Manchester City - Abu Dhabi's Reign

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 02:27 AM

Dr Thaksin sells City to Abu Dhabi

It's official, Manchester City Chairman, Thaksin Shinawatra has sold the club to the Abu Dhabi United Group. After only over a year of ownership he has miraculously left the club. In a deal worth a reported £200 million was secured on the day before the deadline day of the transfer window. The Abu Dhabi have already ensured the British transfer record signing of Robinho form Real Madrid for £32.5 million. He takes his place alongside other new arrivals Shaun Wright-Phillips, Vincent Kompany, Berti Glauber and Pablo Zabaleta. With the Transfer Window not shutting for another day what other new arrivals can we expect from these controversial new Arabs?

George Salmon

Dr Thaksin OUT

Dr Sulaiman IN

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Shock of the Summer, Hughes OUT
It's not a transfer this time by Dr. Sulaiman, but it has still caused commotion in the footballing world. After leaving Blackburn this Summer for Manchester City, Mark Hughes has been kicked after only 3 months of management. In the early hours of September 1st - Transfer Deadline Day, Mark Hughes and the new owners had a stern meeting, which didn't end well for the Man City boss. The question, you may ask, what's he done so terribly wrong? The answer - nothing! Dr. Sulaiman, CEO of the Abu Dhabi United Group and new owner of Manchester City FC, has sacked Hughes claiming that he isn't good or successful enough for his satisfaction. Stating that he needs a "world class" manager for his team. Some fans are outraged, but yet some fans are excited over the prospect of who the new "world class" coach could be. Some of the candidates include Frank Rijkaard, Roberto Mancini, Guus Hiddink and Michael Laudrup.

George Salmon

Ex-Manchester City Manager, Mark Hughes sacked

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Michael Laudrup announced new City Manager
Only hours after the sacking of Mark Hughes, Dr. Sulaiman has announced the new City Manager as Michael Laudrup form Getafe. The Dane has been an up and coming young manager at Getafe that many clubs have been desperate to capture the siganture of. It is believed that Laudrup will begin his first training session on Wednesday the 3rd after the Transfer Window shuts. In the press conference, Laudrup stated that he will be trying to capture some players before the window shuts at midnight. The fans may have been outraged at the sacking of Hughes, but the arrival of Laudrup has increased the popularity of the new owners amongst the fans.

George Salmon

Michael Laudrup, new City boss

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Man City Squad

No.|Name|Age|Ovr|Value|Pos.
1| Joe HART|20|76|£910,000|GK
16| Kasper SCHMEICHEL|21|71|£190,000|GK
53| Richard MARTIN|19|50|£63,000|GK

5| Pablo Javier ZABALETA|22|77|£1,300,000|RB
4| Nedum ONUOHA|20|71|£260,000|RB
22| Richard DUNNE|27|80|£2,300,000|CB
36| GLAUBER Berti|24|77|£1,500,000|CB
33| Vincent KOMPANY|21|81|£3,100,000|CB
26| Tal BEN HAIM|25|77|£1,500,000|CB
2| Micah RICHARDS|19|83|£2,400,000|CB
54| Curtis OBENG|18|49|£51,000|CB
51| Gary BREEN|18|50|£79,000|CB
3| Michael BALL|27|72|£290,000|LB
15| Javier GARRIDO|22|74|£360,000|LB
30| Shaleum LOGAN|18|50|£62,000|LB

21| Didi HAMAAN|33|72|£240,000|CDM
19| GELSON Fernandes|20|76|£840,000|CDM
6| Michael JOHNSON| 19|77|£1,600,000|CM
11| ELANO Blumer|26|82|£4,000,000|CAM
7|Stephen IRELAND|18|75|£1,400,000|CAM

20|Felipe CAICEDO|18|73|£580,000|CF
10|ROBINHO|23|85|£9,600,000|LF
8|Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS|25|83|£5,700,000|RW
29|Kelvin ETUHU|19|65|£140,000|RW
12|Darius VASSELL|27|72|£480,000|ST
27|BENJANI Mwaruwari|29|80|£3,900,000|ST
9|Valeri BOJINOV|21|76|£1,400,000|ST
28|Daniel STURRIDGE|18|68|£270,000|ST
52|Ashley GRIMES|20|53|£140,000|ST
23|Filippo MANCINI|16|64|£190,000|ST
17|Martin PETROV|28|84|£6,500,000|LW

