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RAG1: People are overrating them massively. They've spent god knows how much but would you honestly take any of their players over ours?

They've bought largely medicore to average players, and I don't believe Mancini is a particularly great coach either; he's going to have a tough job of it keeping all the ego's in check. Chelsea at least had the core of a title winning team before Abramovich came along, who upped their game under the leadership of Mourinho. Can't say the same for City.

They won't win the title for a while yet. It's not just about having 11 great players on the pitch. And they won't be able to attract the better calibre of players until they're playing CL Football. That should be their first aim, and I seriously doubt they'll get that this season.

RAG2: I think this is right, if a little hyperbolic. Their players are certainly better than average/mediocre, and none of them would look out of place on a title winning side. But the only truly top-level outfield player they have is Tevez, assuming Ade keeps playing the way he did last year and Yaya and Silva don't make a step up. (Though Adam Johnson and Balotelli will continue to improve, and who knows what they could become.)

So right now they've got a lot of sexy attackers, but they had more than enough of that last year. The problem was defense and midfield, especially midfield creativity and the ability to control/pace the match. I'm not sure they have the central defenders to win anything right now. At least, they will have to overcome their weakness there somewhere else on the pitch.

So, midfield. That's why Yaya and Silva are so important. Can they bring that to City? Will Silva become the midfield conductor they need? Probably not if they play him on the flank. They'd have to give him Tevez's position on the pitch, but then Tevez will play less effectively.

But that's just next year, when they definitely will NOT win the league. But it's easy to imagine them getting a CL spot. And THEN they'll be able to remake the team all over again. And then, yeah, definitely winning the league in the next 5 years.

[strike]WAG[/strike] RAG OF THE DAY

Reasonable words fro Rag 2 if Im honest..

Some people are obsessed with United arent they.

had a look at one of their balotelli threads the other day. now that he is on the verge of joining us he is a nob, overated, will never fufill his potential etc

funny, a couple of weeks back he was a fucking world beater. unlucky, cunts.

ross.mcfc wrote:Some people are obsessed with U***d arent they.

Ross RPOTD has continued at the bequest of the majority of posters on here...if you don't like it you don't have to read it...it's not the first time you've chirped up about it either

A bit of harmless fun...and after 35 years of jibes from the stretford red socks we are entitled to take the piss ;-)

I can understand the comments about having to gel into a team, it's absolutely right. It cost us last year & it could do so again, but how can rags or anyone else be questioning the quality of the players we're bringing in ? So many times you read or hear these comments about how these teams wouldn't want to sign any of our players; it's pathetic jealousy & simply not true. You expect it from those rag numptys but you even get Spurs, Villa & Everton fans saying it!

Sure rags & Chelsea etc play together as a team better than we do SO FAR, but many of our players as individuals, would get in any of the 'top 4' squads & be amongst the best players in them.

Ted Hughes wrote:I can understand the comments about having to gel into a team, it's absolutely right. It cost us last year & it could do so again, but how can rags or anyone else be questioning the quality of the players we're bringing in ? So many times you read or hear these comments about how these teams wouldn't want to sign any of our players; it's pathetic jealousy & simply not true. You expect it from those rag numptys but you even get Spurs, Villa & Everton fans saying it!

Sure rags & Chelsea etc play together as a team better than we do SO FAR, but many of our players as individuals, would get in any of the 'top 4' squads & be amongst the best players in them.

You're not seriously telling me you've heard a villa or everton fan turning their nose up at any of our signings??

Somebody copy pastes this on bluemoon you know beeks?
Seems they slag this place off to fuck, it seems a bit hypocritical innit?

Wooders wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:I can understand the comments about having to gel into a team, it's absolutely right. It cost us last year & it could do so again, but how can rags or anyone else be questioning the quality of the players we're bringing in ? So many times you read or hear these comments about how these teams wouldn't want to sign any of our players; it's pathetic jealousy & simply not true. You expect it from those rag numptys but you even get Spurs, Villa & Everton fans saying it!

Sure rags & Chelsea etc play together as a team better than we do SO FAR, but many of our players as individuals, would get in any of the 'top 4' squads & be amongst the best players in them.

You're not seriously telling me you've heard a villa or everton fan turning their nose up at any of our signings??

I've read/heard stuff from more than one saying A: none of our players would get in the top 4 or dippers teams & B: most wouldn't get in theirs. That knob Mike Parry on talksport for a start. Pathetic.

Bingo Lewis wrote:Somebody copy pastes this on bluemoon you know beeks?
Seems they slag this place off to fuck, it seems a bit hypocritical innit?

Think it might be CITYSTEVEDON...he asked permission...and since this is the only forum I post on why not...didn't realised it was bluemong though hahaha

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

Bingo Lewis wrote:Somebody copy pastes this on bluemoon you know beeks?
Seems they slag this place off to fuck, it seems a bit hypocritical innit?

Think it might be CITYSTEVEDON...he asked permission...and since this is the only forum I post on why not...didn't realised it was bluemong though hahaha

Fair enough, as long as it isn't one of the wankers the just slags this place off.

Dazzacity wrote:Reasonable words fro Rag 2 if Im honest..

I agree, but most of there fan's are just like Rag 1.

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

Bingo Lewis wrote:Somebody copy pastes this on bluemoon you know beeks?
Seems they slag this place off to fuck, it seems a bit hypocritical innit?

Think it might be CITYSTEVEDON...he asked permission...and since this is the only forum I post on why not...didn't realised it was bluemong though hahaha

i did, but not now as they slagged me off for doing it and said i just copy it off here. i did say i got permission to do it ,they are missing out