Inexcusable Adebayor

maybe Sir T is right, it maybe his lucky T shirt.

We told you at the start of the season that by the end of it you'd be sick of the sight of Adebayor. Don't say you weren't warned. There was a REASON Arsenal DUMPED him you know and why Gooners couldn't wait to see the back of him. As well as being lazy, he's not right in the head.

Even if it is a comfort thing etc it can't be looked past. This is extremely poor and i'm seriously disappointed

Give the guy a break.. he's just been shot at. It's not like he's wearing a rag shirt or anything.

Priceless, dont but the teddy thing, question on all MCFC fans lips is WTF was the Arsenal rag doing in his bag, surely when he packed the bag he had no idea what would happen.

What you cant see in the interview is that he is Also wearing the limited edition Arsenal Valentines thong as modeled by Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith.

Stop Press. Former Arsenal employee still has soft spot for Arsenal. Get over it. Not bothered. Top four.

Brilliant! Baaa baaaa!!!!

Not that sheep line again Zbam. Relentless. You have got to come up with something different.

Still bad taste when his new club have acted the right way and allowed him more time away from football and he repays them by wearing a shirt from his former club who he left because he hated the eay they treated him!

Ade certainly wasn't wearing an arsenal shirt when he netted a goal and slid accoss the grass in triumph. Doesn't matter what he wears in his own time, with or without a life changing terrorist attack. Grow up you fricking muppets.

"as a club are pathetic for their total dis-intrest in bringing through young english,irish,scottish or welsh players." Yeah the Chinese Centre Mid Aaron Ramsey is just blocking young English talent. Same As Nigerian youth international Jack Wilshere and young Theo Walcott from Mozambique.

oh three players iceman,brilliant.how many PL games have any of those three had? a few league cup apperances and the odd sub apperance in the league does not go a great deal towards helping any of the national fa's of the countries i mentioned.

Couldn't care less what he wears as long as he produces the goods for City on the pitch.

Except iceman that only Wilshere came through your youth set up... the other two were bought well after making there first team bows. The one player who does come through Wilshere has started 0 Premier League games... has he even come of the bench? Once at most. Where as our 28th player to make their premiership bow played on Monday... bit of a difference... but then again your famed youth setup and us only caring about buying says it all.

Doesn't matter what he wears?? Oh priceless!! Listen to this carefully in case your brain cells didn't pick it up the first time. YOUR PLAYER has been seen doing an official TV interview wearing a shirt bearing the crest of one of YOUR RIVALS. When have you EVER seen Frank Lampard wearing a ManU hoodie or Rooney wearing an Arsenal jacket? That's how much HE thinks of Citeh. Do you really think he cared that he scored that goal for your club? Dream on, all he could think of was the Arsenal fans. Bless, he's just a jilted lover.

Mcfish said we werent trying to bring them through? Does it matter whether we bring them through our youth system or buy them and develop them ourselves? The list Niko posted just shows how misinformed many are.

Oh ok Goatboy I didnt realize you were party to Sturridges contract talks. The way Mcfish is going on I would have thought City would bent over backwards to keep a young British talent on their books.

5 premiership starts and 1 more champions league start than your clubs entire history.

oh so wenger cant take a bit of stick and language at a football match,he should as the FA to have every game involving arsenal played at the emirates,play no away games ever again,where its about as exciting as a funeral parlor. and god love the arsenal fans,are you over the horric slide ade did in front of you at eastlands? what a tortured little world arsenal fans live in,ade does a slide,wenger cant take teams getting physical,you havent won anything in five years,five not ******** fifty lads,jesus its a wonder you lot can sleep at night!

"We confirmed" Would the "we" be serial Truth Teller Gary Cook?

oh dear for once im lost for words

Some of you will feign apathy and that's fine, that's what I did when I heard about his problems with Monaco and Togo, I convinced myself that he may have been right. Even when he was arrested for smacking his missus one I have to admit, I dismissed it as media nonsense and ignored it. The man is not right in the head and as much as you feign disinterest here, we all know your minds are beginning to wonder. This is just the start, prepare for worse. You have been warned.

Fair enough... as I said earlier though... I don't care.

