Elano would have been the man today

[Slim]

Yup Elano plays for a world class Turkish side now and is going to win the champs league etc :-/
Hes that good we sold him on...Amen..Past is wank im going forward thankyou

Swift, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Young, Oakes...all wank.

[ant london]

Swift, Bell, Elano Summerbee, Lee, Young, Oakes...all wank.

spot the odd one out

[shawzy]

Yup Elano plays for a world class Turkish side now and is going to win the champs league etc :-/
Hes that good we sold him on...Amen..Past is wank im going forward thankyou

Swift, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Young, Oakes...all wank.

I meant about Elano's past ;-/ imo i dont think he would have shone against Brum.

[Slim]

Yup Elano plays for a world class Turkish side now and is going to win the champs league etc :-/
Hes that good we sold him on...Amen..Past is wank im going forward thankyou

Swift, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Young, Oakes...all wank.

I meant about Elano's past ;-/ imo i dont think he would have shone against Brum.

The problems we had extend far and above one individual player. He might have shone and I doubt it would have done much good.

[Fish111]

Messi was the man for us yesterday.........wait a minute..............he doesn't play for us either.

[Dubaimancityfan]

Its not only about yesterday's match. Its been going on for a while now and what I'm talking about is the lack of creativity
in midfield. We simply have no playmaker any more. Ireland came on yesterday and he was annonymous (what has happened
to this guy).
Barry (in his current form) and NDJ are DM's by nature and offer nothing going forward.
On his worst days, Elano could have made a move or two which would have meant the difference between winning and drawing.
We of course also miss Robbie's creativity and magic moves/passes.

[Fish111]

I really cannot remember Elano being as good as everyone says he was. From what i remember he was a lazy sulking fucker most of the time and went missing in games more often than he produced something special. If he was all that then why is he playing in Turkey and not Spain, Italy or even for another top club in England?

[Slim]

I really cannot remember Elano being as good as everyone says he was. From what i remember he was a lazy sulking fucker most of the time and went missing in games more often than he produced something special. If he was all that then why is he playing in Turkey and not Spain, Italy or even for another top club in England?

Where did Anelka go when we sold him?

[Fish111]

I really cannot remember Elano being as good as everyone says he was. From what i remember he was a lazy sulking fucker most of the time and went missing in games more often than he produced something special. If he was all that then why is he playing in Turkey and not Spain, Italy or even for another top club in England?

Where did Anelka go when we sold him?

Very true, but Anelka did the business for us whilst he was here and i for one was gutted he left (Only City could sell our top scorer for 3 seasons at a loss) Elano didn't perform that well for us as consistently as Anelka did so for me he isn't that much of a loss to the team.

[Robinho_Is_GOD]

Its not only about yesterday's match. Its been going on for a while now and what I'm talking about is the lack of creativity
in midfield. We simply have no playmaker any more. Ireland came on yesterday and he was annonymous (what has happened
to this guy).
Barry (in his current form) and NDJ are DM's by nature and offer nothing going forward.
On his worst days, Elano could have made a move or two which would have meant the difference between winning and drawing.
We of course also miss Robbie's creativity and magic moves/passes.

Spot On there Dubai, we are too one-dimensional without that creative spark, Hughes had enough time to replace Elano with a better player or one of the same standard, and he failed in the last 3 weeks, instead chasing Lescott

[AlpsMaster]

IMHO we'd would have been more likely to lose yesterday if we'd still had Elano and he had played.

[s1ty m]

Really could have used him.

he was and is a tart mate. windy. soooo glad he's gone, he was a wind up of a player.

[Original Dub]

Its not only about yesterday's match. Its been going on for a while now and what I'm talking about is the lack of creativity
in midfield. We simply have no playmaker any more. Ireland came on yesterday and he was annonymous (what has happened
to this guy).
Barry (in his current form) and NDJ are DM's by nature and offer nothing going forward.
On his worst days, Elano could have made a move or two which would have meant the difference between winning and drawing.
We of course also miss Robbie's creativity and magic moves/passes.

Spot On there Dubai, we are too one-dimensional without that creative spark, Hughes had enough time to replace Elano with a better player or one of the same standard, and he failed in the last 3 weeks, instead chasing Lescott

Hughes hughes hughes...