STARTING XI

HART

ZABALETA------DUNNE©------KOMPANY------RICHARDS

JOHNSON
WRIGHT-PHILLIPS--------------------------------PETROV
ROBINHO----------ELANO
BOJINOV

STAFF
ATTACKING COACH------5/10
MIDFIELD COACH--------5/10
DEFENSIVE COACH-------5/10
GOALKEEPING COACH---5/10
FITNESS COACH----------5/10
HEAD SCOUT------------10/10
NEGOTIATOR-------------5/10
STADIUM MANAGER-------5/10

TRANSFER BUDGET: £23,000,000

DIFFICULTY: PROFESSIONAL
HALF LENGTH: 5 MINS

Next Up: Deadline Day Transfers - INS and OUTS, Start of Season

Xeneize · 07-09-2008, 02:35 AM

Very nice articles

Robalenko · 07-09-2008, 03:46 AM

Oh my god... If this is signs of things to come: Endless Man City threads, I wont be participating in the 09 MM thread

Decent start to say the least

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 03:56 AM

Monday's Gossip Column

BREAKING NEWS
Manchester City have made two large final signings of the summer, by securing Arsenal's Eduardo and Tottenham's Gareth Bale. (Talk Sport Radio)

Sevilla have signed Juventus' Rafaelle Palladino. (Spanish News)

TRANSFER GOSSIP...
Dimitar Berbatov has stated that he will not move to Manhester United. (The Independent)

The Abu Dhabi Group have provided new manager, Michael Laudrup with sufficient transfer funds for new players. (The Daily Mail)

Aston Vila have beaten FC Cologne to signing Werder Bremen left back Pierre Wome. (The Sun)

Blackburn have raided Manchester City and bought left winger Martin Petrov and young left back Shaleum Logan. (The Telegraph)

Michael Laudrup has already dipped into the transfer funds and bought Udinese's Christian Obodo in central midfield and young Czech striker Martin Fenin from Eintracht Frankfurt. (The Times)

Bolton have shrugged off offers from Newcastle and Blackburn for young midfielder Danny Guthrie. (The Sun)

Bolton have decided to make Real Sociedad's Mikel Alonso a permanent signing, even after his poor injury-prone period. (The Telegraph)

Fulham have captured Man City wonderkid Daniel Sturridge on loan. (The Times)

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Summer Transfers 2008/2009

Gareth Bale

Christian Obodo

Eduardo

Martin Fenin

INS:
Martin FENIN - Eintracht Frankfurt - £752,600
Gareth BALE - Tottenham - £2,160,000
EDUARDO - Arsenal - £9,582,720
Christian OBODO - Udinese - £2,400,000
Mario Ariel KUJOVIC - Scouted

OUTS:
Michael BALL - Sunderland - £258,100
Gary BREEN - Hannover - £79,000
Kelvin ETUHU - West Ham - £151,200
Ashley GRIMES - Manchester United - £158,190
Didi HAMAAN - Newcastle - £206,400
Shaleum LOGAN - Blackburn - £70,680
Filippo MANCINI - West Ham - Loan
Richard MARTIN - St. Mirren - £64,260
Curtis OBENG - West Ham - £49,470
Daniel STURRIDGE - Fulham - Loan
Darius VASSELL - Sint-Truiden - £422,400
Martin PETROV - Blackburn - £5,850,010

Notable Transfers:
IN:
Martin FENIN|21|73|£752,600|ST - A young hot prospect, with a bright future. Top scorer at Youth World Cup, a very good signing.

Gareth BALE|19|78|£2,160,000|LB - A well-known left back/left mid with a deadly left foot, bags of pace and great defensive and attacking ability.Great signing on the left, he could fill in Petrov's missing positon.

EDUARDO|25|83|£9,582,720|ST - A lot of money spent on Eduardo, but certainly worth every penny. Before Hughes departure, we were struggling to score goals. But, this new arrival could change that.

