McRamFan Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Man City http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15795584 How can they justify existing like that, yes they have rich owners, and FFP is slooooooowly coming in, but this is simply ridiculous and they are just buying a title (well attempting too). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Ram Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 i dont think their arab owner worth about 250 billion pounds will care about 148 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_ram Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 He's worth 20 billion. I think they will curb there spending now anyway, they've made significant investments and will probably just buy the odd player here and there whilst maximizing there revenue streams to make the FFP rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Probably write it off against tax . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 When I saw the topic I thought Nigel had bought us a new striker and someone to the midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Man City were a midtable club before, very much like Everton or Villa.. You literally need to spend a good $200mill to form any side capable of winning the title.. When you think about it they've made some very good buys for decent prices.. $200mil is the going rate for a midtable side to get to Man Utds level. Aguero David Silva Adam Johnson Joe Hart Kolarov Kompany Micah Richards Gael Clichy Samir Nasri These were all either bargains, youth products or good finds for reasonable money.. You cannot argue with the prices they paid for this lot, they did very well indeed.. The only ones I think they've overpaid for are: Balotelli - Coming into his own, potential to be worldclass so could end up perfectly reasonable Dzeko - IMO overpriced at $27mill, especially for someone who isn't always a regular Lescott - Again, overpriced, but has a few years on his side and is improving De Jong - $20mill doesn't represent value for money if he's not a starter Kolo Toure - He was an expensive signing for only 1 season as he's nowehere near the team now Tevez - Just an awkward player They've also spent big on Yaya Toure and Milner but these are now the heartbeat of the team.. They've made a few mistakes with some signings but you can't argue with their squad now.. They're favourites for the title, they have better quality than Man Utd and should they survive the winter I think they'll win it.. And I also agree that they'll start to curb their signings.. They're set up for good now, expect new signings to be one off world class players or youngsters for the future. Similar to what Man Utd do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Took Mancini a hell of a long time to know what formation to play or what style to use, finally when he has one of the best squads in the world he can begin to reap the benefits. Some might argue against him for that 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 Took Mancini a hell of a long time to know what formation to play or what style to use, finally when he has one of the best squads in the world he can begin to reap the benefits. Some might argue against him for that 'http://www.dcfcfans.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':rolleyes:' /> He has always played 4-3-3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 He has always played 4-3-3 Aside from when he played 4-2-3-1 for large parts of the last two seasons and was criticised for it on MOTD numerous times and in the general tabloids. Yes, aside from that, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 He played 4-4-2 today. Oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 4-2-3-1 can be classified as 4-3-3 if you have a spearhead in the centre.. Which he did.. They're effectively the same, and I criticised him too when he had 3 DMs playing the 3 in Yaya, Barry and De Jong.. Since then he's changed one for either Silva, Milner or Nasri.. So he still plays a 4-3-3.. Only the personnel changed to give him a more attacking edge.. We could quite easily do that, but then again it's silly to compare a giant in Man City to an average NPC side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 He played 4-4-2 today. Oops. No he didn't, I watched the game.. Balotelli was uptop central with Aguero and Milner either side and Nasri playing just infront of Yaya and De Jong in a spearhead position.. He occasionally swapped with Milner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 No it can't, it's a 4-2-3-1, and only this season has he changed. Come on man, that's common knowledge...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorksopRam Posted November 19, 2011 Share Posted November 19, 2011 No he didn't, I watched the game.. Balotelli was uptop central with Aguero and Milner either side and Nasri playing just infront of Yaya and De Jong in a spearhead position.. He occasionally swapped with Milner Sky Sports and MOTD, 4-4-2 formation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Facts and stats don't matter, remember guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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