Mancityfans 3 Media 0Updated: December 20th, 2006
The Mancityfans talkboard is scooping the national and local media for transfer news.
On Sunday, a poster who has been in China during the tour claimed City were hoping to sign Tunisian right-back Hatem Trabelsi (link). This was confirmed on the offical site on Monday (link).
The poster, who calls himself Kippax, revealed that a grumpy-looking David James had spent some time on the phone in a heated debate the previous day. Two days later the Evening News announced that James was set to leave (link).
He also appears to be ahead of the game with news on Sylvain Distin, claiming a City player had told him on Sunday that Distin was only 50/50 to stay with Portsmouth being a likely destination.
Late last night (Monday) Radio 5 live reported that City were about to close the signing of Campbell - who was undergoing a medical at Portsmouth - adding strength to the Distin rumour.
I’ve been reading the talkboards closely in the last few months and have noticed how often they are ahead of the established media. Before Hamann signed, both Bluemoon and Wookie’s Lair were running accurate news almost a day before it was picked up elsewhere, while Mancityfans recently ran an exclusive interview with Micah Richards - who is the flatmate of someone who posts on the board (link).
Below are some of the best threads to appear on City talkboards recently, while a full list of City talkboards can be found in the Links section.
A few more ‘Where are they nows’ - Another 20 ex-players are added to the list.
So how good is Ishmael? - Too lightweight seems to be the consensus.
Where are they now? - Lists the whereabouts of 30 former City players.
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Negouai in goal rush - 11-second goal is the fastest in Belgium league history
Guess the years these City events happened - Test your City knowledge.
American view on City - We’re the LA Clippers of the EPL, apparently.
The new City shirts seen cheap - £27.99 at the Trafford Centre.
Parma fans on Corradi - Mixed reviews on the striker from a Parma talkboard.
Your top five most hated teams - Bolton, Bolton Reserves, Bolton Youth, Bolton Old Boys and Bolton Fans FC, according to poster Marty McFly.
Bargains to be found in Serie A - Or rather Seria B. Some interesting suggestions for cut-price potential targets.
City to sign 7-year-old keeper - He’s Polish and his Dad’s been offered a job at City, according to a report from the Islamic Republic News Agency
World War III - Wookie posters take a break from the important stuff to ponder the implications of the Middle East crisis.
Very sad - very very sad - Staying off-topic, the discussion moves to the sad death of a poster’s pet dog and the advisability of giving whisky to goldfish.