He's back!

debaser wrote:Strikes me more of a squad strengthening signing, not sure he'll hold down a first-team spot - 'specially if he keeps having injury problems. So in that respect, I think his second spell will be underwhelming.

Parks lives wrote:

debaser wrote:Strikes me more of a squad strengthening signing, not sure he'll hold down a first-team spot - 'specially if he keeps having injury problems. So in that respect, I think his second spell will be underwhelming.

I actually think Mancini will make the mistake of dropping the in form De Jong for Vieria, which will weaken them.
He's bound to have his good games though.

Axeslammer wrote:I hope Nigel will be able to find a new club this transfer window

Axeslammer wrote:I hope Nigel will be able to find a new club this transfer window

The Professor wrote:Paddy Vieira

I don't expect him to be a succes for the same reason he wasn't a succes at inter the past 2 seasons: Injuries! He's a crock these days.

But if he magically manages to remain fit then he can surprise many people because he's still a very good player when fit. I have followed his career all these years.

His inter future was over the moment Mourinho took cover as he doesn't have patience with unreliable players - see Robben.

Laudable Laudrup wrote:Vieira has never been a 'deep midfielder'. That's one of life great mysteries he is considered one. For France, he was the driving b2b midfielder. Played like a lion there against Spain (both Euro 2000 and WC 2006), and that's the best I have seen him. That's his position. Juve saw the best of him in Serie A, with Emerson playing the deep midfield role. Then injuries after Inter signed him and the man is diseased forever.

City might prefer him to Barry, a useless no-hoper CM. De jong-Vieira is a strong base. Ireland ahead of that, would complete that midfield.

France don't want him with Lass and Toulalan having sealed their starting slots. So good luck to him

bluenine wrote:By "deep midfieders", I meant the non-AM/wingers. The midfield in the modern game is more and more becoming divided into two halves, and b2b, DMs, and most CMs fall under the "deep midfield" half of it, while the AMs & wingers fall under the "attacking midfield" half. Just a simplification of positions - justy to clarify where I was coming from...

Tweesus wrote:The signing would make sense if he was on a reasonable contract. £140,000 a week is just ridiculous though.

Puro wrote:A bit curious to see who will Mancini drop: the better midfielder De Jong OR the local boy? It's a very tough decision for Mancini for various reasons unless he builds the team around Barry and accomodates THIS midfielder so that everyone protects his ass, all his limitations just like Mourinho did with Lampard.

bluenine wrote:

The Professor wrote:Paddy Vieira

I don't expect him to be a succes for the same reason he wasn't a succes at inter the past 2 seasons: Injuries! He's a crock these days.

But if he magically manages to remain fit then he can surprise many people because he's still a very good player when fit. I have followed his career all these years.

His inter future was over the moment Mourinho took cover as he doesn't have patience with unreliable players - see Robben.

To be fair, Mou gave him as many (or as little) chances as he got under Mancio. He does stay injured a lot, is inconsistent, and gets a lot of cards. But there are some games where he does play very well. Inter are already filled with quality players for the deep midfielders role (Cambiasso, Motta, Zanetti, Stankovic, & Muntari), perhaps Vieira will come back into his own at City where he might be the focal point in the deep.

The Professor wrote:

bluenine wrote:

The Professor wrote:Paddy Vieira

I don't expect him to be a succes for the same reason he wasn't a succes at inter the past 2 seasons: Injuries! He's a crock these days.

But if he magically manages to remain fit then he can surprise many people because he's still a very good player when fit. I have followed his career all these years.

His inter future was over the moment Mourinho took cover as he doesn't have patience with unreliable players - see Robben.

To be fair, Mou gave him as many (or as little) chances as he got under Mancio. He does stay injured a lot, is inconsistent, and gets a lot of cards. But there are some games where he does play very well. Inter are already filled with quality players for the deep midfielders role (Cambiasso, Motta, Zanetti, Stankovic, & Muntari), perhaps Vieira will come back into his own at City where he might be the focal point in the deep.

He mostly started when fit(which wasn't so often) under Mancini, rarely came off the bench, u can check the stats - can't be arsed to look them up. The reason he didn't play a lot of games was because of injuries and he was frequently sent off in his 1st few months at Inter. I remember him enjoying an injury free period towards the end of his 2nd season and he was one of Inter's best performers(along with Balotteli). It was that same season Ibra came off the bench and won the game game to seal the scudetto against Parma(i think). His injury problems got worse after that season and he's basically been a crock the past 1.5 season. Mourinho used to start him when he was 1st took charge but quickly gave up on him.

Injuries fucked him up at Inter and sadly i can't ever see him being a fit footballer again.

A shame because he's still a good player when fit.