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To think it was done so quickly.

It's bye bye Ade, off to Citeh.

He's going to fly up to S. Africa to join up with his teammates who are on a pre-season tour. He pulled off a sky blue shirt for his unveilling and tbh, it looked weird. Not being a racist or colourist or something but light blue is a bad colour for African players.

I wonder how it feels to ditch the glorious red and white for a less than appealing blue.

So, once again, this summer, the team loses an established first team player.

Last year was the most horrible with Flam and Gilberto being the main people who would have really changed the way our season turned out.

This time, Adebayor's gone and Arsene Wenger mentioned that he already wanted to leave last summer. Did his 30 goals for Arsenal right after Henry leave make him think he was the best in the world deserving a bigger pay cheque and a move to a club he decides is bigger than Arsenal?

30 goals and he didn't feel challenged enough to add to that and be on par to be an Arsenal legend.

To think that Thierry Henry was his mentor. I'm wondering what Henry told him when Adebayor told him he wanted to move to Citeh. Pretty bad portrayal of his ambition imo.

Whatever it is, he is no Thierry Henry and looking at our current crop of players, I can't say there's anyone who would be close to being touted as the next Henry. Whatever we have, they're a special bunch with special abilities and With Rosicky and Eduardo back it could mean a whole different way of attacking instead of just trying to beat the offside trap. The technical level is very high and when scoring beautiful goals are concerned, Vela and Dudu are high up on the charts. Remember dudu's amazing beach-soccer-ish goal? Marvelous. Like in Football Manager, Vela likes to lob the keeper. I lol-ed at that one in FM editor.

So. City now has Adebayor, Tevez, Santa Cruz, Robinho, Benjani, Bellamy and Bojinov as their up-front men. Everton are pretty smart asses for taking the opportunity to snag Jo for free on another season long loan. 7 strikers, albeit Robinho probably being played in a advanced midfield role. I don't think a lot of them would be happy to be sitting on the bench. The main concern of players this transfer window is the upcoming world cup and evidently, players who get more playing time for their clubs under their belt are more likely to be selected.

Mark Hughes will have his work cut out. Maintaining dressing room chemistry and then having to bring out the best of his players will be such an issue. Take Adebayor and his newly expanded fat pay packet. He has signed a 5-year deal which guarantees $ for the next 5 years, $ which would see him through to his oh-so-important retirement. Remember last season where he wanted a pay increase to add to his retirement fund. Now he has it. Is there anything to play for?

Perhaps these players all want to shoot their club to the all important Champion's League qualification. If their predecessors have showed them well, they would realise that it is not so simple. Take Everton for example. They sniffed the Elite league of Europe at the expense of Liverpool (sth Sp*rs can't do to us) and struggled at the group stages. Teams who have been in Europe for extended lengths of time are simply seeded amongst the first for the draws so in the group stages, they most likely face just one strong European team with 2 being relatively easier. The problem here with teams like City being in Europe is that they will draw the bigger teams of Europe and going through to the knock out stages would be a mean task.

If they had to pit themselves against another big spending team like Real Madrid, they would lose horribly. Same footballing principles, different pool of players available.

Before lesser teams than the big 4 reaches Europe, they already have their problems. When they are in Europe, their problems will mount. Why bother.

It is no fluke that each season the big 4 easily reaches the knockout stages.

So, what did I do with FM editor?

I sent Arsenal youngsters on loan to say, Crystal Palace for about 4 seasons. Then I take control of CP and get them promoted to the PL. Thereafter, they'll receive the high-flying tag in the PL as I take them to Europe. And it was a horrible task to take them far in that competition since they draw the big boys so early in the group stage.

My point of doing that is to give valuable first time experience to the Arsenal kids ok. It's quite fun. FM editor is the best part of FM I'd say. I sent C. Ron to Tampines Rovers on a 10-year contract on $200 a week. Should do the same to Adebayor. Of course, as the next season approaches, people bid 20m for C. Ron and the message "The board has accepted the transfer on your behalf since it is too good to turn down" will come up, for something like that. Twats of the Tampines Rovers board. Never see $ before lol.

This transfer window is going to shape the next FM 2010 a shitload more. If I knew better, Citeh players are going to complain to the media about a lack of first team football and then confront Mark Hughes.

Lulz.

Labels: Emmanuel Adebayor, Football Manager, Man City, transfer window hoo-ha

A Little Drunken Madness @ 11:51 AM