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Le$cott out of shitty!

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Off topic again. Wow, you lot are VERY good.


Oh, and why does anyone care about Lescott anymore? We got some good money out of him, and he's ****ed up his career. Everyone wins.
 
faridmon said:
I don't see anywhere that says Lescott is leaving man city. where do you guys read this? or is this wishful thinking?
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jul/28/joleon-lescott-manchester-city

"Despite being touted among the City players who may not make Mancini's 25-man squad for this season, Lescott insists he has not sought assurances over his future from the manager."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...ish-trio-door-Roberto-Mancini-weilds-axe.html

"England internationals Shaun Wright-Phillips, Joleon Lescott and Wayne Bridge are among the high-profile names Mancini wants out of Eastlands as the Italian started to wield the axe on the most expensively-assembled squad in the Premier League."
 
Garry.Cook said:
He's actually been very good when he's played for us, just had a couple of injuries unfortunately.
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Irrelevent. Will he be in your 25 man squad next season?

And will he be willing to move somewhere else, and be on a 1/3 of what he's getting with you?
 
Lescott aiming to repay City
Centre-half determined to prove he is no big-money flop

Joleon Lescott admits he is yet to justify Manchester City's show of faith, but has unwavering belief in his own ability.

The Blues parted with £24million last summer as they lured the England international away from Premier League rivals Everton.
However, a miserable debut season at Eastlands saw Lescott struggle to find his form, while a succession of niggling knocks kept him sidelined for prolonged periods and dashed his World Cup dreams.

The commanding centre-half has vowed to bounce back stronger, though, and is convinced that he can prove his full value to Roberto Mancini and the City faithful during the 2010/11 campaign.

"It was a long summer and very hard for me because I had ambitions to go to the World Cup," said Lescott.

"But injuries meant I couldn't go. That was hard to take but I'm trying to get back into it now and working hard.

"Last season was frustrating. I worked so hard to get the move and I feel I didn't repay the club as much as I would have liked. Obviously the injuries didn't help, but I'm fit now and I believe I can repay the club if I'm given the opportunities.

"I started training towards the end of last season and have kept that going all summer to get stronger. I watched a few of the World Cup games while spending time with my family and friends but the main focus for me was to get fit.

"Having to watch it on television didn't make the situation any more difficult. I took it that I was injured and that was the main reason I didn't go to the World Cup."

Lescott is also confident that he can tie down a regular role at City this season, despite seeing defensive recruits in the form of Jerome Boateng and Aleksandr Kolarov drafted in during a hectic summer of transfer activity at Eastlands.

He added: "I expected there to be changes, even if we'd got fourth place last season. None of us are distracted by that, because we know we're all going to have to fight for our positions at this club.

"Everyone wants to play in the best teams and work with the best players, and City are no different. They want to achieve great things and to do that they've got to buy top players.

"I don't think any player needs to go to the manager for reassurance, but if you believe you're training well enough and playing well, but are not then given the opportunities to play, that's when you'll speak to him.

"At this moment we've only played a few pre-season friendlies, we're still training and a lot of players aren't back yet, so it's difficult for the manager because he can't shape the team or the squad as he would like.

"The target last season was to get into the Champions League and we didn't do that, which was disappointing. This season the aim is the same. The goal is to get into the Champions League and if we finish higher than fourth, that would be great."
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Garry.Cook said:
Of course it's not irrelevant...if he is one of our most consistent CB's we won't be selling him will we?
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He's consistent alright. Consistently on the operating table.

If these rumours are true about David Luiz, then I can't see Lescott having a future at your club.
 
RadioFriendlyUnitShifter said:
He's consistent alright. Consistently on the operating table.

If these rumours are true about David Luiz, then I can't see Lescott having a future at your club.
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I don't think there's a chance in hell he's going anywhere TBH. We paid through the eyeballs for him...Mancini won't be allowed to just buy elsewhere to replace him and chuck him for £5mil. He's been really good when he's played, just a matter of keeping him fit.

Crocky Santa Cruz has had god knows how many chances already and he's notoriously [Poor language removed]...Lescott has at least a couple of seasons in him yet.
 
Garry.Cook said:
I don't think there's a chance in hell he's going anywhere TBH. We paid through the eyeballs for him...Mancini won't be allowed to just buy elsewhere to replace him and chuck him for £5mil. He's been really good when he's played, just a matter of keeping him fit.

Crocky Santa Cruz has had god knows how many chances already and he's notoriously [Poor language removed]...Lescott has at least a couple of seasons in him yet.
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You've spent over the odds on most of the new signings, and it looks like you'll be offloading a lot. I mean, Jo for £18 million -- remember that? Didn't you pay like £19 million for De Jong, with 6 months left on his contract?

My point is, I don't think the club or the sheiks care about you guys burning money, or selling players for a fraction of what you payed.
 
£e$cott will most likely stay with ManC until he's forced by the manager there to leave. He earns more than he will get in any other club that will have him. Mancini have stated that he wants to have 2 very good full starting 11's in his team. So even if £e$cott will only be the fourth choise CD he will stay and get to play a bit. Also he will be needed since he's an english player and therefore fills up a needed spot for english players among the 25 with ManC.

However I do think that his chances to get into the national team suffered when he joined ManC, mostly due to the fact that he won't be getting regular competitive matches every weekend when he's fit.
 

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