Ted Hughes wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:King Kev wrote:Can't really blame people for being 'precious' when they read quotes from one of our players saying he wants to leave because there is too much competition for places.
I'm glad it's not true and hope that whoever reported the story gets sued.
But that's it isn't it mate, a quote comes out from some dodgy source and some take it as fact. I understand people's concerns but some of the comments on here have really shown how some City fans have gone beyond the point of rational thinking, or as they say, 'Precious'.
A quote is a quote. If he said it. it's very bad news & a serious problem whether we want to keep him or not. If he didn't say it, we should make sure the world knows about it because they're reporting it as fact in the media & it's been mentioned on 'Talksport' right now as 'Man City striker Adebayor wants to move to Juventus'.
More ammo for people to stick the knife in. City are implying he didn't say it, they should be shouting it from the rooftops.
Ted, I have no problems with anyone having concerns about the so called 'Quotes' as long as they have been proven to be true, but in this case there is no foundation and due to it actually being reported by TuttoSport, a Juve targetting newspaper, then you've got to take it with a pinch of salt. For me, it's just like the many of our tabloids publishing something to beat us with (which they have jumped onto already with no real foundation), which we usually brush off for the shite it is.
The problem I have is that some people are using this misguided info to do the media's work for them, jumping on the back of a shite story to put the knives in themselves, feeding the furor and possibly destabilizing our hopes and chances of success. City fans saying who cares, he's head's not with us, I'd rather have Dzeko or Balotelli, and even worse, there's problems in the camp and leading to random statements of fact knowing that the foundation of the so called truth was laid on a swamp of shit.
So, you see Ted, I have no problem with your worries and concerns, what I do have problems with are the side effects that can have a detrimental affect on our club, a club that has put everything into giving us success. If one article can bring out the worse in people and they start slagging the players or questioning the management without foundation (which spreads from thread to thread and fan to fan), then how can that be beneficial to our club or allow us to push forward?