There's no feigning about it Dutch... I'd say it's split down the middle... half of us are not happy bunnies... and half us don't care. Thanks for the warning though.

tudor,maybe if coventry city come up next year maybe he'll sign for them :)

Bloody hell, SSN have just showed an extended interview with him strolling up for the interview and he's only flippin wearing Arsenal trackies too!!! Unbelievable Jeff.

nloody hell nikolaijns theres lots of gunners fans on here,your forums must be like your stadium,very very very very quite.

Get real. Inexcusable?! It's just a t-shirt. He probably picked up the closest thing he could find and put it. He's human. He probably hasn't done any washing! And who could blame him after everything he's gone through. It's not a stunt, it means absolutely nothing. The guy who wrote this post is an absolute cretin. There are more important things than what shirt he wears. Honestly, people baffle me.

Where was the interview done? Maybe he is back home in togo or staying with a relative. If so maybe its just some old kit he had lying around from his arsenal days. Im not an international footballer, but I imagine it takes a fair bit of effort to keep your international wardrobes up to date.

Has everyone forgot that the bus the idiots shot at mostly was the one with the luggage on by accident which was completed destroyed. They weren't exactly going to rummage around for left overs were they.

Oh, and too all you ManC fans trying to put it down to "maybe it was a comfort thing?: ...surely you must realise that's he's packed that shirt? He's taken it there before any of that all happened? Maybe he felt prouder wearing that in Africa, saying he played for a team that has actually won something in the past 10 years. Whilst giving us that "you haven't won anything in 5 years" crap ...we've won a damn sight more then you silly *****s.

Don't know what all the fuss is about - i live in Thailand but when i visit the UK i NEVER take any clothes - i have bloody loads over there (pre 2002) and just wear any old crap.

c'omn he lost all his clothes in the incident and he is poorly paid so he cant afford new shirt or washing meachine! LOL

what a cock. we should be posting this on all forums everywhere. Sky should get hold of this.

"The difference between our 2 clubs is that if this happens then we'll buy somebody else and he'll either be sold or out of the team." Kevinho, did you think about this before you wrote it down? Did I just have some daylight halucination along the lines of "Adebayor behaves like idiot, falls out with supporters and all of his team mates, Arsenal drop him and then sell him as soon as the summer window opened."

I saw the interview and found it odd that he was wearing that Arsenal shirt, and until someone asks him about it, we can only speculate why he did. I have a friend who has worked as backroom staff for many clubs and international teams, and has a collection of shirts, tracksuits, shorts etc. wherever he has been, and many swopped shirts from opponents, which he treasures fondly, and rightly so. Maybe Ade picked up the first shirt he could find, because he has more on his mind than worrying about offending fans thousands of miles away, or maybe he thought he could buy back some affection from the Arsenal fans he has obviously *****ed off over the last couple of years? - He always bangs on about wanting to be loved, maybe this is his way of trying to bring some more love back into his life, when he has just been faced with hatred and death in a way most of us will never come anywhere near suffering in our cosseted lifetimes. My gut feeling is to give him a break, our petty rivalries whilst fun on a certain level are childish and stupid compared to the extreme violence perpetrated in other parts of the world. The beauty of football is it can transgress international boundaries, bringing people together, let's hope the African cup of Nations can help bring stability to the region in some way, and this tragedy hasn't just been a senseless waste of good people's lives.

Seriously, this is not worth it. The guy has been shot at and if you've ever been were the bullets have been flying, you would have a different opinion. I more disappointed in the City fans reaction than Ade's wardrobe choice

Quite right kippaxking, all this bickering is shameful, and shows no class on the behalf of those participating in it. If ade was to go shopping to replace the blood-stained, ripped up Togo national team kit he was wearing, and the kit in the bullet - ridden bus, it would have been seen to be in very bad taste, plus, where in Togo exactly do you get a City tracksuit and replica shirt? As Ade obviously has a load of Arsenal kit in Togo, his family home, why not get some clean clothes on? - better than the blood - stained stuff eh? If he had a choice he would be wearing the Togo kit, but of course that got a bit ruined in the tiresome firefight. We should remember his tears of grief, and respect his fellow countrymen who died and are injured, not slag him off for his dress sense.

