another 12 months and his agent will be banging at our door!!

Watch this space then.......

There you go!, proof if ever you needed it that players like Maicon wont even consider us when it comes to a move. This is because we have a manager with no standing, No champs league football to offer and with our recent run of form, no chance of finishing in the top 4.

Ive said it before and I will say it again, bring in Morinho and watch the really big players attitude change toward coming to City.

NO WONDER !

"Every day there's a story linking Maicon to a different club," said Maicon's agent Antonio Caliendo.

Every day there's a story linking Man. City to a different player", said I, Eric (Dutch) to the MEN ...

He might not look at City right now but he will in the future! As for Inter fighting for the league title and the Chimps League, the man's having a laugh! Maicon has won the Italian league already at a canter and on current and redcent form his team have no chance whatsoever of making any impression on this season's European trophies or next season's. Madrid will struggle. United have been up there but are not the biggest threat around at the moment. We will be in it sooner or later and Maicon, like most players with wealth beyond their dreams, plays for more than just the money. If he thinks he has a better chance at, say, City, than the others, he'll sign. As for players not signing for Hughes? That is clearly not the case. Nor are players signing for Madrid signing for the manager as it is rare that Madrid keep a manager for a whole season, never mind two! It could be argued that Maicon could sign if Mourhino was suddenly in charge but I am sure there are plenty of players who wouldn't be happy - SWP for starters!

Duckinfeild blue, as Mourinho has no record of coming to a club that isn't already in the Champions League, what makes you think he would come to City. and for what it's worth I think he is over-rated.

Dukenfield Blue you are the most negative City fan i have ever encountered in 41 years of following the club![And with our history i have met a fair few,lol!]

Had anyone really heard of Ferguson worldwide before his success at United?And i would argue that his first 4 years there were hardly a roaring success......and United had plenty of money for him to spend as well in that time.Hughes has been here less than two seasons and arrived with the club in yet another turbulent period in it's chequered history.

He needs TIME to get the club set up the way he wants,get his players in,start to build and get them used to his methods and training etcetra.One season and 10 games into this season is hardly enough is it?

However we got there and whether it is on our merits or other clubs failings[what...you mean other clubs lose and draw as well,lol?]we at present sit FOURTH in the table.We are in the quarter finals of the carling/league cup.We are the only club in the premier league to have lost only ONCE.I would call that progress and an improvement so far.Given more time to gell,some tweaking,a couple of players back from injury,the odd addition,hey who knows where we will end up?

I am not a clairvoyant so i don't know if Mark Hughes will succeed or not.But he has to be given a chance.Sure Morinho would come in with all guns blazing,,,but would it last?Look at Keegan.He does the same at a new club but it soon wanes out.

Mark Hughes is on target.Forget the fan's and media hype.His target last year was top ten...achieved.His target this year is the top six.Achievable and on course.Anything else is a bonus.

I will say again as i have said in other posts.Only when we win a trophy or two and are a known face in Europe will the really top players come.That will be the same with Hughes or any manager.End of.

WHY WOULD HE JOIN US!

ABLUENEVILE, Well said.

Dukinfield Blue, Manchester
3/11/2009 at 14:12

Hey matey,just to let you know your not alone in thinkin hughes is clueless absolutely clueless mate,now your talkin a great manager in the special one,if we got him and theres every chance we could,then players would be chomping at the bit to come too us.

Ablueneville, if we get Mourinho in we will be in the champions league by May, if we get Mourinho in we will be able to sign any player we want, if we get Mourinho in this squad we`ve got now will be good enough to win the title as he himself stated at the start of the season- we should be one of the favourites for the title with the players we`ve got, if we got Mourinho in we wouldn`t be signing players and attracting them on vast salaries alone but instead we will be guarenteeing them trophies, if we get Mourinho in we will save a fortune because he understands football/tactics/motivation and will address the problems at our club without throwing money at it and hoping it goes away etc.............etc.............Hughes is papering over cracks by wasting our very generous owners money, in the hope he can compensate for his managerial inadequices. He`s taking our owners for a ride. Why the loyalty to him? He`s paid a fortune and under performing, everyone on this site goes on about signing the best attackers, the best midfielders, the best defenders, why not the best manager? We should be showing loyalty to our club and its owner, he`s the one who`s transformed us into what we are now, not Hughes. Wasting 17 million of our owners money on Santa Cruz is a joke, and a sackable offence on its own. What the hell are we waiting for? Get Mourinho in now!

I don't see the point in this article his agent is talking some sense. If the player is ambitious he's not going to want to come to City until we've got to the same level as his ambition. If his agent is just having a pop at us well that’s fine too.
We have to get to that level, saying that's where you want to be to a player or his agent is not going to convince him or his client everytime.
There are those that will join because they can see the big picture and want to grow with the club towards it, others will only join when we are there. It's common sense really so I can't see what this article is trying to say.

