the players you have bought only three or four are worthy of wearing the shirt.

Wow, such a vague statement. Since when are you judging this...I.e. since what season? Like all clubs, we've bought well and we've bought badly.

Your hit v miss rate is especially low.

Are you still laughing at Lamela now BB?

[rijit]

Pepsi first signing . http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/02/manchester-city-aymeric-laporte-athletic-bilbao

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[Bredbury Blue]

Funny to think of all the players you have bought only three or four are worthy of wearing the shirt.

Wow, such a vague statement. Since when are you judging this...I.e. since what season? Like all clubs, we've bought well and we've bought badly.

Your hit v miss rate is especially low.

Are you still laughing at Lamela now BB?

"Your hit v miss rate is especially low."..facts behind that statement please.

Your picking the wrong person in me with regards Lamel as I've never had an opinion about him - I haven't seen him that much. Think you must be getting me confused with one of the other City fans on here.

[Bredbury Blue]

Here you go Smokie and anybody else who fancies rating City's buys.

MANCHESTER CITY TRANSFERS UNDER SHEIK MANSOUR

Sept 2008 Robinho, £32million (MISS).

Jan 2009 Nigel de Jong, £16million Hamburg (HIT);

Wayne Bridge, £12million, Chelsea (MISS);

Shay Given, £8million, Newcastle (HIT);

Craig Bellamy, £12million, West Ham (HIT).

Summer 2009 Gareth Barry, £12million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Roque Santa Cruz, £18million, Blackburn (MISS);

Carlos Tevez, £25million, Manchester United (HIT);

Emmanuel Adebayor, £25million, Arsenal (MISS);

Kolo Toure, £15million, Arsenal (HIT);

Joleon Lescott, £22million (HIT), Everton;

Sylvinho, free transfer, Barcelona (MISS).

Jan 2010 Adam Johnson, £6million, Sunderland (MISS);

Patrick Viera, free transfer, Inter Milan (MISS).

Summer 2010 Yaya Toure, £24million, Barcelona (HIT);

Mario Ballotelli, £23million, Inter Milan (50/50);

David Silva, £24million, Valencia (HIT);

Aleksandr Kolarov, £17million, Lazio (50/50);

James Milner, £26million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Jerome Boateng, £11million, Hamburg (MISS).

Jan 2011 Edin Dzeko, £27million, Wolfsburg (HIT).

Summer 2011 Stefan Savic, £6million, Partizan Belgrade (MISS);

Gael Clichy, £7million, Arsenal (HIT);

Costel Pantilimon, £3million, Politehnica Timisoara (MISS);

Samir Nasri, Arsenal, £24million (HIT);

Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid, £38million (HIT);

Owen Hargreaves, free transfer, Manchester United (MISS).

Jan 2012N/A

Summer 2012 Jack Rodwell, £12million, Everton (MISS);

Scott Sinclair, £8million, Swansea (MISS);

Matija Nastasic, £12million, Fiorentina (50/50);

Maicon, £3million, Inter Milan (MISS);

Javi Garcia, Benfica, £15.8million (MISS overall but a HIT towards the end).

Jan 2013N/A

Summer 2013Jesus Navas, £22.9million, Sevilla (HIT; good squad player);

Fernandinho, £34million, Shakhtar Donetsk (HIT);

Alvaro Negredo, £20.6million, Sevilla (HIT);

Stevan Jovetic, £25.8million, Fiorentina (MISS);

Martin Demichelis, £3.5million, Atletico Madrid (HIT);

Zacharius Faour, £400,000, Malmo (MISS).

Jan 2014N/A

Summer 2014Bacary Sagna, free transfer, Arsenal (HIT);

Fernando, £12million, Porto (miss moving towards HIT);

Eliaqium Mangala, £32million, Porto (50/50; improving);

Willy Caballero, £6million, Malaga (MISS);

Bruno Zuculini, £1.5million, Racing Club de Avellanada (MISS).

January 2015 Wilfried Bony, £25million, Swansea (MISS).

