The Manchester City Society II

city will still win the league

ITT whoever wins the Manc derby will win the title tbh. You beat us when we had 10 men, we beat you when you had 10 men. I'd like to see what happens when both teams keep 11 men on the pitch.

How do you folks think about Tevez returning and playing for City again??

I'd lose respect for Mancini and Man City FC if they were to play Tevez again. The man is an utter disgrace.

Cares only about himself, not the team, the fans, the club. Let's just say he did come back and play the odd period of a game/s and you do win the league title and there he is holding aloft the trophy? What would your feelings be? Win at all costs, regardless of losing integrity?

How do you folks think about Tevez returning and playing for City again??

I'd lose respect for Mancini and Man City FC if they were to play Tevez again. The man is an utter disgrace.

Cares only about himself, not the team, the fans, the club. Let's just say he did come back and play the odd period of a game/s and you do win the league title and there he is holding aloft the trophy? What would your feelings be? Win at all costs, regardless of losing integrity?

You folks heard of 'PLEKSTER' on twitter? He's a legend

I don't think integrity would be lost at all if Tevez did publicly make an apology to the managaer, team, club and fans. Sure what he did cut deep but at the same time if he's genuine in his apology then he deserves a fair chance at redemption assuming that's where his heart lies. It doesn't helping declaring that the manager treated him like a dog.

Ultimately there are two sides to every story and we still don't know why he behaved in the way he did and what his issues with the manager are. However, if he did have serious issues there were better and more professional ways to address that than by refusing to play and thus letting your team-mates and fans down.

He is a contracted player and if he doesn't play at some point we are looking at potentially almost a year's worth of non-playing time assuming he left in the summer transfer window and doesn't play until August/September time. The more time he spends not playing will only further diminish his market value and his potential for a transfer to what he and City deem as a big club. He is essentially becoming deadwood and needs to be played but can only do so if he is willing to give a 100% to the job. If not then he will simply rot until his contract expires by which time he will be the wrong side of 30, lost his form and sharpness and would be a risky gamble for any team and may well see his career fizzle out into nothingness.

If he did apologise and play again score goals and win trophies, it may take a while but eventually he may well win the fans around again. I'm not saying that will happen for certain but he'll need to work pretty hard for it.

The ball's in his court. It's time for Tevez to grow up and start behaving not only like a professional but more importantly, like a man. He will never get the great opportunities anywhere else like he has here at Man City especially in terms of wages and even the fanbase but if he does eventually spoil it all and move on I guarantee he will look back on his career with regret and will wonder that if only he had behaved with a little bit more maturity, things might have turned out for the better.