Good old Bellamy

[Anubis]

Said his body just wasn't up to it anymore. I'm not surprised given the effort he gave.

 

When we first signed him I didn't like him or want him, but I'm happy to admit I was 100% wrong and I quickly ended up doing a 180° turn.

 

Wish him the best of luck.

[PestiRed]

He won me over when he played for City, refused to shake John Terry's hand and gave a post-match interview stating that everyone in football knew exactly what John Terry was.

 

All his previous madness was forgiven at that point

[Jay86]

Said his body just wasn't up to it anymore. I'm not surprised given the effort he gave.

 

When we first signed him I didn't like him or want him, but I'm happy to admit I was 100% wrong and I quickly ended up doing a 180° turn.

 

Wish him the best of luck.

Not so much the effort he gave but his knees were shot to shit. A few bad injures earlier on his career have ruined him now.

 

Loved him in his first spell but even more so when he came back, in his book he says how much he loved Kenny, you really saw how much he loved playing for him. He loves the club with a passion. Never shirked a game for Wales either unlike that twat Giggs.

 

A great player and a great guy.

[Anubis]

Always remembered when he was cleared of that nightclub assault in 2006, after the two women giving evidence for the Prosecution were disbelieved because their evidence was so bad. This bit made me howl.

 

After the two women made an official complaint to police, Bellamy told officers during an interview that the incident started when he caught the eye of one of the complainants in the nightclub. When she asked him what he was looking at, Bellamy said he replied: "If I was looking at anyone it would be those two behind you because they are far prettier." Bellamy said the girl then slapped him and he made a counter complaint to police.

 

[Bjornebye]

What a guy, left nothing on the pitch and a die hard red.

 

I've just bought his book on your recommendation, so you'll owe me £8.99 if it's shite.

You will enjoy it. Top bloke. Loved the way he buzzed off souness and shearer.

[Jairzinho]

Fucking loved watching him play for us. Excellent player, and top bloke.

 

Spent over a million quid on building a football academy in Sierra Leone. Hat doffed.

[CardinalX]

Retired.

 

Boss for us him. His book is good too 

Not really, he was pretty average both times he was here.

 

 

[Aldonose]

Convinced we'd have won number 6 had he started in Athens. Might not have been everyone's cup of tea, but he was a fucking winner who was criminally under-used in his first spell at the club. Each to there own, but I thought he was boss.

[fowler9]

love Bellamy, cracking player

[Tony Moanero]

Not really, he was pretty average both times he was here.

 

 

Repped by my mistake. Knob off.

[ZonkoVille77]

Not really, he was pretty average both times he was here.

 

 

fuck off Code

[Morning Glory]

As a fellow Welshman, loved the narky little fucker. His performance against City in the 2nd leg of LC semi still stands out as one of the best I have seen in recent years. Can see him being the BBC's answer to Keane, if they want some honesty on MOTD.

[Bjornebye]

As a fellow Welshman, loved the narky little fucker. His performance against City in the 2nd leg of LC semi still stands out as one of the best I have seen in recent years. Can see him being the BBC's answer to Keane, if they want some honesty on MOTD.

He had a spell around then of about two months when he was outstanding.

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

Whilst I don't think he was great for us, I do like the guy very much.

[FanchesterCity]

Like a lot as fans, I never paid him too much attention until he game to my club.

Once he did, his worth ethic was phenomenal and there wasn't single game that I can recall where he didn't look like he was giving his all.

 

He played the way a fan would play... he made it look like he WAS a fan of your club (of course he wasn't), but still. He will always be fondly remembered at City. When he scored, he always seemed to be saying "have THAT you b'stards!!".

 

I think by the time he got to Liverpool second time around, he was already on borrowed time. Most City fans wanted another year from him, but his knees just couldn't take it anymore - not week in week out.

[Malarkey]

Like a lot as fans, I never paid him too much attention until he game to my club.

Once he did, his worth ethic was phenomenal and there wasn't single game that I can recall where he didn't look like he was giving his all.

 

He played the way a fan would play... he made it look like he WAS a fan of your club (of course he wasn't), but still. He will always be fondly remembered at City. When he scored, he always seemed to be saying "have THAT you b'stards!!".

 

I think by the time he got to Liverpool second time around, he was already on borrowed time. Most City fans wanted another year from him, but his knees just couldn't take it anymore - not week in week out.

 

Was it true that he had a dispute with Mancini over the training workload, due to his knees?

[Section_31]

Never really saw the fascination with Bellamy. Always found him quite annoying. 

[Paul]

I love the fact that he continues to work hard to better himself, both personally and professionally. I like his humility, his self-awareness and his genuine regret for past mistakes. Oh and I love the fact that he's a proper Red and he idolises Kenny.

[Kevin D]

Never really saw the fascination with Bellamy. Always found him quite annoying.

 

I quite like Bellamy, but I've long felt that way about Crouch.

[Jonjo Baldy]

love the guy, fantastic talent and great player to watch, but a massive waste of a talent, if he had a calmer attitude and more level headed character in his younger days, and none of the injuries, he could have been a great, especially if he played for us.

 

He is one of those "what could have been?"

[sir roger]

When Pardew was banned I was trying to remember why I knew his assistant, John Carver's name & then it suddenly dawned on me. It was because he was the sap that Bellamy twatted with a chair at Newcastle Airport.

[FanchesterCity]

Was it true that he had a dispute with Mancini over the training workload, due to his knees?

 

I don't know for sure, I'm not privy to what goes on behind closed doors, but I did hear like many others that Mancini wanted him to train harder, and Bellamy argued the only reason he wasn't training hard was that his knees needed to be saved for matchdays.

 

That seemed to be the crux of it, yes.

When we moved him on, it was hard to be sure if Mancini wanted him moved on (possibly) or it was just sensible anyway since he couldn't really offer week in week out reliability. Guess we'll never really know. But he was fantastic for us and certainly one we'll remember as actually helping us take the first steps into being a credible team again!

[Faustus]

His performance against City in the League Cup semi at Anfield is up there as one of the best individual performances I've seen from a player in the red shirt.

 

Comparable with the likes of- off the top of my head- Hyypia v Barcelona in '01, Carragher v Chelsea in '05, Suarez v Norwich last season as a straight up 10/10 display.

[fowler9]

I don't know for sure, I'm not privy to what goes on behind closed doors, but I did hear like many others that Mancini wanted him to train harder, and Bellamy argued the only reason he wasn't training hard was that his knees needed to be saved for matchdays.

 

That seemed to be the crux of it, yes.

When we moved him on, it was hard to be sure if Mancini wanted him moved on (possibly) or it was just sensible anyway since he couldn't really offer week in week out reliability. Guess we'll never really know. But he was fantastic for us and certainly one we'll remember as actually helping us take the first steps into being a credible team again!

 

in his last season with you, the one where Hughes was replaced by Mancini half way through I think, I thought he was your best player by miles despite Tevez getting all the plaudits

[Jairzinho]

His performance against City in the League Cup semi at Anfield is up there as one of the best individual performances I've seen from a player in the red shirt.

 

Comparable with the likes of- off the top of my head- Hyypia v Barcelona in '01, Carragher v Chelsea in '05, Suarez v Norwich last season as a straight up 10/10 display.

 

Voronin v Besiktas.