Barry eyes silverware with City

Thu, 04 Jun 11:29:26 2009

Gareth Barry is convinced he can finally win major honours after making the £12 million switch from Aston Villa to Manchester City.

Barry admits his "one huge regret" about his 12 years at Villa was failing to land any silverware with a 2000 FA Cup final appearance the nearest he came to trophy glory.

But the England midfielder believes he can achieve those goals at Eastlands even though he has sacrificed his ambition to play Champions League football for at least one more season.

Barry said: "My one huge regret is that during my time at Aston Villa we have not brought the supporters the success they deserve.

"I obviously have to take my share of responsibility that we have not been good enough to win trophies.

"A lot of people will question my decision to join Manchester City. But they were the club prepared to meet the valuation which, for a 28-year-old with a year left on his contract, I think shows how much they wanted me."

 

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  1. I think Sick of it all is not aware fergie has been at­ man u since 1986 .. not 1992. muppet.

    Chelsea were­ there and there abouts for a few years but Mega money­ was needed to outspend man u and win the­ title.
    Blackburn 1995 spent massive 92,93,94 check it­ out.

    Arsenal spend next to nowt for 4 years -- watch­ them slide

    From paul g, on Sat 6 Jun 9:33PM

  2. sick of it all - buying the title and honours is a­ fact.
    Your list of purchases with plenty omitted prove­ it to be the case.

    Buy the best players = winning­ cups

    Before the 92 season Fergie had bought 2 entire­ teams and replaced them.
    You have no argument

    From paul g, on Sat 6 Jun 9:31PM

  3. Paul g: Man U won their first EPL throphy under SAF on­ a budget. They only then spent a huge fee on Cantona­ from Leeds for the 92/93 season (the start of the EPL).­ That was then their biggest spending - one player, and­ SAF worked with his youngsters (the so called fergie­ fledglings) and more senior players that were already­ there. Everyone said Man U was going to loose blah blah­ blah, but SAF proved them wrong with a first place­ finish. It is from here, that he used the winnings of­ the EPL to buy more and more players, NOT from the­ chairman's pockets, or in Man C's case the sale­ of increased oil prices that the world consumers has to­ bear.

    11 Premier League throphies in 17 season.

    Man­ U players of 92/93 season:
    Schmeichel - there since­ 91
    Irwin - there since 90
    Bruce - there since­ 87
    Pallister - there since 89
    Parker - there since­ 91
    Kanchelskis - there since 91
    Giggs - Youngster
    Ince­ - there since 89
    Cantona - bought for 92/93 season­ (star price in those days - comparable to Robinho's­ price now)
    McClair - there since 87
    Hughes - came back­ in 88

    Man U and SAF won the league 4 times in the­ first 5 years, something that even Hughes cannot do -­ as a manager (not with Blackburn then and not with Man­ C now) beside other honours. So that is what I mean­ when I say you cannot buy honours, its the­ manager's talent of getting the team winning that­ Man C is missing and will never become a top team­ because GREAT MANAGERS - like SAF, Wegner, Martin­ O'Neil, David Moyes, etc just to name a few - DO­ NOT WORK for money, they work for honours and respect,­ something Man C's Arab Camel owners cannot seem to­ give the team.

    I never mentioned any other winners­ because it IS a fact they buy their honours. As long as­ Man C can match Man U in winning the same way they have­ done during the first 5 years of the EPL, everyone­ would say that MAN C doesn't buy honours, they­ earn them.

    Not a Man U suppoter, but I do respect­ SAF's talent

    From Sick of it all, on Sat 6 Jun 4:01AM

  4. opps
    spectaculary

    From paul g, on Fri 5 Jun 7:15AM

  5. and why not? Your attitude is thwarted by the­ facts

    Man United have bought all their trophies [look­ at how much they have spent with Fergie]
    Chelsea did­ recently
    Arsenal before them
    Blackburn in the­ 90's

    Teams who win cups have bought specatulary in­ order to do so.

    From paul g, on Fri 5 Jun 7:14AM

  6. Man C can buy any players with the money they have, but­ they cannot buy HONOURS!!!

    From Sick of it all, on Fri 5 Jun 5:26AM

  7. Should have stayed at Villa, we've got as much­ chance as City have of winning something next year. He­ could well look back at this in 12 months with deep­ regret that he left when he did.

    From Steve, on Thu 4 Jun 4:34PM

  8. Man C??? Whos tat??? haha, oh right, its the­ world's ricehst club who spent the most on­ transfers last season but can't even qualify for­ Europe... all this after signing Robinho and the other­ big names... still ended up 10th in the league... up­ your fundamentalist camels' a*~e...

    From Sick of it all, on Thu 4 Jun 3:46PM

  9. He remembers the emotional roller-coaster with­ Liverpool.Let`s hope the villa find a world class­ midfielder with the skill and determination to lift­ the young team.

    From dfreid, on Thu 4 Jun 12:26PM

  10. Think you'll find that City is the true Manchester­ team kfallon_2005, Utd are Safordian imposters.

    From Chris W, on Thu 4 Jun 12:22PM

  11. Big names, big stars doesn't automatically mean­ trophies - ask Arsenal, ask Newcastle.
    City haven't­ come close to winning anything for a very long time...­ waiting for an offer from someone like Arsenal or­ Everton would have been ideal for him... even Spurs who­ have finished 5th twice and 8th, along with 2­ consecutive Cup Finals (and one win) would have been a­ better option for him than Man City - who could well­ qualify for Europe next season, but I can't see­ them being consistent enough to win a trophy just­ yet.
    They have too many 'under-performers' and­ even with new blood in the summer, they'll have to­ re-gel as a team... AGAIN!
    I don't think­ Barry's greedy, I just think he was too quick to­ jump at the first offer on the table. I can understand­ him being fed up and wanting a change of direction­ though, after a year of constant speculation and­ criticism.

    From dazza_jim, on Thu 4 Jun 12:07PM

  12. Does he ever shut up. Trying to justify why he left­ Villa for Citeh.
    Simple answer is MONEY. GREED.­
    (Doesnt he know theres only 1 team in Manchester -­ UNITED !!)

    From kfallon_2005, on Thu 4 Jun 11:53AM
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