Alioune DVToure wrote:Last time I checked Darth Bacon was still alive, so how is it offensive?
Let the pricks make a racket. Just turn up the volume on the television.
leomcfc wrote:Did united apologise to the ivory coast when Rooney mocked the toure brothers on twitter after losing a penalty shoot out. Nope. Apparently Ian wright has tweeted united have what city never will, class . Another bitter
Dubciteh wrote:Apparently tevez's home address is all over twitter and the nutter rags are lining up to have a go. I think he shouldnt of done it, lets keep city on the backpages and not shit like this.
PeterParker wrote:As about weird it could get. I tried searching that article, the one with Taggart "Manchester City will win the title on my dead body" and for my surprise, Zero articles found.
Chinners wrote:PeterParker wrote:As about weird it could get. I tried searching that article, the one with Taggart "Manchester City will win the title on my dead body" and for my surprise, Zero articles found.
Probably because what he said was "Manchester City will win the title? not in my lifetime"
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes derby rivals United have a weaker squad than last season.
In an on-going spat between the bosses ahead of Sunday's clash, boss Sir Alex Ferguson said City's banned Emmanuel Adebayor was their "best player".
Hughes has hit back, saying United miss Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez.
"They've lost two significant players. You can't afford to lose players of that standard and not replace them and I don't think they have," Hughes said.
With Adebayor suspended for the Old Trafford visit and former United striker Tevez doubtful with a knee injury, Ferguson said: "I am not bothered whether Tevez plays or not. City's best player won't be playing."
Tevez has yet to score a league goal for City - his only strike so far coming in the Carling Cup second-round tie at Crystal Palace - while fellow striker Adebayor has scored in every Premier League game since his £25m summer move from Arsenal.
Ferguson repeated his claim that City behaved in an "arrogant and cocky" manner when they displayed a giant banner bearing Tevez's image and the words "Welcome to Manchester" in the city's main shopping area this summer, following the 25-year-old's move to Eastlands.
The United manager also hit back at suggestions that his side would ever go into a Manchester derby as underdogs.
"Not in my lifetime," said Ferguson.
Responding to the Scot, who managed him at United, Hughes said: "We just take it as a bit of flattery. In recent years City haven't really affected the thinking of United - possibly that's changed now."
The Welshman continued the pair's war of words by suggesting that United were struggling this season after off-loading Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer and losing Argentine striker Tevez.
"I have watched a number of their games this season and I don't think they are playing as well as they did last year," Hughes added.
"They played well against Tottenham [winning 3-1 after being a goal down]. That was their stand-out performance but prior to that they have been below par."
Tevez has yet to score a league goal for City this season
The Blues go into Sunday's highly-anticipated match with just one fit striker out of six available.
Togo international Adebayor begins his three-match ban for stamping on Arsenal's Robin van Persie, Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz is recovering from knee surgery and Robinho injured his ankle playing for Brazil in the game that saw Tevez damage his knee.
City head to the home of their local rivals looking to preserve their 100% start to the season and Hughes cannot wait for kick-off.
"We're looking forward to it," he said. "It's a derby that has captured everybody's imagination. The interest that surrounds the game is greater than it has been in many, many years.
"It's a challenge for us and it's about giving a good account of ourselves. We're here to make a challenge and we're not going away any time soon. We played well last week and we'll have to hit the same levels again but we can cause any team a problem."
Ferguson is aware the derby clash has far more interest and significance now City are pushing for a top-four place, having spent in excess of £120m this summer.
However, he stated that he continues to view Liverpool as the club's main rival.
"To me, Liverpool has always been the derby," he said. "It is because of the history. My aim was always to do well against them. It is hard for me to think any other way."
Meanwhile, Hughes also revealed on Friday that he was close to quitting the club before it was bought by Sheikh Mansour a year ago.
After joining from Blackburn in 2008, he became frustrated by problems when working under the club's former owner Thaksin Shinawatra.
Hughes told the Guardian: "If you get to a point where it is untenable and not manageable, then you make the decision to walk away.
"The reality wasn't exactly what was described and sold to me. We were able to go into the transfer market, but there seemed a focus that players had to be sold, and I realised that maybe the resources weren't in place that I thought."
Chinners wrote:Exactly
Anyone got a link to that Tweet from Shrek about the Toure's ... I need to send it back to him!!
Im_Spartacus wrote:
It doesnt drag anybodys name through the mud........what it has served to do is highlight the comment the cunt made, and from what i am reading amongst my circle of friends and fans of OTHER clubs, is that it is about time these "slurs by slur" were highlighted and this cunt got his own medicine back in spades.
The only people who give a shit are the rags who cant see past the ends of their noses. Well fuck them!
The reality is, once the context is explained, even most united fans are finding it hard to not find this funny. Even the news are reporting the story correctly, in that the jibe is a pointed reply to sirs very own comments. It appears that the argument amongst united fans is not what tevez did, its actually gone back to their default arguments, "tevez is a cunt", "greedy bastard" etc etc, and none of the bile towards tevez actually has anything to do with this poster, more it is directed at his character (or characature).
Im fucking sick of it mate, we have had decades of this shit, 25 years of fucking put downs by this cunt and his acolytes, and as far as im concerned they should be packaged up and shoved up the scottish cunts arse sideways. If that offends them, fuck it, i really dont give a shit......they will choose their words more carefully in future wont they.
Dubaimancityfan wrote:Don't know if its been mentioned anywehre but why wasn't Yaya on the parade bus. He's not that hurt is he ?
littlebig wrote:Quite funny indeed, however in PR terms it's a big own goal.
When the world is watching, it could be seen as Carlos (hence the club) wishing bf's death, most wont have the context of his quote. So when we're supposed to be celebrating the public will see this bitterness instead.
And if they did this that or the other scummy behaviour does that mean we can/should do the same? Don't think so. We need to be bigger than that shit. It's not the mcfc way to be bitter and full of hate
sheikh it all about wrote:Seems like the guy who made the banner has been chucked off Blue Moon and most of the thread deleted. Didn't realise we lived in Stalinist Russia.
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