@VanGaalEra you have a stalker mate.
Bluemoon goes into Meltdown
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First Bluemoon post in months and he's fecking on it immediately.
You can't separate a petal from its flower.
This place is far more respectable than Bluemoon.
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They have a knack of folding against sides that press. The number of times they've been battered into submission in the last two years is staggering.
For a big side, the have no bottle for a physical duel.
For a big side, the have no bottle for a physical duel.
Bit rich of them to be claiming injuries.Check out the response.
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To be fair they have been frugal lately and we have been pretty healthy.
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If they want to talk money spent and injuries suffered then get the poker chips out.
This is what you get with a team full of Mercenaries that don't and won't ever give a shite about City. As long as they get their pay check they will be happy.
I've said this a lot of times, but I truly believe they have a bigger rebuild job on their hands than we do.
All their best players are over 30, injury prone or both.
Man City
Premier League games: 27
FA Cup games: 3
League Cup games: 6
European games: 7
43 games this season
Man United
Premier League games: 28
FA Cup games: 3
League Cup games: 2
European games: 10
43 games this season
So unless I'm mistaken we've had the same amount of games.
Premier League games: 27
FA Cup games: 3
League Cup games: 6
European games: 7
43 games this season
Man United
Premier League games: 28
FA Cup games: 3
League Cup games: 2
European games: 10
43 games this season
So unless I'm mistaken we've had the same amount of games.
United wage bill - £203m
Man City wage bill - £193.5m
I must have missed the news that all United players play for their undying love for the club and are happy to accept a modest wage in return for this.
£202m of that is Rooney's though.
To be fair, at the top level, almost every player is a sword for hire.
We shipped a lot of high earners form last season, so I would be surprised if our wage bill for this season is still higher.
I agree with your general point though. The mercenary tag doesn't wash.
People forget we have a very good team when fully fit;
DDG
Darmain
Smalling
Rojo
Shaw
Schweinsteiger
Schneiderlin
Herrera
Memphis
Martial
Mata
With plenty of option of rotation. The players we're building our core around will be DDG, Smalling, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Memphis and Martial and to some extent Darmian, Herrera and Mata too. We have a younger team when fit with plenty of talented youths to fill the gaps for us when we have injuries. Compare that to City whose midfield and defence are either aging or not up to the required standard anymore and I feel much more confident than there's less work for us to be done than for them.
I think Schweinsteiger earns 250k+-.
Isn't that what they play to anyway?
No chance City have had more injuries than United this season. Even right now, they only have 4 players out injured. We have 11, two of those have missed almost the entire season, and Rojo has missed the majority of it.
I can't remember City not even being able to fill the subs bench like we couldn't as we had players injured in the warm-up and no one in reserve. I can't remember City ever having 6 academy graduates and a goalkeeper on the bench, excluding the FA Cup game against Chelsea, though players were rested through choice, not unavailability. We've had 12 different players play fullback alone this season due to injuries, and then the stand-ins getting injured.
I can't remember City not even being able to fill the subs bench like we couldn't as we had players injured in the warm-up and no one in reserve. I can't remember City ever having 6 academy graduates and a goalkeeper on the bench, excluding the FA Cup game against Chelsea, though players were rested through choice, not unavailability. We've had 12 different players play fullback alone this season due to injuries, and then the stand-ins getting injured.
I couldn't believe that.
http://www.skysports.ie/manchester-city-results
He actually has a point. They've been just below being good enough. Never crap enough to warrant outrage. It doesn't help that bigger clubs with more fans have been having weirder seasons (e.g. Chelsea, United) and underdogs have been doing well. City's poor results have been going under the radar for everyone else it seems.
Yep I agree,
They've spent £60m+ on 2 CB's and will likely spend another £40m+ on Stones.
They need fullbacks in both positions.
Most of their midfield needs gutting. Fernando just isn't good enough for what they want to achieve. Toure will be 33 at the start of next season, Fernandinho is a good utility option but not much more than that. Fabian Delph is really not going to do much more than fill out a quota spot.
Then they've still got Nasri & Navas who should be moved on. Silva needs competition to be eased out, and they really need to find a goal scorer for the times when Aguero is injured. Bony & Iheanacho aren't going to win you CL's in his absence.
Finding all of those players in 1 transfer window is tough, securing them will be tough, especially when United, Chelsea, Arsenal & other clubs in Europe will be in the same markets.
The pull of Pep wont work on every player.
Biggest legend at the club a knob head musician..
I love the fact that their equivalent of "Glory, glory Man United" is just any Oasis song.
I remember saying this at the time, it'd be hilarious if the big song and dance they made about Pep de-railed their season. The bitters on my facebook feed were all on about doing the quad in december, now it's looking very different.
no chance haha
source please. I think thats bollocks considering we shipped out some of our biggest wages. Please explain how players like silva, Aguero, Toure are coming to city for anything other than money.
Yeah, that would be the ultimate in irony: they announce Pep who is going to win the the CL and he finds himself not even in it.
To be fair it helps that 10% of City's wage bill has been put on the books of your holding company to artificially lower the clubs wage bill.
It also helps that those figures will almost certainly have changed favourably for United since then, with City adding somewhere in the region of £30m with their summer signings whilst United's you'd expect to have dropped quite a bit.
Not that it's particularly relevant. Money is king now which ever club you play for.
Seriously starting to think Pep is in for a rude awakening next season.
Seriously what is up with their EDS squad? Don't the papers keep reporting how their academy puts ours to shame? Iheanacho seems to be the only player they have any confidence in.
Now they say it's just the u-16s and such, "won't see the results for years...."
Basically because all of the academy players recently promoted by us have been very good. The media usually never think they'll get caught up in their lies so they're panicking now as they really have no clue and have probably never watched an academy game in their life.
Can't believe how bad Otamendi has been. I mean, we had gifs of him tackling Messi and everything
Let's hope so. I'm sick of the love-in he's getting as some modern footballing visionary.
But yes its mostly because I'm bitter he snubbed us for massives.
Can someone tell me who is in charge of the Man City signings? Is it the two ex Barcelona gimps?
Besides De Bruyne, I can't seem to think of another very good signing they made in the last four years. They relying on all the signings Mancini made as key players.
Besides De Bruyne, I can't seem to think of another very good signing they made in the last four years. They relying on all the signings Mancini made as key players.
I'm from Mumbai apparently:
His tackling has still been on point. He was great in the first derby against us. Its his other area, mainly his positioning and sometimes decision making that is the problem. If you make a highlights of his season it would look pretty impressive but it masks his other areas. He's the same defender doing the same things. Just in a different setup that does not cover his weaknesses.
I'm sure I recall reading elsewhere that City have suffered a greater number of individual injuries than us this season. I think the total number of days out wasn't as big, but they're had their fair share. Can't be used as an excuse though really, considering we're closing the gap with a far worse current situation.
Delph could be a really good player if they actually use him properly. Maybe not top class but he could certainly do a good enough job against most Premiership teams. He's a really good player.
As for Iheanacho, he looks a proper talent. Agree, though, that they need someone better to deputise for Aguero when he's injured. Problem is that Mancini tried to keep lots of strikers happy and it just doesn't work - players that are good enough to start won't settle for 20 games a season.
It's a pretty sure bet that's why they came in the first place but I think they all have a pretty strong affinity for the club now. As said, we're in a very similar position ourselves in terms of attracting top talent so let's not go throwing too many stones...
Personally I think his tackling is awful. I'm sure he wins a lot but he tries to win everything. Constantly sliding into challenges and taking himself out of the game.