flb said:The club just doesn't have an advantage anymore like we did have when we first built the squad, at this moment in time our squad just isn't as good as Chelsea's , doesn't have the options that even United have on the bench and even Arsenal now are relaxing the purse strings now the Emirates is nearly paid for.
All we have yet again is a mountain of money to go full circle and totally rebuild the squad, believe me do you really see the likes of Pogba or Bale wanting to roll up at City? Would Sterling choose us over Chelsea or Arsenal?
We have badly got things wrong in topping up the squad since the first title win, quantity over quality and buying totally inadequate players for big money has seen us drop down the pecking order this season.
Does Pellegrini even rate Mangala for example? Ditto Fernando ? Has he been given poor tools to work with by our DoF?
Big big questions to be asked and to be honest what the fuck is going on?
exactly this. This stupid "holistic" approach was not what got us to Title contender status. It was signing proven, elite talent who would take us to the next level. Pellegrini is not to blame, rather Txiki and Soriano.