| Man City.... 13:38 - Jan 30 with 6062 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
So they now have a back four where each individual cost in excess of £50m!!
Thats some defence. |  |
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| Man City.... on 13:42 - Jan 30 with 4694 views | JimmyJazz |
Otamendi wasn't that much |  |
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| Man City.... on 13:43 - Jan 30 with 4690 views | StokieBlue |
Their transfer record is actually quite low compared to some of the crazy ones now.
They would have to smash their transfer record to get someone like De Bruyne now.
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| Man City.... on 13:47 - Jan 30 with 4669 views | ITFCBlues |
ANother amazing achievement for Pep. Spends the most money, has the best squad & guess what, will win the league!
What a great manager |  |
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| Man City.... on 13:51 - Jan 30 with 4648 views | JimmyJazz |
| Man City.... on 13:47 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
ANother amazing achievement for Pep. Spends the most money, has the best squad & guess what, will win the league!
What a great manager |
He'll be judged on whether he can win the Champions League. Didn't do so at Bayern, so might be considered a failure there. The fact they dominated domestically is no achievement | |
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| Man City.... on 13:54 - Jan 30 with 4633 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 13:42 - Jan 30 by JimmyJazz |
Otamendi wasn't that much |
Laporte was. | |
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| Man City.... on 13:56 - Jan 30 with 4625 views | itfcjoe |
| Man City.... on 13:47 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
ANother amazing achievement for Pep. Spends the most money, has the best squad & guess what, will win the league!
What a great manager |
Have they spent the most money - Man Utd who are 12 points behind must be pushing them close. |  |
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| Man City.... on 13:58 - Jan 30 with 4615 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 13:43 - Jan 30 by StokieBlue |
Their transfer record is actually quite low compared to some of the crazy ones now.
They would have to smash their transfer record to get someone like De Bruyne now.
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He was their record signing until today.
But I take your point. | |
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| Man City.... on 13:59 - Jan 30 with 4607 views | ITFCBlues |
| Man City.... on 13:56 - Jan 30 by itfcjoe |
Have they spent the most money - Man Utd who are 12 points behind must be pushing them close. |
Yep. Laporte pushes them towards 450m in 2 seasons I think it is? Late bid for Mahrez as well apparently.
He’s just gone out and signed the best players in each position. It’s no coincidence he’s won the title | |
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| Man City.... on 13:59 - Jan 30 with 4609 views | Herbivore |
| Man City.... on 13:56 - Jan 30 by itfcjoe |
Have they spent the most money - Man Utd who are 12 points behind must be pushing them close. |
The fees United paid out for Pogba and Lukaku are way higher than any single fee City have paid. Some football fans are weirdly anti-Pep and try to discredit him at every opportunity, it's very strange. If you love football I don't understand how you can't appreciate what he does. Mourinho spends just as much money and anyone who says they'd rather watch a Mourinho side is a liar. |  |
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| Man City.... on 14:02 - Jan 30 with 4597 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 13:59 - Jan 30 by Herbivore |
The fees United paid out for Pogba and Lukaku are way higher than any single fee City have paid. Some football fans are weirdly anti-Pep and try to discredit him at every opportunity, it's very strange. If you love football I don't understand how you can't appreciate what he does. Mourinho spends just as much money and anyone who says they'd rather watch a Mourinho side is a liar. |
To be fair, in the past few years City have spent very well. That's the key point.
Other clubs seem to have more transfer misses than City. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:03 - Jan 30 with 4595 views | itfcjoe |
| Man City.... on 13:59 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
Yep. Laporte pushes them towards 450m in 2 seasons I think it is? Late bid for Mahrez as well apparently.
He’s just gone out and signed the best players in each position. It’s no coincidence he’s won the title |
The whole point is that he hasn't surely - what world stars have Man City signed under him?
