Good morning blues and rags
The media and opposition supporters seem to be making a lot of our inactivity so far in the market,many claiming FFP is making us fearful of spending.But do we really need to be splashing out exorbitant fees and wages on players who will only complement or back up the squad,it's unlikely any name we've been linked with would be a certain starter anyway.
Mancini & Marwood would appear to be at loggerheads over the issue but I'm fully behind Marwood on this as we are still counting the cost of previous frivolous managers who could only see a bottomless pit.Such is the precarious nature of football management,it's inevitable that managers will look after themselves first and sod the consequences.
It's important for the club to draw a line under the Hughes management fiasco and to start working as a profitable business with regards to wages and transfers,although it was understandable to have to offer outlandish sums to reach the top,now we are in and around the top table we should be able to attract top players from a footballing rather than purely financial side and a wage cap is surely imperative for us to work towards satisfying FFP
With regards to the players
Goalkeepers
Hart & Pantilimon Happy with those 2
Full backs
Zabaleta Richards Clichy Kolorov Don't need any cover
Centre backs
Kompany Lescott Savic Kolo Boyata Could do with another class centre half as Savic,Boyata & kolo aren't good enough.Richards would provide better cover
Midfield
Barry Milner Nasri de jong silva yaya Johnson Razak
No need for recruiting as all bases covered unless Mancini starts playing with a system that requires wingers then we might need someone better than the big I am mr Johnson
Forwards
Aguero Balotelli Dzeko Tevez Guidetti Santa Cruz Adebeyor
Adebeyor hopefully will be sent packing along with Santa Cruz but unless anyone else goes out we certainly don't need anyone in
For me we still have the best all round squad and we should be confident of defending the title,Chelsea and Utd will certainly make it harder this time around but I think that squad of ours is more than capable of retaining the PL
Still no transfers,are we bothered?
posted on 9/8/12
It seems our illustrious leader doesn't mind us spending a bob or two
"His Highness Sheikh Mansour has spoken of the importance of Manchester City securing back to back English Premier League titles...
Upon the occasion of presenting the 'Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Football Cup Championship' trophy to the winning side in Abu Dhabi, the 43 year old City owner briefly outlined his opinion on the coming season to the Al Ittihad newspaper.
His Highness, speaking aside of his role as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs said of City:
'What is important is to preserve the achievement (winning the title) and maintain the good standards of last season. We will support the team with a player, or players. This does not detract from the efficiency and capacity of the current squad of players, with whom the Manager is completely satisfied.'
posted on 9/8/12
What will we do when the oil dries up and the Sheik gets bored with us though?
posted on 9/8/12
It's a constant worry.
posted on 9/8/12
Well it seems a constant worry for supporters of other clubs because they keep mentioning it.
posted on 9/8/12
Based on known reserves of 1389380640000bbl and a world consumption of 85085664bbl/day, oil has another
44.7 years.
But that does not include new discoveries that will happen in countries that are not stupid enough to stop drilling.
That will make me 84 years of age.
That will do for me Tommy.
posted on 9/8/12
Haha If the oil dries up they will have a fcuck load of more important things to worry about than the champions of England an manchesters only club.
posted on 9/8/12
What will we do when the oil dries up and the Sheik gets bored with us though?
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you will go back to bouncing up and down the leagues and along with chelsea will implode into dust having dominated for years, having said that your humiliation of the red half of London seems to get up fergie nose, so long my it continue.
another note, wenger must be praying for the day the oil kings fook off, he will be the only self sufficient club in the league and will p1ss himself laughing at the rest of us!!!!
posted on 9/8/12
Wenger seems to forget that their stadium is sponsored and financed by 'oil money'.
posted on 9/8/12
Boris "Inky" Gibson
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yes but they are self sufficient, and if the money men do a runner most clubs are in trouble!
posted on 9/8/12
Arsenal will only be self sufficent as long as they qualify for the CL and mugs are willing to pay £2,000 a year to watch a feeder club.