Brian kidd vs david platt

[Dunnylad]

Awww poor Brian, mind that pretty much is our backroom staff, with Scott Sellars and Dave Felgate thrown in to make up the numbers - wonder if Mancini nicked all his fruit pastilles?

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

I like Brian Kidd and the people I know who've met/who know him speak very highly about him - blues, neutrals and darksiders. He's been very committed to us since he came (I'm too young to remember his playing days) and I'd be happy for him to stay on.

NQDP, I've grown to like you a lot over my time on this board and really appreciate your thoughts on City and football. That said, when ever something ground-shifting happens at City you turn into the football equivalent of an intellectual bully, for which I can't think of an appropriate term. You shouldn't be telling people that they should be ashamed of expressing opinions a, b and c. We're all on the same side here. Let people have their reasons for liking Kiddo, for rating Shrek as a footballer if not as a human being, and - going back a bit - for wanting Hughes to be given more time. You've got your reasons for supporting City despite being from Finland, and I bet you've (quite rightly) grown sick of explaining why you do since September 2008.

I hope you settle down a bit when the new manager comes in because I look forward to looking forward to your posts again.

Ok. I admit it, I was bit on a wind up with whole Kidd thing. Shits and giggles, twisted sense of humour and all that. I'll admit it. However I don't think I've been bullish as such. Bridge'sLeftFoot..... well he's just someone I simply don't agree with on just about anything to do with football (I mean he thought Bridge had a sweet enough left peg to name himself after it for fucks sake!) but I don't have axe to grind with him even after want went down under his previous Username. All water under the bridge now and it wasn't me who he really offended back then.

But as I genuinely like you as a poster I take your word for it and try not to wind people up on this sensitive situation.

[HeyMark]

I really like Kidd, everytime I watch those tunnel cam videos I notice how friendly he is with every single member of staff. Always takes the time to shake their hands and say hello to them.

I reckon he's one of the few people who could walk into a pub full of city fans then pub full of scum fans and get a great reception from both.

[Bridge'srightfoot]

I really like Kidd, everytime I watch those tunnel cam videos I notice how friendly he is with every single member of staff. Always takes the time to shake their hands and say hello to them.

I reckon he's one of the few people who could walk into a pub full of city fans then pub full of scum fans and get a great reception from both.

Sums him up. Doubt there's a man in football who'll say a bad word about him. I really have no idea what he does behind the scenes or how much influence he has but he always comes across well, reasonable and is someone who knows the club very well. Hope he stays on board.

[BookJunior]

Which one os worse kind of rag twat should be name of this competition.

Christ you are a misery. Kidd is far from a twat.

Big fan of Kiddo, hope he stays at the club. Dont like Platt one little bit. Never have, never well. I suspect he will go wherever mancini goes.

Kidd by a mile over platt.

Brian was a superb footballer who played with distinction for City. He's also a true Gentleman and a Mancunian in the best sense of both words.

[BookJunior]

I really like Kidd, everytime I watch those tunnel cam videos I notice how friendly he is with every single member of staff. Always takes the time to shake their hands and say hello to them.

I reckon he's one of the few people who could walk into a pub full of city fans then pub full of scum fans and get a great reception from both.

Sums him up. Doubt there's a man in football who'll say a bad word about him. I really have no idea what he does behind the scenes or how much influence he has but he always comes across well, reasonable and is someone who knows the club very well. Hope he stays on board.

Spot on mate :)

[BookJunior]

If the owners are looking for a holistic approach it would be a crime to get rid of Brian.

[BookJunior]

Well we could have Denis Law and Matt Busby stands according to some logic.

We also let them use Maine Road after OT was bombed during the war.

They owe City a lot and maybe even fergie realises this.

[freshie]

I hope the new manager, whoever he may be, keeps Kidd on as part of the back room staff

From the MEN:

Brian Kidd will lead City into Sunday’s final game at Norwich with a 100 per cent record, making him the Blues’ most successful manager in history! Not that Kiddo will be putting that on his illustrious CV just yet, after one game played. The Collyhurst lad has been made caretaker manager of the Blues, looking after the first team following the departures of Roberto Mancini and his second-in-command David Platt. And that was a popular move, as was probably evident from the spirited and carefree way which the players turned on the style to win 2-0 at Reading on Tuesday night. M.E.N. Sport understands that Kidd will survive the cull of Mancini and his staff which is ongoing, and that he will be recommended to incoming boss Manuel Pellegrini as a useful asset. He was drafted in as Mancini’s assistant in that role, to give advice and support to a foreign manager who was not au fait with the club, the country and the culture. But Mancini brought in his own coaching team, shifting his confidante Platt in alongside Kidd as another assistant manager, and you often got the feeling that Kidd was extraneous to Mancini’s wants. Not that a genuine man like Kidd would ever indicate as much. He continued doing his job, and earned the respect of the players and staff, even as the troubled waters around him welled up into a storm surge at times. An insight into his selfless character was revealed when he gave his reaction to being asked to hold the fort in the wake of Mancini’s sacking. “I was asked to take charge for two games, and, being a Manchester lad, I couldn’t say no,” Kidd admitted. “I wouldn’t have been able to walk down Market Street if I had.” Kidd was a counterfoil to Mancini’s confrontational management style, and perceived aloofness. It is to be hoped that the new manager will recognise that as well as being a useful ally and adviser, Kidd is also a consummate football man, with a deep well of knowledge and experience about the game, and the Manchester game in particular. Kidd is also one of those men who help to glue a football club together, along with much-loved characters like kit man Les Chapman and life president Bernard Halford. But it is easily forgotten that he played a big part in United’s rise to their current status, firstly as a youth coach who helped to develop their successful junior set-up, and then as assistant to Alex Ferguson. It did not appear that Mancini was utilising all of that talent, preferring to mix with long-time pal Platt and the Italians he brought with him, and who are now expected to follow him out of the door. Pellegrini has a reputation as an intelligent man with a keen eye for good character – if that is the case, and Kiddo wants it, he should be an asset to City for the foreseeable future.

