Are City really ruining football?

[TheThirdDeano]

We are not ruining football we are pushing football to places it’s never been before.
What the CFG have down is nothing short of creating a blueprint that breathes success and demands perfection.

the Greedy American cunts ruined football by refusing to match us and challenge us, instead slinking back to their caves bleating about how unfair it is someone’s actually investing money and trying to win things

 

[Gaz (FMwkdsoul)]

Not yet, am awaiting the Viking though upfront before confirming this...

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Yes and it's brilliant

 

[vmsuhail]

I know City have balanced the books, but there is something wrong with buying Grealish for a record transfer fee to play in a position already well stocked with 2 other international players (Sterling and Foden). That kind of quality accumulation distorts the competition.

 

[Barcon]

Yeah, sure. Why not?

 

[moomba]

Hope so

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

TL:DR - not really!

Took a look at the last 10 years across Europe's top 5 leagues, in terms of diversity of teams winning domestic leagues, domestic cups, and European competitions. Things look healthy in England to me, compared with the other 4? (Did this fairly quickly so apols for any mistakes

	France	Italy	Germany	Spain	England
Individual winners of domestic league	3	2	2	3	5
Individual winners of main domestic cup	4	3	4	5	6
Individual winners of European trophies	0	0	1	5	3

I made this point some time back. I'm pretty sure your table is accurate. I did the same calculations.
Granted, we've been dominating the Premier League title for four years, but everyone knows that that won't be the case to the same extent when Pep leaves. Whereas it doesn't really seem to matter which manager Bayern have. Or Real Madrid for that matter. They just hoover up whoever they want. And their media cringe like faithful dogs to them, as far as I can see.
United dominated the league title for twenty fucking years, with nods in the direction of Arsenal in the late nineties and early noughties, and then Chelsea after that. I don't remember anyone saying that United were ruining football. Certainly not in the media. And that beloved-of-the-media club Liverpool won it eleven times in the seventies and eighties. Again, everyone seemed to take it as part of the natural order, except for Everton fans.

Interesting, incidentally, that Spain have got such a very good record in the two European trophies: who are the five, out of interest?

 

[GSW Blue]

I know City have balanced the books, but there is something wrong with buying Grealish for a record transfer fee to play in a position already well stocked with 2 other international players (Sterling and Foden). That kind of quality accumulation distorts the competition.

Spot on. Just like when Mike Tyson had the best left hook and right upper cut used to distort the competition!!!!!

 

[citizen_maine]

I know City have balanced the books, but there is something wrong with buying Grealish for a record transfer fee to play in a position already well stocked with 2 other international players (Sterling and Foden). That kind of quality accumulation distorts the competition.

In what way? We can only accumulate the same number as other teams as squads are limited to 25 players (we've not even used those 25 spots either)

 

[Phil1]

For everyone else, yes. For blues? Nah, it's fucking ace.