bigblue wrote:Risby wrote:Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:
If 15m was offered by anyone, City would rip their hands off.
I don't think they would. I don't think they will let him go for less than 20m.
One of the most marketable players in the world. Buy Mario and your club's profile will be raised 2x in the media regardless of how he actually performs on the pitch. Only 22, potential to be great, and he'll sell a ton of jerseys. Worth much more than his current performance level. Anyone who would take less than 20 mil is insane (less than 10 mil and you are mentally dysfunctional).
Why do our fans seem to turn on our players so quickly? First a thread where many were saying to sell Micah of all people (!?!?) and now these about Mario. He's had a disappointing 1/2 season, not the end of the world. His teammates and manager are still behind him. One of the greatest players in the world (Zlatan) just gave him a big shout. Have more patience than a squirrel on meth and get behind your team.
Nice sentiments mate but it'll never happen, people want to express their view.
There used to be a bloke who sat next to my mate (just in front of me) who would turn up for games when his mum and dad couldn't make the game (quite old so understandable). He'd sit there shouting for players to pass to such a person, pass to another person and then shoot on his demand. He'd do this over and over again until he'd finally flip because the team were not doing as he asked and would end up snapping, jumping up from his seat and then storming out. That was until after about 3 seasons where he gave the word of command (and this is still vivid in my mind) for Stevie Ireland to pass it to SWP to pass it to Robinho who he demanded to shoot. This passage of play was so obvious but when he scored the bloke jumped up and shouted 'I told you to listen to me, we'd win the fucking league if you listened to me' and then exited stage left once again. After celebrating we just looked at each other in amazement.
That is just one of many fans in the ground who will slate and abuse the players just because they are not hearing his every thought. Yes, this bloke was an absolute nutcase (in my book anyway) but as always we have a decent cross section of fans with diverse thinking and different intellect.
It's all part of what makes City the club we all love and if we didn't have that we'd never have got through the oh so 'Typical' years Those years brought out the best in people, now they are used to nothing else and deep down long for what we had.
Funny old game, isn't it.
