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desolate said:
NRS said:
Have I missed something?
Edited by Black can man on Sunday 19th May 13:45
Black can man said:
I'm not having dig at all but reading the Liverpool thread is just pure sour grapes this morning.
you obviously are because thats not a fair statementthere is philv b
hing about the "financial doping" and lots of us arguing that Pep has done a good job and he is wrongand choccy frog saying if City broke FFP rules thy should be punished, which is fair enough
Edited by Adam B on Sunday 19th May 14:39
Adam B said:
Black can man said:
I'm not having dig at all but reading the Liverpool thread is just pure sour grapes this morning.
you obviously are because thats not a fair statementthere is philv b
hing about the "financial doping" and lots of us arguing that Pep has done a good job and he is wrongand choccy frog saying if City broke FFP rules thy should be punished, which is fair enough
Edited by Adam B on Sunday 19th May 14:39
But carry on fella
how about a bit of balance (which I know is like rocking horse st on these football forums):
t on these football forums):pinchmeimdreamin said:
Sorry even as a Liverpool fan sounds like sour grapes to me
Adam B said:
Yes, some silly comments there
Pep has won everything bar CL and even there he got unlucky against a plucky Spurs team, I’m bloody glad we are not playing City in the final.
Pep has won everything bar CL and even there he got unlucky against a plucky Spurs team, I’m bloody glad we are not playing City in the final.
desolate said:
Back to back titles with record points is pretty special.
type-r said:
Money doesn't always buy success. See United for reference.
Guardiola is the gel that makes City click. He has instilled a philosophy of passing that even as an opposition supporter, can't be denied in it's simplistic beauty. He without doubt has to be held in high regard.
Guardiola is the gel that makes City click. He has instilled a philosophy of passing that even as an opposition supporter, can't be denied in it's simplistic beauty. He without doubt has to be held in high regard.
CharlieH89 said:
City’s tactics are unreal.
The technical ability of KDB, D Silva, B Silva, is unreal.
The shooting ability of Aguero is unreal.
How they normally play with Fernandinho ahead of the defence and the rest attackers is unreal.
I admire the way they play. Obviously I don’t want them because I know they will win against any team who doesn’t go at them easily.
The technical ability of KDB, D Silva, B Silva, is unreal.
The shooting ability of Aguero is unreal.
How they normally play with Fernandinho ahead of the defence and the rest attackers is unreal.
I admire the way they play. Obviously I don’t want them because I know they will win against any team who doesn’t go at them easily.
stuartmmcfc said:
If there’s been a breach of the rules then there has to be punishment after a fair “trial”. Until then City are innocent and have certainly presented a strong defence.
Its natural for people to speculate ahead of any judgement though, especially on forums. City will get a trial of sorts and will present their defence. UEFA is pretty corrupt so I am not sure how they will judge things. My suspicion is they will bury it and keep the status quo which keeps the top brass in well paid jobs unless the evidence is so damning its shames them into action. See racist chants for further details.Confess I haven't followed the case too closely, the hugely inflated sponsorship deals from companies owned by Mansour are pretty obvious, and the emails are fairly damning. City's defence seems to be the emails were obtained by nefarious means are therefore inadmissible. What are the other arguments please?
If you've done wrong I hope you get punished, though a CL ban will just make you stronger in the league I fear
Black can man said:
You missed Rob saying that City have cheated & Jammy saying that pep can only win things by spending.
But carry on fella
In addition to the other stuff posted I don't think it's incorrect to say that about Pep. It's impossible to know what he'd be like in say Cardiff, but his systems have relied on having the best players. But he has shown he has at least 2 of the 3 things you need for a top manager - being able to buy the right players, and having the tactics that work. It's going to be natural (and I think we discussed it before Pep joined City too) that people question if he could do well with Cardiff for example. To me it's just people having different strengths - same as F1 for example. Vettel dominates with the right car, but don't give him that and he looks far more ordinary. Hamilton is more flexible, but usually has a few races where he's lost focus etc during a season. And so on. But carry on fella
NRS said:
Black can man said:
You missed Rob saying that City have cheated & Jammy saying that pep can only win things by spending.
But carry on fella
In addition to the other stuff posted I don't think it's incorrect to say that about Pep. It's impossible to know what he'd be like in say Cardiff, but his systems have relied on having the best players. But he has shown he has at least 2 of the 3 things you need for a top manager - being able to buy the right players, and having the tactics that work. It's going to be natural (and I think we discussed it before Pep joined City too) that people question if he could do well with Cardiff for example. To me it's just people having different strengths - same as F1 for example. Vettel dominates with the right car, but don't give him that and he looks far more ordinary. Hamilton is more flexible, but usually has a few races where he's lost focus etc during a season. And so on. But carry on fella
Thankfully this thread is still one of the few available to have an opinion.
The thing is Pep has not bought the very very top players , he has bought good players & made them top players , i would comfortably say that other than Mahrez & the sadly injury prone Mendy that every player that Pep has bought is now worth more or less double the price they paid for them. It's pretty clear that the owners of City are in this for the long term & it's down to the rest of us to try & find a way to stop them , Spurs found a way over two legs & Liverpool almost stopped them in the league & they needed penalties to win the league cup, They are indeed a great team but they are not unstoppable.
Edited by Black can man on Sunday 19th May 18:26
85Carrera said:
Very sorry to see Vinny go. Thought we might have got another season out of him.
Glad he appears to be going on his own terms though.
a brilliant defender and comes across as a thoroughly decent bloke tooGlad he appears to be going on his own terms though.
his goal against Leicester felt like a kick in the nads of roughly similar strength and accuracy
Edited by Adam B on Sunday 19th May 18:59
NRS said:
Black can man said:
You are indeed a brave man sir.
It hope we don't see complaints about diving on injuries again then from you lot. It could sound just like sneery excuses to some?
£583.5M in the last 5 years
Cheers Phil
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