The big transfers since he's been there have gone to Man U (Lukaku, Ogba, Sanchez), PSG (Neymar), Barca (Coutinho) etc
Which world superstars has he signed? Had you even heard of Laporte before this window? | |
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| Man City.... on 14:06 - Jan 30 with 4580 views | itfcjoe |
| Man City.... on 14:02 - Jan 30 by Marshalls_Mullet |
To be fair, in the past few years City have spent very well. That's the key point.
Other clubs seem to have more transfer misses than City. |
Man City seem to have direction from the top of the club, Man Utd and Chelsea who are thier closest competitors here are 2 strange beasts.
Man U seem to be dictated to by agents and sign what they consider best players available rather than what they need.
Chelsea are just a bit of a shambles and send everyone out on loan and allow manager to bring in similar players so clearly warring factions at head of the club.
Man City are all pulling in the right direction, they are signing players on the way up and turning them into superstars - yes they are spending a lot of money too, but they aren't getting in ny of the silly deals like a lot of others are | |
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| Man City.... on 14:09 - Jan 30 with 4561 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Man City.... on 13:43 - Jan 30 by StokieBlue |
Their transfer record is actually quite low compared to some of the crazy ones now.
They would have to smash their transfer record to get someone like De Bruyne now.
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But KDB wasn't a household name like he is now when he signed for them - he's only flourished whilst at Man City.
A lot of the players they sign are good, but with the potential to become brilliant.
Likewise Aguero, Sterling, Navas, Sane, Jesus, Silva etc. |  |
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| Man City.... on 14:11 - Jan 30 with 4550 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 14:09 - Jan 30 by ITFC_Forever |
But KDB wasn't a household name like he is now when he signed for them - he's only flourished whilst at Man City.
A lot of the players they sign are good, but with the potential to become brilliant.
Likewise Aguero, Sterling, Navas, Sane, Jesus, Silva etc. |
Robinho was their only real big mistake from memory, and that was a vanity signing.
I guess Mangala is up there.
But since they got Begiristain in they have a very good record and clear strategy. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:13 - Jan 30 with 4540 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Man City.... on 14:11 - Jan 30 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Robinho was their only real big mistake from memory, and that was a vanity signing.
I guess Mangala is up there.
But since they got Begiristain in they have a very good record and clear strategy. |
You could also say that Yaya Toure was at the height of his powers when he signed, and then waned, particularly in his last season.
But they certainly got some years out of him at his peak. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:14 - Jan 30 with 4530 views | itfcjoe |
| Man City.... on 14:13 - Jan 30 by ITFC_Forever |
You could also say that Yaya Toure was at the height of his powers when he signed, and then waned, particularly in his last season.
But they certainly got some years out of him at his peak. |
They needed to pay over the odds at first to convince others to join - they are past that stage now and flourishing | |
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| Man City.... on 14:17 - Jan 30 with 4520 views | King_of_Portman_Rd |
| Man City.... on 14:14 - Jan 30 by itfcjoe |
They needed to pay over the odds at first to convince others to join - they are past that stage now and flourishing |
Exactly, the first couple of seasons when they were paying Adebayor 150k a week were just a means to an end, which we are now seeing.
Like others have said they've spent well.. In fact they've spent consistently similar figures year on year for the past 3 years so I would imagine that now they've established themselves they'll perhaps move into the '2 or 3 signings a summer' approach |  | | |
| Man City.... on 14:22 - Jan 30 with 4505 views | ITFCBlues |
| Man City.... on 14:03 - Jan 30 by itfcjoe |
The whole point is that he hasn't surely - what world stars have Man City signed under him?
The big transfers since he's been there have gone to Man U (Lukaku, Ogba, Sanchez), PSG (Neymar), Barca (Coutinho) etc
Which world superstars has he signed? Had you even heard of Laporte before this window? |
Yeah of course I had?
Walker isn’t the best RB in the world? Stones wasn’t a highly rated CB? Etc
He’s not built a squad from zero has he? He’s also inherited De Bruyne/Silva/Aguero.
