Please Go!!!!!! (Micah) [MERGED]

[Fesan]

Did not give me a secure feeling a while back but along with a few other defenders seem to have found his calm under Mancini, I would like for him to stay and continue developing rather than go to someone else.

Seems like a nice chap IMO and other than this press blabbering seems to be getting on pretty well.

[Dameerto]

This to me is the most sensible NON reactionary post of the thread...[/i][/b]

I followed it up with a reactionary one a few posts down - I like covering all bases haha.

[The Foggy Blue]

Fine him.

Whatever improvement he has shown on the pitch this season, he CANNOT be allowed talk to the media about his own place in the team or that of other players.

SHUT - THE FUCK - UP - MICAH

[sandman]

Micah Out
Nedum In

[Mikhail Chigorin]

Fine him.

Whatever improvement he has shown on the pitch this season, he CANNOT be allowed talk to the media about his own place in the team or that of other players.

SHUT - THE FUCK - UP - MICAH

Well said that man.

Mind you, Richards has shown a noticeable improvement this year under Mancini so if 'Arry wanted to buy him and we could get about £25million from the Cheeky Cockney, I'd be quite happy, especially if we replaced him with Danny Alves for a fraction of that price.

With the FFP regulations on the near horizon, that would be good business for the club.

[Ted Hughes]

Richards is currently a miles better RB than Boateng & would be a miles better CB than Boateng if he played there. I'd prefer him not to moan about it but moaning about your situation seems to be allowed at the club now so why should he be any different?

Although it gets on my tits, I fully understand why he would moan when he's been trying really hard to improve but is missing games, not because of Zabba but purely because money has been spent on Boateng, who, at present, is a constant, useless, liability & plays like Bambi. It's a joke that Boateng gets preferred to Micah, ever, unless Micah needs a rest.

It's good to see he played v Arsenal where he performed well & I imagine these quotes were made prior to that, possibly even weeks ago & then saved.

[Original Dub]

Richards is currently a miles better RB than Boateng & would be a miles better CB than Boateng if he played there. I'd prefer him not to moan about it but moaning about your situation seems to be allowed at the club now so why should he be any different?

Although it gets on my tits, I fully understand why he would moan when he's been trying really hard to improve but is missing games, not because of Zabba but purely because money has been spent on Boateng, who, at present, is a constant, useless, liability & plays like Bambi. It's a joke that Boateng gets preferred to Micah, ever, unless Micah needs a rest.

It's good to see he played v Arsenal where he performed well & I imagine these quotes were made prior to that, possibly even weeks ago & then saved.

This is the most important thing.

As Bobby would say..

[blues2win]

Richards had no right to bring other players into the debate. He says people will think he should shut up and he's right. Get your head down, work hard in training and deliver on the pitch. You've had plenty of game time this season FFS.

By the way Boateng wasn't a Mancini signing anyway; he's part of the Hamburg connection and his signing was in the works before Mancini came. That said I think he's underestimated by Ted. I watched him in the third place final and he was outstanding putting over some beatiful outswinging crosses time after time. Richards can't do that; once he gets into a good forward position his lack of technique lets him down. I still think over time Boateng will be seen to be the better of the two. The problem for both of them is Mancini seems to rate Zabaleta above either with Kolarov ( definitely a Mancini signing ) favoured at left back.

[Beefymcfc]

Richards is currently a miles better RB than Boateng & would be a miles better CB than Boateng if he played there. I'd prefer him not to moan about it but moaning about your situation seems to be allowed at the club now so why should he be any different?

Although it gets on my tits, I fully understand why he would moan when he's been trying really hard to improve but is missing games, not because of Zabba but purely because money has been spent on Boateng, who, at present, is a constant, useless, liability & plays like Bambi. It's a joke that Boateng gets preferred to Micah, ever, unless Micah needs a rest.

It's good to see he played v Arsenal where he performed well & I imagine these quotes were made prior to that, possibly even weeks ago & then saved.

Actually mate, no. Must have been this week.

"He said I was part of his plans but I went three Premier League games without even getting on, started against Aston Villa, then didn't play against Blackpool.

[Blue Since 76]

It's good to see he played v Arsenal where he performed well & I imagine these quotes were made prior to that, possibly even weeks ago & then saved.

They weren't that long ago:

He said I was part of his plans but I went three Premier League games without even getting on, started against Aston Villa, then didn't play against Blackpool

The club need to get a grip on ALL players giving interviews. If I get a phone call from the press asking about something, I'm expected to pass it on to the company PR department who will provide a response, possibly by coming back to me for the information. And I'd consider myself an educated, professional person, something which most footballers aren't.

The players should be given the same rules. It doesn't need to be in their contracts, just a new club rule. All requests for interviews have to be sanctioned by the club and all interviews should be undertaken in the presence of a club PR person, who can stop them in ther tracks when they wander off on the wrong lines. Give them all some PR training and only let the ones who seem coherent do MOTD type interviews.

