posted Dec 4, 2006

If the city board are serious about keeping Distan then they need to put up the money to keep him happy. I am not saying they should pamper to his demands but he is a top defender and needs to be treated as such. If we are serious about keeping all of our top players then we need to make sure they have top contracts. This club is going places if we can keep the likes of Distan, Dunne, Richards, Barton, Vassell & Samaras. It gives us something to build on and that should go hand in hand with us making a serious push for a uefa place...

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posted Dec 4, 2006

if he wants to stay great but if not get as much as possible for him in january , we have replacements i richards , onouha , mills etc

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posted Dec 4, 2006

rumours are, he is joing us (celtic) in the summer

hopes its true, hes a good defender

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posted Dec 4, 2006

If he goes, with all due respect, I don't think it will be to Celtic.

kotk59: Distin didn't play v Wigan and we got stuffed 4-0! Good asRichards, Onouha and Mills might be the Dunne?Distin psrtnership is well established. It would be a major loss if he went imo.

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posted Dec 4, 2006

im not so sure. i dont think hes at a fashionable enouhg club jsut now, to get a move to a true top side like barca...arsenel..lyon etc etc

but hes definately CL material and thats what celtic can offder him. hes exactly the sort of player for a club like celtic or PSV, who r decent cl sides...not set on always signing the starts of europe..but more on the players who'll do te job

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posted Dec 4, 2006

Can't understand why Distin doesn't get in the French squad ahead of Boumsong

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posted Dec 4, 2006

I think Stewy Pearce has the right attitude. He has to concentrait on trying to keep Citeh in the Prem this season - his team is better with Distin than without him, so why sell him half way through the season. Pearce will be judged by the board of Man City on results, NOT on whether he gets a defender to stay at the Council House. Why should Pearcey be worried about the club losing the £2-4million transfer fee, when, without that player he may lay himself open to being closer to the sack.

(I'd love to see Distin at Old Trafford, but I'm not sure if Sir Alex will be given funds in Jan).

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posted Dec 4, 2006

Red Since Munich, Man City's season and Pearce's appraisal at the end of the season does not hinge on one player. Distin should be cashed in on if he is reluctant to commit himself to the club.

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posted Dec 4, 2006

If Distin is the difference between mid table and a relegation dogfight, he's worth a lot more to the club than whatever he'll fetch in a fire sale. Selling a player mid-season in transfer window conditions is short-sighted and I applaud Pearce for taking this view. It's refreshing and continental. People talk about "committing to the club" and "cashing in" but what is more important to any club outside the top four clubs is comfortable Premiership survival. You need to keep a team together for that.

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posted Dec 5, 2006

to question a players commitment because he doesnt sign an extension is laughable at times. we live in the modern day football where players stay only a few seasons sometimes.

it is a difficult balance. on the one hand u have a player who has committed himself to a club for say 5 years. in that time he has given his heart and soul...should he not be entitled to seek a new challenge?

on the other hand u do have the club who spent X amount on a player and dont want to see him leave for free.

like i said....tough balance.

back to distin, if pearce puts crazy pressure on him and sales him in jan..we never knew whether he wud have signed that extension. good luck to pearce as he is a top manager

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