Defoe was at West Ham United, (a club that had and have a far lesser standing than what City do now, which would make one think that he could have been thrown straight into their side considering his talents) and was farmed out to AFC Bournemouth in the third tier where he scored 18 goals in 29 matches. His and Beckham’s spell of regular competitive football undeniably did them good. The proposed Under-18 and Under-21 leagues are sure to be taken seriously, but will they be as competitive as the lower divisions of senior English football that are made up of clubs fighting for their lives – quite literally in some cases? But taking into account that Rodwell and likely Sinclair have just left two very good clubs playing regular football in the top-flight it would seem utter madness for them to go to City and then go out on-loan to a lower division club or any club for that matter considering that Everton and Swansea are two perfectly good Premier League clubs!
My point is that, for their career, it would probably be favourable for them to be at a lower club playing consistently rather than being in City’s second string side, where they will be, let alone two sides who finished in the top half last season. This is why I fear that these transfers could be the most pointless in Premier League history
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You can understand why players such as Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair would want to take on an opportunity to join the league champions, and that they believe in their own abilities to succeed, but the most important aspect of all is…do Mancini and City? How long will they be in the reserves before they get their chance or are sold on?
They are not going to get into the first team regularly, so will they be loaned out to other clubs in order to gain that valuable first team experience that will be designed to prepare them for the first team and help them for the future? If this is the case then City are simply weakening the opposition rather than making themselves stronger. Rather than seeing these players thrive at other clubs and maybe inflict some damage onto the Blues on the football pitch, they would rather have them for themselves whether they’re playing or not. Is that the case? Some of us will have our opinions and I think that these decisions could come back to haunt Rodwell and Sinclair as they could very well find themselves at clubs of lower standings than Everton and Swansea once their time at City is over.
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Says the FOOL
By that logic, no young player should ever try to play for a “big” club – patent nonsense.
Did you write an article on the same lines about Man United buying Chris Smalling and Phil Jones last season?
This season they’ve bought that kid from Crewe – he’s never going to get a game is he?
This is the gamble both players and clubs take on young talent, sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn’t.
Mario Balotelli is 21, and he was a gamble – are you suggesting he should pack his bags and go and play for Norwich? Joe Hart off to West Ham?
Of course not.
Stop this City bashing and concentrate on the positives of having a strong English presence at the Premiership Champions, soon to be Champions of Europe.
Well said Melon Man! Also, didn’t Jack Rodwell play a full 90 minutes in his first game? I think so, so this post has been proven to be a load of garbage already!
I wrote this on Friday, so it may be ‘a load of garbage’ as you say. Let’s see how many games he plays when Barry’s back. I think he would have been better off having another year or two at Everton. He’ll play a bit for City this season, but not as much as he would’ve done for the Toffees.
Balotelli wasn’t wanted at Inter Milan so he had to move somewhere to get first team football plus he and Mancini knew each other beforehand whilst Hart and Nick Powell were with Shrewsbury Town and Crewe Alexander respectively. Bit of a step down from Everton and Swansea wouldn’t you say?
Could have sworn I saw young Jack Rodwell lining up next to Yaya Toure, Silva, Nasri, Aguero, Dzeko, Balotelli etc last Sunday for the Champions. Perhaps I imagined it.
But fair enough, what can he learn from them, or Mancini, when he could have gone elsewhere & be playing next to Cattermole or Super Scotty Parker, or perhaps working for Pulis or Warnock ?
Is David Batty still playing ? There would be a role model.
you talking bollox these two players will learn a lot from the more established players and city are fighting on all fronts for silverware so its going to be a squad with quality player in it.
If they do well when they get there chance they will stay in the team its all up to them…..
stop slagging city off as though they are ruining footballers careers, if anything its the opposite
so what you are saying is that you shouldn’t sign for the Champions of England? lol
Melon man, your proper deluded and a true northern idiot!!! Rodwell and Sinclair will end like Johnson, Man City are really doing English football a favour by bringing in these youngsters and leaving on the City heap pile…
Utter crap from a typical newbie. All sides have been trying to buy Englsih players for severasl years, that’s why they cost so much when compared to foreign players. “Traditional top six” ????? Bollocks. City have been there for two years, Spurs for three, hardly traditional. City were third division material only a decadeago…some tradition!!! You totally forget the fact that most footballers are fairly stupied but very greedy. When they have hige sums of money offered to them loylaty goes out of the window: Lescott, RVP, Nasri, Adeybayor, Barry, Toure x 2, Silva, Ballotelli, Tevez, Cole, Torres…the list goes on and on, all followed thier wallets. Career mistakes be damned I’m earning millions!!!! WHO CAN BLAMES THEM WHEN PRATS LIKE YOU CONTINUALLY MASSAGE THEIR INFLATED EGO AND REINFORCE THEIR LUDICROUS SELF IMOPORTANCE AND RIDICULOUSLY HIGH SELF OPINIONS. I suspect you are a post 1990 football “fan” who has no connection with any club and doesnt’t understand loyalty, community belonging and tradition. You and your ilk have taken our national sport and turned it into a parody of itself populated by avaricious whining prima donnas, arrogance at every level, weak officials, corrupt executives, rotten agents, armchair critics, disloyal traitors and prawn sandwich munching twats who have drained the atmosphere from nearlly all of our stadia. FUCK OFF BACK TO HENLY.
Oh, Johnny wonny, there’s no need to shout! I suppose I am a ‘post 1990 football ”fan”’ as you say. Mind you, I was still a baby in 1990 so that’s probably why. Seeing as you seem to have got the COMPLETE WRONG end of the stick with this article, take a look at Jeff’s comment below. That’ll explain it in SIMPLE terms. Just as well really…
Ricky, your pathetic story aimed at undermining city and their policy of investing and nurturing the best up and coming talent, makes you look like a jealous idiot!! Who do you support by the way??
Up Yours
Blue Moony 🙂
Bloody hilarious.
Sorry, but which teams make up the ‘traditional top six’?
‘Traditional’ might not have been the right word to use. I meant what seems to be BECOMING and what looks like will be a regular top-six for the next few seasons. I mentioned that in reference to me thinking that Rodwell would be better off at Everton for another year or two as they, outside what is currently deemed the current general top-six (City, United, Arsenal, Spurs, Chelsea, Liverpool – although the latter could be falling out of that consensus soon,)are the most likely to break into it; which they have on numerous times in the past 10 years, but not often enough to be deemed part of it. Although Newcastle might have something to say about that now.
*- consensus soon), numerous occasions*
Seriously Ricky, that’s pretty much unreadable.
I look forward to seeing your next article.
I for one think Ricky is talking a lot of sense – it appears the Man City fans that are not reading in to what he is saying. He is not having a go at Man City – he is saying from an experience perspective, that they would be better off in their current respective clubs….
You and Wiggs would be top of a class that featured all the other people who commented on this article. You actually got the idea of it. Thanks.