Nedum on soccer AM

[Slim]

Mancini claims he wasn't ready, Doug said he wasn't ready, Ned seems to be the only one who thinks he was ready. (Not that I saw that bit on the video)

[Mase]

After watching just now it reminded me a lot of the Elano interview he gave Sky about Hughes.
"I am keeping myself fit, training well, I just don't think the manager likes me." Basically just spitting his dummy out.

Ultimately that was the beginning of the end for Elano.

See you around Nedum.

[Ted Hughes]

This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as i am concerned.

What players actually like mancini, this is the type of bullshit that cannot go on every year. So what has mancini got to do know, get rid of everyone, buy a new squad and let it settle for a year, for fucks sake.

as most on here have been saying, Ned is a smart lad and would not put himself in such a position. i think he already knows he is gone. Stupid airing it on Soccer AM but we dont know whats going on behind the scenes, the players do and lately none of them are coming out with favourable comments.

This is also going to put alot of players off coming to city, we are not a CL club yet and we cannot attract the best in europe yet. We need a few players, similar to the quality we have now, to make that step up, but who is going to want to sign for city and then be cast aside when we reach the CL

They don't need to fucking like him. They just need to play well for him and for themselves and first and foremost for the supporters. That's what so fucking stupid about this outburst. "Boohoo my bezzie mates Stevo and Shaunie aren't getting games". Now I'm a fucking giant fan of all three but they need to fucking buckle up and raise to the challenge of better players coming into the club. They anyway got a head start on them with supporters having much more time for them and show more support than to any newcomer.

Players are there to play and obey manager. For better or for worse. That's the structure of a football club. Here Nedum is making claims that Lescott should've played (why the fuck would Mancini bench him if he was fully fit), Ireland should've played (when he played he showed nothing like the form you expect from a starter) and so on. NEDUM IS NOT THE FUCKING MANAGER. He should concetrate on being fit and doing his own job. If he wants to go to management and decide about these things then he is free to do so. But we pay him to play for us, not to manage us. And anyway, even if he is leaving that is a fucking CHEAP parting shot to club that has in reality given him so much.

they DO need to like and more importantly respect the manager, like in every work place, teams that respect each other and their superiors will get better results. Ned is obviously disillisioned at what is going on at the club and i'd say he is not the only player. letting the likes of Ned, Micah, Stevie, SWP go will come back to bite us in the arse, all homegrown, talented players.

Why did Lescott not play? i dont know but Ned seems sure that he was fit enough. He even mentioned how Harry was pushing all his players for the WC and mancini held Lescott back. Harry seems to have the utmost respect for his players and they are obviously made feel thay are the best in the world, what does mancini do, tell the world that stevie is mental, appartently holds back lescott from playing in the WC and 3 days before our biggest game of the season, again tells the media that city need to buy a load of top stars next year (because this current group are so shit)

There needs to be mutual respect between the players and the management.

You always get this kind of thing with players who are out of favour or players who preferred the last manager to the new one. The same thing happens with members of staff etc. City have ended up with not just 5th columns but 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th & 10th columns over the years because of the sackings. It seems to me that it's been fairly mild so far in Mancini's case. It will be unfortunate if some players have to leave but if you appoint a manager you have to back him. We'll find out next season if it all settles down once the wheeling & dealing finishes.

[btajim]

After watching just now it reminded me a lot of the Elano interview he gave Sky about Hughes.
"I am keeping myself fit, training well, I just don't think the manager likes me." Basically just spitting his dummy out.

Ultimately that was the beginning of the end for Elano.

See you around Nedum.

Who takes on the Manager and comes out smelling of Roses?

I wouldn't have put Onuoha at the top of a "likely to do this" list. I wouldn't have put him in the top 10. He's been at City for years. It seems so... unexpected.

[Mase]

After watching just now it reminded me a lot of the Elano interview he gave Sky about Hughes.
"I am keeping myself fit, training well, I just don't think the manager likes me." Basically just spitting his dummy out.

Ultimately that was the beginning of the end for Elano.

See you around Nedum.

Who takes on the Manager and comes out smelling of Roses?

I wouldn't have put Onuoha at the top of a "likely to do this" list. I wouldn't have put him in the top 10. He's been at City for years. It seems so... unexpected.

Exactly. Ask Jaap, Ruud, Becks, etc what happened to them when they tried.
I used to actually think Ned was a quiet and shy lad who wouldn't say boo to a goose. But after watching him on Soccer AM he actually comes across as a bit of a 'jack the lad' type. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with that at all, he's young and rich so fair enough. But I definitely didn't think he was the type.

[Niall Quinns Discopants]

This also says lot about how times have changed. Back in the day when player wasn't getting games, he would go and knock managers door. If after talking to gaffer nothing changed, then they'd just slap the transfer request and got their move. However, the way footballers are these days, they don't want to put in transfer request as it'd mean giving up rest of their contract. If the club sells a player who hasn't asked for a transfer, they are obliged to pay remaining of his contract.

Any which way, only ten short years ago it was almost unheard of player to go in media and talk shit about club and manager and NOT slap in transfer request. Certainly not player of Nedum's status.

[Curlie]

Anyone heard any reaction from Ned, on the reaction from fans, to his reaction to "not being liked" by Mancini?

[Original Dub]

Anyone heard any reaction from Ned, on the reaction from fans, to his reaction to "not being liked" by Mancini?

I don't know how best to react to that question.

[DoomMerchant]

Anyone heard any reaction from Ned, on the reaction from fans, to his reaction to "not being liked" by Mancini?

I don't know how best to react to that question.

Very odd reaction. Seriously.

Cheers

[brite blu sky]

Anyone heard any reaction from Ned, on the reaction from fans, to his reaction to "not being liked" by Mancini?

I don't know how best to react to that question.

Very odd reaction. Seriously.

Cheers

Serious reaction reaction to the very odd reaction

[carolina-blue]

Anyone heard any reaction from Ned, on the reaction from fans, to his reaction to "not being liked" by Mancini?

I don't know how best to react to that question.

Very odd reaction. Seriously.

Cheers

Serious reaction reaction to the very odd reaction

An over reaction to an action thats going to get a reaction from the action IMO.