Christian OBODO|24|78|£2,400,000|CM - In my opinion, seriously one of the best players on the game and I have got a steal here at £2.4 million. The big Nigerian is fast, powerful and versatile in every position from CB to CAM. Great Buy!

OUT:
Martin PETROV|29|84|£5,850,010|LW - One of my best players, but he was performing horrendously in the first few matches he had to go. It was a little below the asking price but i felt it was better with that than none at all.

STARTING XI (after transfers):

HART

ZABALETA------RICHARDS©------KOMPANY------DUNNE

OBODO
WRIGHT-PHILLIPS--------------------------------BALE
ROBINHO----------ELANO
EDUARDO

Squad Overview
I think that I have spent well especially in weakened areas and I feel that my squad is looking like one that could break into the top four.

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PL = Premier League
CC = Carling Cup
FA = FA Cup
CS = Community Shield
UEFA = UEFA Cup Match
UCL = UEFA Champions League Match

AUGUST
(Hughes in management)

PL
Man City 1 - 1 Everton
Caicedo, 82-------Pienaar, 71

PL
Bolton 2 - 0 Man City

Guthrie, 34
Davies, 90

PL
Man City 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Bojinov, 83--------------Diop, 43
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Player of the Month:
Vincent Kompany

Goal of the Month:
Caicedo vs Everton

Good month for Kompany, despite Man City's terrible start.

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SEPTEMBER
(Laudrup in management)

PL
Fulham 0 - 2 Man City
Robinho, 21
Eduardo, 77

PL
Man City 3 - 0 Sunderland
Kompany, 15
Eduardo, 58
Johnson, 71

CC - 2nd Round
Grimsby 0 - 2 Man City
Elano, 42
Eduardo, 72
PL
Tottenham 0 - 1 Man City
Eduardo, 91
PL
Man City 2 - 1 Blackburn
Eduardo, 44, 56-----McCarthy, 74
PL
Derby 1 - 2 Man City
Barnes, 33-----Robinho, 28
Eduardo, 30

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Player of the Month:
Eduardo

Goal of the Month:
Robinho vs Fulham

Eduardo: off to a flyer.

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Next: October, November, December and January (Transfers).

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 03:58 AM

Cheers Xeneixe.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbie8912Play

Oh my god... If this is signs of things to come: Endless Man City threads, I wont be participating in the 09 MM thread

Decent start to say the least

errr...
cheers?

Chelsea11 · 07-09-2008, 04:23 AM

lol Robbie, He doesn't get

Chelseaboi · 07-09-2008, 10:08 AM

Nice start KIU

Take a look at my man city thread click my sig

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 11:58 AM

cheers chelseaboi.

The Stig · 07-09-2008, 12:06 PM

This looks good mate

MUFC_Rocks · 07-09-2008, 12:16 PM

Oh not another Manchester City MM, I bet you wouldn't have done it only for the takeover and Robinho

.

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 12:47 PM

OCTOBER

CC = 3rd Round
Norwich 0 - 1 Man City
Bojinov, 41

PL
Man City 2 - 0 Wigan
Eduardo, 55
Bale, 65

PL
Man City 3 - 0 Liverpool
Eduardo, 24
Elano, 36
Bale, 47

PL
Birmingham 1 - 1 Man City
Kapo, 27---------------Eduardo, 1

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Player of the Month:
Gareth Bale

Goal of the Month:
Bale vs Liverpool

An Unbeaten month for City thanks to some good performances from Bale

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NOVEMBER

CC = 4th Round
Wigan 1 - 1 Man City
King, 40---------Obodo, 27
(Wigan win 4-2 on pens.)

