Is our cycle of dominance coming to an end?

[Blue Til Death]

Watching us the last 7 or 8 years has been unbelievable, the last few years on another planet ... City are only just getting started, the reports of our demise have been greatly exaggerated... We will win a shed load more titles in the coming years...! We play the best football on the planet for good measure ..... !
Too many doom and gloom merchants about these days ... We won the LC, Semi in The FA Cup, QF in the CL and runner up in the PL... Some demise that ...!!

 

[RayCTID]

More the end of our first title winning side

 

[Tracking back]

In answer to the original question.

No.

Our cycle of dominance is just getting warmed up.

Manchester City have built a robust infrastructure that will continue to grow.

You heard Rooney a few years ago when he was at the swamp "the club lacks ambition". We've heard Messi more recently accuse Barcelona of the same shortcomings.

The project that these clowns mocked is the real deal. Shiehk Mansour wasn't kidding when he said he wanted to own the best football team on the planet.

If you think it's over you've missed the whole point of the project.

 

[waspish]

I am really not arsed for next season. Feels like it is peps last and will be a struggle and a bit of a farce again with all this covid. Get top 4 and save the cash for when we are back and our new long term manager.

Yeah if we don’t buy anyone else maybe it is Peps last season and if Pep doesn’t sign a new contract the speculation second half the season will be disruptive.

What should happen is we get our signings we want Peps signs a new contract preferably a two year extension.

 

[BolinCell]

We still have a decent base, but we need to be accurate with our recruitment this time round. Still good enough to win things this season.

 

[argyle]

I think every time we made a clear gap between City and the pack we sat on it and let them catch up by not continuing to build or replace the quality we had. FFP obviously played a part .
Liverpool,Chelsea,Arsenal & Raggies are all at or close to us.
If our dominance has waned then it was nice while it lasted but could and should have lasted longer.

Exactly this. Happened each time we won the league.

The club get's complacent and thinks we can't improve, but other teams do.

Now we are where we are.

KDB and Aguero are our only top world class players and one is ageing and coming off a bad knee injury.

 

[argyle]

We still have a decent base, but we need to be accurate with our recruitment this time round. Still good enough to win things this season.

The problem is our recruitment has been more miss than hit recently.

We needed a Fernandinho replacement type player for this league and instead we got Rodri.

 

[dickie davies]

I'd better dig my Chelsea scarf out from the bottom of the wardrobe

 

[johnnytapia]

Ligue 1 though......

The one that Lyon finished 7th in?

 

[ctwrd]

The problem is our recruitment has been more miss than hit recently.

We needed a Fernandinho replacement type player for this league and instead we got Rodri.

exactly this.

Yes Centre of defence needs improving, Could do with an upgrade at left back (Walker will need replacing at RB within a couple of years), we are light up front and will remain to see if Torres replaces the pace and ability to get in behind that sane brought but CDM is the most important position. Fernandinho could defend, break up play as well as link up to start attacks. Rodri and Gundogan lack the defensive ability. Rodri has a speed issue.

even if sign KK, the back 4 will need to be completely replaced within a few years due to age which is a bit embarrassing