Oh the mass deulsion on this sight is frightening. Ade has joined the right club alright up at Wastelands. A bunch of head-cases who think they can mix it with the Big Boys. Yeah right. All you've got is a bunch of rejects and nut-jobs. Self-respecting world-class players wouldn't touch you with a barge-pole because none of them have ever heard of tiny little Citeh. So you think are someone do ya? That would be why Robinho (remember those dumb chants of "We've got Robinho!) is dying to get out after just one year and why six-months in Adebayor clearly wishes he was back at a proper club again. Keep drinking the camel milk. It clearly has hallucinagenic properties.

julieloveshenry4ever Don't like to be the one to point this out, but I think you've got some foam around your mouth - just give it a quick wipe, soon be gone.

P.S. Anyone notice the sole Man U poster (Tuscan3000) who has commented has talked 100% more sense than the entire bevy of l'arse fans who've crawled out of the woodwork?

antnee - Not seen you before mate, why don't you come down to the forums and share your views with other VMC members (and a few voyeurs)?

Well said Fifthcolumnblue. In this spirit of mutual understanding and co-operation between our clubs, I'd like to congratulate the Arsenal on the impending takeover of the club by American businessman Stan Kroenke. As we all know, only success and financial stability can come from a Yank running your club, I look forward to you gaining the same sort of success in recent times as other big clubs owned by our cousins across the pond, such as Manu, and Liverpool. This heady mix of Gallic and American influence will mould seamlessly into a force to be reckoned with, you only have to look at the similar ideologies at play in the recent gulf war, to know only good times await you Gooners!

It's grim - seeing as the average arsenal fan has about the same appreciation of irony as most yanks (no, irony is not what you do to get creases out of your clothing BTW!) I should think it will be a marriage made in heaven.

Now Citeh fans chiding us about their predictions for our ownership model? Wow.

Do they serve Camel's milk at the Emirates Stadium BTW? I'd love to try some. Can you imagine tripping on that bounty from the ship of the desert, whilst watching a thrilling Soccer match-up, with all those lovely cheerleaders to keep us entertained? Yeeeehaaaa!

soccer? cheerleaders? yeeehaaaa? That north that you refer to being so grim - is it Alaska?

The irony of l'arse fans being so much more bothered that 95% of City fans over this issue is entirely lost on them clearly. Don't forget Grim, the takeover by Kroenke IS far from certain - Usmanov has been buying shares hand over fist too, so far from the Yanks owning the club, they could have Borat for a chairman!

antnee is thus far a one-post wonder I'd just like to know whether he's a genuine City fan and not an Arsenal sign up (oh what Jolly japes you vital anarchy members get up to) coming on to try and further your argument that we're all in a tiz over this subject. Got all the creases out of your trousers yet? Try some steam mate.

Arsenal fans didn't want him, don't like him, and yet are happy what he's wearing. No sense.

Er, would it be weird to admit I quite like the Sturdy one, not the posh bird? It does get a bit nippy up here in Alaska, Greater Manchester, reckon she'd warm me up nicely, the other one's a bit of a stick insect for my tastes.

Grim - has to be the stick for me every time mate, have seen her scantily clad and can see why she used to be a model. PS - It's snowing in Greate Alaska again.

Was it Mourinho that labelled Wenger a voyeur? Seems to have trickled down to their fans as well. Snow's not settling fortunately, just hope it doesn't freee up later or it will be chaos on the roads. Wher's Governor Palin when you need her eh?

Fifthcolumnblue, could you translate Voyeur into American for me? Obviously all Arsenal fans will be au fait with the term, due to being exposed regularly to all things French, such as Cheese, and Surrender Monkeys, but those of us born north of Watford Gap probably won't know what it means. Ah well, c'est la vie.

You have 5 page threads discussing Lawrenson predictions? That's tragic Goat lol. You want the irony you have been banging on about? OK try this for size in the very next post after you've ridiculously accused the most multi cultural support going of racism one of your own displays the kind of tired rampant red topesque xenophobia that makes you look (not luck) spectacularly idiotic! doh :)

Small Hollandaise, you're missing the Big Picture. By mocking the Yanks, we're also commenting on the parlous financial state of our near rivals Manchester United and Liverpool. This is an example of killing several birds with one stone. Your stadium is named after an Arabian airline, for which you have no doubt been well recompensed with oil dollars, in a similar fashion to our own latest income stream - so everytime you knock us for spending oil money, you are commenting on yourselves too - is this becoming clear? Everytime you spout anti Arab racist nonsense, you reflect badly upon yourselves. You are however correct in saying this is funny, I nigh on wet myself with the irony and hypocrisy coming from you Gooners, and I look forward to the ensuing battle between Borat and Ronald MacDonald for ownership of your sleeping giant of a club.

