Spurge wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:I think the major thing that ranckles with me is the huge amount we paid for him, you dont pay that kind of money for a fuckign prospect or for a player that needs a season to "bed in".
During the match all the defenders played shit in the first half , Mangala was the worst imo and the reason why I single him out TED is probably due to the fact we paid nearly 40 fucking milliin quid for the cunt !!.
The above post wasnt directed at you spurge , just jumped on it to explain somewhat why I ranted at him during the match.
No worries, I'd rather have a response to my posts than no comment, after all to debate and offer opinion on City is why we come on here anyway.
It's not Mangala's fault that he cost a lot of money ( not 40+ mil imo, euros maybe) it's because he is a very highly rated player who clubs were willing to spend a lot of money on. We had this bollocks for years with Lescott. He didn't set his transfer fee either.
And as for CARL quoting Ian fucking Ladyman; who gives a fuck what that spotty little fucking oik thinks ? Stuart Brennan gives Mangala 8 & Demichelis 6. Who cares ? I would give Demichelis 5 at best & Mangala about 6.5. But he shouldn't be judged on his transfer fee, ever. He should be judged on whether he might make a cb for the first team or not, same as Denayer, Rekik, Nastasic shouldn't be overrated for being young, they should be evaluated on what they might be good & bad at. Mangala has strengths & weaknesses, we have to hope the strengths overcome the weaknesses. So far he's 'ok' could do better & needs to be better if he is to be a long term City cb. But I think he has a very good chance.