Probably closer to the truth.

i think phil brown has lost it now another player has gone whos going to be next hes got to be big and strong now if he want to pull this one off now needs a few very big signings or we are going down

What, Marlon King - One lazy ar5e who has caused numerous problems since his time there (Fracas with Windass, Assaulting that woman and spat with Brown) - I'm glad he's gone, trouble seems to follow him - plus it should be the key to bring in a proven striker with bags of pace.

Stelios - Only made one apperance, obviously past it. Showed against Sunderland.

Your right about Hull and there 'very big signings' though, think it's Duffen who has to stand up and put his hand in his pocket to sign some real quality.

And one player that has quality, if it's true and they seem to be seriously linked with him for a 5mill swoop is Jimmy Bullard. Great player IMO and would work excellently with Geovanni.

Bullard is exactly the kind of midfielder city need right now. Would be a huge signing for them.

Thought he showed some nice touches v Sunderland, Barmby too played really well and has been dropped for it!

Eye, especially if we get that cameroon international too. great central midfield partnership what were missing. (as well as another good striker now king has gone)

Bullard deal done according to skysports.com

Excellent news. Being that i spend my whole life in this chair i spend a lot of time watching sky. Bullard certainly catches the eye.

Mentioned him to fellow city supporters at the start of the season as the man to sign. I cant see why any off the bigger team have not been in for him, but well done city on this signing

Possibly because he's not very good?

And he isn't worth £50k a week.

Doubt he is getting that. His weekly wages wont have changed much from what he is on now at fulham but the 4 and a half year contract must have sealed it!

Which one of your midfielders is keeping him out of the england squad?

You've even managed to ruin Michael Owens international career

Yeah cos id rather have Peter Lovenkrands!!

Think we had to offer the longer deal to give us the advantage over other teams. If he keeps us up it pays for itself immediately though!

How many games has Bullard played for England again?



Injuries affected his England career, not us. Hardly been ruined either has it?

He's exactly what we need at the moment. Cheap, versatile, plenty of pace and hunger to do well. Same cannot be said of Bullard.

He's been in the last few squads both for friendlys and the actual qualifiers so it goes to show he is seen as one of the elite midfielders in the country unless Mr Capello is mistaken of course?

Owens international career will take off again next season when he moves on

City have no midfield, making Bullard exactly what we need.

Play 442 with midefield of:
Geovanni LM
Bullard CM
Cameroon player linked with CM
Mendy RM

with a pairing up front of Manucho and Cousin looks decent.

I work with a Newcastle season ticket holder here thats not as diluded as Ash, some of the stories are very funny!

Michael Mancienne was in the Germany squad, does that mean he's one of the elite defenders in the country? On the topic of the Germany game, Bullard couldn't even get a game, despite having numerous midfielders missing.


Not getting any younger is he? Missing too many chances at the moment and that's his own fault.

What are these stories?

Maybe so, but he needs the quality around him. Will Brown play Mendy on the right? Can Geovanni play on the left wing? For Bullard to pay off, he needs a good partner in the middle of the park.

Bullard had been demanding higher wages at Fulham, with some reports today suggesting he may be looking for as much as =red£50,000 a week from the Tigers icon_eek.gif