The Official Manchester City (World Club Champions)Thread

[franki68]

You were brilliant yesterday.

I’d be amazed if you don’t retain the title .

[stuartmmcfc]

franki68 said:

You were brilliant yesterday.

I’d be amazed if you don’t retain the title .

Thank you but I do think it’ll be very tight between City,Utd,Chelsea and Liverpool this year. Which has to be a good thing!

[Mariosbt]

franki68 said:

You were brilliant yesterday.

I’d be amazed if you don’t retain the title .

You feeling ok Franki ?

[Cie]

stuartmmcfc said:

franki68 said:

You were brilliant yesterday.

I’d be amazed if you don’t retain the title .

Thank you but I do think it’ll be very tight between City,Utd,Chelsea and Liverpool this year. Which has to be a good thing!

It's probably going to be a more entertaining title race I think but I also think you've got too much for Chelsea and Liverpool, and we have Fred. It doesn't get won on paper though of course.

[franki68]

Mariosbt said:

You feeling ok Franki ?

I've always been complimentary about the football you have played ,my issue is with where football has gone because of the likes of chelsea and your owners.

[Mariosbt]

franki68 said:

Mariosbt said:

You feeling ok Franki ?

I've always been complimentary about the football you have played ,my issue is with where football has gone because of the likes of chelsea and your owners.

I don’t think there is a club that would turn it down if it landed on their doorstep.

[tamore]

franki68 said:

I've always been complimentary about the football you have played ,my issue is with where football has gone because of the likes of chelsea and your owners.

your club were absolutely instrumental in starting and continuing the madness in football for a good while. chelsea and latterly city merely joined in.

[cliffe_mafia]

franki68 said:

Mariosbt said:

You feeling ok Franki ?

I've always been complimentary about the football you have played ,my issue is with where football has gone because of the likes of chelsea and your owners.

I'd argue that it's not gone anywhere because of us and Chelsea - it was already well on the way as soon as Man U floated on the stock exchange. They turned football into a business and started making tons of cash. It's not surprising that other more successful businessmen joined in!

Real and Barca have also have a lot of responsibility for driving up the levels of daft transfer fees we see today trying to out do each other.

Us and Chelsea just jumped on the bandwagon.

I've no issues with how much we spend - it's not my money and it wasn't us who turned football into a billionaire's business. It's well documented that we had to spend more than we had planned a lot faster before the FFP drawbridge slammed shut.

Looking at Chelsea as an outsider, yes they've spent bucketloads in the past but they win a lot of trophies (like us) and their academy pretty much paid for Lukaku this year (I'm sure ours will be funding similar in the next few years). They are a really good businesses.

Most fans seem to love where it's gone - ask Leicester fans what they think of their rich owner.

I've certainly got no complaints after watching all of that incredibly expensively nurtured talent at the last world cup and Euros. Oh, and winning the last 3/4 Premier leagues too of course

[Cie]

Incredible crossbar challenge

[DeltonaS]

Do City fans first need to consult the Sheikh before they are allowed to post here ?

[ChocolateFrog]

I thought City had the best of the match for large parts without really threatening a goal, apart from Sterling's effort.

KDB was very lucky, it was just about a red for me.

[ChocolateFrog]

I assume Grealish had been caught with the refs wife, I don't think he got a single decision.

[Murph7355]

ChocolateFrog said:

I assume Grealish had been caught with the refs wife, I don't think he got a single decision.

Grealish is in danger of being tagged by refs for playing for decisions. He needs to rein it in IMO.

City looked better than a 2-0 result suggests to me. The return match will be interesting.

[tamore]

if that's the one that gets away in the 9 days from the chelsea game, i'll take that.

[stuartmmcfc]

The Sheik’s given me permission to reply now…
City were really good last night and much better than the result suggests. However, having 3 of the most potent forwards in the world allowed PSG to pack the penalty area with 7 players and catch City on the break. If the double cross bar incident had gone in then who knows?
The Messi goal was breath taking though

[franki68]

stuartmmcfc said:

The Sheik’s given me permission to reply now…
City were really good last night and much better than the result suggests. However, having 3 of the most potent forwards in the world allowed PSG to pack the penalty area with 7 players and catch City on the break. If the double cross bar incident had gone in then who knows?
The Messi goal was breath taking though

They did similar to bayern last year,bayern battered them,28 efforts on goal and good chances at that,PSg broke 3 times and scored 3 goals and won.You played well,but they defended well and as you say that front 3 they have is a problem for anyone.
De Bruyne should have gone though ,the lack of consistency by the refs is astonishing,

[tamore]

i'll take that given it was away against 12 men.

4 from chelsea and liverpool away. that's a decent haul.

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Cracking game, think it’s going to be a tough season this year for everyone

[Imasurv]

tamore said:

i'll take that given it was away against 12 men.

4 from chelsea and liverpool away. that's a decent haul.

Was thinking the same, how Milner stayed on the pitch as long as he did I’ll never know.

[stuartmmcfc]

Plenty of sensible, realistic and (dare I say it!) classy posts on the Liverpool thread tonight
Unfortunately not everyone’s the same

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