Spillage on Big Red Bench tonight

[drinkfeckarse]

Surely the simplest way of keeping George at the club is to win the league.
NOBODY would give up the chance of playing in the CL, would they?

Kevin Doyle did

[Schunter Netz]

He might give up the odd CL game. In truth, its a short glory trip for the underdogs anyway, not a career ambition. Who has ever got a glorious career from one or two rounds of the qualifying stages of the champions league? The reality is that George is 25, 26?, and has finally found his level at a club that gives him the freedom to be playmaker, and it happens to be his home town, which he clearly loves and which gives him the adulation he craves...and a club with the ability and ambition to be national champions and more?!...What other club will give him all of that? The highest he could aim would be engilsh division one (old school) and what team at that level would give him the playmaker role he seems to need? The answer is none, actually...as good as he is. At his age, its not going to happen. George can swap the central role he has at City for a lesser, hopeful, one at a 'bigger club' but I can't see how it would be a good career move.

[A face]

He might give up the odd CL game. In truth, its a short glory trip for the underdogs anyway, not a career ambition. Who has ever got a glorious career from one or two rounds of the qualifying stages of the champions league? The reality is that George is 25, 26?, and has finally found his level at a club that gives him the freedom to be playmaker, and it happens to be his home town, which he clearly loves and which gives him the adulation he craves...and a club with the ability and ambition to be national champions and more?!...What other club will give him all of that? The highest he could aim would be engilsh division one (old school) and what team at that level would give him the playmaker role he seems to need? The answer is none, actually...as good as he is. At his age, its not going to happen. George can swap the central role he has at City for a lesser, hopeful, one at a 'bigger club' but I can't see how it would be a good career move.

Bang on the money there fella .... Great post and totally true !!

[Slash/ED]

You're forgetting a few things though, Kerr has made it clear that all the leagues best talent needs to leave to make the international team and that's surely an ambition of his and also he could probably earn alot more money in England.

[Fair_play_boy]

He might give up the odd CL game. In truth, its a short glory trip for the underdogs anyway, not a career ambition. Who has ever got a glorious career from one or two rounds of the qualifying stages of the champions league? The reality is that George is 25, 26?, and has finally found his level at a club that gives him the freedom to be playmaker, and it happens to be his home town, which he clearly loves and which gives him the adulation he craves...and a club with the ability and ambition to be national champions and more?!...What other club will give him all of that? The highest he could aim would be engilsh division one (old school) and what team at that level would give him the playmaker role he seems to need? The answer is none, actually...as good as he is. At his age, its not going to happen. George can swap the central role he has at City for a lesser, hopeful, one at a 'bigger club' but I can't see how it would be a good career move.

Excellent post. Says it all really.