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Robbo retweeted
the confidence is high with this one 😭
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The note saying this is Ai generated is partially correct. This is a real video but Ai has been used to replace the man in the original with a woman.
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Robbo retweeted
I find it genuinely astounding, and quite frankly disappointing, that @ManCity continually seem to overlook the contribution of Kevin Horlock to our football club.
This is a player who was idolised by the fans. A player who made over 230 appearances, scored 42 goals across three divisions of English football and played an instrumental role in three promotions, helping drag Manchester City back from the third tier of English football.
Super Kevin Horlock was a huge part of our club's revival, and his contribution deserves to be remembered and celebrated.
Yet somehow, when birthdays come around, the club regularly acknowledges numerous former players and managers, including Mark Hughes, a Manchester United legend whose relatively brief spell as City manager was hardly a roaring success.
But Kevin Horlock? Not a mention.
Paul Dickov, quite rightly, receives recognition and birthday wishes from the club. And nobody would ever question Paul's place in City folklore. But let's not forget that Horlock actually scored more goals for City than Dickov, despite Paul being a striker.
And, of course, without Kevin's crucial goal at Wembley in 1999, would Dickov's iconic equaliser and everything that followed have carried quite the same significance? Both players played their part in changing the course of this football club.
This is absolutely no disrespect to Paul, who deserves all the recognition he receives. The point is that Kevin deserves recognition too.
We've also recently seen the sad passing of Peter Dobbing, a former Manchester City player from the early 1960s, seemingly without a single acknowledgement from the club.
That, too, is incredibly disappointing. Regardless of the era they played in or how many appearances they made, anyone who had the honour of representing Manchester City deserves to be remembered and respected. Surely acknowledging the passing of a former player is the very least we should expect?
City are rightly proud of everything the club has achieved, and to be fair, the club does regularly celebrate former players and important moments from our history. That recognition is welcome and absolutely as it should be.
But that's precisely why it feels so disappointing when certain individuals appear to be consistently overlooked.
It's not that City don't celebrate our history. It's that some of the people who made that history seem to receive far less recognition than others.
The players who represented this club through the difficult years, who fought for the badge when success was anything but guaranteed, are every bit a part of what makes Manchester City the club it is today.
And before anyone says, "It's only a birthday message", that's completely missing the point.
This isn't really about wishing someone a happy birthday. It's about taking those simple opportunities to acknowledge, respect and celebrate the people who helped build our club, particularly those whose contributions far outweigh the recognition they receive.
Our history belongs to everyone who contributed to it, not just the names we hear about most often.
Kevin Horlock is a Manchester City hero to an entire generation of supporters. He deserves to be treated as one.
We should celebrate our present and future, absolutely. But we should never forget the people who helped give us both.
Come on, City. We can do better than this.
💙 Super Kevin Horlock. Never forgotten by the fans.
And rest in peace, Peter Dobbing. Once a Blue, always a Blue. 💙
Robbo retweeted
On this day in 2017, @aguerosergiokun became our all-time top scorer with his goal against Napoli 🤩🩵
🤝 @ohana_dvpt
Robbo retweeted
🎉🔵 Wishing a very Happy 54th Birthday to City legend and cult hero @Kevinhorlock6 🎂
A real fans’ favourite, ‘Super Kev’ made over 200 appearances in the City shirt during his six-year spell, cementing his place in the hearts of the Blues faithful! 🩵
⚽ And who could ever forget THAT crucial goal in the 1999 Play-Off Final at Wembley?
A moment that helped change the course of our club’s history forever!
Robbo retweeted
He spat at a 14-year-old girl and somehow kept his job. He questioned Kate Abdo’s loyalty to her partner live on television, then laughed about it. He disrespected AFCON and scoffed at his colleagues when they rightly called him out.
He smothered himself in whipped cream and performed a sex act on a stripper. He also reportedly walked into a former teammate’s hotel room, put on pornography, masturbated and spunked his load on the wall.
He seems to think paying tax is somehow beneath him,
And, of course, he swapped his boyhood club for their biggest rivals.
Yet somehow, he’s still held up as a respected voice in football.
Guys a piece of shit.
Robbo retweeted
🚨Roy Keane on Luka Vušković’s controversial handball against Manchester City:
🗣️ Roy Keane: “I’m genuinely struggling to understand what football has become when we can look at an incident like that and somehow conclude that it’s not a penalty because it wasn’t intentional.
“Since when did we introduce a system where officials have to establish whether a handball was intentional before deciding whether it’s a foul? What exactly are we watching here?
“Let’s go back to the incident. Anderson gets the ball inside the box and takes a shot. It takes a deflection off a Brighton player’s head, and then the ball clearly strikes Vušković’s hand. His arm is away from his body, the ball hits it, and it changes the direction of the ball.
“Now, I’m not a referee, but I know what I’m looking at. His hand is in a position that makes his body bigger, and the contact has a direct impact on the play.
“VAR takes its time, examines the incident and comes back with the explanation that it was unintentional. Unintentional? That’s utter nonsense!
“Are we now saying that every handball inside the penalty area should be ignored as long as a player can convince us he didn’t mean it? That’s not how the game should work. The position of the arm, the movement and the impact on the play all matter.
“And if I’m Enzo Maresca right now, I’m absolutely furious. You’re losing 1-0, you’ve had two potential handball decisions go against you, and you’re not getting a penalty from an incident that deserves serious scrutiny.
“I would be asking the officials what exactly they’re seeing. I’d want somebody to explain that decision to me because, from where I’m sitting, it makes absolutely no sense.
“I’ve watched the replay, Gary has watched it, Scholesy has watched it, and we’re all looking at the same incident. You don’t have to agree with every decision, but you have to explain how the officials arrived at that conclusion.
“And let’s not pretend Manchester City haven’t had their own frustrations with officials either. We’ve seen them lose important decisions in games where the consequences are enormous. It’s absolute broad daylight robbery, mate! Big decisions are being missed right in front of everybody’s eyes.
“And the problem is that this is becoming normal in the Premier League. Every weekend, we’re discussing another controversial decision, another VAR explanation and another manager demanding answers. That’s not what this technology was introduced for.
“That’s the problem with VAR. It was introduced to correct obvious mistakes, but sometimes it creates even bigger arguments. We spend five minutes examining an incident, only to come away more confused than we were when it happened.
“If a defender’s hand is away from his body, the ball strikes it and that contact changes the direction of the ball inside the penalty area, then I want a proper explanation for why it’s not a penalty. You cannot tell managers and supporters to respect the rules when the people enforcing those rules cannot provide a convincing explanation.”
“And please, don’t come back to me with the word ‘unintentional’ as if that ends the discussion. Football is not played with your hands in your pockets. The officials have a responsibility to get these decisions right.”
Robbo retweeted
Already today we have seen Calvert-Lewin's goal disallowed for 'handball' when the ball bounced up and hit his shoulder...
Not 20 minutes later, a Brighton player clearly handles the ball with an outstretched arm inside the box, and VAR have seen no issue with it...
How on earth are the rules that inconsistent??
Robbo retweeted
How is that NOT a penalty? Foden’s cross clearly struck the Brighton defender’s hand. Manchester City are being robbed in broad daylight teapawt.net/nana_khay_gh/status/21…
