Yep, wholeheartedly agree.
And yes I’m sure Newcastle will break the monopoly eventually... but it is interesting that they’re being offered good yet average players at extortionate prices... it’s going to cost them soooooo much money to even get close... I’m suspicious they’ll be used by...
I was looking at a football history book just the other day with my son - looking at the likes of Arsenal at the bottom of the original division 2, the likes of Stalybridge Celtic in the football league... pure nostalgia of course (and I’m only 41) but the super league exists already in all but...
It’s always been like this to a certain extent I guess, well for a long while... but it’s worse now and for us, on the cusp of being a big, big team - now we’ve been noticed the big fish will seek to keep us in our place whilst dining out on our talented players.
That said this particular one...
Maybe or maybe we’re both wrong and he’s got a slight calf niggle ... lol. You’re right of course, none of us really know, but I do know that this situation just plain sucks.
Modern football sucks.
It’s not about what he prefers, it’s about acting professionally and doing the right thing by your 4 year contract and not acting like a someone who is being unreasonably held to ransome.
I’m sure he would prefer to play for City, and he can and will if his price is met. Handing in a request...
Hopefully, but it’ll be hard for Marc, after all this isn’t Fulham it’s City, Pep ... the whole gravy train... not sure the player staying and us prevailing over his value is actually a win win situation.
However, I’ll reserve judgement until the facts present themselves.
Right now I’m looking...
I hope you’re right... it’ll be interesting to see... I feel he’ll be taken out of the limelight however, as surely this little saga will be a bit of a distraction for him...
That and the club, GP et al might be worried a few morons will boo him ... sigh.
If he plays I’ll eat plenty of hats... nah, he’ll not be playing, never in a month of sundays... indeed it’ll be a month of Sundays before he’s got his head together I suspect.
I applaud the club for being strong in terms of a fee, but the Marc we knew us already gone - in spirit I suspect and...