PL
Man City 0 - 0 Arsenal

PL
Middlesborough 2 - 0 Man City
Cattermole, 69
Arca, 80

PL
Man City 2 - 1 Aston Villa
Bale, 34--------------Barry, 26
Eduardo, 76

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Player of the Month:
Christian Obodo

Goal of the Month:
Obodo vs Wigan

Good performances from Obodo despite City's poor month

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DECEMBER

PL
Man U 1 - 1 Man City
Ronaldo, 27------Elano, 22

PL
Newcastle 2 - 0 Man City
Martins, 47
Owen, 62

PL
Man City 0 - 0 West ham

PL
Reading 0 - 1 Man City
Eduardo, 47

PL
Man City 2 - 0 Chelsea
Eduardo, 23
Obodo, 84

PL
Man City 3 - 1 Bolton
Obodo, 38----------Cohen, 63
Eduardo, 40
Bojinov, 78

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Player of the Month:
Elano

Goal of the Month:
Eduardo vs Reading

Elano put in some impressive performances in December, scoring a vital goal in the Manchester Derby.

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Transfer Review

Christian Obodo - He has commanded the midfield, playing from CDM - CAM in times of need.
9/10

Eduardo - Easily filled in the goalscoring role, scoring 14 goals in 20 games.
10/10

Gareth Bale - Played left mid throughout the first half of the season and he looked the part as well. Scoring a few and delivering vital assists.
9/10

Martin Fenin - Wasn't expecting to make the first XI considering the likes of Eduardo, Caicedo and Bojinov. But when playing he didn't perform, and yet to score a goal. Still, he wasn't plan to play this season but definitely one for the future.
7/10

Next Up: January Transfers and Results

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GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 12:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MUFC_Rocks

Oh not another Manchester City MM, I bet you wouldn't have done it only for the takeover and Robinho

.

Your right I probably wouldn't have

Scene Kid Oli · 07-09-2008, 12:48 PM

this is good acctually mate, well done

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roonaldo

this is good acctually mate, well done

cheers mate, good to know.
nice sig.

MUFC_Rocks · 07-09-2008, 12:55 PM

Yeah great start

GDSamo · 07-09-2008, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MUFC_Rocks

Yeah great start

thanks mate.
more to come.

Scene Kid Oli · 07-09-2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GDSamo

cheers mate, good to know.
nice sig.

thanks yours too

The Stig · 07-09-2008, 01:55 PM

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Scene Kid Oli · 07-09-2008, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tottenzan

