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I think we must have a go on Hoilett. He with Yakubu were the best players at Rovers last season.

Give him a one year contract and let see if he can deliver.

I know I had a few beers lastnight, but would remembered us getting a new manager ;) is this roberto martinez any good? ;)

Its funny isn't it, it happens at least every couple of days ... I can't be arsed corrected them anymore

Chinners wrote:Its funny isn't it, it happens at least every couple of days ... I can't be arsed corrected them anymore

Ha ha, such bad reporting that you didn't say which paper, mirror or star would be my guess?

Setanta!

PeterParker wrote:I think we must have a go on Hoilett. He with Yakubu were the best players at Rovers last season.

Give him a one year contract and let see if he can deliver.

I've said it before, my mates a Rovers season ticket holder and has said Hoilett won't make it at a top club. He'll end up being top dog at a Sunderland Everton. Apparently he's your typical match of the day player and also quite big headed.

From bitter and blue today.....

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Mase wrote:

PeterParker wrote:I think we must have a go on Hoilett. He with Yakubu were the best players at Rovers last season.

Give him a one year contract and let see if he can deliver.

I've said it before, my mates a Rovers season ticket holder and has said Hoilett won't make it at a top club. He'll end up being top dog at a Sunderland Everton. Apparently he's your typical match of the day player and also quite big headed.

Gladbach are a good destination for him. Large fanbase, Champions League Play Offs, young, talented team, very good manager who knows how to get the best out of his players & mostly likely a starting place (if he doesn't bomb, which I don't think he will). Give me a club with the potential to make it into top 4 ish (= CL) in the Bundesliga on a regular basis over PL midtable any day of the week.

And apparently they are paying about 800k compensation for him, which is a bargain imo.

EVENING BOLLOX
Vieira: Richards can be a key player for England in the future
Manchester City’s football development executive, Patrick Vieira, has told talkSPORT that Micah Richards can go on to be a key part of England’s future despite his Euro 2012 snub.
Roy Hodgson left the 23-year-old right-back out of his original 23-man squad for the tournament in Poland and Ukraine.
And Vieira admits that the decision not to pick the defender puzzled him, especially as Richards had played well during Man City’s Premier League title winning campaign.
He told Drive Time: “We don’t have all the answers in our hands to make a comment but not calling Rio Ferdinand or Micah Richards is a surprise, but at the end of the day it is the manager’s choice and we don’t know what is going on behind closed doors.
“I don’t know any players who don’t want to play for their country. I haven’t spoken to Micah since the last game of the season and I know that he was quite disappointed not to be part of the squad and I can understand that because that was his target. He was working really hard for it.
“He’s still young and I believe that in the future he can one of the key players for England.”
AUDIO: http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/ ... ure-173665

View from a blue has compiled its pick of the season in all aspects of City. Bollox Towers previews 3 key picks ...

Game of the Season – In any other season, this would have undoubtedly been the 6-1 humiliation of Manchester United at Old Trafford. It’s a ground where they rarely suffer defeat, but we went there and produced a quite remarkable display, embarrassing them in the process. But as much enjoyment and pleasure as that provided to City fans, it could not possibly top May 13th and the QPR match.
Heading into the game, there was a feeling of cautious optimism. Pablo Zabaleta’s goal should have settled us down but then Djibril Cissé scored. And then Jamie Mackie scored. And then there was deathly silence. The title was in our grasp but we had thrown it away. Typical City sprung to mind. But Dzeko’s header gave us a glimmer of hope and Aguero then scored to turn dreams into reality. Pandemonium, rare emotion, pure joy and ecstasy. It was a feeling that will never be replicated at a City game again.

Signing of the Season – Naturally, and with just reason, it would be easy to look in Aguero’s direction at this moment. A debut season in which he scored 30 goals, displayed his enormous talent and settled in well to Manchester ought to be recognised, but since he features in plenty of other categories, I’ll award this one to Gael Clichy.
The Frenchman joined from Arsenal for around £7million at the start of the season and impressed everyone with his consistently strong performances. There were some doubts about his defensive nous when he signed but he’s solid at the back, denying the opposition winger space to cross the ball and proving reliable with regards to his positioning. Going forward, he’s a ball of energy, someone who is just as happy bombing down the left in injury time as he is in the first minute. He’s been a bargain signing and will only improve.

Disappointment of the Season – For the first few months of the season, I felt hugely underwhelmed with Samir Nasri. He seemed to shirk responsibility, let games pass him by and was largely uninspiring. He did, however, improve as the season wore on and was a threat in the final few games. Stefan Savic would be the easy target but it’s worth remembering he’s only 21 and has shown enough potential, in my opinion, to persevere with. Interestingly, only one of his 19 appearances was in partnership with Vincent Kompany, a leader and talker in defence who would have guided him through a game.
Instead, I’ll choose Aleks Kolarov as the most disappointing player. His fans will point to freekicks against United and Napoli, as well as the equaliser at home to Sunderland, as signs of his positives but you need more attributes than being able to kick a ball hard. He’s a liability in defence, has no pace or positional awareness and is nowhere near the level we require. He will hopefully be moved on in the summer.

