Dreams everywhere crushed I'm sure:
"Joining City is not something that will ever happen. When you have got red blood, you
cannot see yourself with blue blood. You go there and they have blue ketchup... it's just like
`What are they doing?'
"I am not being disrespectful but I grew up a Red, hating City.
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In the preview of tomorrow's game I touched on news of a possible return to the line-up for
Robinho, and the Mark Hughes has spoken of this possibility:
"He is back training with the group, which is pleasing from everyone's point of view,"
said Hughes. He is travelling with us and we will make a decision [on his fitness]
tomorrow.
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"I know there are not four or five years ahead of me, not with the injuries I've had,"
revealed Bellamy. "Maybe I've got one or two years at the most. It will be all over before I know
it, so I'm just enjoying it."
>>Craig Bellamy
I remember when he signed for us, Bellamy spoke of it being a 'last chance' of sorts for him
which could well explain the attitude and form he has shown since arriving.
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There are going to be fixtures at various times that are considered (overwhelmingly by the media it
has to be said) as a chance to 'lay down a marker'.
Tomorrow's visit to Anfield will no doubt be seen as such an opportunity.
Of course, the outcome of tomorrow lunchtime's game is not going to decide anything over the course
of a season barely a quarter of the way in but it is a game whereby the result could have
ramifications over the short-term at least.
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There are some interesting comments from Garry Cook that have been picked up in or two areas of the
press the past day concerning the future transfer strategy:
"That is absolutely (a model to aspire to) because, financially, it's a better model
than one where you get into negotiating a market price that has no pre-determining factors other
than supply and demand.
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Norfstander: City player lifts World Cup!
tags: City
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City facing Euro ban if they don't break even - Premier League, Football - The Independent
tags: City
Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
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I've written before about how good an interview Stephen Ireland is, always providing a great
insight into situations with an honesty rarely offered by footballers.
There are a couple of features today in The Telegraph and The Guardian in which Ireland discusses -
on the eve of Ireland's World Cup play-off with France - his continued absence from the
international scene, and despite reports that have hinted at a return he firmly closes the door on
a potential return:
But while admitting he will watch Giovanni Trapattoni's team tackle the French when he
returns to Manchester, Ireland has emphatically ruled out the possibility of an about-turn on his
international retirement and insisted that the hate mail does not concern him.
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Following the story blowing up this morning, a potential problem has been averted with Robinho
ruling himself out of this weekends friendly with England:
"I really don't want to be in the middle of a row between City and Brazil," he said the
£32.5m signing from Real Madrid. "But my obligation is to be here and that is supported by
Fifa.
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He may not be getting the starts he hoped, but our new(ish) Brazilian appears to be impressed with
what he has seen so far:
"I would definitely like to remain longer, the project to make this club one of the best in
Europe and the world cannot be completed in six months or a year and I would like to be part of it
for as long as possible.
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