5 pts but also 10 goals.
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3 more points, another potential banana skin averted. It will go 'Pete Tong' sometime soon, but thankfully not tonight. Top of the league and hoping for a Man City / Chelsea slump. Somehow I am doubting it will occur.....
Let the facts speak for themselves, here is a list of the midfielders you have bought since summer 2010.
Bebe £7.7m
Jones £16.9m
Young £15.8m
Kagawa £14m
Powell £6m
Zaha £10.3m
Fellaini £27m
Total £97.7m
Just under £100m for that lot. Kagawa's the only decent (and not grossly overpriced) player in the list.
Nevertheless i hope you beat Chelsea this weekend:p
Had cause to be up at the new city training centre at east lands today which is due to be open in July ish.
Hugely depressing in short. Unbelievable facilities and a staggering amount of investment in Manchester. Whilst we're tying up f**king hand creams in Thailand, these f**kers are investing in what will be an unrivalled training and academy facility in the city the club sits.
On top of which, my youngest has just been invited down to train with city (alongside his team mates - they are unbelievably good for their age). What the f*ck? Where are united? Radcliffe borough is literally 6/7 miles from Carrington.
I say this because I honestly feel that united have to up their game, certainly in Manchester.
Correct Dave, I mean General, United are finished matey.
We are absolutely determined to put United in the shade by being successful on the pitch and visible throughout our city, and are well on our way to succeeding.
We may not have the fan base to justify the stadium expansion right now, but if we continue the way we are going, a shit ton of trophies and constant positive strides in the local community etc we will soon see it grow.
You however are completely hamstrung financially in comparison and are reacting with horrifying slowness to the challenge.
Soon all that will be left will be your history, which we will be chipping away at, trophy wise.
Tick Tock :p
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Prediction.
City to win the league cup
City to win the league :(
City to win the Champions League
City to not win the FA Cup
Rest of English football groans. Danbert crows.........
mistake by Moyes getting shot of Anderson, not as if Utd are blessed with cntr mid players...
As much as it pains me to say it, I think Man City are in a class of their own at the moment. When they put it together (which they are starting to do more regularly) they are almost unreal.
Arsenal unless they get another centre forward will sooner or later drop points, Feb goes something like; Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Man U, Bayern!!!! I'm loving the ride but am a realist too.
Liverpool, shackle Suarez and potency decreases. Chelsea, looking secure again and much more solid, only team I realistically see holding Man City, Man U well I'll let IanR argue for them.
But saying that come on Cardiff, do the double this weekend......:rolleyes:
Anderson had to go.. he's not a Moyes player but as I understood its a loan move. He's annoying because he showed glimpses but just could not be trusted in the main spot.
I think City will win the league, if they don't its a disgrace.. they spent over 120 (100+ this and 20 last year) million was it on a team that won the league 12 months ago..
The Generals et al are poor. Toys out of the pram because we aren't winning for once... supporters like that should walk.. pick up a blue shirt...
Cabaye to Utd in January? Id be gutted like being a part time mag fan, he is top drawer and worth the admission alone at St James
Tough game tomorrow Iain, hope it doesn't spoil the weekend for you..
congratulation's by the way. good luck for the future.
Iain In 1981 five clubs (you lot, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal & Spurs) threatened to form a breakaway league unless the other clubs agreed to their proposal to stop sharing gate receipts and allow the home team to keep them all.
From that moment, the financial dynamic was changed in football and only Leeds managed to briefly break the stranglehold that these five clubs had on the league and that eventually bankrupted them.
In 1992, the same five clubs pushed for the formation of the Premier League and took the TV money (which had previously been shared with the lower divisions) all for themselves.
In the 32 years since 1981 only 4 teams outside that group of 5 have won the title, with only Chelsea winning it more than once so far. The "gang of 5" have won the title on 25 occasions. In the 30 years prior to 1981/2, something like 14 different teams won the league.
The system of revenue sharing prior to 1981 was designed to ensure a relatively level playing field financially. That's what happens in the NFL, NBA and MLB and no one dominates. Only Liverpool & Everton, with the wealth of the Moores family, had a little bit more money in those days. There was very little TV money and therefore not much prize money in those days so gate money was the main revenue stream. So taking money off the smaller clubs was inherently unfair as that tipped the balance financially. Those 5 clubs went on to dominate the landscape as they then had more money (and the clubs with the most money usually win more things) while the other clubs had less.
Put simply you can say what you want about our finances but at least we've not 'stolen' money off other clubs to get where we are.
Stagger... there's one issue.. correlation causation..
Everton did superbly.. and Spurs..
Yes football became established.. teams did. Legends grew. In the next 50 years do you seriously think many outside the top 6 will win?
Danbo of course will be OK with that now they are in the tent pissing out... but United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs will remain.. the likes of chelsea, city will come and go.. no legend.. no name clubs.. 10 a penny... but the top 4 will remain.
That too is a fair reply
BUT
Spurs or Everton have never been in my life time (52)
AND
Yes I would like to see a more level playing field with more clubs with trophy's
I still believe like Liverpool and Arsenal have had long baron spells its now your turn again.
City at the minute are a refreshing change.
The gang of 5 changed the rules of the game and the likes of Mansour and Abramovich are a natural consequence of that.
They created the monster that they jealously cast their glaze upon.
The way it has now come back to haunt them Is truly beautiful when you think about it. :D
Come on Danbert.. anyone who was in on the start of the EPL did exactly what you complain about... we made the game 2 tiered.. those in were vastly richer than those out..
But that's OK because City gain from it.. had they been a lower league team no doubt that was also wrong..
Big weekend so far. Liverpool dropping points, their title challenge is looking flimsy now.
For me
Cardiff, Sunderland, Palace to drop. Surprised Solsjkaer took that job.. I thought he could have gone for an Everton.. Villa..
You and the other 4 playground bullies ganged up on the other kids and once you had got your way all league clubs had to follow suit, making smaller clubs particularly vulnerable if they have a run of away games, especially long distance, as a result of the shake up of the fixtures or a couple of home game postponements. You 5 created the monster and now it has come back to haunt you.
Carlos In 1981 five clubs (United, Liverpool, Everton, Arsenal & Spurs) threatened to form a breakaway league unless the other clubs agreed to their proposal to stop sharing gate receipts and allow the home team to keep them all. In 1992, the same five clubs pushed for the formation of the Premier League and took the TV money (which had previously been shared with the lower divisions) all for themselves. It was the greedy 5 who set the agenda.
:rolleyes:
The one timed in my life I want the rags to win!!!!
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I don't know about that stags, Everton (the real people's club from meryside)had a great team in the 80's and won the title and possibly they could have won the eurpean cup hadn't it been for the dippers (always the victims) who killed juventus fans and blamed it onto Chelsea's head hunters.
Oh dear Man Utd
was it that early, I would have said 83ish. I'm sure city would have had a vote too and I'd like to see which way they did. Five clubs couldn't force it through if 87 said no.
Anyway after that I was pissed off with united and stopped going for many years because I believed that for us to stay at the top we need smaller clubs to keep producing top players for them to sell and survive. I went to watch town a few times then headingley rugby union club. Stopped watching them when they joined with roundhay and become Leeds. Never watch owt that's called Leeds in the title.
Leeds lose and 30,000 are gutted.
your lot lose and millions are happy apart from a few cockneys and some northern numpties.