johnny crossan
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rastus said:
Tomorrow's MEN headline: Moses Leads City to the Promised Land
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are we wasting this window?
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Tomorrow's MEN headline: Moses Leads City to the Promised Land
Biggsy1
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Personally i think workings are a foot in the background and we are keeping are cards close top are chest. From what I understand about Mancini he likes to mold his signings and trys to avoid big time charlies, bur with the money he no doubt has at his disposal a few BTC maybe on there way! No point panic buying if not this season then surely next will be the time the top 4 cartel is smashed!
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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de niro said:nothing against mancini, just wondering what the true script is, i agree with the left back, wayne is out for a while, we need top top cover everywhere though, not just left back.
perhaps i'm panicking.
Too many top orders for best Axminster and Wilton, de niro. All the orders sorted out yer retirement yet?
darrenwassall
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Egyptian said:With a squad that has beaten Arsenal, Chelsea and Barcelona there really isn´t any need for big signings, except for some defender. Wouldn´t want to tamper with a squad like that.
i wouldn't look too far into the Barcelona game if i were you
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I always suspected that Mancini took this job on the basis that he thought the existing squad was good enough to finish in the top 4. With the "accelerated buying strategy" which the club went through last summer, it makes sense that they don't want to pay over the odds for anyone this January...
So, I suspect we'll see Viera, Ansaldi, and maybe Moses. That's it.
So, I suspect we'll see Viera, Ansaldi, and maybe Moses. That's it.
tolmie's hairdoo
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Decent topic.
What I think is less appreciated is the fact it is a World Cup year, the biggest thing there is for a professional footballer in a career.
It would take a very brave man indeed to risk his chances by moving mid-season to another country and all that entails in the space of the next five months.
I also think the current spend could be deemed a hangover from Hughes' own spending policy, re a lack of real value for money.
Sheik Mansour might have more money than he knows what to do with, but that doesn't mean he doesn't recognise value for money at every facet oh his business life, or his team of advisors.
Vieira has nothing to lose by coming in, we have provided him with the ideal platform for him to regain a place in the French World Cup squad - an obvious winner for us in terms of on-the-field performances.
Some of the things I go get to hear, blows my mind. We are always actively in the pursuit of the very best and revisit situations and previous dialogue all the time.
Nobody should be disapppointed with what comes in during this window - they are all top quality squad players.
But if we, as City fans, and the footballing world in general, believe we have reached some kind of plateau in terms of future spending, they will have seen absolutely nothing yet.
The World Cup is the greatest shopping window there is.
Those names that we are linked with, sometimes ridiculed for, nobody will be laughing if Mancini achieves his objective this season.
The Torres', Maicon's and Messi's of this world, the City revolution has just started. I would ask City fans to cast their minds back on 12 months to the Kaka bid and the sums involved.
When this one deal was nigh on, only £20m shy of our entire summer spend, it should put into context that the Sheik has, until now, only been stirring the slumber giant.
A full-bloddied kick up our arse is just around the corner, and this windown's intentions are just another little shove in the right direction.
What I think is less appreciated is the fact it is a World Cup year, the biggest thing there is for a professional footballer in a career.
It would take a very brave man indeed to risk his chances by moving mid-season to another country and all that entails in the space of the next five months.
I also think the current spend could be deemed a hangover from Hughes' own spending policy, re a lack of real value for money.
Sheik Mansour might have more money than he knows what to do with, but that doesn't mean he doesn't recognise value for money at every facet oh his business life, or his team of advisors.
Vieira has nothing to lose by coming in, we have provided him with the ideal platform for him to regain a place in the French World Cup squad - an obvious winner for us in terms of on-the-field performances.
Some of the things I go get to hear, blows my mind. We are always actively in the pursuit of the very best and revisit situations and previous dialogue all the time.
Nobody should be disapppointed with what comes in during this window - they are all top quality squad players.
But if we, as City fans, and the footballing world in general, believe we have reached some kind of plateau in terms of future spending, they will have seen absolutely nothing yet.
The World Cup is the greatest shopping window there is.
Those names that we are linked with, sometimes ridiculed for, nobody will be laughing if Mancini achieves his objective this season.
The Torres', Maicon's and Messi's of this world, the City revolution has just started. I would ask City fans to cast their minds back on 12 months to the Kaka bid and the sums involved.
When this one deal was nigh on, only £20m shy of our entire summer spend, it should put into context that the Sheik has, until now, only been stirring the slumber giant.
A full-bloddied kick up our arse is just around the corner, and this windown's intentions are just another little shove in the right direction.
christened at st marks
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We can't buy the best untill we are in the champions league,then the likes of Torres and company will come
lionheart
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We would definitely be wasting this window if we were paying 20 million for players we neither need nor are worth the money even if we did need them, unlike another manager I could name.
darrenwassall
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christen at St Marks said:We can't buy the best untill we are in the champions league,then the likes of Torres and company will come
wouldn't be too sure about that,money really does talk
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akin to Tolmie's comments I suppose that we have enough quality squad players and that the additions that now need to be made are the world class talents that will take us to the next level.
what still sits in my mind though is that we have allowed Hughes to spend circa 250mil in 3 windows yet we aren't going to allow Bobby Manc, who looks like he has more talent in one fingernail than Hughes, a decent sum to ENSURE 100% that we piss it into the top4.
even if we assume that Bobby Manc isn't here past the summer it still doesn't make sense that we don't grasp the golden opportunity of making the chumps league this year - its not like another 50 mil is going to bother Sheikh Mansour when we know for a fact that top4 is the ultimate goal this year.
what still sits in my mind though is that we have allowed Hughes to spend circa 250mil in 3 windows yet we aren't going to allow Bobby Manc, who looks like he has more talent in one fingernail than Hughes, a decent sum to ENSURE 100% that we piss it into the top4.
even if we assume that Bobby Manc isn't here past the summer it still doesn't make sense that we don't grasp the golden opportunity of making the chumps league this year - its not like another 50 mil is going to bother Sheikh Mansour when we know for a fact that top4 is the ultimate goal this year.