At what point did I spout anti Arab nonsense? All I said was it's a bit rich you trying to take the ***** out of the fact that we have an American on board when you publicly fellate your chairman's ego in Arabic. How is that anti Arabic sentiment? Where have I criticised you for spending his money? I don't criticise you at all for spending his money. Football is a business and each business is entitled to run however it please so long as it operates within the law. So because Glazer and the Hicks are running their respective clubs into the ground Kroenke automatically will do too by virtue of nationality? Even though he hasn't done that with any of his other sports teams? Even though members of the Arsenal baord who have worked so hard to make us self sustaining have willingly sold him their shares? If you think all American owners behave the same, just by virtue of the fact that they come from the same, fecking enormous country, I'm curious as to why you didn't include Randy Lerner in that little missive?

Still snowing out, but looks as though it's letting up a bit, there are even a few breaks in the cloud. (Not over old Trafford, it's looking decidedly gloomy over there) P.S. LD - Leveraged buyouts work the same no matter what country the pillagers come from. So once again, the question remains - do you want to be owned by an American asset stripper or a Kazhakstani money-launderer? And will you complain if said new owner pumps millions into your club and allows you p-arse-imonius manager to finally buy the quality your team appears to be lacking? Or are you prepared to tough it out and stick to signings like Sol Campbell?

I believe congratulations are in order are they not chaps? Is this or is this not the first time your site has ever reached a 100 comments article? Shame it couldn't have been anything other than this topic eh? Don't understand all the hostility you have shown for your guests, you should be thanking us for our contributions in making VMC history! ;)

Must say I think this whole discusion is pretty poor form. A blokes almost been turned into swiss cheese, he's seen close friends shot up and killed and all people can talk about is the shirt he's wearing at an interview. I for one don't care and I could'nt even begin to imagine whats going through the poor guys head after experiencing that. Time for some people to get their heads out their arse and show a bit of compassion for a man who has just been through a terrible ordeal.

Way to deviate a losing argument yet again fifthcolumnblue, soundly beaten on one topic, move onto another in an attempt to be antagonistic. Don't remember us hanging any Adebayor effagies, but there you go. And I'll guarantee you one thing too, Adebayor won't win the league on his old club's ground either.

beat me to it LD :)

The reasons Randy Lerner didn't make my list of Yanky gold diggers, were (a), I forgot about him, and (2), my puerile sense of humour wouldn't get past his name as a comedic starting point - I mean honestly, what were his parents thinking? The stereotyping guff is couched in the form of irony and humour, I even use it in my pseudonym - can I be blamed if you aren't quick witted enough to spot a wind up when one slaps you in the cyber face?

theres the furture of arsenal... Sol Campbell!!!! congratulations... oh and no future to predict mate.... fact... how many times do we need to batter your sorry behinds?????

To be fair, I'm sure Sol Campbell won't be a terrible signing for a few months, but it does suggest the gooners are being led down the garden path by their manager when he comes out and tells them there is money to spend on players. Seem to remember someone of a purple hue telling his fans that they had £80m to spend only for it to emerge that the cupboard was very conspicuosly bare. I might demand some answers of my club if such things were happening I'm not suggesting Arsene is baldly lying to the arsenal fans in the manner of Bacon face, but perhaps he's being slightly economical with the verite?

Sol will only be for the rest of the season fcb, to be fair although you lot would lash out 25 mill on a bench warming back up Wenger doesn't see the point as Djourou will be fit again in a few monts time. I'd be lying though if I said that I wasn't concerned given our track record of injuries I'd be amazed if Gallas and Vermaelen stayed fit for an entire season. And neither CB back up instills us with much faith.

The manager had no problems lashing out the big ones for Vermaelen and Arshavin. That's the difference, when we spend money we spend it on quality, not on the basis that if you throw enough ***** at a wall, some will stick.

ta very much niko

Little man has made another outstanding point... you mean like Tevez, Bellamy, Given, Kompany, De Jong, Barry, Petrov.... I see you have been quick to forget about Reyes, Suker, Luzhny, Eduardo, Van Bronkhorst, Richard Wright and ****ing Francis Jeffers!!!!!.... YOU ARE A FOOL MAN!!!!!! oh and before I forget - great move with Silvestre

ta very much niko. You are correct, thanks indeed to the many Gooners who have gone out of their way to make this thread the huge success it is today. Stars such as Julie Loves henry for ever, diminutive Netherlander et al can rightly feel proud of their contribution, covering such topics as what sports attire is de-rigeur in a war zone, through the sticky topic of football finances, culminating in the proposed buggery of our latest signing by the ageing stalwart Sol Campbell. I do apologise if I've missed anyone out, you should all feel justifiably proud of this historic event, give yourselves a great big pat on the back and a round of applause, you deserve it xxxxxx

It's still snowing in Alaska.

