Robinho says City has to improve the defense and sign brazilian players
"We have good players but if the club wants to be big, we have to sign more," Robinho told Setanta Sports. "I have suggested Kleber, the Santos left back, Thiago Silva who plays at center back for Fluminense, who's been playing very well. The coach (Hughes) mentioned Luisao, who is Brazilian and plays for Benfica."
"The team needs to improve the defense," Robinho said. "When you build a house you have to start from the floor. You have to start from the bottom, the defense, and then you fix the attack.
"Who would I sign? If I could choose it would be Kaka and (former Brazil striker) Ronaldo."
Robinho seems to forgot that he’s just a player and not the CEO or manager of the club, so these recommendations should have been done on private conversations and not to the press, as their current team mates could understand that Robinho is disrespecting them as players.
Mancheseter City has to believe that we are a great team
"City have good players but the mentality of a small side," Robinho said. "They are content with just finishing fifth or sixth. They are content with little, thinking just a draw might be good enough. They lack is the mentality of champions. I have learned that being second is worthless so I want to inspire a winning mentality.
"You can only be content with winning. You need to want to beat Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool. Maybe I have changed this a bit but now City have a project to become big, the mentality has to change."
On past derby all the attention fo the match was maninly focused and Robinho and Ronaldo, but Wayne Rooney stole the show.
The anticipated heavyweight contest between Ronaldo and Robinho, a showdown between two of the most exciting players on the planet, never materialised.
With 18 goals between them this season - nine apiece - much had been expected of their tantalising personal duel.
But with Robinho nursing an ankle injury and needing an injection to dull the pain before kick-off, and Ronaldo out of sorts and in one of his curiously petulant moods, neither player made any kind of impact.
After this bruising derby win, which kept Manchester United in the title hunt despite six bookings and a red card, it would seem Fergie has also dipped into tennis coach Brad Gilbert's famed coaching manual entitled "Winning Ugly".
For that is precisely what United did against their neighbours at the City of Manchester Stadium. They will be hit with a £50,000 FA fine for the halfdozen bookings, but that is a price worth paying for the significance of the three points gained.
Wayne Rooney's 100th club goal in first-half added time gave United a vital win which has kept them bang in the title race and ensured they gained revenge for City's Premier League double over them last season.
But after two successive derby defeats, United were in the mood to put their nouveau riche local rivals firmly in their place and did so with a ruthless efficiency which was not properly reflected in the slenderest of scorelines.
Only when Cristiano Ronaldo was dismissed with 21 minutes to go did United find themselves under any kind of pressure.
What this result showed is just how far City must improve if they are to realise their ambition of being on a par with the likes of United and challenging for the major prizes. On this evidence, they are years away from reaching that level.
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Robinho - O Rei do Drible
Robinho scored yesterday a great goal that contributed to the victory against Arsenal. Manchester City 3 - Arsenal 0.
The striker became prominent at 56 minutes of action. After a good developed in the 'City of Manchester Stadium' (44,878 spectators). The other goals were from Stephen Ireland (45 ') and Daniel Sturridge (90'). Continue reading "Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal: Nobody can stop Robinho"
