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[sheikh it all about]

33 and worse than lescott.

That view was in vogue among the knockers 3 months ago. It's positively embarrassing now.

[Ted Hughes]

33 and worse than lescott.

That view was in vogue among the knockers 3 months ago. It's positively embarrassing now.

It was in vogue because it was 100% true, he was basically a liability & costing us goals or having lucky escapes every single week.

He has been very good recently but he even admits himself that he was struggling like fuck & mentions his fuck up v Barca as being the turning point. So give him a ring & tell him his views on himself are embarrassing.

[aaron bond]

33 and worse than lescott.

That view was in vogue among the knockers 3 months ago. It's positively embarrassing now.

It was in vogue because it was 100% true, he was basically a liability & costing us goals or having lucky escapes every single week.

He has been very good recently but he even admits himself that he was struggling like fuck & mentions his fuck up v Barca as being the turning point. So give him a ring & tell him his views on himself are embarrassing.

This is what I don't get. Plenty of people are now trying to say that anyone criticising Demichelis early on was wrong. That's just not true! He was truly awful for a long time and we were a poorer side for playing him.

But...even as someone who gave him his fair share of criticism, I can acknowledge his significant improvement and the important role he played for us at the end of the season.

He seems to have adjusted to the Premier League and although I hope we'll bring in a top class centre-back this summer to partner Vinny, having him as 1 of 4 centre backs is no bad thing.

I still think letting Lescott go is a mistake. From his interviews, he still seems to love being at the club and I think he could be persuaded to stay if we offered him a deal. It would also help from a homegrown quota perspective too. Vinny, 1 new CB, Demichelis and Lescott as our 4 centre-backs would give us strength and experience. Obviously that includes us dumping Nastasic somewhere...

[sheikh it all about]

It was in vogue because it was 100% true, he was basically a liability & costing us goals or having lucky escapes every single week. He has been very good recently but he even admits himself that he was struggling like fuck & mentions his fuck up v Barca as being the turning point. So give him a ring & tell him his views on himself are embarrassing.

Yes, he was disappointed in himself. He's a humble guy with high standards.There were still aspects of his game that were well ahead of anything Lescott could do; in particular his passing and his willingness to quickly switch play into attack mode. Some could see this, including - crucially - Pellegrini.

In recent months he's been a revelation. Most people have recognised that. He's won accolade after accolade on City forums. Over the whole season he's filled a glaring gap, adjusted to a new league and made a big contribution to winning the title. In the meantime Lescott couldn't get a look-in. He is being released because he doesn't fit.

You've given him credit. If others can't bring themselves to do so, that is churlish. And to still maintain Lescott is better, well.....

[Ted Hughes]

It was in vogue because it was 100% true, he was basically a liability & costing us goals or having lucky escapes every single week. He has been very good recently but he even admits himself that he was struggling like fuck & mentions his fuck up v Barca as being the turning point. So give him a ring & tell him his views on himself are embarrassing.

Yes, he was disappointed in himself. He's a humble guy with high standards.There were still aspects of his game that were well ahead of anything Lescott could do; in particular his passing and his willingness to quickly switch play into attack mode. Some could see this, including - crucially - Pellegrini.

In recent months he's been a revelation. Most people have recognised that. He's won accolade after accolade on City forums. Over the whole season he's filled a glaring gap, adjusted to a new league and made a big contribution to winning the title. In the meantime Lescott couldn't get a look-in. He is being released because he doesn't fit.

You've given him credit. If others can't bring themselves to do so, that is churlish. And to still maintain Lescott is better, well.....

His passing wasn't good, it was shit. It isn't 'good' to knock the ball around a bit & then pass it to the opposition bloke to run past you. That was happening in pretty much every game, not one or two, & when Lescott came into the side, he was defending AND passing better than Demichelis & should have been playing.

Lescott was the better option, not just in comparison to Demichelis, but in comparison to Nastasic too & had he played every game it is unlikely we would have lost any more games at the death than we did, & very unlikely we would have lost to Villa away, Chelsea away, Sunderland away which were all down to examples of shocking defending by his replacements.

Demichelis had a good finish to the season, but by no means perfect. He was part of a defence which let in 3 at Anfield & two at Goodison, plus needing Joe Hart to pull off a great save when Naysmith ran straight through a big hole in the middle of our defence.

Lukaku scored with a free header in a big hole in the middle of our defence. Sterling ran into a big hole in the middle of our defence.

