P.E.R.S.P.E.C.T.I.V.E. - Excellent Telegraph Article

[Socrates]

[Socrates]

[avoidconfusion]

[Ted Hughes]

Glad it's getting sorted at last.

Interesting that bloke mentioning Bellamy as someone who may struggle in the Chump's league. Not sure Liverpool fans would agree with that.

Also, if we get rid of SWP, Ireland, Micah & Ned now, won't we be short of home grown players for the quota in Europe? Surely we need to keep at least some of them until the next academy players come through?

[Bluez]

If the owners are going to back Mancini, the best thing they could do would be to get the statement on the club website today 100% stating he will be here next season. That way we can get rid of all speculation and really stat planning with a stable base.

[Mike J]

[john@staustell]

Looking forward to seeing 'Federica' already.

[btajim]

[Tokyo Blue]

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[Tokyo Blue]

[Patrick]

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[Bingo Lewis]

[brite blu sky]

original article is a pile of tosh.

we were not outplayed or outclassed, spurs showed more experience as a team thats all.

as for the part about a player clearout.. never read so much rubbish in all my life.

GO LISTEN TO THE KHALDOON INTERVIEW AND MAKE YOUR OWN MINDS UP

imo this is an underhand dig a City to try and further unsettle the players and club.. there is no logic in getting rid of your players so you can develop and grow. I hope our players read this stuff and go and prove these press parasites to be what they truly are.

DIRT

[Socrates]

They were the better team last night and throughout the run in so I think it is fair to say they deserved it. We are now very close though and the article makes clear that Mancini's results were good enough for 4th. Seems fair enough to me.

[The Original Special One]

I think the writer is spot on with regards to EVERY player he's mentioned could be on the way out.
(and I wouldn't shed any tears over any of them leaving, with the possible exception of Bellers, but, at best, we'll only get 30 decent games out of him in a season)

Nobody here can convince me that Gareth Barry should be the lynchpin of our central midfield, which is one of the 3 or 4 key positions in any team.
Perhaps if he's shifted to left back there might be a place for him.

I'm not a Manchester native, or English, so I'm always going to be more impartial than most here with regards to our Academy graduates.
But although I'm Irish, I don't have any problem with Ireland not wanting to play for Ireland.
If he's not happy about it.

Unfortunately the reasons why he doesn't want to play for his native country are probably inextricably linked to the reason why he didn't cement his reputation during this past season.

The lad is a hugely gifted player, one of the most gifted I've seen in 40+ years of watching football.
Roy Keane, who is from the same part of Ireland and who many on here hate, had only a fraction of Ireland's talent.
But he'll probably always be a better player.

Because he imposed himself: demanded the ball, and made his teammates give him the ball.

Sadly, I think 'Superman' will never be able to do that.

Perhaps somebody like Roberto Martinez will rescue him, and make him the focal point of his team.
And we can all enjoy watching him play.

Even if, like Dunney, he's determined to prove us wrong for selling him

And we can't get rid of Wayne Bridge quickly enough, in my opinion

[Dameerto]

It's an articulate attempt at subverting the fans and undermining the club. I'm not sure how he could say that about Barry if he actually WATCHED the Spurs match unless he had a veiled axe to grind.

[Renato_CTID]

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