I keep seeing people like yourself say City are 'favourites' to win the CL. How? In what realm? They've never got past a semi. You need something other than billions to win something so prestigious as when you're near the skin of your teeth in key moments for example - you need something else. An X-factor. Fans for instance. They don't have fans. Or rather, the right fans. Can you imagine a club like that trying to muster 30 or 40 thousand rabid fans for the main event to scream their heads off? It wouldn't happen.
Vincent Kompany: Man City quadruple a matter of time | Next year?
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I keep seeing people like yourself say City are 'favourites' to win the CL. How? In what realm? They've never got past a semi. You need something other than billions to win something so prestigious as when you're near the skin of your teeth in key moments for example - you need something else. An X-factor. Fans for instance. They don't have fans. Or rather, the right fans. Can you imagine a club like that trying to muster 30 or 40 thousand rabid fans for the main event to scream their heads off? It wouldn't happen.
Calm down mate, I'm just stating that they're the Bookies favourites.
But why are they the bookies' favorites? Do you control the bookies by any chance?
Having a bye to the QF helps.
Betting patterns and estimated risk factors.
Calm down mate, I'm just stating that they're the Bookies favourites.
Fair one.
My bad - I was sat in traffic not moving for an hour so i was ranting.
Have a great day.
Fair one.
My bad - I was sat in traffic not moving for an hour so i was ranting.
Have a great day.
No worries mate
Looks like this might be back on...
Not happening.
Can't help but see anything other than quadruple sadly. League Cup final against a poor Chelsea team, almost all the big teams out of the FA Cup, tie against a rubbish Schalke team and now Liverpool choking.
1 down.....
Very real possibility.
Been saying a treble for weeks & stick by it. I don't think they'll manage all 4, but 3 is very possible... Only time will tell which 3.
They won't win the CL. PL, LC and FA Cup is the shit treble which no-one will give a feck about.
Yes, sadly, although the domestic Treble is probably more realistic and I don't think has ever been done before (we nearly did it in 94 and with a bit of luck could have done it in 09). If they win the FA cup it'll be incredibly annoying as we've done a lot of the work for them in eliminating two big teams away from home
Yes, sadly, although the domestic Treble is probably more realistic and I don't think has ever been done before (we nearly did it in 94 and with a bit of luck could have done it in 09). If they win the FA cup it'll be incredibly annoying as we've done a lot of the work for them in eliminating two big teams away from home
And to play Wolves away which is one of the best team after City. City has everyone doing dirty work for them, Chelsea played Liverpool and Spurs. English team gifting them a domestic Treble and perhaps UCL if City gets a lucky draw in the quarter-final again. Chelsea played Liverpool and Spurs before the final.
Well after Schalke they have some other teams to play.
I think they'll do the domestic cup double. Scum will win the league.
We'll not win 4, given the draw in the FA Cup and a rejuvenated United in our way, we're behind in the league and the CL is not near squeaky bum time yet.
We could as easily finish with just the LC as we could with a treble. Think some sort of double is the probably the most likely outcome.
We could as easily finish with just the LC as we could with a treble. Think some sort of double is the probably the most likely outcome.
Not to mention that totally corrupt offside call when Hazard was through on goal in the last minute. That was so on top it was untrue. Phoney offside and when the lino has no right to be waving for it anyway when they have VAR.
Nah
All funded by Abu Dhabi, are you sure we don't want Saudi investment....
This is the year for the greatest team British Isles have ever seen.
Is there a better time to win it? They're obviously a fantastic team but..
CL - Everyone has declined. Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus.. not exactly brilliant this year.
League - Arsenal, Chelsea and United are all shite. Spurs are Spurs and Liverpool are their only contender and they're not exactly unstoppable.
League Cup - Handy draws
FA Cup - Handy draws
CL - Everyone has declined. Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus.. not exactly brilliant this year.
League - Arsenal, Chelsea and United are all shite. Spurs are Spurs and Liverpool are their only contender and they're not exactly unstoppable.
League Cup - Handy draws
FA Cup - Handy draws
Nah, Klopp still hasn't realised they can't play at that intensity all season without the winter break they have in Germany, without having much more strength in depth.
They already look knackered, City will win the league by 5+ points.
Jokes aside, they're already the best team I've seen in the UK. Ourselves & Spurs are lucky to be so close to them, but I still reckon they'll win the league pretty comfortably in the end.
Why do people think that the reason some of us don't want Saudis here has nothing to do with how good we will be in pitch under them. Yep, even an idiot would know that we will be doing better in the pitch with a sugar daddy (especially the richest sugar daddy of them all) than without one. Maybe the reason we don't want them is something else. Try to think about it.
Greatest team in Etihad stadium.
Yep, pretty sure. Our funding has been pretty close to theirs the last 3 seasons. Bad investments and wrong managers is what cost us, not underspending.
City cup treble, dippers to take the league.
They shouldn't even have 50m revenue nevermind 500m+. That's a story for a different topic though.
I do agree on your point on our funding though. It's easy blame the managers but its the fecking board who is recruiting them. Imagine any corporate company pissing away half a billion and losing productivity? Heads would roll.
PSG will knock them out in the QF of the CL
Yeah I fancy PSG to win the CL. They should have Cavani n Neymar back for the next round too. No way we are turning that tie around with the aggregate score, Injuries and no Pogba. In fact I'd be tempted to chuck the towel in now and concentrate on 4th and the cup. The CL was always a pipe dream this year. We aren't ready.
It's not completely unrealistic but it's too early to think about that. Their season might collapse come the quarters of the CL, the FA Cup semi and the the games against Spurs and us when they will have to play like 5 hard games within 2 weeks. Their squad is of great quality but not big enough. Only Wolves have used fewer players in the league this season - 21.
We will beat them in the fa cup final.
It’s not THE treble but it’d obviously be an achievement. No men’s team has ever won the domestic treble in English football.
City are basically in the position now where anything other than winning at least the league and CL double is considered a failure. The curse of Guardiola.
Think CL is the one they’ll fail at. FA Cup you’d assume is us or them at this stage.
I would expect them to win the league though. Miles better than that Liverpool side and they looked it when they beat them.
I would expect them to win the league though. Miles better than that Liverpool side and they looked it when they beat them.
Both will still drop points but I think Pep knows what it takes.
They've been insanely lucky with their cup ties, just looking at who's likely to be left in the FA Cup and UCL after the next rounds
Roma/Porto
PSG
Spurs
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern/Liverpool
Atletico
Dont be surprised if they get Roma or Porto in the QF's
Watford/Palace
Wolves/Man Utd
Millwall/Brighton
Again nailed on to get one of Watford/Palace/Millwall or Brighton. I really hope if we progress we get them in the Semi's
They've won the league cup, favourites for the FA Cup and League, just got to hope someone does them in Europe eventually
Roma/Porto
PSG
Spurs
Real Madrid
Barcelona
Bayern/Liverpool
Atletico
Dont be surprised if they get Roma or Porto in the QF's
Watford/Palace
Wolves/Man Utd
Millwall/Brighton
Again nailed on to get one of Watford/Palace/Millwall or Brighton. I really hope if we progress we get them in the Semi's
They've won the league cup, favourites for the FA Cup and League, just got to hope someone does them in Europe eventually
I think so too.
They'll win with PL and have the league cup in the bag. I can't see them winning the CL.
For the bestest team to grace the PL they'll be in the same position they were at the end of last season.
They were a Kepa hissy fit away from possibly losing the league cup last night, I don't see much improvement in that team.