Manchester City In Financial Strife

Ireland to Sunderland confirmed on Channel 5 coverage alongside Corluka's departure according to teh lads on the live match thread.

We need answers from Cook and Co.

was stevie ireland in your squad photo yesterday?

They only brought on Ireland because he had no choice, Vassell and The Boj and Richards look to have sustained injuries that will not heal soon. Petrov according to Danny Mills Co commentating on 5 said he had a tear and would not be back for some weeks. Corluka and Ireland both on their way. Looks like we will have to play the youth team. Dr T. is not our dream ticket, but whats new in the life of a Manchester City Fan.

fell sorry for u . But pleased with Corluka , will help modric settle. I still think he was wrong to get rid ov Eriksson

why were city fans chanting for sven today? what has sparky done to deserve that treatment?

But today there was clear we need Right Wing!

One thing I will say is that the sale of Corluka is not the end of the world and he will not find it easy to get into the Spuds team if hutton is fit and may find himself warming the bench, but his he happy at the move and is he being pushed.

"Should Thaksin Shinawatra be found by the Football Association and Premier League not to be a fit and proper person to own an English club" - folks. I think we probably know deep down the answer to this already.... Have been holding off on a ST and will now pick and chose I think. FFS...

city 81, I think the poll is reflecting the mood of City fans as each day goes by with more rumours and lack of clarity from the club hierarchy.

I’m getting quite sick of this speculation; the media have created all this negativity which is causing a lot of unnecessary stress to supporters and City fans alike. They don’t have a clue (the media) if they were honest with us, but for some sad reason these so-called childish rumours sell newspapers. I, myself is not worried what’s-so-ever about this because I’m trying my best to stay focused on the season with a positive outlook. The Mirror is one of the worst to make things up; there may be some truth to this but it’s becoming misleading, blown out of context, trouble causing and its plain wrong! They say we are selling players to help with the day-to-day running of the club, example – “Croatian defender Vedran Corluka is on the verge of signing for Tottenham for a mere £5m”. Don’t be silly don’t you think we would sell him for a bigger price? You may think why Tottenham would pay more than £7m for Corluka, well because from his performance in the Euro2008 tournaments he is worth at least £12m. We’re selling Corluka because we have enough right backs, too many in my opinion! The reason is not because they think he’s not good enough, it’s because we could do with more quality in the attacking area. In the defensive area we have too many players of the same calibre. So as unhappy and sad to see Corluka go, we must accept that it’s for our own benefit. It won’t interrupt the defence too much! We are not in dire straits; we just need some extra cash to complete our squad and have a real good season but because of this Thaksin Shinawatra business in Thailand we need the money now, he can’t access his £800m assets because they have been frozen and he can’t access the money he has got in England, because they took his passport off him. So the media will not wind me up… Everything will be just fine. If the worst comes to worst, we’ll be just fine – win some trophies, stay a good few places in the top half of the table (7th – 4th) all season (because the higher you are, the more money you earn), earn money from the sponsorship & television revenue. Plus the FA have a ruling now where if someone is caught by corruption charges they get took off the board of the club and handed to someone safe – which in our situation would be Gary Cook. No worries… Sod Thaksin!!! I feel much better now thank you for letting me get that off my chest…

I agree entirely. Good call, mcfcthriller...a voice of reason in times of trouble. Or media-originated trouble, at least.

I wanna be like youuuuuuuuuu Thriller........ but am with La Baguette.