Summer 2015 Enes Unal, £2.1million, Bursaspor (out on loan and not seen);

Raheem Sterling, £49million, Liverpool (50/50) currently.

KdB (HIT)

[smokie36]

You'll have to wait till I get home BB for me to pick that to shreds...but let's start with Balotelli at 50/50....

[smokie36]

Navas....(good squad player)

£2.3 million......no oops my mistake....bwahahahaha!

[JacknDanny]

You'll have to wait till I get home BB for me to pick that to shreds...but let's start with Balotelli at 50/50....

Man of the Match when we won our first trophy for years at Wembley 2011.

Laid on Agueros winning goal for our first title in recent memory.

Decent goal ratio Hit for me when he was a City player. Daft as a brush but a definite hit

[JacknDanny]

Here you go Smokie and anybody else who fancies rating City's buys.

MANCHESTER CITY TRANSFERS UNDER SHEIK MANSOUR

Sept 2008 Robinho, £32million (MISS).

Jan 2009 Nigel de Jong, £16million Hamburg (HIT);

Wayne Bridge, £12million, Chelsea (MISS);

Shay Given, £8million, Newcastle (HIT);

Craig Bellamy, £12million, West Ham (HIT).

Summer 2009 Gareth Barry, £12million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Roque Santa Cruz, £18million, Blackburn (MISS);

Carlos Tevez, £25million, Manchester United (HIT);

Emmanuel Adebayor, £25million, Arsenal (MISS);

Kolo Toure, £15million, Arsenal (HIT);

Joleon Lescott, £22million (HIT), Everton;

Sylvinho, free transfer, Barcelona (MISS).

Jan 2010 Adam Johnson, £6million, Sunderland (MISS);

Patrick Viera, free transfer, Inter Milan (MISS).

Summer 2010 Yaya Toure, £24million, Barcelona (HIT);

Mario Ballotelli, £23million, Inter Milan (50/50);

David Silva, £24million, Valencia (HIT);

Aleksandr Kolarov, £17million, Lazio (50/50);

James Milner, £26million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Jerome Boateng, £11million, Hamburg (MISS).

Jan 2011 Edin Dzeko, £27million, Wolfsburg (HIT).

Summer 2011 Stefan Savic, £6million, Partizan Belgrade (MISS);

Gael Clichy, £7million, Arsenal (HIT);

Costel Pantilimon, £3million, Politehnica Timisoara (MISS);

Samir Nasri, Arsenal, £24million (HIT);

Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid, £38million (HIT);

Owen Hargreaves, free transfer, Manchester United (MISS).

Jan 2012N/A

Summer 2012 Jack Rodwell, £12million, Everton (MISS);

Scott Sinclair, £8million, Swansea (MISS);

Matija Nastasic, £12million, Fiorentina (50/50);

Maicon, £3million, Inter Milan (MISS);

Javi Garcia, Benfica, £15.8million (MISS overall but a HIT towards the end).

Jan 2013N/A

Summer 2013Jesus Navas, £22.9million, Sevilla (HIT; good squad player);

Fernandinho, £34million, Shakhtar Donetsk (HIT);

Alvaro Negredo, £20.6million, Sevilla (HIT);

Stevan Jovetic, £25.8million, Fiorentina (MISS);

Martin Demichelis, £3.5million, Atletico Madrid (HIT);

Zacharius Faour, £400,000, Malmo (MISS).

Jan 2014N/A

Summer 2014Bacary Sagna, free transfer, Arsenal (HIT);

Fernando, £12million, Porto (miss moving towards HIT);

Eliaqium Mangala, £32million, Porto (50/50; improving);

Willy Caballero, £6million, Malaga (MISS);

Bruno Zuculini, £1.5million, Racing Club de Avellanada (MISS).

January 2015 Wilfried Bony, £25million, Swansea (MISS).

Summer 2015 Enes Unal, £2.1million, Bursaspor (out on loan and not seen);

Raheem Sterling, £49million, Liverpool (50/50) currently.

KdB (HIT)

For me a MISS is a player who underperformed for us AND we lost a significant amount of money on.

