Is Mainoldo black? He's made a couple of these jokes (I'm assuming that was a joke), first about Rio and now the Boateng brothers.Jerome Boateng to City
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Is Mainoldo black? He's made a couple of these jokes (I'm assuming that was a joke), first about Rio and now the Boateng brothers.I thought they were cousins? Well, apparently not.
Are you fecking stupid? They are brothers, and why the feck do they need to look similar?
Smalling is not in the same league as Messi, Cesc or Rooney. They are genuine talent that were spotted well before the age of 16/17. Smalling was playing for Maidstone FC when he was 17. That's all I'm saying. He could become a first team player in a few years, he might not. He might become the next Rio...but he could also turn into the next Curtis Davis. At 10 million for me he represents a huge gamble. Hopefully this one will pay off for Fergie.
Yeah i am
Wrong on two counts.
Boateng looks very good - huge and mobile and looks like he can read the game.
Smalling biggest asset is he is English which with the 25 man squad rule is important.
Smalling biggest asset is he is English which with the 25 man squad rule is important.
Here we go...
Thought he was a bit of the weak link at the back- too often way too far inside leaving lots of space on the right (for Argentina). Did make some good plays though. Not sold on him yet but, they may have made a good buy on him.
Probably an improvement on Kolo and Lescott.
You're a fecking idiot.
city's best purchase so far. Not silva or toure, but this lad.
Played better today than in the previous games where I felt he was a bit suspect, still he's playing out of position.
oh definitely, I think robben can destroy this guy if they face off in the final.
However, he has the makings of developing into a very good CB in the future.
He looks a decent prospect for City. I think he looks a lot better than Badstuber, who I think is distinctly average.
Yeah he's big, rangey, has pace and looks a pretty good reader of the game, I think he's a diamond in the rough for City.
seconded.
im not gonna go into who's better, but have you lot seen 20 year old Badstuber playing in his position? i.e cb?? he's a brillaint prospect...Boateng has more pace on him...but i reckon Badstuber has the better football brains. very natural defender!
Out for at least a month with a 'freak' accident on a plane journey, stewardess ramming the drinks trolley into his knee
Not so freak if you ask me, I've had them ram the bloody thing in my knee before, problem is your leg space is tight if you're long legged, and they hurtle the bloody things down the narrow passageway
Not so freak if you ask me, I've had them ram the bloody thing in my knee before, problem is your leg space is tight if you're long legged, and they hurtle the bloody things down the narrow passageway
That will teach the tight git, earning 85K a week he sure can pay for the comfort of First Class, let alone Business.
What a really stupid and entirely avoidable way to get injured. As you say, it's no freak, has happened to me too.
AFP: Knee injury rules Boateng out of Euro 2012 games
"The Manchester City defender must wait at least another month for his debut in the English Premier League since his 12.5 million transfer from Hamburg - because of an accident with an airplane's drinks trolley.
He injured his knee in Germany's 2-2 draw against Denmark in a friendly on August 11 and then had the injury aggravated when a stewardess ran her drinks trolley into Boateng's knee by accident on the flight home."
"The Manchester City defender must wait at least another month for his debut in the English Premier League since his 12.5 million transfer from Hamburg - because of an accident with an airplane's drinks trolley.
He injured his knee in Germany's 2-2 draw against Denmark in a friendly on August 11 and then had the injury aggravated when a stewardess ran her drinks trolley into Boateng's knee by accident on the flight home."
Blair being an idiot once again.
I am glad we got Smalling.
Hehe. It's always a classic when someone talks about how their opinion is fact, usually as a defence of them criticising one of our players.
Boateng is an obvious weakness in the Citeh team.
Especially at full back.
Especially at full back.
Boateng has always had a bit of the headless chickens about him.
Not really surprising that Commadus and Blair have made the above posts though, they've always been the amongst the most pessimistic bunch on the Caf. Speaking of a pessimistic cnut
Actually that was a fair post, but where the hell is this guy these days?
Posting on a Barcelona forum?
In fairness to most of the posts in this thread, Boateng must have looked a more proven player than Smalling when the transfer was done which was when most of these posts were made.
I'd say Smalling has a much higher profile now though and looks an excellent prospect. I would not swop him for any other centre back of the same age.
I'd say Smalling has a much higher profile now though and looks an excellent prospect. I would not swop him for any other centre back of the same age.
The former West Germany striker is hopeful that the ex-Hamburg defender will become the latest new arrival at the Allianz Arena, following three signings already this summer
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge remains confident that the club will make Manchester City's Jerome Boateng their fourth signing of the summer.
Boateng, who has found it difficult to nail down a regular place in Roberto Mancini's first-choice starting line-up due to a combination of injuries and the form of the likes of Vincent Kompany and Micah Richards, has reportedly informed his Italian coach of his desire to move to Bayern.
Rummenigge told Kicker: "I believe that there is a chance that we will come to an agreement. We will have to play a waiting game and this is not something which will be resolved in the next two or three days."
City, for their part, have shown little inclination to lose the German, with sporting director Mike Rigg describing Boateng as "unsellable". The main stumbling block is City's insistence on a transfer fee in the region of €20 million (£17.7m), with Bayern currently only prepared to stump up €12.5m (£11m).
Should the two clubs eventually come to an agreement, Boateng would become the latest high-profile signing as the club look to mount a stiffer challenge for the Bundesliga title under new coach Jupp Heynckes, in the wake of this season's third-placed finish.
Manuel Neuer, Rafinha and Nils Petersen have already moved to the Allianz Arena this summer.
Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge remains confident that the club will make Manchester City's Jerome Boateng their fourth signing of the summer.
Boateng, who has found it difficult to nail down a regular place in Roberto Mancini's first-choice starting line-up due to a combination of injuries and the form of the likes of Vincent Kompany and Micah Richards, has reportedly informed his Italian coach of his desire to move to Bayern.
Rummenigge told Kicker: "I believe that there is a chance that we will come to an agreement. We will have to play a waiting game and this is not something which will be resolved in the next two or three days."
City, for their part, have shown little inclination to lose the German, with sporting director Mike Rigg describing Boateng as "unsellable". The main stumbling block is City's insistence on a transfer fee in the region of €20 million (£17.7m), with Bayern currently only prepared to stump up €12.5m (£11m).
Should the two clubs eventually come to an agreement, Boateng would become the latest high-profile signing as the club look to mount a stiffer challenge for the Bundesliga title under new coach Jupp Heynckes, in the wake of this season's third-placed finish.
Manuel Neuer, Rafinha and Nils Petersen have already moved to the Allianz Arena this summer.
Thought he looked a good player in the WC, shame.
Looks like Smalling was the better buy, after all. Who'd of thunk it?
This is a fecking gem
Was a very good up and coming player but man he has had trouble with injuries. Bayern just want the whole German team it sounds like....
It isn't a shame City are missing out on making the most of him. He will be ace for Bayern.
They should have never let Hummels go
True that. They will forever pay for it
If I was German, I'd hate Bayern - they just buy up all the quality