The mancityfans.net football forum

City64 wrote:Jovetic has been a total waste of space to put it mildly ......... sick note and soft cunt !

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

City64 wrote:Jovetic has been a total waste of space to put it mildly ......... sick note and soft cunt !

He makes Roque Santa Cruz look like an 'iron man'.

MANCHESTER -- Manchester City youngster Manu Garcia has revealed how David Silva gave him his Capital One Cup winners' medal.

Garcia, who made his first start for the club in the FA Cup defeat to Chelsea in February, travelled to Wembley with the first team but was the outfield player to miss out on being part of Pellegrini's 18-man squad, meaning he missed out on a medal.

After celebrating the penalty shootout victory over Liverpool on the pitch with his teammates, Garcia joined the first team in the winning dressing room where Silva handed him his own winners' medal.

Garcia told reporters: "He asked me if they gave me one and I said 'no' and he immediately took his off and gave it me. So that was amazing.

"He's really good with me, he's always trying to give me advice and he was really happy for me to do well against Chelsea. I'm just thankful for him."

Garcia made his first appearance for City in the League Cup as a late substitute in the third round win over Sunderland and scored in the 5-1 fourth-round victory over Crystal Palace. And he admitted he was thrilled to be invited to join in the postmatch celebrations at Wembley.

He said: "It was a bit crazy. I was with the squad, I didn't get selected. I was in the stands watching the game then I went onto the pitch to celebrate and stuff. It was unbelievable. My first time at Wembley. I loved the atmosphere, I loved the final, the way everyone shows their interest for the football is amazing and obviously to win and be around the team was great.

"I'm a bit shy obviously because I haven't played a lot for them. I train with them most of the time. I was singing with them a bit -- I'm a bit shy but they were trying to get me involved. They were class, absolutely class."


Manu Garcia started for Man City in the FA Cup defeat to Chelsea but did not get into the squad for the Capital One Cup final.
It capped a memorable eight days for Garcia. He made his full debut at Stamford Bridge on Feb. 24, and 24 hours later he travelled with the first team to Ukraine for the Champions League first-leg tie with Dynamo Kiev.

Garcia was one of six teenagers to start in the 5-1 defeat to Chelsea and said it was a thrill to be handed his debut and to play against his hero Cesc Fabregas.

"It was a great experience. We couldn't believe in the first half -- it was a bit mad [when it was] 1-1 at half-time," he added. "We tried to do our best and I think we did quite well all the youngsters. And I'm just thankful as well to Manuel Pellegrini to put us on -- it was an amazing experience.

"It was crazy to walk out with Cesc and shake hands with him -- it is something I've been dreaming about since I was five or six years old. I've seen Cesc playing World Cup finals and he's a big idol for me obviously."

The youngster admits his first-team opportunities could be restricted until the end of the season with players returning to full fitness but he insists he will be ready if City boss Pellegrini gives him the call again.

"It's going to be harder now because all the players are getting back fit because the club needs to win cups and needs to have all the best players in the team," he said. "But I keep looking forward to being around them as much as possible and playing for the under-18s and EDS [Elite Development Squad] as much as possible."

RodneyRodney wrote:Ab fab gesture by big Dave , and like Vinny comiserating with the scousers , it speaks volumes about the guy , and also , importantly about the "squad culture" at city, which sounds really strong & healthy.

Foreverinbluedreams wrote:

RodneyRodney wrote:Ab fab gesture by big Dave , and like Vinny comiserating with the scousers , it speaks volumes about the guy , and also , importantly about the "squad culture" at city, which sounds really strong & healthy.

Nah, they didn't celebrate with Kelechi, definitely something amiss.

nottsblue wrote:In all honesty, I think he will go either this summer or next. Sublime on his day but nowhere near his best this season and at thirty his star is waning.

Yes he has been fantastic and one of our best ever players, but there is no room for sentimentality in football at the top level. KDB will take over. Controversial I know but he just isn't Merlin any more and that makes me sad

iwasthere2012 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:In all honesty, I think he will go either this summer or next. Sublime on his day but nowhere near his best this season and at thirty his star is waning.

Yes he has been fantastic and one of our best ever players, but there is no room for sentimentality in football at the top level. KDB will take over. Controversial I know but he just isn't Merlin any more and that makes me sad

Whilst I agree with you NB, I'm hoping it's the fact that he's never recovered from injury properly.
I'd love to see us get Merlin back after a summer break.

nottsblue wrote:

iwasthere2012 wrote:

nottsblue wrote:In all honesty, I think he will go either this summer or next. Sublime on his day but nowhere near his best this season and at thirty his star is waning.

Yes he has been fantastic and one of our best ever players, but there is no room for sentimentality in football at the top level. KDB will take over. Controversial I know but he just isn't Merlin any more and that makes me sad

Whilst I agree with you NB, I'm hoping it's the fact that he's never recovered from injury properly.
I'd love to see us get Merlin back after a summer break.

If he hasn't fully recovered from his ankle problems, then that is a huge reason to sell. Ankles never really heal to the state they were before. He is that little bit slower due to age and as such gets kicked more. It would take a large offer to sell but just say, theoretically, a Chinese club offered £25/35m for him, we would be hard pressed to turn it down.

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Club legend, poor for a while. Hopefully fully up to speed next season.

DoomMerchant wrote:

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Club legend, poor for a while. Hopefully fully up to speed next season.

Club legend, but needs to be fucked off this summer. No sentimentality. He needs to go. It's a fact. He's past it for what we need. I'm sorry to say, and it's painful to say, but he's been extremely average for 18 months really.

cheers

Clowncrete wrote:

DoomMerchant wrote:

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Club legend, poor for a while. Hopefully fully up to speed next season.

Club legend, but needs to be fucked off this summer. No sentimentality. He needs to go. It's a fact. He's past it for what we need. I'm sorry to say, and it's painful to say, but he's been extremely average for 18 months really.

cheers

He was brilliant last season as well as our best player in the first 2 months of the season before KDB settled in.

Sister of fu wrote:Isn't Peps game all about ball retention? Silva carries on as he is doing he isn't going to make the grade. Was as bad yesterday as he was at West Ham and he was shite against them. If he isn't fit then he should not be playing, end of story.

Original Dub wrote:

Sister of fu wrote:Isn't Peps game all about ball retention? Silva carries on as he is doing he isn't going to make the grade. Was as bad yesterday as he was at West Ham and he was shite against them. If he isn't fit then he should not be playing, end of story.

He's the best city player I have ever seen at ball retention. In fact, he's one of the best this league has seen IMO.

It's a lot more difficult to do when you are completely surrounded and your team mates give you no options. He was below par as well of course, but even a below par Silva will give us amazing options when he has world class options around him with some new signings.

Pep liked Iniesta. I think he'll like Silva just fine.

DoomMerchant wrote:

LookMumImOnMCF.net wrote:Club legend, poor for a while. Hopefully fully up to speed next season.

Club legend, but needs to be fucked off this summer. No sentimentality. He needs to go. It's a fact. He's past it for what we need. I'm sorry to say, and it's painful to say, but he's been extremely average for 18 months really.

cheers