Demichelis passed the ball around nicely & was solid at the end of the season, but our defence was still not better than it was when Vinny & Lescott were a partnership. They are by far the best we have had.

[blues2win]

Lescott is definitely leaving. The club aren't going to pay his wages to a third or fourth choice striker. I would have given him another year but he's leaving and that's that. Time to move on. In fairness Ted you described one of MDM's performances as magnificent apart from one bad pass. He rallied the side brilliantly against Hull was it when Vinny got sent off early doors. We definitely need a replacement for Lescott and Nastasic frankly worries me.

[Ted Hughes]

Lescott is definitely leaving. The club aren't going to pay his wages to a third or fourth choice striker. I would have given him another year but he's leaving and that's that. Time to move on. In fairness Ted you described one of MDM's performances as magnificent apart from one bad pass. He rallied the side brilliantly against Hull was it when Vinny got sent off early doors. We definitely need a replacement for Lescott and Nastasic frankly worries me.

That's because I'm being honest about it, as i am about Lescott. I described Demichelis end to the season as the best cb in the Prem. I also think that Lescott was better than him for most of the season & doubt it would have made any difference to the outcome had he played instead of Demichelis at the end.

If Lescott had played in the first 75% of the season, I think we would have won the league earlier. We got away with the Demi/Nastasic inspired calamities due to Gerrard.

Demichelis now says he wasn't even fit.

Some will choose to judge Lescott's season on an error at the Camp Nou after being thrown in there rusty as fuck, whilst airbrushing out all the errors made by Demichelis most of the season.

That is the way JL has been treated since the first day he came to the club. I recon he's one of the best cbs I've ever seen playing for City & now he's gone, should become a club legend alongside those of the past.

[Foreverinbluedreams]

Isn't Bruno Zuculini supposed to be coming in July?

Latest from his agent says the deal is 99.9% done and that Zuculini is expected to be sent out on loan by City.

[Slim]

Zuculini is already listed as a City player on some sites.

[Goaters 103]

Maybe Zucillini is to take over the Guidetti role of a supposedly rated overseas player, perennially on loan or Injured, who never actually plays for us?

Bojinov patented this position, and Guidetti took it up a notch.

[Hazy2]

Hughes looked very mature last night that loan has brought him on, I would like to see Shaw brought in, Maybe add Caulker with a top class centre back. Suarez like Bellamy will grow on me.

[MilnersJaw]

33 and worse than lescott.

That view was in vogue among the knockers 3 months ago. It's positively embarrassing now.

what is embarrassing is how quickly lescott has been discarded because demi looks like he can pass the ball better.

If lescott got the games nasti and demi got both last and this season, we would have had fewer goals conceded. I've seen nothing off demi that showed he made goals happen either.

demi might have had a good run in the last 10 PL games, but alot of them games were against lesser PL teams, against top teams he was a liability.

That is the way JL has been treated since the first day he came to the club. I recon he's one of the best cbs I've ever seen playing for City & now he's gone, should become a club legend alongside those of the past.

the reaction to my suggestion that lescott is the better defender pretty much sums up people on this board regarding him.

[phips]

forget Mangala. go get Hummels.

[Mikhail Chigorin]

1. Get a top defender to play with kompany.

2. Start worrying about other positions then.

....or, alternatively,

1. Get a top notch striker to further our potent attacking style and to score even more goals.

2. Start worrying about other positions then.

[Luke11993]

According to sky sources pants is leaving, his replacement is to be willy callerbano or however you spell him, the geezer from Malaga? And new deals for hart nasri and Milner, apologises if it's already been mentioned.

[MilnersJaw]

According to sky sources pants is leaving, his replacement is to be willy callerbano or however you spell him, the geezer from Malaga? And new deals for hart nasri and Milner, apologises if it's already been mentioned.

Fuck hart getting a new deal.

[Green & Blue]

forget Mangala. go get Hummels.

Now your talking.Not sure what to make of Mangala he seems a bit hit and miss.The only thing I know is that the fees being touted about seem ridiculous.

[Tesl]

According to sky sources pants is leaving, his replacement is to be willy callerbano or however you spell him, the geezer from Malaga? And new deals for hart nasri and Milner, apologises if it's already been mentioned.

Fuck hart getting a new deal.

Harsh. He did well second half of the season.

[Wooders]

Ffp might help us on deals such as mangalas funnily enough - clubs cant just put a "man city" price on players

I'd like hummells but hes basically a younger demichellis

[Cit.revenge]

Benatia is best option now in these European leagues that we can buy, i m sure of that.