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by Steve Bott on 01 June 2007
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by Manc Andy on June 01, 2007
Read a newspaper or the internet and get your head out of your ar*e. No one has turned the job down as no one has been offered it. Ranieri has said he wants it.
by jim on June 01, 2007
curry, massage parlour.. he's thai right? oh thats good - thats very good! well done you.
by P on June 01, 2007
Ranieri has held talks but cannot get the job until the takeover is concluded. Get your facts straight!
by tommy on June 01, 2007
rather than spreading your bitter runours around read the newspapers, infact men yesterday, a whole ranieri interview on how he would like to go to city. plenty of managers have thrown their name in from guillt to co adriaanse distin has been at the club for 5 years, im not sure what you are proving by saying he is moving, barton has been arrested for assulting a teammate, thats why he is leaving, your article is trash, poorly researched hence why your writing on crap site
by Alan on June 01, 2007
Well Steve you do write good articles - NOT. How about reading the facts before you write such twaddle.
by Steve Heywood on June 01, 2007
Load of red tosh! This situation is the best thing thats happened at City for ages, We'll never be as far in debt as you lot are, sleeping giants?! Read Ranieri's comments and keep looking over your shoulder! Maybe we can be as successful without the acting and diving
by ja0005 on June 01, 2007
You bitter red arsehole. Ever wonder why you're writing on a crap site like this? Hope your obsession with us doesn't spoil your glory hunting
by dave on June 01, 2007
This article sheered me up no end. Further proof that it's man yoo fans who are obsessed with City. Perhaps you'd be better off writing stories about the £700 million debt at yoonited? Sorry, better make that £750 mil once taggart's finished his summer spending.
by alexp on June 01, 2007
"p**s poor wannabe journalists on a cr** website" That is just so funny...and they call City fans bitter.
by chris p on June 01, 2007
What a great piece of journalism...not! I felt obliged to reply to this even though I never comment on anything! Joey Bartons bad boy image is boosted because he's a clown. good footballer no brains. you've just fabricated all your so called "facts" to fit in with your twisted little view.
by Steve Bott on June 01, 2007
What are you all getting so excited about. It's only City anyway! OK, for Ranieri substitute Ronald Koeman. Does it matter! If you were able to resurrect Bill Shankly or Brian Clough you would still struggle. It's your place in the scheme of things. As for crap site, why bother reading it? You won't be missed! And bitter? What's to be bitter about? Premiership trophy against team going nowhere reads no contest in my book!
by Hahaha on June 01, 2007
I never usually comment on anything, but having read this I feel I ought to.. 1) READ REPORTS - ranieri wants to come to city if the takeover happens 2) No one rejected us yet .. even Sven wants to bloody come - No thanks though. 3) Barton isn't trying to get out of city, he just has temper problems, which will be sorted out when our new manager coems in. Joey will not want to leave (I know this first hand) and he has even said publicly 'Im happy here, everyones just trying to unsettle me'. The poor lad wont leave his house. So please get your facts straight .. I Could do a better job .. and im a girl!!!!!!
I apologise again for the poor journalism - I do support MUFC - but that is no excuse for my publishing rumours, half truths and lies about City.
by Eastlandsblue on June 01, 2007
Get a proper jopb you sad old tart.
by klaus on June 01, 2007
as a chelsea supporter of many years i can only congratulate u if he should be citys new manager...he was great at cfc, achieved what he could with the players available... yes he did cock up the championsleague semifinal, but if he did that at city i am sure u could live with it , providing its not against moan united...his treatment at CFC was disgusting, not surpising as it was dished out by kenyon, and any true blue would queue to buy him a drink...