Just one question though which Egyptian dynasty does tuttomercatoweb belong to?

is it really 33 years -yaeh your right why WOULD he join the rags

Probably the ultimate put down! And as the bloke said "lets not joke".
Arf!

paul ,
3/11/2009 at 15:02

Hughes' mandate last season WAS NOT a top 10 finish i.e. spending 100mm, having a stronger squad than Sven who finished 9th. Hughes in his first press conference with the club was beaming, thinking inside that he had a better squad than what he left behind at Blackburn with promises of Thaksin's cash (which didnt come about but ended up with the Sheikh's cash). He said he expected himself to improve on the previous season of 9th so finishing 10th was an underperformance in anyone's book, even his.

The talk of top 6 was made before both Khaldoon and Hughes admitted themselves that we had completed all the business we wanted to do in the last window that we thought would take 3 or 4 more. The target of 6th was based on those parameters and if you missed Khaldoon's interview after we bought those players (and also good pieces in the Guardian a few months back), if you scratch the surface you'd have to be naive not to accept the fact the Sheik & Khaldoon have told Hughes they want us to be pressing for top 4. And this doesnt mean fighting Liverpool for 4th spot until the last day of the season, this means doing our best to compete with Manure and Chelsea with a CL spot as a fallback if we dont win the title.

I agree with your comments about stability and I've seen too many managers in through the revolving door over the years that nothing would annoy me more than seeing another new face to start from scratch. But fans need to be prepared for the fact that failure to finish at least 4th, which will be a direct result of players that Hughes pinpointed underachievnig massively (eg. Bridge, Lescott, RSC), then he is goner.

At a time when our performances should be improving with time with no midweek exertions of Europe or suspensions and with the depth to cover injuries, its worrying that our performances have been getting worse over the last month. More the stuff from weekend, and 7th will be a challenge with Villa and Spurs above us.

Dukinfield Blue: By your reasoning, why would Morinho want to come to city?

Maicon's agent: We already have 4 better players than your client (Ade, Robbie, Tevez and Given) that is why we would want him to come.

The Big Easy,,
3/11/2009 at 15:25 - Thanks for your support, I am really going potty here wondering if it is me or not thats going mad. I still cannot understand why people cannot see his failings are so major we wont progress at the rate that the investment the owners have made deserves.
Quite right on your point, get Mouriho here and every top player in the world will be queuing up to join us. genius management, tactics and money to buy any player we want is a potent aphrodisiac I can tell you!

Dukinfield Blue, Manchester

Maicon looks a good player, he is already at the Italian Champions who are going well again, and he is a first teamer for Brazil, but at the end of the day he is only a full-back with no genuine allegiance to Inter, if City want him and enough money is put on the table then he will join City.

Do you promise to come back on here in January and tell me I was right?

Ablueneville - an opinion from a yorkshireman isn't worth a Jodrell matey!

Keep your opinion in yorkshire for your 'top' clubs over there: leeds, huddersfield, sheffield weds/utd, halifax etc, etc...absoloute dogpile mate!

The really BIG players my a**e! Shall we start running before we walk children, or have we become spoilt brats already? Top four and quarter-finals of the League Cup, oh how difficult life is right now. Please cheer up droogs otherwise your sad little lives will end in wasted dreams. As the overrated Kevin Costner once said `if we build, they will come' and in that I mean trophies rather than those BIG players everyone is obsessed with. Let Hughes build and be patient!

he's coming.

id just like to say to maicons agent:let maicon stay in what is becoming one of europes least relevant leagues,half empty stadiums,dwindling television coverage,increasing corruption both on and off the pitch and an overall lack of quality.

we may not be champs league yet but in 2013 (when maicons contract runs out) lets see where inter are and where city will be.

CTID.

Dukinfield Blue.

When you say our "recent run of form" I trust you are referring to our last two results. TWO RESULTS!! The draw at Villa and Wigan were decent results when you look at how both teams are doing in the league. Admittedly, the draw at home to Fulham was poor and the performance at Birmingham was disappointing to say the least but it's hardly time to panic. 4th in the league with a game in hand is hardly the stuff of nightmares? We are a year into our 'project' and I have to say that I'm quite happy with it. I'm sure it won't all run smoothly all the time but tell me a club that does no matter what they've spent.

This is just another non-story of remarks by an agent wanting us to offer more money for his player. All agents want their players to move as it makes them more money each time. Why would any agent rule out a potential suitor? Easy, they wouldn't unless they had a hidden agenda.

I don't think Maicon is the answer to our right back problem for the simple reason that we need defenders who can actuaully defend. I have watched him on numerous occassions and although he is good on the overlap and useful going forward, I was less than impressed with his defensive abilities. Brasil produce some truly gifted players, most of whom are attack minded, which means that when they compete as a nation the opposition have a job on their hands dealing with them. There defenders over the years have not been great with Cafu and Aldair the only two who have succeded in Europe, and that was in Serie A.
As much as it pains me to say it, as I really can't stand him I think we need a right back like Gary Neville. Solid and makes defending his priority. Just off to wash my mouth out with soap and water.