I don't know if I watched a different game to those in the press and some Arsenal fans, but I didn't see a City team brushed aside. I saw a City team eventually overcome due to pushing for an equaliser, a team that not only had played with 10 men for 85 minutes but that spent a good proportion of the second half with Adebayor, Balotelli and Silva playing a formation of 4-2-3. We created plenty of chances and should have scored but for good goalkeeping. Arsenal's defence is shocking and Vermaelen will not solve that on his own, in midfield there are too many same same players, and that will see Arsenal battered and bruised and lose points where title contenders can win. We've known it for years and the Arsenal fans know it too, there are positions you would strengthen and weaknesses in your side. For City we have strengthened to the extent that unless we become a team that copies Real Madrid's galactico transfer policy, we have a squad that needs little strengthening. Another striker is mentioned but that's on top of the diversity of Tevez Ade and Balotelli. We have strong players, fast players, technical players and strength in depth and we also have a lot of good young players too. We haven't finished in the top 4 of the PL before, but we almost did last season but for 3points, and so we have the experience to do it this year. That's not a doubt, we also have the hunger and quality to go for the title, I don't believe we will win it, I think we wont have a decent title fight until the 2012/13 season when we are used to competing in league and champs league together. But we do have a much better squad and the mentality has been changing to get the players aiming for the top, so we don't need season after season of slow progression. We will finish above Arsenal this season I am very confident of that, you have the mentality and experience in bottling it and winning nothing over the last few years so you can't call us up on our lack of winning know-how.
