Anyone see the story on Kolo? From BM

[london blue 2]

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/viewt ... 1&t=241324

[Slim]

You could have just brought it across.

[Goaters 103]

Yep, just posted in another thread. He's either signed his own exit warrant, or we will get a quick "I was misquoted" plea. His comment on Savic, if true, requires him to be punched in the head by every other member of the first team squad.

[london blue 2]

You could have just brought it across.

Cheers, was struggling to with the iPad

[Slim]

But it's an iPad, steve jobs told me how easy it was to use...then he died.

You don't think he tried one of those "may god strike me where I stand" deals do you? Cause god was eventually gonna answer one of them.

[Beefymcfc]

So, what's he said, blinded by beer?

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

I think 2 down is a letter short

[Slim]

I think 2 down is a letter short

You leave Yaya alone.

3 down is Jordan.

[Blue in the face]

I think 2 down is a letter short

You leave Yaya alone.

3 down is Jordan.

lmao

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

So, what's he said, blinded by beer?

No, he said he's not had a drink for a while as it doesn't sit well with his tubby medication.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

Daily Mail. Enough said. Irrespective of what's in the article it's bullshit.

[Beanieboy]

Am i the only cunt blessed with mole-vision??...can you people actually read what the fuck is written?...what is he supposed to have said?

[Beeks]

Am i the only cunt blessed with mole-vision??...can you people actually read what the fuck is written?...what is he supposed to have said?

Dan Taylor in The Guardian.

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Manchester City's problems with players talking themselves into trouble have resurfaced in the form of an outspoken attack from Kolo Touré in which he claims African players are the "victims of discrimination" in English football and alleges he has lost his place in Roberto Mancini's team because the club have a grudge against him for missing key matches to play for Ivory Coast.

Touré, removed as City's captain at the start of last season, also provides a withering assessment of Stefan Savic, the 20-year-old who was signed from Partizan Belgrade for £6m in the summer to provide extra competition for the centre-half places. "When you look at the performance of Savic [on his league debut] against QPR – excuse me, I'm relaxed."

However, it is when the former Arsenal captain talks about playing in next month's Africa Cup of Nations that his interview in the monthly French magazine So Foot takes a more sinister twist. Touré alleges it is held against African players who miss league fixtures because they are representing their country, stating that "it's going to get more and more difficult for us, the Africans".

"To compete in the ANC, it's catastrophic these days," he says. "Coaches no longer want to sign players because of it. I am convinced that, if I am not playing [for City], it's not only for football reasons. If it was only about the game, I'd be playing every week. I am the victim of that, and it has to be said."

Reflecting on the last tournament, Touré went on to speak of his belief that City had never forgiven him for missing almost a month of the season and not coming back as quickly as they wanted. "When I was in Angola for the ANC in 2010, the club hired a plane so that I could get back as soon as possible for a match against Manchester United [the Carling Cup semi-final second leg]. I couldn't get back in time and we lost. I believe that the club have not got past that, and I'm paying for it now."

The next tournament takes place in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon from 21 January to 12 February and Touré argues that clubs are against losing their players to it. His verdict is that "African players are the victims of discrimination".

When it comes to losing his place, a counter-argument could be made that Touré has not helped himself by testing positive for a banned substance, leading to the six-month ban that took him out of consideration until September. Joleon Lescott has become Vincent Kompany's regular centre-half partner and there is a strong sense behind the scenes that Touré's unusually outspoken comments lately reveal a player who is open to the idea of moving in the January transfer window.

Touré, never previously known as a dressing-room agitator, has talked of wanting to join Paris St-Germain and is known to have been angered by City's decision to take their own disciplinary action against him for the failed drugs test, with a six-week fine imposed. The 5-1 victory against Norwich City on Saturday was his first full game in the league this season and, though there have been four more starts in cup competitions, he has featured less than any of Mancini's three other central defenders.

Touré, however, seems distinctly unimpressed by the early impression left by Savic. "I know my qualities, I've got nothing to prove here in England, they know me here. Football's like that. It goes one way, then the other. The clubs at this level always have big squads. Look, I was the captain here. So was [Carlos] Tevez [who could join Milan in January after a complete breakdown in relations with Mancini] and he is no longer. Who would have thought that would happen?"

Mancini will be asked about Touré's comments when he holds a press conference on Tuesday to preview the crucial Champions League tie against Bayern Munich. In the meantime City's manager has learned that Aleksandar Kolarov will be out for a minimum of three weeks, but possibly twice that length, because of the groin injury the left-back suffered in the Carling Cup quarter-final at Arsenal last week. If City's worst fears are confirmed, Kolarov could miss as many as 10 matches.

[Ted Hughes]

It's a load of bollox from Toure & dreadfully out of order but these days it seems as if players can say what the fuck they like & get away with it unless they are Welsh.

Although he's a twat for saying so, he's dead right about Savic though, the bloke's nowhere near good enough to be rated above Toure at present & it must have been annoying to lose his place to someone that poor. Still doesn't excuse his comments though.

[Sheikhermaker]

Hope this doesn't affect Yaya too much, given his quotes of utmost respect for his big brother in a recent interview.

Seeya Kolo.

[1950]

It makes no sense. He says he's relaxed, because Savic is crap, but shouldn't Kompany & Lescott be his competition in the first place?

Don't get me started on the discrimination bullshit. If your own brother is a regular for the same club & the same bloody national team, chances are you're not good enough. How's that for football reasons, you fat substance abusing fuck.

[Slim]

Yaya will be missed, Kolo will be missed if we get an injury.

There's your difference.

[Dameerto]

Yeah that's right Kolo - your lack of match time is due to you playing international football and not the half a year spent on a self inflicted ban you effing joker. And as for nothing to prove let's have a few games without the schoolboy errors that you showed against Norwich before you even start to talk like that.

[ronk]

I skeptical about this if I'm honest. I've seen stories quoted very badly before and a lot of this doesn't add up.

Kolo Toure added: ‘Clubs at this level always have big squads. It goes one way and then the other. I was captain here and so was Carlos Tevez. He is no longer here and who would have thought that would have happened? African players are the victim of discrimination.’

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z1fiE11RzS

That reads like he thinks Tevez is African.

Toure has played 4 of the last 6 matches for us, i.e. since QPR. He was behind Savic for a while but has passed him now. Savic has played one game since QPR.

If the Club was a little strange over the ACON in 2010, maybe it had something to do with the fatal attack that could have claimed Adebayor. Most of the squad play international football, and we signed Yaya immediately after that ACON.

[Mase]

Savic is no worse than Toure. I'm not saying he's better, but he's definitely no worse! Toure is too slow for Norwich strikers, so what hope do we have against the top teams with him playing.

I could care less if we sold Kolo in January. He was a player we bought to help us up one step on the ladder and that's it. I'm more bothered about what effect it has on Yaya.

Maybe Savic could sell a story joking about how Toure played in Munchen??