[michaelcityfan]

Kidd is a decent honest guy played for us and knows his stuff. Platt is Mancini's aide I hope Kidd stays on Platt can fuck off.

[Slim]

IT DOES EXIST! And I can confirm they have massive walls, and high tech security systems (may or may not be from US and/or involve tanks and weapons).

racist

Yep. And? What you gonna do about it Cloggy?

Tell Mossad about you

Mossad know all about me; I used to live within spitting distance of Maine Road. Friendliest place I ever lived.

You two are idiots, it's spelled Moss Side.

[City64]

Kiddo a proper Manchester lad !

Used to like Platty but deffo a bit of a snidey cunt methinks .

[Goataldo]

IT DOES EXIST! And I can confirm they have massive walls, and high tech security systems (may or may not be from US and/or involve tanks and weapons).

racist

Yep. And? What you gonna do about it Cloggy?

Tell Mossad about you

Mossad know all about me; I used to live within spitting distance of Maine Road. Friendliest place I ever lived.[/quote]

You two are idiots, it's spelled Moss Side.[/quote]

Now I know why none of my mail arrived.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

I still remember Kidd in rags touchline showing that one shaggy haired feller to give them "more punches" in derby. What was the name of that guy again..... ah yeah Mark Hughes.

A rag is a rag is a rag.

I remember him kicking the shit out of rags as a hero in blue.

Do you remember him lifting that European Cup trophy as well?

A rag is a rag is a rag.

Yes, & scoring v the rags for us some years later.

Brian Kidd was fucking tremendous; a warrior for City. If Dzeko had even 20% of the balls Kiddo had in a blue shirt, he would score 50 goals a season for us. He even played at cenre back for us v people like Leeds. Imagine Dzeko doing that ?

If he's counted as a rag, then I hope we sign many more, as he put twice as much heart into playing for City as anyone I've watched this season.

Just some reminiscences from the memory banks but, at the start of 1979 when Big Mal had just returned to take charge of the team in his second spell, City were playing away at Leeds in a mid-week evening game.

It was bitterly cold and the Elland Road pitch was like a skating rink with one half being even worse than the other half, for some reason.

Before the interval, City were defending on the "better" half of the pitch but couldn't get their passing game together on a treacherous surface. Leeds were coping better because their play was more based on an aerial style and, after 45 minutes, they were leading 1-0.

At half time, Big Mal switched Kiddo to centre back and, after the break (with City now defending the even more icy half of the pitch), he ran the show because of his sureness of foot (when others were slithering all over the place), his passing ability and his overall skill. That night, he made Beckenbaur look like a beginner in the sweeper role and although the game ended in a 1-1 draw, City were by far the better side in the second period and should have won the game overall.

Kiddo was fantastic that night and I only wish that, in the current squad, we had someone like him with his expansive abilities.

A great, great player for City who warmed that particular freezing night with his performance.

[Goataldo]

Love reading stuff like that, MC, nice.

[MCFCKEV]

I dont get Kid, his role is/was Assistant Manager but i dont see him doing anything at all on match day or in trainning sessions except take some of Roberto's fruit pastals. At least Platt talks with Roberto and gets involved more in trainning sessions and you see him at press conferences now and again, he is more of an Assistant Manager than someone who is just picking up a nice wage eating sweats on match day!!

Even that game against Reading he looks like a scared twitching Kid that was lost in the Park!

I use to think Kidd was the guy that did the man managing side that Roberto lacks but cleraly he never done that either.

Like to see him go myself cant stand the man, get someone in that actually has value or at least something to offer.

[Alioune DVToure]

I dont get Kid, his role is/was Assistant Manager but i dont see him doing anything at all on match day or in trainning sessions except take some of Roberto's fruit pastals. At least Platt talks with Roberto and gets involved more in trainning sessions and you see him at press conferences now and again, he is more of an Assistant Manager than someone who is just picking up a nice wage eating sweats on match day!!

Even that game against Reading he looks like a scared twitching Kid that was lost in the Park!

I use to think Kidd was the guy that did the man managing side that Roberto lacks but cleraly he never done that either.

Like to see him go myself cant stand the man, get someone in that actually has value or at least something to offer.

Platt was Bob's bilingual conduit. Kidd was the coach.

[MCFCKEV]

Platt was Bob's bilingual conduit. Kidd was the coach.

Wheres he coach then? The most ive seen him do is lay out cones wrong in pre season thats as far as ive seen him coach, admittingly im not at every training session but he seems more of a 'hanger on' to me. Send him back across the road to steal Fungi's chewing gum.

[Dameerto]

I dont get Kid, his role is/was Assistant Manager but i dont see him doing anything at all on match day or in trainning sessions except take some of Roberto's fruit pastals. At least Platt talks with Roberto and gets involved more in trainning sessions and you see him at press conferences now and again, he is more of an Assistant Manager than someone who is just picking up a nice wage eating sweats on match day!!

Even that game against Reading he looks like a scared twitching Kid that was lost in the Park!

I use to think Kidd was the guy that did the man managing side that Roberto lacks but cleraly he never done that either.

Like to see him go myself cant stand the man, get someone in that actually has value or at least something to offer.

Platt was Bob's bilingual conduit. Kidd was the coach.

There have been a few times that the cameras have picked up on 'heated discussions' between Mancini and Kidd in the dugout. I think it got to the point where he gave up trying to give any input because it wasn't being listened to.

[Benjay]

On an unrelated issue good luck to uwe and brentford tomorrow. City legend.