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07-09-2008, 02:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
GDSamo Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southend-on-sea, England. Posts: 273	Manchester City - Abu Dhabi's Reign Dr Thaksin sells City to Abu Dhabi It's official, Manchester City Chairman, Thaksin Shinawatra has sold the club to the Abu Dhabi United Group. After only over a year of ownership he has miraculously left the club. In a deal worth a reported £200 million was secured on the day before the deadline day of the transfer window. The Abu Dhabi have already ensured the British transfer record signing of Robinho form Real Madrid for £32.5 million. He takes his place alongside other new arrivals Shaun Wright-Phillips, Vincent Kompany, Berti Glauber and Pablo Zabaleta. With the Transfer Window not shutting for another day what other new arrivals can we expect from these controversial new Arabs? George Salmon Dr Thaksin OUT Dr Sulaiman IN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shock of the Summer, Hughes OUT It's not a transfer this time by Dr. Sulaiman, but it has still caused commotion in the footballing world. After leaving Blackburn this Summer for Manchester City, Mark Hughes has been kicked after only 3 months of management. In the early hours of September 1st - Transfer Deadline Day, Mark Hughes and the new owners had a stern meeting, which didn't end well for the Man City boss. The question, you may ask, what's he done so terribly wrong? The answer - nothing! Dr. Sulaiman, CEO of the Abu Dhabi United Group and new owner of Manchester City FC, has sacked Hughes claiming that he isn't good or successful enough for his satisfaction. Stating that he needs a "world class" manager for his team. Some fans are outraged, but yet some fans are excited over the prospect of who the new "world class" coach could be. Some of the candidates include Frank Rijkaard, Roberto Mancini, Guus Hiddink and Michael Laudrup. George Salmon Ex-Manchester City Manager, Mark Hughes sacked ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Laudrup announced new City Manager Only hours after the sacking of Mark Hughes, Dr. Sulaiman has announced the new City Manager as Michael Laudrup form Getafe. The Dane has been an up and coming young manager at Getafe that many clubs have been desperate to capture the siganture of. It is believed that Laudrup will begin his first training session on Wednesday the 3rd after the Transfer Window shuts. In the press conference, Laudrup stated that he will be trying to capture some players before the window shuts at midnight. The fans may have been outraged at the sacking of Hughes, but the arrival of Laudrup has increased the popularity of the new owners amongst the fans. George Salmon Michael Laudrup, new City boss -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Man City Squad No.\|Name\|Age\|Ovr\|Value\|Pos. 1\| Joe HART\|20\|76\|£910,000\|GK 16\| Kasper SCHMEICHEL\|21\|71\|£190,000\|GK 53\| Richard MARTIN\|19\|50\|£63,000\|GK 5\| Pablo Javier ZABALETA\|22\|77\|£1,300,000\|RB 4\| Nedum ONUOHA\|20\|71\|£260,000\|RB 22\| Richard DUNNE\|27\|80\|£2,300,000\|CB 36\| GLAUBER Berti\|24\|77\|£1,500,000\|CB 33\| Vincent KOMPANY\|21\|81\|£3,100,000\|CB 26\| Tal BEN HAIM\|25\|77\|£1,500,000\|CB 2\| Micah RICHARDS\|19\|83\|£2,400,000\|CB 54\| Curtis OBENG\|18\|49\|£51,000\|CB 51\| Gary BREEN\|18\|50\|£79,000\|CB 3\| Michael BALL\|27\|72\|£290,000\|LB 15\| Javier GARRIDO\|22\|74\|£360,000\|LB 30\| Shaleum LOGAN\|18\|50\|£62,000\|LB 21\| Didi HAMAAN\|33\|72\|£240,000\|CDM 19\| GELSON Fernandes\|20\|76\|£840,000\|CDM 6\| Michael JOHNSON\| 19\|77\|£1,600,000\|CM 11\| ELANO Blumer\|26\|82\|£4,000,000\|CAM 7\|Stephen IRELAND\|18\|75\|£1,400,000\|CAM 20\|Felipe CAICEDO\|18\|73\|£580,000\|CF 10\|ROBINHO\|23\|85\|£9,600,000\|LF 8\|Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS\|25\|83\|£5,700,000\|RW 29\|Kelvin ETUHU\|19\|65\|£140,000\|RW 12\|Darius VASSELL\|27\|72\|£480,000\|ST 27\|BENJANI Mwaruwari\|29\|80\|£3,900,000\|ST 9\|Valeri BOJINOV\|21\|76\|£1,400,000\|ST 28\|Daniel STURRIDGE\|18\|68\|£270,000\|ST 52\|Ashley GRIMES\|20\|53\|£140,000\|ST 23\|Filippo MANCINI\|16\|64\|£190,000\|ST 17\|Martin PETROV\|28\|84\|£6,500,000\|LW STARTING XI HART ZABALETA------DUNNE©------KOMPANY------RICHARDS JOHNSON WRIGHT-PHILLIPS--------------------------------PETROV ROBINHO----------ELANO BOJINOV STAFF ATTACKING COACH------5/10 MIDFIELD COACH--------5/10 DEFENSIVE COACH-------5/10 GOALKEEPING COACH---5/10 FITNESS COACH----------5/10 HEAD SCOUT------------10/10 NEGOTIATOR-------------5/10 STADIUM MANAGER-------5/10 TRANSFER BUDGET: £23,000,000 DIFFICULTY: PROFESSIONAL HALF LENGTH: 5 MINS Next Up: Deadline Day Transfers - INS and OUTS, Start of Season __________________

