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haraven

Man City

By haraven, in General Football and Sport

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Budweiser

Budweiser

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Silly offside decision against Robinho.

Bloody Palace get all the luck with the officials :@

:giggle:

lol

Awful decision, he was even in his own half.

As expected Man City are running the show.

leicesterfox86

leicesterfox86

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Ridiculously strong team put out tonight against Palace.

Looking forward to watching this.

Their team has a really good balance about it as well I think. All of their signings have Premier League experience and seem to have gelled already. They can really push the top four. And I'd back them to win the Carling Cup on the evidence of the team they put out last night! I wonder what Warnock said to his players when the Man City team sheet was handed in!?

Edmund

Edmund

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They played well today albeit against a poor Portsmouth team. Adebayor on track to being back to his best.

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Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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A most interesting revelation in Murdoch's snooty rag:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/foo...icle6831582.ece

Let's get this right shall we...

A wealthy Sheikh passes off a previously unregistered private equity fund (ADUG) as his country's 'sovereign wealth fund' worth $0.5 Trillion (NB unchallenged by corrupt UK media) in order to acquire a controlling interest in a provincial city's minor team from corrupt fugitive Thai politician for undisclosed sum.

Said Sheikh makes total investment (including long term salary commitments and infrastructural investments) in excess of $1.0 billion in clapped out second rate club. Nearly 15% of this sum was expended on one above average forward with a modest goal scoring record and chronic tendonitis (after the club with the first option on him declined to exercise it publicly stating that half that outlay was too much).

But the full extent of the financial commitment is not disclosed till much later. Why? And why have the irregular accounting vehicles been made public now? And why have questions about the payee's identity been raised at the same time? Was there a pre exisitng relationship between Kia Joorabchain and Mansour? Was this friendship and the transfer itself facilitated in any way by the former club of the player at the centre of this mystery? Why would a new club owner smash the British paying transfer record for such a moderate talent?

I'd advise any glory seeker waiting to hop on to the Man City bandwagon to think long and hard before handing over your chump change on their washed out colours - unless you fancy wearing them in the Blue Square Premier in three years time.

Fox92

Fox92

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Can't wait for the Manchester derby to be honest this season, both at Old Trafford and City of Manchester Stadium.

Be interesting to see what outcome the two games bring with Manchester City's 'great' start to the season already and their strong team.

Adebayor...

Vacamion

Vacamion

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I'd advise any glory seeker waiting to hop on to the Man City bandwagon to think long and hard before handing over your chump change on their washed out colours - unless you fancy wearing them in the Blue Square Premier in three years time.

I always like a few mataphors with my breakfast, but this is a little too rich for my taste...

The stuff above it, about massive amounts of money being paid for a player still to prove he is world class, against a background of shady financial dealing, was spot on, though.

lildave3

lildave3

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Adebayor has gone from complete cock to hero in my book after his winding up antics today.

I haven't even seen it yet, but yes!!

Hated him at Arsenal, i'm growing to love him now he appears to joined the side of hate.

Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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Manchester City were supposed to have issued by now a rebuttal to The Times allegations about the transfer of Carlos Tevez - anyone heard/read anything from them?

Another oddity connected to this (and other Man City acquisitions) was the forced sale of Richard Dunne to Aston Villa. Mark Hughes is reported to have said that it was done to help 'balance the books'. But the disposal only brought in £6 million (according to Dunne himself the fee was only £4.6 million) - not much of a dent in £200 million that.

Very strange accounting/banking practices here...

Edmund

Edmund

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Manchester City were supposed to have issued by now a rebuttal to The Times allegations about the transfer of Carlos Tevez - anyone heard/read anything from them?

Another oddity connected to this (and other Man City acquisitions) was the forced sale of Richard Dunne to Aston Villa. Mark Hughes is reported to have said that it was done to help 'balance the books'. But the disposal only brought in £6 million (according to Dunne himself the fee was only £4.6 million) - not much of a dent in £200 million that.

Very strange accounting/banking practices here...

It's obvious why Dunne left. He brought in Lescott who by coincidence plays in the same position as Dunne and with Dunne being the former captain he would not have had a good effect on morale around the dressing room so get rid. When they did there not going to say fook off your shit and incompetent so please piss off to Aston Villa are they. If anything it was tongue in cheek as Dunne joked at the press conference that they needed the money and everyone laughed so its obvious to most people that it is just a polite way of saying pack your bags and let him leave with some dignity in tact.

Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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It's obvious why Dunne left. He brought in Lescott who by coincidence plays in the same position as Dunne and with Dunne being the former captain he would not have had a good effect on morale around the dressing room so get rid. When they did there not going to say fook off your shit and incompetent so please piss off to Aston Villa are they. If anything it was tongue in cheek as Dunne joked at the press conference that they needed the money and everyone laughed so its obvious to most people that it is just a polite way of saying pack your bags and let him leave with some dignity in tact.

I mulled this possibility over myself. Dunne was desperate to stay (mainly for financial reasons) and is old enough, wise enough and modest enough to accept that there was a new order at the club. Aston Villa was probably a better move than he could have expected.

And a strange one too for Man City as Villa are one of those clubs looking at breaking into the top four (ie hoping that one of the current occupants falls flat on their tits). And some observers might say that in terms of their defensive capabilities there is not a lot of daylight between Dunne (Man City Fans' Player of the Year virtually every season) and Lescott (one Fabio Capello being probably the first to agree).

Dunne's histronics (VERY unlike him) suggest something else.

Edmund

Edmund

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No doubt Dunne is a good defender but didn't he have a couple of spells over the seasons of costing Man City goals from basic errors. Think Hughes just lost his patience. In terms of finance I doubt that his paycheck will be any different at Villa. I don't know if Dunne signed a new contract whilst the new owners came in but it would seem not unless Man City are fronting half the wage. Villa have a reputation as high spenders in recent years and I bet there wage budget is pretty tasty.

lildave3

lildave3

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1 of the few predictions I've ever got right :D:D

I said they'd start amazingly win their first 4 games, before fading away.

I got the start right, but I can actually see them really pushing even Chelsea and United.

Radovan's Caravan

Radovan's Caravan

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No doubt Dunne is a good defender but didn't he have a couple of spells over the seasons of costing Man City goals from basic errors. Think Hughes just lost his patience. In terms of finance I doubt that his paycheck will be any different at Villa. I don't know if Dunne signed a new contract whilst the new owners came in but it would seem not unless Man City are fronting half the wage. Villa have a reputation as high spenders in recent years and I bet there wage budget is pretty tasty.

Hughes, by all accounts, wanted to keep him. I suspect he might have succeeded in doing so had the bidding for Lescott not reached such surreal heights.

Villa have a salary cap somewhere in the region of £2.5 million. Wouldn't make a great deal of difference in Dunne's case as I suspect he was one of those Eastland's types slumming it on around £2 million or so a year.

You can always tell them apart from the big earners - ramblers claim right of way over their estates as they can't afford the electrified fencing to keep them out.

leicesterfox86

leicesterfox86

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Probably one more game for them to gel together. Im having 3-0 Citeh.

Interesting this 'gel together' theory, it doesn't seem to have taken them any time at all. Adebayor is on fire, Lescott and Toure look like they have played together for years and Barry seems like he could slot into any team without many problems. A fantastic balance to their side, a confidence about the players and their new signings excelling all means that some people have Manchester City down as serious contenders for the Premier League title this year.

Can they perform like this all season though? I guess time will tell. If the Arsenal game was anything to go by, they mean business this year.

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