Mancini fancies Donovan

[HeyMark]

I like him as a player, think he'd be a good squad player and he'd probably be happy to be that

[Ted Hughes]

Tbh I 've not seen the quotes but knowing Mancini, he's probably just being polite.

[bluechester]

good player to be honest, obviously not first team, squad player, i would actually have him

[Mike J]

he's a good player imo. id certainly have him if we can get him at a good price.

if there is any truth in this what so ever (which i doubt) then surely that'd be swp leaving

[DoomMerchant]

i'd get him just to get more yanks on our side.

i'm more than you can handle already bub. yr eyes are bigger than yr belly.

cheers

[Beeks]

Anyone tell me why this deserved a thread of its own?!

Transfer bollox of the highest order

Have A Nice Day

[simon12]

Mancini just interviewed in NYC and when asked about the possuibility of Landon Donovan signing he replied that he was a player he would be interested in.
Any thoughts anyone?

I would prefer thrush personally.

[simon12]

Just heard EXACTLY what was said:

"He`s a good player, it`s an open market, it could be possible"......Fuck me nailed on then.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

Christ almighty. We are on a MARKETING tour in USA and Robbie Manc goes to praise their most iconic players, even 'hinting' that he might be interested. Isn't that exactly what marketing is about? Liking the arseholes of your target market?

Doubt we'll ever see him in City unless Cook starts pushing this through as marketing operation.

Btw, Donovan is decent player and good influence. However there's simply too many players ahead of him in our squad. He'd never get a game.

[mcfc1632]

Spot on - Mancini would not exactly be acting in CITY's interests to reply something like"... well OK for a yank player I guess - but pretty shit otherwise and no way would I consider him....." - that would be somehting to criticise Mamcini for

[CityGer]

Ssn all over this now like a rash

i fucking hate ssn, Mancini answers a question and from that were trying to sign him, fuck off ssn tossers.

I realy struggle with all this media hatred. SSN are a news station and are reporting news, it may not be the most accurate or worthy story but the rabid reaction to it is fucking pathetic.

Lot of it on the board at the moment. It's almost like a badge of honour...........I hate the media more than you!!!

People need to chill out and appreciate that we are currently pissing all over the rest of the league in terms finance and spending. We are after a lot of players, we have signed a lot of players and have spent a shit load of money. News agencies are going to link us with people and blow any news snippet out of proportion. It's all part of the growth and isn't a negative.

[CitizenYank]

You can say whatever you want about Donovan, 'not being good enough,' or not 'first squad;'
but he's better than a number of players on this team and he deserves a try.

And he's overcome every challenge thrown at him: As a Yankee City fan, I expect
some basic courtesy regarding Landon Donovan, keep the raspberries and piss-takes
for the pub.

[saulman]

If we signed Donovan, we'd sell enough City shirts in the USA to pay for his fee/wages.
Good bit of of marketing I reckon. Gives the yanks another Manchester team to think about.

Then if we do sign him, good luck to the fella. He's a decent enough player and if he can make the first team, fair play to him.

[john@staustell]

Same old news conference story isn't it? As they are in America an idiot reporter asks if he would like, or what does he think of Donovan. He can hardly say he's a useless cunt now can he?

So, as Mark says, typical SKY for making it a story, and typical supporters for getting histrionic over the possibility!

[craigmcfc]

You can say whatever you want about Donovan, 'not being good enough,' or not 'first squad;'
but he's better than a number of players on this team and he deserves a try.

And he's overcome every challenge thrown at him: As a Yankee City fan, I expect
some basic courtesy regarding Landon Donovan, keep the raspberries and piss-takes
for the pub.

You're being a bit over sensitive? If you read back the thread I'm struggling to find any piss taking, just an odd comment that says he's shite, most people just saying he'd be a good squad player, which I agree with.

[Ted Hughes]

You can say whatever you want about Donovan, 'not being good enough,' or not 'first squad;'
but he's better than a number of players on this team and he deserves a try.

And he's overcome every challenge thrown at him: As a Yankee City fan, I expect
some basic courtesy regarding Landon Donovan, keep the raspberries and piss-takes
for the pub.

You're being a bit over sensitive? If you read back the thread I'm struggling to find any piss taking, just an odd comment that says he's shite, most people just saying he'd be a good squad player, which I agree with.

I'd have nothing against him as a squad player & have complimented him but I don't think he's better than ANY of our 1st choice forwards, just different, & I like having different options. I doubt Mancini will sign him though unless it's to fill a gap left by transfers out. If people are coming on here expecting posters to mince words about their views of players through fear of upsetting their nationalistic bias though, I really think they've come to the wrong place!

[CTID Hants]

Question begs, why hasn't Gollum tried signing him permanently if he is "That Good"?

[Dameerto]

This morning I heard Mancini's quote on SSN too - it's also followed directly by a BUT - basically saying he is well down the list of potential signings and it would depend on what happened with them (in otherwords thanks for inviting us to your country, you are nice friendly people and we think you have some half decent players, oh and by the way Man City shirts are available by mail order)

[paulh]

cant get my head round this are we going going to attract arab sponsors with Yanks on our side?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

You can say whatever you want about Donovan, 'not being good enough,' or not 'first squad;'
but he's better than a number of players on this team and he deserves a try.

And he's overcome every challenge thrown at him: As a Yankee City fan, I expect
some basic courtesy regarding Landon Donovan, keep the raspberries and piss-takes
for the pub.

That's not really true at all though now is it? He failed to break through in Bayern Leverkusen and didn't make much impact at all in Bayern. He was decent in Everton though.

His reputation is mostly built on his excellent performances for US national team.

And EVERY player in the world is open for pisstake. Certainly every single one that don't play for City. What American's think of people taking the piss out of Donovan, German's piss taken out of Lahm, Greek about Samaras and so on and so on has fuck all to do with Manchester City. I've been called racist for calling Samaras and Lahm shit by the way. Hilarious.