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6 hours ago, ramaiya2 said:

Finally

 

No more tantrums when things don't go his way

Yes and no more world class pieces of innovation and finishes that made us champions of England.....he’s moved on but boy many on here are bitter.

 

He is world class and will show it whilst we had an opportunity to match his ambition in the season we were in the Champions League when if we had gone out and made a real statement by signing top drawer quality maybe he would have seen the ambition - we didn’t and he deserves to play at the top level. He was immature and badly advised but still the most gifted player we have ever had and yet has answered questions honestly - we are a good club but not a Top one fact!!

 

He will show a few people on here just as Kante did that world class players at the KP have been very few in the blue....two in fact....sad but we move on

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Jonathan Liew Chief Sports Writer - https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/riyad-mahrez-manchester-city-signing-leicester-pep-guardiola-latest-updates-a8445861.html

 

Riyad Mahrez, another talented schmuck scooped up by Manchester City simply for the sake of it
For the Premier League champions, Mahrez is the eighth sports car in your driveway, the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, the extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza

A small crowd had gathered outside the main entrance of the Etihad Stadium to watch the unveiling of Riyad Mahrez as a Manchester City player. It consisted of several selfie-hunting kids, roughly the same number of patient parents, a shirtless bloke who wanted Mahrez to autograph his back, and a pair of terrifying-looking furry aliens called Moonchester and Moonbeam dressed neck to toe in box-fresh Nike, who were either City’s official club mascots or the visitations of a particularly lurid cheese nightmare that were visible to me and me alone. It wouldn’t be the first time. For days I’ve been trying to convince friends and family that I saw Harry Maguire playing in central defence for England at the World Cup. “Yes, of course he is,” they replied. Ever get the feeling you’re being gaslit by your loved ones?

 

If the existence of Moonchester and Moonbeam remains largely conjecture, then Mahrez’s arrival at the Etihad feels real enough. A transfer that somehow feels like it has been in gestation since towards the end of the Paleolithic Age – when Mahrez himself was just a glint in Wyscout’s eye – Mahrez to City marks the latest minor milestone in an era where the biggest clubs are not merely giants but predators, not merely bright stars but black holes, with a gravitational field from which not even the world’s 14th-richest club can escape.

 

The first thing to be said here is that City don’t need Mahrez. They might think they do, but they don’t really. They might argue that he fills some essential, gaping flaw in their collective front-five skillset that somehow Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan don’t already address. They might even, at a boardroom level, explain how the signing of the club’s first Arabic-speaking superstar (and it’s telling that his first interview with the club website was shown with Arabic subtitles) is a perfect synergy with the brand’s MENA marketing strategy, and produce the graphs to prove it.


But when you boil it down, the only reason City are really signing Mahrez is because they can. It’s the eighth sports car in your driveway, it’s the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, it’s ordering extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza. And that’s why, even if this is just one of hundreds of examples of big clubs picking off the best talent from lower down the chain, this transfer feels particularly wanton, particularly gratuitous, the footballing equivalent of raising both middle fingers to the neighbours, just so they can see the rose gold rings you’re wearing on each.

For his part, Mahrez might think he needs City, but even then: not that much. He may try and rationalise it as ambition, upward mobility, self-improvement, the chance to help the team and win trophies, the things your agent tells you to say in press conferences. And there’s no question that the view of Pep Guardiola’s high-pressing amusement park from beyond its gilded gates must look terribly alluring. Presumably this is why he agitated so hard for a move in January: if you can’t beat them, go on strike until the club to which you are contracted for another two years lets you join them.


But whatever he goes on to win at City won’t remotely compare to the scale and the satisfaction of what he achieved at Leicester, where he was a major part of the most unlikely title-winning campaign in the history of English football. His legacy there is already secure. And for all the rancour over his departure, the reaction among Leicester fans has been impressively mature, although his comments about Maguire in his opening press conference (“He deserves to play higher, but Leicester is a good club as well”) may not have been the best start. Mahrez was a god at Leicester. Now he’s just another talented schmuck warming the padded car seats of the superclub subs bench, hoping people notice him.

Of course, you will argue, this is just the way football is these days, and naturally you’re right. Nobody seriously expects a player of Mahrez’s talent to spurn a big move to a big club, a hefty pay rise, the opportunity to work with the most dynamic coach in the world. Nobody seriously expects a club of City’s ambition to pass up an opportunity to cement their dominance of English football, to weaken a rival, to supplement their already enviable array of attacking options. It would just be nice every once in a while if this wasn’t the case. But then, maybe that’s just the cheese talking.

