Patrick Vieira A City Player?, To Gamble Or Not To Gamble

As far as I am concerned Patrick Vieira is a Manchester City player, call me premature but I like to sometimes live on the edge of 'got it wrong canyon'.

It seems however that signals and fact add up to say Vieira is a City player?

With Vieira waving goodbye to Inter fans and Jose Mourinho stating Vieira is on his way back to England.

Ex Arsenal man Lee Dixon seems to think Patrick Vieira does not have what it takes anymore to play in todays English Premier League.

Nigel Winterburn also sees the move as a gamble.

How much of a gamble is it?

Patrick Vieira will be arriving at Manchester City as a free agent so there is no transfer fee to be paid.

Dietmar Hamann proved to the English Premier League that its not over until a player says its over, so whats to say Patrick Vieira cannot play an important role at a new club no matter what league their in?

Considering Manchester City has its fair share of injuries highlighting the fact Stephen Ireland and Michael Johnson are out injured, who says City don't need midfield reinforcements.

The January transfer window is a tough and harsh window to deal in, as you are aware many clubs do not want to loose players halfway through a season, others will demand a very high price.

So whats better than a still fit, experienced footballer with pedigree at the highest standard on a free transfer?

Manchester City will gain the last few years service of a champion and as far as I can see, the only person having to open their wallet at this point to pay his wage is our owner and saviour Sheikh Mansour.

With Patricks experience, many of our young players will gain a valuable asset to learn from and whats to say City don't offer Vieira some kind of staff role once he chooses to retire?

One thing is for certain, the player has a hell of a lot more to offer than just on the playing field, hey I am only 1 year older than the guy and I can run a full marathon still.

To me theres no gamble here, its a clear win win situation even if he fails to make a big impact.

Welcome Mr Patrick Vieira to Manchester City FC, heres to hoping it works out for you and us too.

Does Manchester City Need Patrick Vieira? Does Patrick Vieira Need Manchester City? Is This A Good Move?

Patrick Vieira, once one of the best midfielders in the world and a general amungst soldiers on the playing field. Now 33 years old with a footballing lifetime of experience, only lacking the youth and fitness of years gone by.

Manchester City definitely need a leader on the field of play and Vieira is definitely that, still one of the best leaders in world football without a doubt.

Patrick Vieira clearly does not want to fizzle out without a bang and obviously still enjoys a challenge, Manchester City can offer him that challenge.

I have been thinking long and hard at what kind of role Vieira could play for Manchester City taking into account the player of today?

The variations can be tampered with but what that shows me is, Vieira could play a very important part in the push for champions League football still without covering 100% of the playing field.

My opinion is, Patrick Vieira arriving at Manchester City FC would be a fantastic move, stuff what Lee Dixon thinks as the guy is obviously narrow minded and jealous. And please no smart comments about the lack of defenders in the images, call me lazy if you will.

Whats your opinion on the possible arrival of Vieira?

1969 League Cup Semi Final, Manchester City Vs United, 4 - 3 agg

First Leg: Manchester City 2 - 1 United



Second Leg: Manchester City 2 - 2 United



Lets hope it all works out as it should do and Manchester City crucify United and create history.

It makes me laugh everytime I hear United and their idle fans big up George Best as a god, I unfortunetly was not born to witness the magic of Bell, Lee, Book and Summerbee but just watching footage shows me they were just as good if not better than George Best.

Good luck lads, a good time to make history.

Leeds United Do Manchester City A Favour And Knock Man United Out Of FA Cup, Big Thankyou To Leeds

With Man United slowly falling from their throne, Leeds United thought it fit to get in on the act early and stick it too them.

They are however not the only ones, neutral fans across the world wide web are wanting Manchester City FC to crucify Man United in the Carling Cup.

After Alex Ferguson's ranting about fielding youngsters against City in the Carling Cup on  January 6th 2010, and the humble pie Leeds United dished out today, I can hardly see bacon face fielding more youngsters against City, would we honest City fans really want a weakened United team anyway?.

I would much rather bacon face field his strongest side so the victory can be all the more enjoyable and seeing his pitch side reaction to the lose was fantastic.

Before Leeds United knocked Man United out of the FA Cup, I thought it be a nice idea to entertain myself by taking a gander over to a United blog full of, well ill leave it at United following RepublicofMancunia to see what United fans had to say about the game and boy was I not let down.

First United fan to leave a comment said: "Some games are worth the wait………….Bring on the scum time to make them experince what it feels to be City …………"

Sure is, especially when it bites you back.

Another interesting Comment from another United fan was: "United team:

Kuszczak; Neville, Vidic, Evans, Fabio; Welbeck, Anderson, Gibson, Obertan, Rooney, Berbatov.

Subs: Amos, Rafael, Brown, Carrick, Tosic, Giggs, Owen."

Now forgive if im wrong but by my count that is 13 first team players, its very amusing to hear Alex Ferguson rant on about youth. Only United pretty much have no youth fit enough to get them out of the debt hole they are currently in, what they do have has been wrenched from other clubs youth academies.

I could go on but I will leave it there and say how satisfying it is every time United fans get a dose of reality.

Now there is just one small matter of Manchester City FC knocking Man United out of the Carling Cup and we can look forward to a much better blue year.

Big, Big big big thankyou to Leeds United FC.

With United out of the FA Cup, Chelsea FC hopefully sealing the Premier League and a hopeful knock out of United in the Carling Cup by us, what more could we ask for?

Middlesbrough (0) - Manchester (1) City Walk It With Another Win Under Mancini

Well all I can say is, we deserved every second of that win especially after playing all of our bench.

Garrido is the same old average leftback despite his one off free kick to goal gift against Wolves.

I dub you 'Back pass Benjani' and lets face it, when your back passing and heading to the opposition 90% of the time your doing yourself no favours with the fans.

Garrido and Benjani are two players that definitely need replacing super quick.

Vladimir Weiss was kept quiet which is no surprise being Middlesbrough made sure of it he would not get the upper hand, still a solid performance from the promising young lad, I believe he could learn alot from Martin Petrov.

Dedryck Boyata's first full 90 minutes and a fantastic performance from the young defender, very impressed with his progress.

Heres hoping that Roberto Mancini has seen enough of Garrido and Benjani to send them on their way out of Manchester pronto.

With Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge at left back its hard to see Garrido staying at City any how not to mention the probability that Sylvinho will run his contract down.

And with Tevez, Bellamy and Adebayor at City its hard to see where Benjani fits in either.

Overrall, a very poor first half performance followed up by a slow second half performance. Obviously Mancini was resting players for the upcoming match against United in the Carling Cup but it was equally a very risky chance to take, thankful it deservedly went our way with a bit of luck.

Third win under our new manager so lets hope it continues so we can finally enjoy what the future promises.