He's here to stay, better strap yourself in :)

[mcfc1632]

IMHO we'd would have been more likely to lose yesterday if we'd still had Elano and he had played.

Yeah - unless the match just happened to coincide with one of those days when he could have been bothered

[DoomMerchant]

IMHO we'd would have been more likely to lose yesterday if we'd still had Elano and he had played.

Yeah - unless the match just happened to coincide with one of those days when he could have been bothered

that's a garbage statement. he was most obviously bothered. He just didn't have the mental or physical skills to play the game that was sometimes dealt him in this league. When you are a player in the Brasilian setup im sure it's pretty discouraging to have a bunch of cloggers and journeymen run you off the pitch, and fuck up your supposed world class distribution. Elano doesn't deserve a beating on here, and he isn't a City legend either. Someone who was fun to watch for about 3 months consistently upon his debut, and then in small spells periodically after that.

I expect Elano to be on a mid-table Spanish or Italian side after the WC.

[Rag_hater]

I think the reason why Stevie has lost his form so far this season is because he does not have creative players like Elano and so far Robson around him.
With Gareth and NDJ around him we have become hard to beat,but to me he always seems to be sideways or is facing the wrong way making him have to pass sideways or backwards.
Elano and Robson were/are able to pass to him when he was facing the right way,so he could be creative.
For all Elano's faults I think he was far more of an attacking threat than Gareth and NDJ.
I dont think Stevie will flourish until there is attack minded players like Robson and Elano on the pitch with him.
Maybe it will change and Gareth will be more adventurous in future but there seems little in his play at the moment to suggest this to me.
As long as we continue like this in being hard to beat I dont think Hughes will change it.
I think in future when MJ gets match fit he will be able to do what Elano did(better I hope)and find Stevie with passes that allow him time and space to be creative.

[Original Dub]

I think the reason why Stevie has lost his form so far this season is because he does not have creative players like Elano and so far Robson around him.
With Gareth and NDJ around him we have become hard to beat,but to me he always seems to be sideways or is facing the wrong way making him have to pass sideways or backwards.
Elano and Robson were/are able to pass to him when he was facing the right way,so he could be creative.
For all Elano's faults I think he was far more of an attacking threat than Gareth and NDJ.
I dont think Stevie will flourish until there is attack minded players like Robson and Elano on the pitch with him.
Maybe it will change and Gareth will be more adventurous in future but there seems little in his play at the moment to suggest this to me.
As long as we continue like this in being hard to beat I dont think Hughes will change it.
I think in future when MJ gets match fit he will be able to do what Elano did(better I hope)and find Stevie with passes that allow him time and space to be creative.

I think Elano, Robinho and Ireland on the pitch would have been a bit much, but you're right, Ireland did bounce off Robinho last season and vice versa so it'll be good to try them as starters again in a similar system.

I agree also that johnson could well be the perfect link for Ireland and Barry and IMO would complete an impressive trio once given an extended run together.

[Blueboylewis]

Eano was a good crosser of the ball and a good provider but he is not with us anymore so we cant say anything! I want Hughes to go on the lookout in January and look for a good crosser of the ball. A player that can cross past the first man!! Ribery perhaps?

I dont know tbh.

[Rag_hater]

Eano was a good crosser of the ball and a good provider but he is not with us anymore so we cant say anything! I want Hughes to go on the lookout in January and look for a good crosser of the ball. A player that can cross past the first man!! Ribery perhaps?

I dont know tbh.

A little bit of trivia for you Lewis.
Did you know that Ribery played for Gala for a short time once.
They get called a shit team and I dont think they are that bad.
Along with Anelka I think they have had some decent players over the years.

[mcfc1632]

Eano was a good crosser of the ball and a good provider but he is not with us anymore so we cant say anything! I want Hughes to go on the lookout in January and look for a good crosser of the ball. A player that can cross past the first man!! Ribery perhaps?

I dont know tbh.

A little bit of trivia for you Lewis.
Did you know that Ribery played for Gala for a short time once.
They get called a shit team and I dont think they are that bad.
Along with Anelka I think they have had some decent players over the years.

I have been thinking that for some weeks now - they have a record in Europe we would have liked to have had. I think it is just the Turkish culture thing (absolutely no offence meant) - with the pressure / passion of fans etc - the way the stabbings get reported etc that tarnishes the image