Let’s just say, he’s not hard up is he? No coincidence that the side that’s spent the most is winning the title. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:34 - Jan 30 with 4454 views | davblue |
| Man City.... on 14:06 - Jan 30 by itfcjoe |
Man City seem to have direction from the top of the club, Man Utd and Chelsea who are thier closest competitors here are 2 strange beasts.
Man U seem to be dictated to by agents and sign what they consider best players available rather than what they need.
Chelsea are just a bit of a shambles and send everyone out on loan and allow manager to bring in similar players so clearly warring factions at head of the club.
Man City are all pulling in the right direction, they are signing players on the way up and turning them into superstars - yes they are spending a lot of money too, but they aren't getting in ny of the silly deals like a lot of others are |
Since Jose has come in United's business has been far more focused.
Ed Woodward is a marketing man and he wanted the big names. |  | | |
| Man City.... on 14:43 - Jan 30 with 4424 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 14:34 - Jan 30 by davblue |
Since Jose has come in United's business has been far more focused.
Ed Woodward is a marketing man and he wanted the big names. |
Ibra will be gone at the end of the season, leaving just Pogba as a global brand.
Success is a better marketing tool. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:45 - Jan 30 with 4416 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 14:22 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
Yeah of course I had?
Walker isn’t the best RB in the world? Stones wasn’t a highly rated CB? Etc
He’s not built a squad from zero has he? He’s also inherited De Bruyne/Silva/Aguero.
Let’s just say, he’s not hard up is he? No coincidence that the side that’s spent the most is winning the title. |
99% of the time the sides with the biggest budgets win.
This hasnt changed much in the past few decades. | |
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| Man City.... on 14:56 - Jan 30 with 4378 views | ITFCBlues |
| Man City.... on 14:45 - Jan 30 by Marshalls_Mullet |
99% of the time the sides with the biggest budgets win.
This hasnt changed much in the past few decades. |
Exactly. Which is why I don’t understand why people get so excited about Pep. He has the most money and the best squads in every league he’s worked in aside from Barca where he inherited three best players in the world in that time in Xavi, Iniesta & Messi. | |
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| Man City.... on 15:03 - Jan 30 with 4357 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Man City.... on 14:56 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
Exactly. Which is why I don’t understand why people get so excited about Pep. He has the most money and the best squads in every league he’s worked in aside from Barca where he inherited three best players in the world in that time in Xavi, Iniesta & Messi. |
To be fair.... his budget is similar to Man Utd, and he's making them look pretty ordinary.
Also he appears to be much better at getting the best out of his stars.
If he wins the CL where there will be more teams with comparable budgets then he will have done well. | |
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| Man City.... on 15:09 - Jan 30 with 4332 views | Herbivore |
| Man City.... on 14:56 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
Exactly. Which is why I don’t understand why people get so excited about Pep. He has the most money and the best squads in every league he’s worked in aside from Barca where he inherited three best players in the world in that time in Xavi, Iniesta & Messi. |
If you don't understand why people get excited about Pep then you don't understand football quite honestly. | |
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| Man City.... on 16:32 - Jan 30 with 4211 views | itfcjoe |
| Man City.... on 14:56 - Jan 30 by ITFCBlues |
Exactly. Which is why I don’t understand why people get so excited about Pep. He has the most money and the best squads in every league he’s worked in aside from Barca where he inherited three best players in the world in that time in Xavi, Iniesta & Messi. |
Firstly - Real madrid hardly had a small budget when he was going up against them, and Iniesta was seen as less important than Torres, Senna, Fabregas, Villa, Puyol in the Spain side at the time Pep came in let alone being the top 3 players in the world. He played on the right for Spain in the Euro's.
He clearly had a bigger budget at Bayern than anyone else
And again in England, his budget is probably smaller than Man Us and not too dissimilar to Chelsea's in reality - it's hardly like the team that is setting records and playing an unbelievably entertaining style of football have a budget 10x their nearest competitors so it should be expected to be THIS good. | |
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