 

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32 minutes ago, davieG said:

Jonathan Liew Chief Sports Writer - https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/riyad-mahrez-manchester-city-signing-leicester-pep-guardiola-latest-updates-a8445861.html

 

Riyad Mahrez, another talented schmuck scooped up by Manchester City simply for the sake of it
For the Premier League champions, Mahrez is the eighth sports car in your driveway, the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, the extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza

A small crowd had gathered outside the main entrance of the Etihad Stadium to watch the unveiling of Riyad Mahrez as a Manchester City player. It consisted of several selfie-hunting kids, roughly the same number of patient parents, a shirtless bloke who wanted Mahrez to autograph his back, and a pair of terrifying-looking furry aliens called Moonchester and Moonbeam dressed neck to toe in box-fresh Nike, who were either City’s official club mascots or the visitations of a particularly lurid cheese nightmare that were visible to me and me alone. It wouldn’t be the first time. For days I’ve been trying to convince friends and family that I saw Harry Maguire playing in central defence for England at the World Cup. “Yes, of course he is,” they replied. Ever get the feeling you’re being gaslit by your loved ones?

 

If the existence of Moonchester and Moonbeam remains largely conjecture, then Mahrez’s arrival at the Etihad feels real enough. A transfer that somehow feels like it has been in gestation since towards the end of the Paleolithic Age – when Mahrez himself was just a glint in Wyscout’s eye – Mahrez to City marks the latest minor milestone in an era where the biggest clubs are not merely giants but predators, not merely bright stars but black holes, with a gravitational field from which not even the world’s 14th-richest club can escape.

 

The first thing to be said here is that City don’t need Mahrez. They might think they do, but they don’t really. They might argue that he fills some essential, gaping flaw in their collective front-five skillset that somehow Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan don’t already address. They might even, at a boardroom level, explain how the signing of the club’s first Arabic-speaking superstar (and it’s telling that his first interview with the club website was shown with Arabic subtitles) is a perfect synergy with the brand’s MENA marketing strategy, and produce the graphs to prove it.


But when you boil it down, the only reason City are really signing Mahrez is because they can. It’s the eighth sports car in your driveway, it’s the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, it’s ordering extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza. And that’s why, even if this is just one of hundreds of examples of big clubs picking off the best talent from lower down the chain, this transfer feels particularly wanton, particularly gratuitous, the footballing equivalent of raising both middle fingers to the neighbours, just so they can see the rose gold rings you’re wearing on each.

For his part, Mahrez might think he needs City, but even then: not that much. He may try and rationalise it as ambition, upward mobility, self-improvement, the chance to help the team and win trophies, the things your agent tells you to say in press conferences. And there’s no question that the view of Pep Guardiola’s high-pressing amusement park from beyond its gilded gates must look terribly alluring. Presumably this is why he agitated so hard for a move in January: if you can’t beat them, go on strike until the club to which you are contracted for another two years lets you join them.


But whatever he goes on to win at City won’t remotely compare to the scale and the satisfaction of what he achieved at Leicester, where he was a major part of the most unlikely title-winning campaign in the history of English football. His legacy there is already secure. And for all the rancour over his departure, the reaction among Leicester fans has been impressively mature, although his comments about Maguire in his opening press conference (“He deserves to play higher, but Leicester is a good club as well”) may not have been the best start. Mahrez was a god at Leicester. Now he’s just another talented schmuck warming the padded car seats of the superclub subs bench, hoping people notice him.

Of course, you will argue, this is just the way football is these days, and naturally you’re right. Nobody seriously expects a player of Mahrez’s talent to spurn a big move to a big club, a hefty pay rise, the opportunity to work with the most dynamic coach in the world. Nobody seriously expects a club of City’s ambition to pass up an opportunity to cement their dominance of English football, to weaken a rival, to supplement their already enviable array of attacking options. It would just be nice every once in a while if this wasn’t the case. But then, maybe that’s just the cheese talking.

 

Ain't he a bitter one.

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1 minute ago, Countryfox said:

 No, not in the slightest.  

Well, that's your opinion mate and you're fully entitled to it.

 

I personally don't see any problem with a player wanting to prove themselves at a higher level and a team strengthening in order to be able to compete on multiple fronts. Always was the case and will always be.

