Chucking out the whole team and bringing in a load of mercenaries who will win you (or any other club) the league for xx million, players who've turned their back on the teams that nurtured them for a big pay pakcet (often to spend more time on the bench earning money than playing football). At least Chelsea kept the spine of their team with the likes of Terry and Lampard and supplimented it with their new money. What percentage of Manchester City (fans, staff, players) is actually involved in their new found success? To get these results they've had to sacrifice everything they were previously proud of in terms of their club.
How do you feel when you complete a game normally, compared to how you feel completing a game using an infinite live/money/energy cheat? That's what I mean by empty.
Anyway, unrelated, we've got an article about us lot in the Wall Street Journal today, of all places.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203804204577016072900525002.html
How do you feel when you complete a game normally, compared to how you feel completing a game using an infinite live/money/energy cheat? That's what I mean by empty.
Anyway, unrelated, we've got an article about us lot in the Wall Street Journal today, of all places.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203804204577016072900525002.html
To me they are starting fresh.Chelsea kept Lamps and Terry because they were world class(Lamps still is) did City have anybody like that? Also if you look at the average age of City players it it 24.. this is a team for the future IMO.Long term success.
Buit they're not buying 'good prospects' or players they can develop, because they don't have to. They're buying players who are already fantastic. They don't need to scout or take risks because they can just throw a load of money at a club to get whichever player they've taken a punt on who turned out to be great. When their players hit 26 and start to lose a bit of pace, will they accomodate that and work with them to change their game or will they just dump them in the reserves and vuy a 21 year old superstar?
Still don't think of most of their players as "City players" when I think of Nasri my first thought is still Arsenal.
Still don't think of most of their players as "City players" when I think of Nasri my first thought is still Arsenal.
Swedish publication Aftonbladet reports that the striker reveals in his autobiography, which will be published in two weeks' time, how he told Guardiola that he was afraid of then-Inter coach Jose Mourinho and that the Barcelona coach could "go to hell".
"I yelled to him: 'You have no balls!' And probably worse things than that. And I added: 'You are sh***ing yourself about Mourinho! You can go to hell!' I was completely mad. If I were Guardiola, I would have been frightened," Ibrahimovic writes in the first chapter of his book.
The former Ajax star also took the time to reveal his true feelings for Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi.
"The atmosphere in the dressing room was way too quiet for me. Messi, Iniesta and Xavi always obeyed without protesting. They were like schoolboys. I'm not like that and I couldn't be myself."
Ibrahimovic also explained that Messi is Guardiola's favourite, while also stating that the coach made little attempt to communicate with him.
"Messi asked to be played in another position. He wanted to play as centre forward and got his way. I didn't have a relationship with the coach. He hardly looked at me."
The 30-year-old attacker left Barcelona for AC Milan in the summer of 2010 after only one year at Camp Nou.
"I yelled to him: 'You have no balls!' And probably worse things than that. And I added: 'You are sh***ing yourself about Mourinho! You can go to hell!' I was completely mad. If I were Guardiola, I would have been frightened," Ibrahimovic writes in the first chapter of his book.
The former Ajax star also took the time to reveal his true feelings for Barcelona trio Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Xavi.
"The atmosphere in the dressing room was way too quiet for me. Messi, Iniesta and Xavi always obeyed without protesting. They were like schoolboys. I'm not like that and I couldn't be myself."
Ibrahimovic also explained that Messi is Guardiola's favourite, while also stating that the coach made little attempt to communicate with him.
"Messi asked to be played in another position. He wanted to play as centre forward and got his way. I didn't have a relationship with the coach. He hardly looked at me."
The 30-year-old attacker left Barcelona for AC Milan in the summer of 2010 after only one year at Camp Nou.
Speaking of Barca and WSJ footy articles...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576299314103473174.html
The World's Greatest Whiners
For All Its Artistry, Barcelona Has Prospered by Working the Officials; 165 Free Kicks in 11 Games
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704569404576299314103473174.html
The World's Greatest Whiners
For All Its Artistry, Barcelona Has Prospered by Working the Officials; 165 Free Kicks in 11 Games
Bullshit.Busquets dives alot but i forgive him because he is the 4th best CDM on the planet after Toure, Essien and Tiote
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Nigel De Jong?
Danielle De Rossi?
FUCKING GARETH BARRY IS BETTER.
Khedira?
Alex Song.
XABI ALONSO.
Heh another one who I bet just judges him on the diving.. he defends well.. passing accuracy is amazing and plays killer balls in.. but your a Madrid fan so ehhh
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SAF has been our manager for 25 years now. What a fucking hero. Unseen and I doubt I'll see a better manager in my life. 
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He defends well but his passing accuracy isn't AMAZING.Also hes still not better then those on the list.
Yes it is, his great passing is what makes him different.. . how man CDMs can play 3-4 killer balls in every game? Not many.
Just in the pub watching their game after the match - 50,000 there today, good crowd! Obviously know we won't be vying for position with Man U at the end of the season, so happy to see them battered But hey, it'd be nice to spend two weeks second so I can't really lose!
Was a hard won 3 points today, everton probably deserved something out of the game. Lacking Tiote and Cabaye meant we lost some shape but we kept fighting for it. Watch Ryan Taylor's goal on MotD, its a beauty.
But hey, it'd be nice to spend two weeks second so I can't really lose!Was a hard won 3 points today, everton probably deserved something out of the game. Lacking Tiote and Cabaye meant we lost some shape but we kept fighting for it. Watch Ryan Taylor's goal on MotD, its a beauty.
omg when Torres and Mata are not on the same pitch... Chelsea have no flair
Liverpool playing ok
PENALTY TO UNITEDNevermind...
RVP 1-0 West Brom
City's game will be good
Liverpool playing ok
RVP 1-0 West Brom
City's game will be good
Why will City's game be good? Seems like a mismatch. Or is it a case of preferring a Harlem Globetrotter's style exhibition match rather than a hard fought contest?
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United is playing shit atm, just shit. Sunderland is defending well but our level is no where like the beginning of the season. Hopefully we'll win though, nothing is lost so far.
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