by craig on June 02, 2007
Just want to say, that if you follow the financial world and take not of delotte you will see that man city has more NETT DEBT then man u in fact if you go off NETT DEBT we do not have any, just to expalin take the gross debtr ie £643 million then minus the players contracts (ie £46 mil to un lock ronaldo £42 mil to unlock rooney etc etc) and the stadium and other intangable assets ( futurerelease debentures etc etc) we have gross debt but man city have a net debt of 92 million which isfar worse, any way would this ti pr minister not have to invest about the same as what abromavixh did to get a premiertship winning team, abromavich did it because he hasmore money then sence and he truly is a football fan, he does love cheslea but the ti priminister want in for protif which means you are limited still to your income which perhaps some small cash injections of maybe 30 or 40 million for players, which before you start and go on that how much we spent we and chelsea already have premiership winning teams you gu
guys were 3 more losses off relegation
by klaus on June 02, 2007
where ahve u been ?? couldnt care less about city....but i meant what i said about ranieri....did u like the touch of sarcasm concerning the semifinal??
Hi klaus, long time no speak, spent two weeks down in dawlish, (in devon) did you ever get down that way. how is germany? yes and youare bang on champions league semi final, come on most would cut their right arm off. i mean what i said about abromavich by the way, i know i moan about his spending but at least he is a true fan, and i am certainly not convinced that our owners and liverpools owners or even this ti pri guy is, but at least they are spending their money.
by klaus on June 03, 2007
i am just glad that i was spot on with same analysis for the final as well..if i dontcare about the club then i care about the football, in which case id much rather u lot have won it than liverbore....i think this transfer window is going to be the most interesting ever...i entirely agree that teh rest are miles behind, and if i wasthe lpool owener i dont know whether i would trust rafa with my money...if they want to compete they have to buy big..there is no point buying mediocre..SAF did it a few years ago with the likes of kleberson,djemba and a few others u will have at the tip of your tongue..it works for the likes\ of villa etc but not for the top..u have to take a gamble on the big ones, like rooney,ronaldo,essien,drogba etc etc....we seem to be more involved in finetuning and back up than in restructering....lampard will be interesting... if he goes he goes, then the west ham fans were rite all the way along...nobody is bigger than the club.. and who knows sidwell mite be the new lampard
by craig on June 03, 2007
bit of a sore point for me the champions league, (as i am sure for you) ac milan taught us a lesson at the san siro but i really hate liverpool, i am suppose what does it is not having to listen to we won it 6 times.. lampard will be intresting, i dont think your club should give in to his demands, and i think he will come crawling back as no one other then maybe madrid goes that high (rumers of £150,000 per week) for wages, it is his pride that will force him out, the be honest klaus i think he has done what you needed him to, win the premiership increase your credentials in world football and attract the best names to your club, let him go i think. what do you think of man u buys, like the idea of hargreaves and nani but 16 mil for a brazilian, i know the rep but we never seem to have any luck with brazilians.
the brazilians dont know, give them time..its difficult for somebody so young to change country, wheather etc nevermind the football, but i am sure u have the inmfrastructure to handle it... as far as hargreaves is concerned, u mite have spet your money slightly better than when u bot veron...he will surely help to win the leaguecup, but even carrick is better than him... i ve left my e mail adress`on the site.. mail be directly and i expand..
kschwerdtfeger@traders-alliance.com let me put it this way.. i think hargreaves is the second worst player ever to have played for england, just behind the mesmerizing carlton palmer...
Hmmmm thats actually a bit worrying, normally i would stick up for a man u player, however i am going to have to bow to your superior knowledge of german football here klaus, i have to say he won me over at the world cup and SAF loves him so i will adopt the wait and see aproach, i am sure given my position as a man u supporter i am sure you will understand that, what do you think of nani and anderson, by the way whats this new player for chelsea like the ex b munich striker, what do you think there, and what is this email you have given me
may be i am a bit harsh as far as hargreaves is concerned, but i cant really see why he should be worth that sort of money..yes at the world cup he did alright but against whom?? he had a couple of good games against second rate opposition..he isnt as good mmakalele in the holding role, he hasnt got the engine of essien,he hasnt got the skill of scholes,the goalscoring prowess of gerrard or lamps,nor the heart and leadership of keane.. apart from that he is alright, but he aint worth double of scot parker or kevin nolan.... that my e mail adress u iriot in case u would liek to waffle about footbal without going via second rate articles regarding athird rate team...