: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:04 am  

City should have signed Jagielka.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:13 am  

richardviking wrote:

City should have signed Jagielka.

Would our defensive weaknesses be better addressed by Jagielka or Lescott?

Watched him play for England, and he looked well out of his depth. Lescott looks a tad more assured and can play LB. Our reserve left-backs are Garrido and McGivern. Neither are good enough to play in the PL IMHO.

TBH when I watched Everton last season, I thought Lescott was the better of teh two. Neither are any great shakes and are helped a comnsiderable amount by Everton's negative tactics.

Is Jagielka a City fan, or is it Michael Tongue? I remember watching a Sheff Utd game a few years ago and the commentator said one of them went to City's school of excellence and the other was a Blue.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:33 am  

Think they are both as good as each other in the defence. Lescott will always get a few goals from the set peice which is were we have struggled the last few year. I would like to Petrov too stay tbh but the rest going wouldnt worry me. I dont think and want another big signing after Lescott in this window let the team settle see were we are in January and look at 2 big names then to give that boost to push on

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:42 am  

Michael Tonge was (most probably still is to be fair!) a blue...he was on Nited's books though...I'm sure Jagielka is an Everton fan but I'm not 100% on that one.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:49 am  

Its Tounge the city fan. We was out in town and he was in the club was talking to him and he used to play at city youth team

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:00 pm  

I think out of Jagielka and Lescott, Lescott is the one City needed more. If you were to compare defences, Toure is very much like Jagielka, quick, agile and brilliant on the deck, but isn't the most dominant of defenders. Jagielka is much the same, hence why he and Lescott clicked so well, because Lescott was a big, strong aerially dominant defender, whilst he's not too shoddy on the deck, either.

Still think City could do with a full/wing back to play on the right, someone to offer a bit more width.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:10 pm  

Robbie Rotten wrote:

Still think City could do with a full/wing back to play on the right, someone to offer a bit more width.

We sure do.

Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk has one reliable 'in the know' poster, and he happens to be a Spurs fan - strange, I know. This lad stated that the coaching team at City simply do not rate Richards at all. He's first choice at the moment, so that says a lot. Ideally, we need a Cafu-style of player.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:05 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

This lad stated that the coaching team at City simply do not rate Richards at all. He's first choice at the moment, so that says a lot. Ideally, we need a Cafu-style of player.

It also suggest that Zabaleta is not rated too highly either, which is probably a fair assessment. He reminds me too much of Danny Tiatto. Likes to get stuck in but lunges in too wildly and lacks any semblance of positional sense.

Right back is one area where we really do need to strengthen.

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:44 pm  

D.D. wrote:

... He reminds me too much of Danny Tiatto...

Oh God – there's a blast from the past!

: Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:09 pm  

City sign Sylvinho on a free.

Strange signing. Apparently as a back-up to Bridge. Hughes doesn't rate our RBs or our back up LBs.