| Man City statues 10:15 - Oct 11 with 1436 views | Pique |
As anyone who has followed my occasional posts on this forum may know, I'm a big fan of statues outside football stadiums. I love them - love the statues of Sir Alf, Sir Bobby, Kevin Beattie, and I'd love to see more one day.
If you've never been to the Etihad you might not be aware, but Man City put up statues of Vincent Kompany, David Silva and Sergio Aguero in recent years, and there are (or were) apparently plans to add ones of Kevin de Bruyne and Pep.
Personally I always thought putting up statues of players who retired within the last five years was utterly tinpot. Statues are supposed to be about history, not the day before yesterday.
But leaving that aside, surely they've all got to come down now haven't they? Given these players will (possibly) be judged by the football authorities to have actually won nothing, and will certainly be seen that way by history.
(NB - I am aware this is hardly the most pressing issue in this whole sorry saga and this post is slightly tongue in cheek, but I am genuinely interested in what people think. As I say, in my view it's a bit tinpot they were even there in the first place). |  | | |  |
| Man City statues on 10:46 - Oct 11 | Guthrum |
Pretty sure they'll keep them and continue to deny the club ever did anything wrong. |  |
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| Man City statues on 10:53 - Oct 11 | befxblue |
They'll more than likely sell the statues for scrap metal to Etihad airways to build planes, for £90 billion.
But then only make Etihad pay £40. |  | | |
| Man City statues on 11:14 - Oct 11 | Mullet |
I see them most days and they are hilariously bad. Doesn’t look like any of the players, done in a tacky style full of holes etc. |  |
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| Man City statues on 11:41 - Oct 11 | glasso |
| Man City statues on 11:14 - Oct 11 by Mullet |
I see them most days and they are hilariously bad. Doesn’t look like any of the players, done in a tacky style full of holes etc. |
No, they're a perfect representation of a legacy full of holes. | | | |
| Man City statues on 11:43 - Oct 11 | Ftnfwest |
The difference between good and bad ones is absolutely critical though. The Newcastle one of sir bob looks like Arthur cox, another of their former managers, so much I always think they gave the sculptor the wrong picture to work from! |  | | |
| Man City statues on 11:45 - Oct 11 | bsw72 |
The further clubs with statues move from "completed career, universally loved" towards "current figure, still active", the more the statue starts to look like marketing rather than memory imo. |  | | |
| Man City statues on 11:55 - Oct 11 | EdwardStone |
I was always a huge fan of the M Jackson statue outside Craven Cottage
A pop star with no connection to Fulham FC.... and the statue was really BAD with a freakishly long arm
It was a very sad day when that one was taken down |  | | |
| Man City statues on 11:56 - Oct 11 | BlueandTruesince82 |
Man city are absolutely tinpot, can't sell out on Champions league nights, desperately trying to build a heritage that has never been there, titles won on dodgy accounting. As tinpot as it comes |  |
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| Man City statues on 11:57 - Oct 11 | Cafe_Newman |
| Man City statues on 11:43 - Oct 11 by Ftnfwest |
The difference between good and bad ones is absolutely critical though. The Newcastle one of sir bob looks like Arthur cox, another of their former managers, so much I always think they gave the sculptor the wrong picture to work from! |
Exactly! The mural painting of Liam Manning on The Fat Cat and Canary in Norwich has remarkable similarities to Justin Fashanu.
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/ |  |
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| Man City statues on 12:01 - Oct 11 | unstableblue |
There’s no need to take them down Pique as the Etihad statues have no resemblance to the former City players!! They’re awful.
I enjoyed viewing statues across the Prem last time round.
Town are blessed with the quality of artist we have.
Robson at St James Park for example is embarrassing!! |  |
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| Man City statues on 12:12 - Oct 11 | BelsteadCav |
That’s a really good point
Take them down!!! |  |
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| Man City statues on 12:16 - Oct 11 | Pique |
| Man City statues on 12:01 - Oct 11 by unstableblue |
There’s no need to take them down Pique as the Etihad statues have no resemblance to the former City players!! They’re awful.
I enjoyed viewing statues across the Prem last time round.
Town are blessed with the quality of artist we have.
Robson at St James Park for example is embarrassing!! |
Perhaps you're right - maybe they should remain where they are as monuments to an era of soulless nothingness. | | | |
| Man City statues on 12:52 - Oct 11 | Cafe_Newman |
| Man City statues on 12:01 - Oct 11 by unstableblue |
There’s no need to take them down Pique as the Etihad statues have no resemblance to the former City players!! They’re awful.
I enjoyed viewing statues across the Prem last time round.
Town are blessed with the quality of artist we have.
Robson at St James Park for example is embarrassing!! |
Embarrassing. Shameful even.
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| Man City statues on 12:57 - Oct 11 | Crawfordsboot |
I get that everyone wants to kick City but there are three distinct parts to City. The fans, the team squad and their executive management.
Whether or not they lose titles there is no denying that the group of players and team management was exceptional and simply the best. The supporters and players have been robbed of the glory that the will feel they merited. I feel for them though given football tribalism I understand that many will glory in their misery.
My anger is reserved for City’s executive management who appear to have abused all the rules that the rest of us were following (more or less). This has been a stain on football and an abuse of football fans everywhere. I hope they get kicked out of the game, |  | | |
| Man City statues on 12:57 - Oct 11 | Leaky |
Have they got one for the Goat feed him and he will score |  | | |
| Man City statues on 13:11 - Oct 11 | Pique |
| Man City statues on 12:57 - Oct 11 by Crawfordsboot |
I get that everyone wants to kick City but there are three distinct parts to City. The fans, the team squad and their executive management.
Whether or not they lose titles there is no denying that the group of players and team management was exceptional and simply the best. The supporters and players have been robbed of the glory that the will feel they merited. I feel for them though given football tribalism I understand that many will glory in their misery.
My anger is reserved for City’s executive management who appear to have abused all the rules that the rest of us were following (more or less). This has been a stain on football and an abuse of football fans everywhere. I hope they get kicked out of the game, |
I certainly don't want to glory in anyone's misery. My point about the statues (again, slightly tongue in cheek) is more about whether it's right to continue to memorialise an era in the club's history that was based on cheating?
There's no doubt that the players commemorated by the statues were some of the best of their generation. That's not the issue. The question is: should they have been playing for Manchester City in the first place (ie a club that could only afford them by breaking the rules)? | | | |
| Man City statues on 13:26 - Oct 11 | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Man City statues on 11:14 - Oct 11 by Mullet |
I see them most days and they are hilariously bad. Doesn’t look like any of the players, done in a tacky style full of holes etc. |
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| Man City statues on 17:38 - Oct 11 | glasso |
| Man City statues on 12:57 - Oct 11 by Crawfordsboot |
I get that everyone wants to kick City but there are three distinct parts to City. The fans, the team squad and their executive management.
Whether or not they lose titles there is no denying that the group of players and team management was exceptional and simply the best. The supporters and players have been robbed of the glory that the will feel they merited. I feel for them though given football tribalism I understand that many will glory in their misery.
My anger is reserved for City’s executive management who appear to have abused all the rules that the rest of us were following (more or less). This has been a stain on football and an abuse of football fans everywhere. I hope they get kicked out of the game, |
The fans who've flooded X all week giving it the biggun about how the Premier League needs them more than they need the Premier League, and started today's game at Anfield by making 'money' gestures at the home fans?
Nah, I've no sympathy for them. Worse than Southampton. I haven't seen a single Man City fan who seems 'let down' by their club, they've all bought in to this new Trumpian idea that if you've got the most money, you can do what you want.
F**k em. | | | |
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