 

We'll see what he's made of and if he can walk the walk.

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5 minutes ago, That_Dude said:

Well, that's your opinion mate and you're fully entitled to it.

 

I personally don't see any problem with a player wanting to prove themselves at a higher level and a team strengthening in order to be able to compete on multiple fronts. Always was the case and will always be.

 

We'll see what he's made of and if he can walk the walk.

No. You said he’s bitter and I said no he’s not.  He’s a journalist not a fvckin leicester City fan ...

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Mahrez - one of the Leicester greats, probably the most talented player we’ve ever had and will be remembered for the many gasps from the crowd he inspired.

 

And yet, for a lot of Leicester fans he’ll never be truly loved like a Vardy, a Muzzy or even a Lloyd Dyer.

 

If we’re honest, Mahrez is the modern footballer fans love to hate. Petulant, selfish and greedy. His attitude towards the club, even after the transfer went through (the comment about Maguire was completely unnecessary) has been downright disrespectful. That goes for on the pitch as well, where his occasional brilliance (largely in the bigger, ‘shop window’ games) over the past couple of seasons has been drowned in a series of apathetic and below par performances.

 

I will certainly have many fond memories of Mahrez, but I won’t miss him at all.

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The reason pep bought mahrez is because he fears us and our style of play. Buy the playmaker and you take away the threat. Mahrez is a pawn. Don’t forget, we were the club that introduced him to the realities of the premier league when he rocked up with all his superstars and then went home with his tail between his legs to re think his stragedy of how to succeed after we hammered them 4-2 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38277921

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Jonathan Liew Chief Sports Writer - https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/riyad-mahrez-manchester-city-signing-leicester-pep-guardiola-latest-updates-a8445861.html

 

Riyad Mahrez, another talented schmuck scooped up by Manchester City simply for the sake of it
For the Premier League champions, Mahrez is the eighth sports car in your driveway, the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, the extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza

A small crowd had gathered outside the main entrance of the Etihad Stadium to watch the unveiling of Riyad Mahrez as a Manchester City player. It consisted of several selfie-hunting kids, roughly the same number of patient parents, a shirtless bloke who wanted Mahrez to autograph his back, and a pair of terrifying-looking furry aliens called Moonchester and Moonbeam dressed neck to toe in box-fresh Nike, who were either City’s official club mascots or the visitations of a particularly lurid cheese nightmare that were visible to me and me alone. It wouldn’t be the first time. For days I’ve been trying to convince friends and family that I saw Harry Maguire playing in central defence for England at the World Cup. “Yes, of course he is,” they replied. Ever get the feeling you’re being gaslit by your loved ones?

 

If the existence of Moonchester and Moonbeam remains largely conjecture, then Mahrez’s arrival at the Etihad feels real enough. A transfer that somehow feels like it has been in gestation since towards the end of the Paleolithic Age – when Mahrez himself was just a glint in Wyscout’s eye – Mahrez to City marks the latest minor milestone in an era where the biggest clubs are not merely giants but predators, not merely bright stars but black holes, with a gravitational field from which not even the world’s 14th-richest club can escape.

 

The first thing to be said here is that City don’t need Mahrez. They might think they do, but they don’t really. They might argue that he fills some essential, gaping flaw in their collective front-five skillset that somehow Raheem Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan don’t already address. They might even, at a boardroom level, explain how the signing of the club’s first Arabic-speaking superstar (and it’s telling that his first interview with the club website was shown with Arabic subtitles) is a perfect synergy with the brand’s MENA marketing strategy, and produce the graphs to prove it.


But when you boil it down, the only reason City are really signing Mahrez is because they can. It’s the eighth sports car in your driveway, it’s the gold leaf monogram on your Bottega Veneta suitcase, it’s ordering extra pepperoni on your triple-pepperoni pizza. And that’s why, even if this is just one of hundreds of examples of big clubs picking off the best talent from lower down the chain, this transfer feels particularly wanton, particularly gratuitous, the footballing equivalent of raising both middle fingers to the neighbours, just so they can see the rose gold rings you’re wearing on each.

For his part, Mahrez might think he needs City, but even then: not that much. He may try and rationalise it as ambition, upward mobility, self-improvement, the chance to help the team and win trophies, the things your agent tells you to say in press conferences. And there’s no question that the view of Pep Guardiola’s high-pressing amusement park from beyond its gilded gates must look terribly alluring. Presumably this is why he agitated so hard for a move in January: if you can’t beat them, go on strike until the club to which you are contracted for another two years lets you join them.


