The fa are a joke, Everton played the first half of the­ season with 11 first choice players out and never­ complained man @#$% get 1 out and start begging to the­ fa what a bunch of foreign c---s

Calm down people. The FA is, was always and always will­ be a bunch of jokers. There's a lot more @#$% to­ worry about than City signing an "emergency"­ keeper. Does this confirm that City are now favored by­ the FA? Like certain other teams seem to be.

Gareth # 20, villa had to get an emergency keeper­ otherwise an outfield player would have had to go in­ goal, man city have a good goalkeeper that can play,­ this just makes absolutely no sense.that man city­ reserve keeper needs to swallow his pride and rip up­ his contract and go somewhere that will respect him.

i kinda feel sorry for nielson. there he is playing for­ the reserves all season waiting for the opportunity, it­ comes around and city get a keeper in for the rest of­ the season. i am a city fan and this is a joke. nielson­ is a full international for gods sake i'm sure­ chelsea had a similar case a few seasons ago when cech­ and cudicini were both out with long term injuries and­ they got refused dispensation to sign a keeper. at the­ end of the day you have an opportunity in summer and­ january to sign players. that should be it.

Hey you guys - Marton is a good keeper !

As a Manchester City fan, i have to agree with the­ majority of what i have read on here. I can not­ understand how City have got away with asking to loan a­ keeper when they have them on there books. In a way i­ am torn between City finishing fourth and the other­ teams we have around us to play. I dont think we­ deserve to finish fourth anyway, we have had the­ chances all season to make that our own spot, and to be­ honest after this compounded by the FA s lack of­ consistance in making decisions, I hope we dont. Its­ not a good day for us, if we finish fourth i think it­ will be classed as default, we should have carried on­ with what we have got and hoped and played better than­ those around us against those around us. So I have to­ say it is not a good decision by the FA, cant attack­ City for asking, although i dont agree they should­ have, and i hope we do not get fourth place. And heaven­ forbid if it comes down to a penalty at either Villa or­ Spurs and the goaly saves it, and we go on to win. NO­ NO NO, none of that please.

The FA have shown what a joke they really are. How the­ @#%£ can a team that has NINE keepers on their books be­ granted dispensation to sign another one. Its poor­ administration on their part if they are unable to ­ re-call players or bring them up through the ranks and­ they should deal with it and pay the consequenses.

I think hull should get 11 players on loan,as­ dispensation because they don't want to go­ down,this is @#$%,how can you give a team that­ treatment,the fa must have share in a oil well­ somewhere,what happened last time spurs could have got­ 4th there had to play at west ham with 1/2 a team­ because of the food bug.the fa told them they had to­ play it.i think the fa don't like the spurs.

Really hoped that Nielsen would have a chance to prove­ himself to the squad he looks decent but couldn't­ show that because he had so little to do against­ Arsenal.

Will the FA give everyteam a dispensation when they get­ an injured player. MAncity has plenty of $$$, they­ should have another Keeper on squad.

great confidence shown in their young goalie then

Gareth - your a gent, and that's from a Spurs fan. ­ Citeh ought to be ashamed, I hope Spurs put 6 past him­ and it ensures MC dont make the CL. Their young­ Faroes lad did 'em proud last time out, now­ they've stabbed him in the back. They should have­ been made to use what they've had on the books !!

Now I'm no Citeh fan but they were within their­ rights to ask for dispensation from the league just­ like anyone is. It's then down to the FA to­ decide if it's legit and on this occassion they­ have. This was made certain by the same situation­ with Villa a few years ago when they got Gabor Kiraly­ in for the remainder of the season. If anyone is at­ fault it is the FA for allowing the Villa loan which­ then set a precedence which they couldn't go back­ on! However, Citeh should be ashamed for 1. Not­ ensuring a recall clause in the Hart loan and 2. ­ Having plenty of keepers on the books but shattering­ anyones hopes of progression and confidence by signing­ a lower teams 3rd choice 'keeper. Shows the love­ for their players big style, NOT! As for those­ slagging off Hart for not going back to his parent club­ and saying rubbish like 'bite the hand that feeds­ you' etc..... eh? You don't pay his wages­ Birmingham do. Also, when he was signed I'm­ pretty sure he'd have been told how he 'figured­ in their plans' and such like and then they signed­ Given. Must have been quite demoralising for the­ young man so who could blame him wanting to play­ regular football elsewhere. And it's been his­ performances for that club that will have got him on­ the plane to SA, not playing at Eastlands, and I think­ he'll owe the Blues and Alex McLeish a big thanks­ for that after all they even had a decent (and fully­ international keeper on their books) player in Maik­ Taylor but wanted to give the lad a chance and realised­ that he could do an outstanding job at that level,­ which is more than Man City did!! Even though I'm­ an Arsenal fan of 30 years I now want Spurs in that Top­ 4 and CL for next year, for although I hate them­ they've built a good squad, supported players­ through some bad times, play good attractive football­ and they won't have £250m to spend this summer. ­ Hope Fabio takes Dawson, King and Lennon with young Joe­ on

