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Hargreaves could be a fantastic bit of business if he gets fit and can get some games under his belt.
He offered to play for free at United too.
He offered to play for free at United too.
And I think they were a little silly to say no. A damn good player if he can keep some sort of fitness.
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I would love it if he plays well. I hope he scores the winner against the other side in the 97th minute (AKA Fergie time) knocking them out of the cup, and lifts the Premiership trophy with City 
Indeed he could. We have a pretty good record at City of getting players fit. We got Bellamy playing games weekly. We are getting Balotelli back to full fitness ahead of schedule i believe as he has been doing full training now.
On a 1yr pay as you play we cant really lose. We have plenty of players who can play his position so its not like our season rests on him playing or not.
Will be interesting to see either way.
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Eden Hazard? For the Belgian winger.
Christ, bit late sorry.
Christ, bit late sorry.
Why do people think Hargreaves could prove a decent buy? He was never that good anyway (or as bad as he was made out 2 game prior to joining Utd) and has barely kicked a ball in 2 years. Do people really think you can go without playing competitive football for that long and just pick up from where you left off?
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He wa sa very good player before his injury problems, but I'm not expecting him to do well, just hoping that he does
He is a free, isnt on long contract, isn't on proper wages and used to be a top player imo. Was great for England and utd when he played firstly.
He will play in the reserves for 6 or so months to start. I would be surprised to see him in the first team at all this season in fact.
If he plays for the reserves and proves he can keep his fitness for a whole year then we will give him a first team chance next season, even then only being Carling, FA Cup games.
Mancini has no need to rush him into playing.
I could be wrong and he might come straight into the squad for the game v Birmingham in the Carling.
He could even make the Wigan game because Mancini will be resting quite a few players after there international games.
He wasn't really a buy
and he's not going to cost City *too* much money, a basic wage + big appearance fee.He was a very good player before his recent bad luck with injuries.
Hargo unfortunately didn't really have a place in the team. As the story goes he offered to play for free but we said to him he didn't want to do that, which he then agreed with after thinking about it. Fergie said to him that it was time that the Youth came through.
I honestly don't think that he can get back to fitness, he's had so many different injuries etc since the Knees that its just mad. He's been suffering with constant injuries for years, ever since the leg break at Bayern.
I agree that it was the right time for him to leave, I understand why he's gone to City also although disappointing. I don't think he will play much though, not anywhere, unfortunately.
I honestly don't think that he can get back to fitness, he's had so many different injuries etc since the Knees that its just mad. He's been suffering with constant injuries for years, ever since the leg break at Bayern.
I agree that it was the right time for him to leave, I understand why he's gone to City also although disappointing. I don't think he will play much though, not anywhere, unfortunately.
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all the man utd fans said he was worth £16 million even though he only played for 1 season he was instrumental for them in the league and champions league in that 1 season and they would have paid £16 million just for that 1 season.
now he's gone to man city, he's apparently never been any good.
funny how opinions change. sure he wont be as good as he was straight away, but he simply wont have forgotten how to play football, hell i haven't swam in 10 years, but i reckon i could still do as well as i used to with a bit of practice.
he was worth a punt tbh.
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In what way do you see him replacing Lampard? As your main attacking/goalscoring midfielder?
Meireles isn't naturally an attacking midfielder and won't replace Lampard's goals. He's a continuity player; he always makes himself available for a pass and when he gets it, he plays simple but clever passes. Not dissimilar to Modric in that respect.
His unwillingness to tackle isn't as much of an issue in a 3 man central midfield with Mikel sitting but seeing as I don't see him replacing Lampard, that leaves you with a choice between Ramires and Meireles. A 3 man midfield of Lampard, Meireles and Mikel? Lacks legs imo.
Anyway, I hope he does as well for you as Torres and Benayoun have
We'll never get a player like Lampard ever again TBH; he was a one in a million - I can't think of any midfielder in the world who scored as many goals from midfield as him.
Unfortunately though, he is getting old and he just can't run around the pitch as much as he would like and therefore he major asset (arriving late in the box and scoring goals), is not really happening for him right now.
You're right in thinking Meireles won't be another Lampard, but he can still fill Lampard's spot and bring something else to the team.
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I thought they'd signed him and sent him out on loan 
Are you calling me a Man Utd fan?
Surely that's a personal attack!
I can understand the need to replace Lampard but a midfield 3 of Meireles, Ramires and Mikel lacks balance and goals imo. Providing Torres starts scoring and Mata + 1 chip in with a few, it wouldn't be too bad but if/when they're not scoring you could struggle for goals imo.
He will be earning basic wage of course, he will offer CL experience more than anything considering a few havent played in it before. He is a replacement for Vieira really, will be able to help a few of the youngsters. Especially what he has been through is relevant to Michael Johnson etc
I believe quite a few on "redcafe" have...a lot of City fans were mentioning it on "Bluemoon"[Cas];19968754 said:I haven't noticed any Man Utd fans saying anything bad about him?
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not you baz, your liverpool are you not?
there were man utd fans many pages back raging that hargreaves would even thing of going to city, then they said they didnt know whether to laugh or cry, hopefully laugh as he is cack, etc.
there were man utd fans many pages back raging that hargreaves would even thing of going to city, then they said they didnt know whether to laugh or cry, hopefully laugh as he is cack, etc.
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