Adebayor throws on a clean rag at the bottom of his kit bag. Big deal. Arsenal fans flock on here, because they are not interested in our little club or E.A. I'll be watching the best of Arsenal's Champions League titles this evening. What? They have NEVER won it? EVER? How strange, i thought they were some Gods of the game.

Cheers FCB, 15 here with no wind or rain. Was near OT last night, drove past the swamp and saw the cracks in the empire. Felt a warm glow.

Your right Grim. The truth brooks no contraversy. Howabout, it was only due to bribes they got in the top flight anyhow? Nope, the truth again. Or the manager telling players to handball, nope, its all true. Maybe Mourinho was correct and there are a lot of voyeurs in north London.

Isn't being patronised French for being nonced by your father? Sorry, had to be said. Thought we'd covered the topic of who you'd like to "do", and it was the posh one off the telly (still think the Sturdy one would be a better bet)

It's all horses for courses FCB, and as yours looks a bit like a horse, I guess you win! Mind you, the Sturdy one looks a bit like a Duck, sort of, but beggars can't be choosers can they? Ideally, I'd like to have a rendezvous with Sarah Beeney (not pregnant, uurgh), or that other posh bird from Location Location Location, Kirsty whatsherface - again, it's a bit parky Oop North in Alaska!

In his interview (in a city shirt) today he said they left all their luggage in the coach... borrowed a shirt of his brother... whipped it on and did the interview.. apologised but said basically he had other things on his mind obviously than what he was wearing.

Kirsty Alsopp. We are most definitely in agreement on that one Mr Grim! ;-)

Hahaha this is hilarious. ManC fans, you are officialy idiots. Can you honestly tell me, you wouldn't be ripping into a United fan if Michael Owen was wearing a Liverpool shirt in an interview? (not that he's dumb enough to do that). Or if Lampard decided to chuck on a West Ham shirt for an after game press conference? Of course you fkn would ...Stop acting like you're the most humble, ethical fans out there. You've gotten lucky, you've got a team built on money (though a quite ridiculous team it appears to be) 120mil in one transfer period for 8 draws in a row? NICE! ...You're *****heads, Adebayor is a tit, stop living in denial. Oh i can't wait til' you guys come to Emirate's ...maybe Ade can "accidently" head it into his own net ;)

Don't talk *****, no one said anything about the shootings. Read the tital of this article. "Inexcusable Adebayor" ...Little Dutch made a point that Ade is a fashion freak and there's no way he didn't take his own wardrobe. What he wore was unprofessional and ridiculous. No excuses. I can quite comftably look myself in the mirror mate so don't try pull that bull***** on me.

I notice that the only fans with an agenda over the shirt on Adebayor's back are Arsenal fans. Tottenham, Chelsea and United fans (you know, the ones who actually have the most reason for taking the proverbial out of us) have mostly commented on how irrelevant the entire issue is. As for Michael Owen? Well, I'm sure we would rip into the rags a fair bit if he were to wear the shirt of one of his rivals, unless of course he'd just held a dying team mate in his arms. Then of cours we'd have the good graces to desist from ridiculing him. What I do find entirely unbelievable is the fact that you and others are still harping on about this on a Man City forum. Oh, and Grim, Kirsty Allsop in a tight t-shirt definitely gets a thumbs up from me, just make sure it ain't an arsenal rag eh? ;)

fifthcolumnwhatever, Tottenham and Chelsea fans cant take your case much because they are hardly big clubs themselves. There are only 3 big clubs in England from a historical perspective and I doubt you even know which clubs they are.

P.S. deltaforce, I assume you can't see exactly how patronising the comment "some of you still retain that perspective and I commend you for it" actually is, unless of course you are deliberately trying to wind us up. Pardon me for not doffing my cap to l'ancienne regime and for being a chav upstart. What are you lord of the manor or something?