The likes of Boateng, Rodwell, Johnson, Savic, we either made money or got back roughly what we paid.

For me the big misses were Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Bridge, Jovetic,Bony and Mangala( for what we paid)

[alfieconn]

Here you go Smokie and anybody else who fancies rating City's buys.

MANCHESTER CITY TRANSFERS UNDER SHEIK MANSOUR

Sept 2008 Robinho, £32million (MISS).

Jan 2009 Nigel de Jong, £16million Hamburg (HIT);

Wayne Bridge, £12million, Chelsea (MISS);

Shay Given, £8million, Newcastle (HIT);

Craig Bellamy, £12million, West Ham (HIT).

Summer 2009 Gareth Barry, £12million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Roque Santa Cruz, £18million, Blackburn (MISS);

Carlos Tevez, £25million, Manchester United (HIT);

Emmanuel Adebayor, £25million, Arsenal (MISS);

Kolo Toure, £15million, Arsenal (HIT);

Joleon Lescott, £22million (HIT), Everton;

Sylvinho, free transfer, Barcelona (MISS).

Jan 2010 Adam Johnson, £6million, Sunderland (MISS);

Patrick Viera, free transfer, Inter Milan (MISS).

Summer 2010 Yaya Toure, £24million, Barcelona (HIT);

Mario Ballotelli, £23million, Inter Milan (50/50);

David Silva, £24million, Valencia (HIT);

Aleksandr Kolarov, £17million, Lazio (50/50);

James Milner, £26million, Aston Villa (HIT);

Jerome Boateng, £11million, Hamburg (MISS).

Jan 2011 Edin Dzeko, £27million, Wolfsburg (HIT).

Summer 2011 Stefan Savic, £6million, Partizan Belgrade (MISS);

Gael Clichy, £7million, Arsenal (HIT);

Costel Pantilimon, £3million, Politehnica Timisoara (MISS);

Samir Nasri, Arsenal, £24million (HIT);

Sergio Aguero, Atletico Madrid, £38million (HIT);

Owen Hargreaves, free transfer, Manchester United (MISS).

Jan 2012N/A

Summer 2012 Jack Rodwell, £12million, Everton (MISS);

Scott Sinclair, £8million, Swansea (MISS);

Matija Nastasic, £12million, Fiorentina (50/50);

Maicon, £3million, Inter Milan (MISS);

Javi Garcia, Benfica, £15.8million (MISS overall but a HIT towards the end).

Jan 2013N/A

Summer 2013Jesus Navas, £22.9million, Sevilla (HIT; good squad player);

Fernandinho, £34million, Shakhtar Donetsk (HIT);

Alvaro Negredo, £20.6million, Sevilla (HIT);

Stevan Jovetic, £25.8million, Fiorentina (MISS);

Martin Demichelis, £3.5million, Atletico Madrid (HIT);

Zacharius Faour, £400,000, Malmo (MISS).

Jan 2014N/A

Summer 2014Bacary Sagna, free transfer, Arsenal (HIT);

Fernando, £12million, Porto (miss moving towards HIT);

Eliaqium Mangala, £32million, Porto (50/50; improving);

Willy Caballero, £6million, Malaga (MISS);

Bruno Zuculini, £1.5million, Racing Club de Avellanada (MISS).

January 2015 Wilfried Bony, £25million, Swansea (MISS).

Summer 2015 Enes Unal, £2.1million, Bursaspor (out on loan and not seen);

Raheem Sterling, £49million, Liverpool (50/50) currently.

KdB (HIT)

For me a MISS is a player who underperformed for us AND we lost a significant amount of money on.

The likes of Boateng, Rodwell, Johnson, Savic, we either made money or got back roughly what we paid.

For me the big misses were Santa Cruz, Adebayor, Bridge, Jovetic,Bony and Mangala( for what we paid)

g money

How many of your big money buy's ( lets say over 12m ) over the last 4 years have you sold or if they were sold tomorrow have you made money on ?

Edited May 2, 2016 by alfieconn

[Bredbury Blue]

Alfie, stick to the question posed.