Tevez to City

[Roadend]

and now City have bought Adebayor so that's
Santa-Cruz
Tevez
Adebayor
Robinhio
Benjani
Bellamy
Bojinov
Caicedo

It's madness, fantasy football gone nuts

I don't think Benjani is in anyone's footballing fantasies

[Macy]

Sure I'd give 100% and run and run all day, but doesn't mean I'd be any good as a United striker. He's a good player, but I don't think he was worth the money they wanted. You'd be fairly nieve to blame it totally on Fergie or United given the way Tevez has been handled and controlled.

As for favouring Berbatov - favouring a striker you've just brought for a lot of money, who'd have thought that would happen? Berbatov has this season to prove himself imo, it's too early to write him off.

[DeLorean]

I agree about Berbatov. Last season was patchy at best for him but he will be judged after this season.

I disagree about Tevez. He's easily worth £25m and more. Class act. Great football brain, great attitude, skillful and still fairly young at 25.

[old git]

I think a lot of Carlos Tevez's actions are governed by his emotions. On the pitch he wears his heart on his sleeve and gives 100% too, never looking disinterested. I think his decisions off the pitch are probably influenced by similar forces. Perhaps he got the vibe that Ferguson didn't really rate him as a player - he may have thought he'd only play as a back-up if Rooney or Berbatov was injured/suspended/needed resting, as that's the way it was looking to most neutral observers as the season wore on. Irrespective of money, he strikes me as the sort of player who genuinely enjoys playing, whereever he's been Carlos has loved playing football, be it on the rough streets of Fuerte Apache, in the Bombonera or at Corinthians. And I think for this reason (together with his national team aspirations) he felt it was best to move on. I can only imagine his frustration at being passed over for a (in many people's opinion) Berbatov.

The feeling I have about Tevez is his natural desire to play and love of the game are paramount to him as a footballer. Such traits are rare in the big leagues these days and I think skillfull players who have them should be kept at all costs.

I agree with Denis, I think he'll get more games at Blackburn. If Hughes is smart he'll have seen how well Santa Cruz plays with Salvador Cabanas for Paraguay. Cabanas, like Tevez, is an active player who runs and harries the opposition. I think a pairing of Tevez and Santa Cruz will be adpoted by Blackburn. I dont know if they'll sign Adebayor, this could potentially disrupt this. I imagine the likes of Bellamy, Benjani, Bozhinov, Evans and Caicedo will be squad players lower down the pecking order. I think Robinho will be an out and out winger (like Wright Phillips but on the other side) and Hughes may well try and convert Bellamy into a winger too. In short I expect Tevez to start most games for Man City.

if emotions involved i think he would have stayed at united ... personally i think his agent/ advisor had to much input/ interferance into his personal career and in the end tevez chose to follow his agent/ advisor advice for money reasons... what was wrong with staying with utd and his (natural desire to play and love of the game are paramount to him as a footballer. Such traits are rare in the big leagues these days ) is he not willing to stay at a club he loved and fight for his place i always thought tevez would be more than capable of winning this battle for a regular starting place .. hope it all works out for him at city as i admire him as a class player with abality / heart / passion

[tetsujin1979]

in Manchester this morning: http://www.flickr.com/photos/4027779...7621467658025/