i dont know about all that but I just lost to them in FIFA, and I was AC Milan.....

Don't mean to come accross as a D-bag but its UEFA. To answer your question, you have one of, if not the strongest squad in the Premiership but you aren't yet a team that play well together. I give it 3/4 seasons before you win the league. Sorry to say but this year I cant see you winning much. I am a Liverpool fan...times are looking alot duller for us.

 

Originally Posted by djg23

depends if they start signing players that arent defensive midfielders. for the money they have spent i really dont think they have a particularly good starting line up, let alone squad. it think it will be a good few years yet.

Jerome Boateng, Wayne Bridge, Aleksander Kolarov, Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott Kolo Toure Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong, Adam Johnson, James Milner, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Patrick Vieira, Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez to name a few. How is this not a strong squad?

 

Originally Posted by djg23

when we lost to ipswich on wednesday it did cheer me up a little when i saw that you had lost to blackpool. it seems like the only people that seem to think dalglish is going to work out are liverpool fans and i think even liverpool fans are starting to change their minds already

I'd rather lose to a very strong Premiership side than a underperforming lower league team tbh. Give him time, even the greatest manager couldn't come in and change a side like Liverpool. Christian Poulson and Raul Merieles are two of the worst players in the English league, we need to give chances to players like Shelbey, Pacheco and Stephen Kelly

 

Originally Posted by djg23

i honestly think there is a lack of world class players. they are all good players, im not trying to say they arent, i just think that they have spent the money poorly.

this a million times over

 

Originally Posted by KYL3 Anderson

I am a Manchester United fan but I realize it's only a matter of time before Man City wins a UEFA Champions League title.
1) How long do you think it will take?
2) Who do you think will win it this year?]

I think Barca are going to win it. Messi is playing insane, on pace for >50 goals in all competitions. Their 5-0 against Real Madrid was the best display of football I've ever seen. (though, admittedly a small sample size since I only starting seriously following the sport a half decade ago.

United could pip them though, for sure. I would say Real are my third favorite to win.

 

Originally Posted by murderer

this a million times over

Spot fucking on. They have been so wasteful with their spending its sickening. In what world is Lescott worth ~20m? Is Toure worth >300k a week? Is Kolarov worth 19m? The list goes on and fucking on.

They spent 32m on Robinho, and sold him for 16m. They bought Roque for 17, and Blackburn are keen to buy him back. Very interested in seeing how big the City loss ends up being there. And Adebayor, if they sold him, what kind of loss would they experience on the 25m they paid?

The list could continue...

Though I will say Mancini was not a part of a lot of those decisions. And I think his buying in of Balotelli and Dzeko will be huge in the future. I think both of those guys, Dzeko particularly, will end up breathing in rarefied air.

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Huge game Sunday. Would love to see Berba swing back into red hot form, and see Rooney finally start playing like he did last year. No more he's almost there, his fitness is great, his movement and energy were first rate, blah blah blah. Fucking start scoring goals man. Hernandez deserves a spot the way he has been finishing. Shrek needs to step it in championship gear. Its about that time.

 

Originally Posted by LostProphets

fuck ya'll...go spurs!!

FUCK Y'ALL FOR SURE!

Im not sure that they will -- Chelsea splashed the cash, probably a lot wiser than City did and they never got there. They won a lot of silverware but the Champions League is a tough competition to win.

They need to start spending their money wisely if they intend to keep spending. They spent a ridiculous amount of money on Ade, but he dosen't even make the team the majority of the time. They have like 7 forwards that are all on silly wages. What they really need to do is figure out what their best 11 is and get some cohesion as a team. No one seems to be happy because they have so many egos and not enough minutes to go around.

Plus, no one really wants to be in Manchester... Carlos Tevez has the sickest contract ever. He has it written in that he has to be the highest paid player on the team, so if anyone gets a raise or they bring in a new player, he automatically gets bumped up to an equal salary. How can you possibly want out of that situation.

One thing they do have going for them is that they have become pretty consistent at the back. Any team that doesn't concede alot of goals will have a chance in any competition. It was frustrating to watch as an Arsenal fan but they did a pretty good job of antifootball last week at the Emirates. Thats something that could actually get them past a team like Barcelona in the CL thats just better on the ball. Although, Barca are probably 10x better in the final third than Arsenal so its probably not a valid comparison. None of the Arsenal players seem keen to actually shoot the ball unless their passing it in after a 14 pass sequence. /end Arsenal fan rant.

leeds for the FA cup!

I would say that there is probably more chance they win the cl before they win the premiership. It takes less consistency and the way they play could work against a lot of teams in the CL.