07-09-2008, 03:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
GDSamo Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southend-on-sea, England. Posts: 273	Monday's Gossip Column BREAKING NEWS Manchester City have made two large final signings of the summer, by securing Arsenal's Eduardo and Tottenham's Gareth Bale. (Talk Sport Radio) Sevilla have signed Juventus' Rafaelle Palladino. (Spanish News) TRANSFER GOSSIP... Dimitar Berbatov has stated that he will not move to Manhester United. (The Independent) The Abu Dhabi Group have provided new manager, Michael Laudrup with sufficient transfer funds for new players. (The Daily Mail) Aston Vila have beaten FC Cologne to signing Werder Bremen left back Pierre Wome. (The Sun) Blackburn have raided Manchester City and bought left winger Martin Petrov and young left back Shaleum Logan. (The Telegraph) Michael Laudrup has already dipped into the transfer funds and bought Udinese's Christian Obodo in central midfield and young Czech striker Martin Fenin from Eintracht Frankfurt. (The Times) Bolton have shrugged off offers from Newcastle and Blackburn for young midfielder Danny Guthrie. (The Sun) Bolton have decided to make Real Sociedad's Mikel Alonso a permanent signing, even after his poor injury-prone period. (The Telegraph) Fulham have captured Man City wonderkid Daniel Sturridge on loan. (The Times) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summer Transfers 2008/2009 Gareth Bale Christian Obodo Eduardo Martin Fenin INS: Martin FENIN - Eintracht Frankfurt - £752,600 Gareth BALE - Tottenham - £2,160,000 EDUARDO - Arsenal - £9,582,720 Christian OBODO - Udinese - £2,400,000 Mario Ariel KUJOVIC - Scouted OUTS: Michael BALL - Sunderland - £258,100 Gary BREEN - Hannover - £79,000 Kelvin ETUHU - West Ham - £151,200 Ashley GRIMES - Manchester United - £158,190 Didi HAMAAN - Newcastle - £206,400 Shaleum LOGAN - Blackburn - £70,680 Filippo MANCINI - West Ham - Loan Richard MARTIN - St. Mirren - £64,260 Curtis OBENG - West Ham - £49,470 Daniel STURRIDGE - Fulham - Loan Darius VASSELL - Sint-Truiden - £422,400 Martin PETROV - Blackburn - £5,850,010 Notable Transfers: IN: Martin FENIN\|21\|73\|£752,600\|ST - A young hot prospect, with a bright future. Top scorer at Youth World Cup, a very good signing. Gareth BALE\|19\|78\|£2,160,000\|LB - A well-known left back/left mid with a deadly left foot, bags of pace and great defensive and attacking ability.Great signing on the left, he could fill in Petrov's missing positon. EDUARDO\|25\|83\|£9,582,720\|ST - A lot of money spent on Eduardo, but certainly worth every penny. Before Hughes departure, we were struggling to score goals. But, this new arrival could change that. Christian OBODO\|24\|78\|£2,400,000\|CM - In my opinion, seriously one of the best players on the game and I have got a steal here at £2.4 million. The big Nigerian is fast, powerful and versatile in every position from CB to CAM. Great Buy! OUT: Martin PETROV\|29\|84\|£5,850,010\|LW - One of my best players, but he was performing horrendously in the first few matches he had to go. It was a little below the asking price but i felt it was better with that than none at all. STARTING XI (after transfers): HART ZABALETA------RICHARDS©------KOMPANY------DUNNE OBODO WRIGHT-PHILLIPS--------------------------------BALE ROBINHO----------ELANO EDUARDO Squad Overview I think that I have spent well especially in weakened areas and I feel that my squad is looking like one that could break into the top four. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PL = Premier League CC = Carling Cup FA = FA Cup CS = Community Shield UEFA = UEFA Cup Match UCL = UEFA Champions League Match AUGUST (Hughes in management) PL Man City 1 - 1 Everton Caicedo, 82-------Pienaar, 71 PL Bolton 2 - 0 Man City Guthrie, 34 Davies, 90 PL Man City 1 - 1 Portsmouth Bojinov, 83--------------Diop, 43 _____________________________ Player of the Month: Vincent Kompany Goal of the Month: Caicedo vs Everton Good month for Kompany, despite Man City's terrible start. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER (Laudrup in management) PL Fulham 0 - 2 Man City Robinho, 21 Eduardo, 77 PL Man City 3 - 0 Sunderland Kompany, 15 Eduardo, 58 Johnson, 71 CC - 2nd Round Grimsby 0 - 2 Man City Elano, 42 Eduardo, 72 PL Tottenham 0 - 1 Man City Eduardo, 91 PL Man City 2 - 1 Blackburn Eduardo, 44, 56-----McCarthy, 74 PL Derby 1 - 2 Man City Barnes, 33-----Robinho, 28 Eduardo, 30 ______________________________________________ Player of the Month: Eduardo Goal of the Month: Robinho vs Fulham Eduardo: off to a flyer. ------------------------------------------------------- Next: October, November, December and January (Transfers). __________________ Last edited by GDSamo; 07-09-2008 at 04:02 AM..

