Everton have doen very well to get £24m for Lescott, only worth about half of that so it give Moyes the chance to buy 2/3 players.

Good finish by Owen on Saturday, glad it came quickly for him and hopefully it should settle him down now.

city looked good for about 20 minutes, it was always likely that it would time time for city's team to bed down. How slow is Bridge by the way? It looked like he was running in treacle.

I thought Doyle made an impact when he came on and I can certainly see Wolves having a half decent stab at staying up although if that game was played in 2 months time city would have spanked them.

As for Tevez, fit or not, it's always going to be tempting to substitute him because his attitude is, for the most part, first class. He's less likely to sulk and be a nob than Adebayor and Robinho are. Tevez got a bit silly towards the back end of his time at United but I don't think United/Fergie helped that at all.

That's part of Hughes' challenge as manager - whichever way you cut it, he has a big squad of top tier, or very close to top tier, players and keeping them happy is going to be difficult. Nice problem to have though.

As I say, I enjoyed the experience - I like the stadium and the 'my first city game' stuff on the concourses. As an aside, there is at least one 'Rag' who works for city and who helpfully kept me in touch with United's win.

I agree with that. Everton have taken the p[ii[/iss a bit but we can afford it so what the hell!

The only trouble for them is that they have less than a week to spend any of that money.

Of course, when they snatch someone off another club it will all be fair and above board won't it?

City should have signed Jagielka.

Would our defensive weaknesses be better addressed by Jagielka or Lescott?

Watched him play for England, and he looked well out of his depth. Lescott looks a tad more assured and can play LB. Our reserve left-backs are Garrido and McGivern. Neither are good enough to play in the PL IMHO.

TBH when I watched Everton last season, I thought Lescott was the better of teh two. Neither are any great shakes and are helped a comnsiderable amount by Everton's negative tactics.

Is Jagielka a City fan, or is it Michael Tongue? I remember watching a Sheff Utd game a few years ago and the commentator said one of them went to City's school of excellence and the other was a Blue.

Think they are both as good as each other in the defence. Lescott will always get a few goals from the set peice which is were we have struggled the last few year. I would like to Petrov too stay tbh but the rest going wouldnt worry me. I dont think and want another big signing after Lescott in this window let the team settle see were we are in January and look at 2 big names then to give that boost to push on

Michael Tonge was (most probably still is to be fair!) a blue...he was on Nited's books though...I'm sure Jagielka is an Everton fan but I'm not 100% on that one.

Its Tounge the city fan. We was out in town and he was in the club was talking to him and he used to play at city youth team

I think out of Jagielka and Lescott, Lescott is the one City needed more. If you were to compare defences, Toure is very much like Jagielka, quick, agile and brilliant on the deck, but isn't the most dominant of defenders. Jagielka is much the same, hence why he and Lescott clicked so well, because Lescott was a big, strong aerially dominant defender, whilst he's not too shoddy on the deck, either.

Still think City could do with a full/wing back to play on the right, someone to offer a bit more width.

We sure do.

Bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk has one reliable 'in the know' poster, and he happens to be a Spurs fan - strange, I know. This lad stated that the coaching team at City simply do not rate Richards at all. He's first choice at the moment, so that says a lot. Ideally, we need a Cafu-style of player.

It also suggest that Zabaleta is not rated too highly either, which is probably a fair assessment. He reminds me too much of Danny Tiatto. Likes to get stuck in but lunges in too wildly and lacks any semblance of positional sense.

Right back is one area where we really do need to strengthen.

Oh God – there's a blast from the past!

City sign Sylvinho on a free.

Strange signing. Apparently as a back-up to Bridge. Hughes doesn't rate our RBs or our back up LBs.

Don't really see what makes him so great. He's getting on now and it seems strange that Hughes would trust such an old player in a league renowned for its pace and physical side.

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