But whatever he goes on to win at City won’t remotely compare to the scale and the satisfaction of what he achieved at Leicester, where he was a major part of the most unlikely title-winning campaign in the history of English football. His legacy there is already secure. And for all the rancour over his departure, the reaction among Leicester fans has been impressively mature, although his comments about Maguire in his opening press conference (“He deserves to play higher, but Leicester is a good club as well”) may not have been the best start. Mahrez was a god at Leicester. Now he’s just another talented schmuck warming the padded car seats of the superclub subs bench, hoping people notice him.

Of course, you will argue, this is just the way football is these days, and naturally you’re right. Nobody seriously expects a player of Mahrez’s talent to spurn a big move to a big club, a hefty pay rise, the opportunity to work with the most dynamic coach in the world. Nobody seriously expects a club of City’s ambition to pass up an opportunity to cement their dominance of English football, to weaken a rival, to supplement their already enviable array of attacking options. It would just be nice every once in a while if this wasn’t the case. But then, maybe that’s just the cheese talking.

 

What/how/where does Jonathan Liew,characterise the Journalist Merry go round,wäre they follow their dreams of

Chasing their dreams of Writing for top Sport columns or report on Top TV Sport programs....

Schmucks judging Schmucks....So immature,so pathetic...

Ditto for Every single career chaser...!!!!!

 

TWAT...

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41 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

He’s right though, Man City don’t need him, Real Madrid or Barcelona need him, or someone like him.

From what I saw and read Manchester City had problems to unlock packed defenses, Sané and Sterling have pace but none of them is as good at beating defenders as Riyad. None of them has his vision.Especially in a team where it would be suicidal to double or trebble on him.

 

Furthermore With Riyad and Sterling on the right, B.Silva can shift to the middle as he's seen as a natural succesor to an ageing D.Silva. There is also the option of playing Sterling in the middle as CF. This adds a lot of flexibility. I also wouldn't even be surprised if Pep tries mahrez on the left.

 

Guardiola isn't a fool just piling up players like in Football Manager. If he wanted Mahrez and was ready to break Man City's transfer record, it's certainly not to put him on the bench, as the journalist said. There will be squad rotation with either player used or benched depending on the opponent. They were short on players last year in the UCL and it showed. 

 

Let's not kid ourselves, have we been in their shoes we'd do the same thing and for me this guy is talking crap.

 

 

 

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From what I saw and read Manchester City had problems to unlock packed defenses, Sané and Sterling have pace but none of them is as good at beating defenders like Riyad. None of them has his vision.

 

Especially in a team where it would be suicidal to double or trebble on him. Furthermore With Riyad and Sterling on the right, B.Silva can shift to the middle as he's seen as a natural succesor to an ageing D.Silva. There is also the option of playing Sterling in the middle as CF. This adds a lot of flexibility. I also wouldn't even be surprised if Pep tries mahrez on the left.

 

Guardiola isn't a fool just piling up players like in Football Manager. If he wanted Mahrez and was ready to break Man City's transfer record, it's certainly not to put him on the bench, as the journalist said. There will be squad rotation with either player used or benched depending on the opponent. They were short on players last year in the UCL and it showed. 

 

Let's not kid ourselves, have we been in their shoes we'd do the same thing and for me this guy is talking crap.

 

 

 

 

Well .... one of you is, thats for sure ...

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45 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

The reason pep bought mahrez is because he fears us and our style of play. Buy the playmaker and you take away the threat. Mahrez is a pawn. Don’t forget, we were the club that introduced him to the realities of the premier league when he rocked up with all his superstars and then went home with his tail between his legs to re think his stragedy of how to succeed after we hammered them 4-2 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38277921

You can't be serious. They beat us at home and trashed us at the Etihad last season. We're in no way rivals.

 

Unless you're joking and it went over my head.

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You can't be serious. They beat us at home and trashed us at the Etihad last season. We're in no way rivals.

 

Unless you're joking and it went over my head.

Who said rivals, the guy fears us and knows that once we sort out our defence, midfield and attack we’ll be a force again.

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2 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Who said rivals, the guy fears us and knows that once we sort out our defence, midfield and attack we’ll be a force again.

Basically when we have a new team then. Still think that we're Guardiola's least problem and he bought Mahrez for other reasons, but maybe you're right. Who knows.

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