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07-09-2008, 02:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
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07-09-2008, 12:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
GDSamo Rookie Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southend-on-sea, England. Posts: 273	OCTOBER CC = 3rd Round Norwich 0 - 1 Man City Bojinov, 41 PL Man City 2 - 0 Wigan Eduardo, 55 Bale, 65 PL Man City 3 - 0 Liverpool Eduardo, 24 Elano, 36 Bale, 47 PL Birmingham 1 - 1 Man City Kapo, 27---------------Eduardo, 1 _________________________________________ Player of the Month: Gareth Bale Goal of the Month: Bale vs Liverpool An Unbeaten month for City thanks to some good performances from Bale -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOVEMBER CC = 4th Round Wigan 1 - 1 Man City King, 40---------Obodo, 27 (Wigan win 4-2 on pens.) PL Man City 0 - 0 Arsenal PL Middlesborough 2 - 0 Man City Cattermole, 69 Arca, 80 PL Man City 2 - 1 Aston Villa Bale, 34--------------Barry, 26 Eduardo, 76 __________________________________________ Player of the Month: Christian Obodo Goal of the Month: Obodo vs Wigan Good performances from Obodo despite City's poor month -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DECEMBER PL Man U 1 - 1 Man City Ronaldo, 27------Elano, 22 PL Newcastle 2 - 0 Man City Martins, 47 Owen, 62 PL Man City 0 - 0 West ham PL Reading 0 - 1 Man City Eduardo, 47 PL Man City 2 - 0 Chelsea Eduardo, 23 Obodo, 84 PL Man City 3 - 1 Bolton Obodo, 38----------Cohen, 63 Eduardo, 40 Bojinov, 78 _____________________________________________ Player of the Month: Elano Goal of the Month: Eduardo vs Reading Elano put in some impressive performances in December, scoring a vital goal in the Manchester Derby. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transfer Review Christian Obodo - He has commanded the midfield, playing from CDM - CAM in times of need. 9/10 Eduardo - Easily filled in the goalscoring role, scoring 14 goals in 20 games. 10/10 Gareth Bale - Played left mid throughout the first half of the season and he looked the part as well. Scoring a few and delivering vital assists. 9/10 Martin Fenin - Wasn't expecting to make the first XI considering the likes of Eduardo, Caicedo and Bojinov. But when playing he didn't perform, and yet to score a goal. Still, he wasn't plan to play this season but definitely one for the future. 7/10 Next Up: January Transfers and Results ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __________________

07-09-2008, 12:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
Scene Kid Oli Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Stretford, Greater Manchester Gender: Male Posts: 6,442 Blog Entries: 1	this is good acctually mate, well done __________________

07-09-2008, 12:55 PM	#15 (permalink)
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07-09-2008, 01:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
The Stig Elite Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bunbury, WA Age: 15 Gender: Male Posts: 8,803	Roo, thats like the most popular sig on here __________________ "Come Dance With Me Honey, I Got Like 1/2 a Mill in Monopoly Money"

07-09-2008, 01:56 PM	#19 (permalink)
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07-09-2008, 01:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
FreshGeeza EA Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Manchester Age: 26 Gender: Male Posts: 12,042 Blog Entries: 2	Buy: Ronaldo,Ronaldo,Henry,Nistelrooy,Lampard,Gerrard,T orres,Cambiasso and you have enough money to buy a Maradona clone so it's pretty much win, win. __________________ LOVE UNITEDHATE GLAZER

07-09-2008, 02:21 PM	#22 (permalink)
FreshGeeza EA Veteran Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Greater Manchester Age: 26 Gender: Male Posts: 12,042 Blog Entries: 2	you kidding, it's Gemma Atkinson!! she's a ****ing hottie! __________________ LOVE UNITEDHATE GLAZER