Is Manchester City's domination of football turning fans of football?

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Just now, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

Grow up.

It’s true, I’m sorry you do not share the same opinion as myself.

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111 players for £832m whilst at City. 

Joke.

 

[Mucker1884]

 

***Pedant alert***

 

There's a letter missing from the title, that changes it's whole meaning, and actually leaves the title as an unfinished sentence.

... or... to put it another way...

 

There's no effin' title!  ?

[BIllyD]

@David have you photoshopped some of them headlines or are they from a computer game because they aren't quite accurate ????

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1 minute ago, BIllyD said:

@David have you photoshopped some of them headlines or are they from a computer game because they aren't quite accurate ????

Nope, they are all out there in the wild, go for it, they are all true 

[BIllyD]

2 minutes ago, David said:

Nope, they are all out there in the wild, go for it, they are all true 

Ok show me the Jurgen one then ?

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2 minutes ago, BIllyD said:

Ok show me the Jurgen one then ?

If you Google them all they will come up, it’s not hard, I’m sure you can manage it, I have full faith in you ?

[BIllyD]

1 hour ago, David said:

111 players for £832m whilst at City. 

Joke.

 

 

winner

[BIllyD]

Just now, David said:

If you Google them all they will come up, it’s not hard, I’m sure you can manage it, I have full faith in you ?

I found it now, forgot to look under desperation section ?

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Just now, BIllyD said:

I found it now, forgot to look under desperation section ?

All opinions are valid, I happen to share that one.

I mean feel free to continue to watch Man City, be entertained and praise Guardiola as a genius, I really won’t lose any sleep over it.

I know many share your opinion, as they do mine. What do they say, opinions are like bumholes, we all have one. ?

[BIllyD]

3 minutes ago, David said:

All opinions are valid, I happen to share that one.

I mean feel free to continue to watch Man City, be entertained and praise Guardiola as a genius, I really won’t lose any sleep over it.

I know many share your opinion, as they do mine. What do they say, opinions are like bumholes, we all have one. ?

Fair enough, although just for clarity - I was being sarcastic, I couldn't find the article because it appears to have been doctored ?

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5 minutes ago, BIllyD said:

Fair enough, although just for clarity - I was being sarcastic, I couldn't find the article because it appears to have been doctored ?

Ahh, it was Stan Collymore who said it, cropped that bit out as it didn’t give it much credibility

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/pep-guardiola-jurgen-klopp-23455460

[Van der MoodHoover]

7 hours ago, Anag Ram said:

Enjoy Foden’s rise. He will be one of the first names on Southgate’s list. Stones too looks like being an England starter again.

International football doesn’t float my boat like it used to but we have the makings of a top team.

Not while there's a breath in sterling, kane and rashfords body..... 

[Anag Ram]

2 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Not while there's a breath in sterling, kane and rashfords body..... 

Foden will be in midfield.

I think Grealish should be ahead of Rashford. The other two are nailed on.

Pope

James.  Stones.  Dier.   Shaw.

Foden. Rice. Saka.

Sterling.  Kane.  Grealish.

[Van der MoodHoover]

3 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Foden will be in midfield.

I think Grealish should be ahead of Rashford. The other two are nailed on.

Pope

James.  Stones.  Dier.   Shaw.

Foden. Rice. Saka.

Sterling.  Kane.  Grealish.

Not while there's a breath in Jordan Henderson s body then..... ?

[Anag Ram]

Just now, Van der MoodHoover said:

Not while there's a breath in Jordan Henderson s body then..... ?

Haha. I don’t think there is lately! ?

[Mostyn6]

13 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Not while there's a breath in sterling, kane and rashfords body..... 

 

6 minutes ago, Anag Ram said:

Foden will be in midfield.

I think Grealish should be ahead of Rashford. The other two are nailed on.

Pope

James.  Stones.  Dier.   Shaw.

Foden. Rice. Saka.

Sterling.  Kane.  Grealish.

 

2 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Not while there's a breath in Jordan Henderson s body then..... ?

 

1 minute ago, Anag Ram said:

Haha. I don’t think there is lately! ?

You guys forgotten Jesse Lingard??!

[ziggyram59]

14 hours ago, ossieram said:

Were you as bothered when it was the other Manchester side dominating and winning everything?

I think when Man United were winning Premier League/Champions League/FA Cup etc things were a lot closer and they had teams like Newcastle/Arsenal/Chelsea who took them down to the last few games of the season, so no I wasn't as bothered, the way things are going City will be Premier league champions by the end of March at this rate. 

[ziggyram59]

14 hours ago, BaaLocks said:

Between 1891 and 1900 two clubs (Aston Villa and Sunderland) won all but one title

Between 1921 and 1926 two clubs (Liverpool and Huddersfield) won all the titles

Between 1930 and 1948 (war years included) Arsenal won more than half the titles

Between 1972 and 1990 Liverpool won eleven out of eighteen titles

Between 1992 and 2013 Manchester United won 13 out of 21 titles

Man City have currently won four out of the last nine years, no doubles and nothing in Europe - it's hardly dominance yet, just ask someone in Spain, Scotland or France for their view on that.

Big clubs come, big clubs go. At some point the Sheikh will have had enough, another oligarch will come along and buy Newcastle or Tottenham or Crawley and they will reign for a few years while Man City go back to fielding some version of Andy Lake, Ian Brightwell and Shaun Goater as a front three combination in a Div 3 play off against Gillingham. Twas ever thus, and shall always be.

Let's hope your right. 

[ziggyram59]

14 hours ago, Jourdan said:

In short, no. A thread like this might have been made about Liverpool 12-15 months ago.

City are having success, of course. The reason people overreact like this is because when they have good seasons, they just seem to be freakishly consistent rather than sparkling.

I don’t think their ‘dominance’ is killing people’s interest in football because I don’t think they are truly dominant. Five league titles in 10 seasons if they win it this year, one Champions League semi-final so far, two FA Cups since 2010, and five League Cups including three in consecutive seasons so far too.

Mind you, fans of top six clubs completely discredit the League Cup anyway. It’s the trophy no-one wants to win apparently, so I am not sure why I have included it.

So as you can see, they are not monopolising the sport. They are just having a period of success, which has happened to United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea and even us to a far lesser extent if you go back far enough.

There is plenty of incentive there for other clubs. It’s down to the other clubs - Liverpool, Chelsea, United and so on - to step up and do better. City have shown plenty of vulnerability over the years and have proven that money can buy you a degree of success but not everything.

They are very good, but threads like this should be reserved for Liverpool pre-1992 and Ferguson’s United post-1992. That is dominance and that is why they are the two most disliked clubs in the country. Who cares about City really?

To be honest, Wenger’s Arsenal from 1998-2006 was far less successful but I’d tune in to watch them far more than I ever have the petrodollar juggernaut.

You make very good points I will admit my interest in the Premier League as declined over the seasons as it's the top 4 clubs who dominate mostly. It as been refreshing to see Leicester do well under Rodgers as very underrated manager in my opinion.