FULL AWARDS: http://www.viewfromablue.com/2012/06/04 ... on-awards/

Ped's Close Season Musings - England

It must be official that West London's finest tactics are the white print for England's bid in Euro 2012.
Against a lively looking Belgian team shorn of its best player, England produced a performance designed to end 'visiting team - nil' rather than set the world alight with the kind of football that its leading teams play.
No wonder Roy Hodgson admits that Belgium would probably cost more on the transfer market than England.
That view was enhanced when, with Cahill heading for the exit with a double jaw fracture, he calls upon the experience, knowledge and skill of.... Martin Kelly of...you guessed it, Liverpool. No wonder furious Ferdinand is asking 'Why?'. I am not a fan of Stretford's most famous tweeter, but do you know what? I have to confess I have never heard of Kelly, but he must be the man. A no-mark from a poor team that finished eighth in the Premier League but surely he's in it for the tactics rather than an albeit ageing but experienced seasoned campaigner or even a Champion in the form of Micah Richards.
At least we see the true reason that Ferdy was hoisted out of the squad. It was nothing to do with football, but was everything to do with the master of West London Tactics, John Terry. Always a liability, seemingly always injured and always likely to tug someone's shirt and give away a penalty, but yes a must at international level.
If Europe's top keeper wasn't guarding the sticks I would sincerely be hoping England came home with 'nul points' and a huge goals against column. We can see that Joe will have to do more work per match than he has done all season behind quality defenders, and that will only be in a bid to stop England being over run. Unless of course the West London Way rushes to the fore again and they bore their and our way to an unlikely outcome.
I have said in other musings that Richards has much to offer the National Team. His tactical ability has seriously improved over the last eighteen months especially when Milner is ahead of him. If Richards twists then Milner sticks. It is not difficult.
Although not necessarily at his best at centre half he can hold down the right hand side of a back three should different tactics need to deployed and can also rampage from wide out or midfield if we need an athletic runner in a way that even Walcott cannot.
So what of Mertens in his pleas of innocence in injuring Cahill? He didn't do it on purpose? Behave! You could clearly see it in his eyes that he had weighed up the opportunity of 'doing' two England players, almost buy-on-get-one-free, as he venomously shoved Cahill into Hart. The look on his face was almost Barton-esque. And to do that to an extent that a young footballer loses his dream to play in a major international tournament is not acceptable to me.
I have long since wondered how behaviour on a football field is overlooked when identical behaviour out in public streets would command a prison sentence, and for me this is another example.
That said I don't think Cahill needed to get between player and ball, because Hart would have been out a lot sooner and would have simply got between player and ball himself to shield it out for a goal kick.
It probably grieves me to say that Welbeck took his goal well. He did add some speed to the front row and his play is not as predictable as Carroll. For me though the only two than can be said to be truly classy in the outfield department are the usual stalwarts Gerrard, the sponsor's MoTM and Cole.
Milner was functional, essentially doing his City job of discipline and hard work. Parker, Terry and Johnson were poor, the Ox looked interesting doing odd things and Young as expected spent an inordinate amount of time inspecting the grass, despite measuring an excellent ball through to his Stretford colleague to open and close the scoring.
I suspect the Euro 2012 will not be a great time for England, so for me the sooner Hart and Milner get home healthy and for a rest before next season the better. http://www.manchestercity.vitalfootball ... p?a=283984

Silva will not leave Manchester City, says agent
The former Valencia star has been linked with a switch to the Santiago Bernabeu but he is content at the English club, according to his representative
Manchester City midfielder David Silva will not leave the Premier League champions in the summer, one of his agents has intimated.
A return to Spain has been suggested as a possibility for the 26-year-old, who played a leading role in City's title-winning campaign in the Premier League.
It has been suggested that Real Madrid are lining up Silva as a replacement for Kaka if the Brazilian playmaker leaves the Santiago Bernabeu, but the former Valencia star's representative has seemingly ruled out a transfer.
"Silva has a long contract with Manchester City and he is held in high regard there," Julio Llorente told laSexta.
"I do not know what could happen in the future, but Silva wants to remain at City."
The Spain international scored eight goals in 49 appearances for the club in 2011-12.

Chinners wrote:Its funny isn't it, it happens at least every couple of days ... I can't be arsed corrected them anymore

The quality control is not the only thing you can't be arsed with it seems, no wag again!!!

haha Real Madrid - neither sergio or silva want you - so feck aff !

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

Chinners wrote:Its funny isn't it, it happens at least every couple of days ... I can't be arsed corrected them anymore

The quality control is not the only thing you can't be arsed with it seems, no wag again!!!

The WagWindow doesn't open until the start of the Euro's .... it sounds bollox but its true!

Chinners wrote:

bluebananamilksheikh wrote:

Chinners wrote:Its funny isn't it, it happens at least every couple of days ... I can't be arsed corrected them anymore

The quality control is not the only thing you can't be arsed with it seems, no wag again!!!

[highlight]The WagWindow doesn't open until the start of the Euro's[/highlight] .... it sounds bollox but its true!

That's Sunday Sport sized Bollox, with Knobs on !!!!!!!!

Rumbled <grumbles>