I bet the fella from the Faoro Isles is feeling good­ about his future. When needed they get someone else.­ BRILLIANT

What abject nonsense! Man City have had all the­ opportunity in the world to strengthen their squad, in­ time windows that are made available to all and sundry.­ The fact that their keep is injured (one of the very­ best, if not the best in my opinion, and that's­ from a ManU fan), should not make any difference. They­ CHOSE to allow Hart to go to B'Ham. Like Man U­ CHOSE to have Welbeck on loan too, when in fact we­ needed him.
DID ManU ask for him back? Did ManU get­ preferential treatment when the likes of Fletcher and­ Carrick are in defence? I don't think so.
This­ concession to ManCity is hugely unfair, not least of­ which to Spurs.
The governing bodies should make rules­ and stick with them, not bend in the wind like bamboo.­ This is a travesty, in my view, and I hope Spurs get­ 4th spot - not because it is Man City, not because­ Tevez went there, not because of any rivalry. It's­ simply about fairness. This decision is grossly unfair.­
It's unfair to Man City who have done a great job­ of playing entertaining soccer and raising their bar.­ It's unfair to the fans because if they do get 4th­ place, everyone will point to this decision as­ favouritism and this will undermine their achievement.­ Lastly, it's unfair to Shay Given - he will be­ embroiled in this nonsense no doubt. That's a­ Given. But it's sad that he will because the guy is­ simply outstanding.

All you Man @#$% fans are a joke in saying that Joe­ Hart is a Judas etc..

You think you have a Given­ right(get it)to break contracts because you perceive­ yourself as a big club now. FA is bending over to the­ money men. Corrupt pile of ****

Will be supporting all­ other teams vying for top 4 now.

Fifa and Uefa talk about corruption in football they do­ not need to look further than the English Football­ League. Money bags City are allowed special­ dispensation how much did it cost them? Joe Hart is a­ Brum player till end of season he would have been a­ Judas if he had went to City's help after the way­ they treated him.

I understand how people would look at this situation,­ it is laughable but all in all it's City's­ fault for not putting a re-call clause in the contract­ (idiots but there you have it) having said that­ Birmignham have just the 2 games to go against Burnley­ & Bolton, one thing for sure is they will not be­ going any higher in the table they are 10pts behind­ Everton, you'd expect Birmingham to beat relegated­ Burnley even if they had (no disrespect) George Formby­ in the nets so that should more or less seal their 9th­ place birth.

Tell you what though the game has­ changed, i know how good Joe Hart is and his potential­ for the future looks exceptionally good, but i'll­ tell you now Joe Hart did not want to hang around at­ City when Shay Given arrived, not so long back though­ if a club had 2 decent keepers you sat their and fought­ for your place, that's how it was, every decent­ team wants/needs 2 good players for every position,­ it's a team game not an individual thing so for me­ Man City would be better of without the likes of Joe­ Hart we've had enough of that with Robinho, you­ either want to play for said club if not sod­ off.

Where Joe Hart 's futures lies now after this­ i'd be unsure, can Birmingham afford him ? or was­ they trying to hold City to ransom over another year­ loan for next season ? we give him you back now for the­ 3 games but you let us have him for another­ season........don't think so, could end up at­ Arsenal.

Same old F.A no balls corrupt incompetent wasters ,­ ruining the game .