[Ted Hughes]

Well it was before the Arse game anyway so I think he'll be happier to have been chosen/trusted for a big game & may not have made those comments if asked this week. It could also be that this wasn't an interview as such but a few comments made in private which he didn't realise were on the record, having a general moan after missing the Blackpool game.

[Beefymcfc]

Well it was before the Arse game anyway so I think he'll be happier to have been chosen/trusted for a big game & may not have made those comments if asked this week. It could also be that this wasn't an interview as such but a few comments made in private which he didn't realise were on the record, having a general moan after missing the Blackpool game.

Whatever the ins-and-outs are, they become irrelevant once they are depicted in this way. If Mancini sees these quotes, which undoubtedly he will, then I would suggest he will take it as a personal attack on himself which leaves Micah in a very awkward position. It also brings into question other peoples loyalties which may also impact on their status at the club.

Silly silly boy, in my humble opinion.

[thegoatfeeder]

This is just like the thing with AJ, he WANTS to play for City and is hungry for more games. Yes, he could have gone about it in a far better way, but some bloody journalist will have just hung the carrot out there for him to stay stuff like that. He is a good player, as he proved against Arsenal and I hope/doubt Mancini will sell him. To be fair to the lad if you saw Boateng getting picked ahead of you, you would be pretty pissed off!

[Ted Hughes]

Well it was before the Arse game anyway so I think he'll be happier to have been chosen/trusted for a big game & may not have made those comments if asked this week. It could also be that this wasn't an interview as such but a few comments made in private which he didn't realise were on the record, having a general moan after missing the Blackpool game.

Whatever the ins-and-outs are, they become irrelevant once they are depicted in this way. If Mancini sees these quotes, which undoubtedly he will, then I would suggest he will take it as a personal attack on himself which leaves Micah in a very awkward position. It also brings into question other peoples loyalties which may also impact on their status at the club.

Silly silly boy, in my humble opinion.

I don't see it as an attack at all, it's just a statement of fact for the most part. If Bob decides to victimise Micah for that whilst letting other players do what they like, I'll lose all respect for him.

[King Kev]

I think Micah is quite a good centre-back, unfortunately he thinks he is a full-back!

[Beeks]

Well it was before the Arse game anyway so I think he'll be happier to have been chosen/trusted for a big game & may not have made those comments if asked this week. It could also be that this wasn't an interview as such but a few comments made in private which he didn't realise were on the record, having a general moan after missing the Blackpool game.

Whatever the ins-and-outs are, they become irrelevant once they are depicted in this way. If Mancini sees these quotes, which undoubtedly he will, then I would suggest he will take it as a personal attack on himself which leaves Micah in a very awkward position. It also brings into question other peoples loyalties which may also impact on their status at the club.

Silly silly boy, in my humble opinion.

I don't see it as an attack at all, it's just a statement of fact for the most part. If Bob decides to victimise Micah for that whilst letting other players do what they like, I'll lose all respect for him.

Why speak to the media at all though Ted? He should have knocked on Bobbys door rather than speaking to the gutter press no matter what his intentions

[david yearsley]

No way you´re engineering a move to Twitchers lot Micah - forget it , and the club should make that abundantly clear - NO FUCLIN WAY!

Brilliant move by City if we pulled it off...passing shit off as gold to Twitchy the king of deception is no mean feat...can you imagine Micah in a spuds team? Me neither...

Problem is you know what would happen if Twitcher got hold of him - fuclin alchemist that twat when it comes to "fools gold"

[Ted Hughes]

Well it was before the Arse game anyway so I think he'll be happier to have been chosen/trusted for a big game & may not have made those comments if asked this week. It could also be that this wasn't an interview as such but a few comments made in private which he didn't realise were on the record, having a general moan after missing the Blackpool game.

Whatever the ins-and-outs are, they become irrelevant once they are depicted in this way. If Mancini sees these quotes, which undoubtedly he will, then I would suggest he will take it as a personal attack on himself which leaves Micah in a very awkward position. It also brings into question other peoples loyalties which may also impact on their status at the club.

Silly silly boy, in my humble opinion.

I don't see it as an attack at all, it's just a statement of fact for the most part. If Bob decides to victimise Micah for that whilst letting other players do what they like, I'll lose all respect for him.

Why speak to the media at all though Ted? He should have knocked on Bobbys door rather than speaking to the gutter press no matter what his intentions

Well what I mean is; he may not have done the interview in the way it's been printed. He could have been talking about how well things have been going for City & then been slipped a few questions about his England position. It can't have been much before this that he did do an interview saying how happy he was with the way things are going & he wasn't in the team when he gave that interview either so what's changed? Editing imo.

[Mase]

Current 'boo boy' so will get strung up no matter what. Funny thing is I can't remember a thread with the same views when AJ said the same in November:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6510672,00.html

[Beeks]

Current 'boo boy'

Current boo boy?

....is normal