We have dominated domestic football for the last 10 years but history always tells us that football is cyclical.
Our dominance was predominantly built on a core of Kompany, Toure, Silva, Aguero (and Fernandinho). All of them had/have true leadership, determination and left such an incredible mark on our club they have been and will be extremely difficult to replace.
Since then we’ve never signed the real world class player, but instead have trained potential up to being world class. Hence our model is built on players coming in with the right mentality, with a point to prove and supplementing our main men.
Eventually that model misses the target on recruitment or you lack enough leaders in the dressing room such that those with potential don’t live up to the hype.
With potentially all of the above gone by the end of this season, who is going to step up.
We now have a vacuum of vocal/physical leaders in the dressing room that is more important now than adding quality.
Without them we become weak (Arsenal, Chelsea and United have shown this in recent years) and without them we struggle to attract the superstar again without paying the big wages we did at the start.
We are at a critical time in our recent history, where we are still living off the foundations built by the players at the top. But soon as they are gone, who is there to carry the burden.
KDB will be one.
But after that we need a CB, a CDM and a ST all that dominate where we currently have none (once aguero is gone).
You can win cups with good players that deliver in the moment, but you will not dominate for an extended period without a spine of leaders. And currently we are miles off that.
Serious question, I would love to know who you consider to be World Class players we could have bought? and also why you don't think KDB was World Class when we bought him, myself and many others knew he was World Class, along with a few others we have purchased. You not class Ederson, Bernardo Silva and Laporte as World Class?
I wouldnt say any of them were world class at the time of purchase no.
They had potential but none of them were starters for any team in the world at that time.
What. The. Actual. Fuck.Every heard of ‘typical city’ or ‘cityitis’ mate?
Or does other fans opinions not count if its not the same as yours.
Im being realistic
Im not expectant of sweeping anything. Im just saying I fully expect a challenging season, one we havent had for a while, based on where we stand now. Hopefully we perform and we do well again.
But I do not expect, if the same continues, to be anywhere near as dominant as we have been and we could easily fall below several teams such is what the prem is like.
Trying to gauge opinion and what anyone else thinks we need to do, longer term. But if you want to stick your head in the sand and tell yourself everything will be alright, be my guest.
I don't think we will see 100 points again but as long as our ownership remains intact we will always be competing for honours at the highest level. That is all I have ever wanted as a City fan. Football is boring when one team dominates all the time.We have dominated domestic football for the last 10 years but history always tells us that football is cyclical.
Our dominance was predominantly built on a core of Kompany, Toure, Silva, Aguero (and Fernandinho). All of them had/have true leadership, determination and left such an incredible mark on our club they have been and will be extremely difficult to replace.
Since then we’ve never signed the real world class player, but instead have trained potential up to being world class. Hence our model is built on players coming in with the right mentality, with a point to prove and supplementing our main men.
Eventually that model misses the target on recruitment or you lack enough leaders in the dressing room such that those with potential don’t live up to the hype.
With potentially all of the above gone by the end of this season, who is going to step up.
We now have a vacuum of vocal/physical leaders in the dressing room that is more important now than adding quality.
Without them we become weak (Arsenal, Chelsea and United have shown this in recent years) and without them we struggle to attract the superstar again without paying the big wages we did at the start.
We are at a critical time in our recent history, where we are still living off the foundations built by the players at the top. But soon as they are gone, who is there to carry the burden.
KDB will be one.
But after that we need a CB, a CDM and a ST all that dominate where we currently have none (once aguero is gone).
You can win cups with good players that deliver in the moment, but you will not dominate for an extended period without a spine of leaders. And currently we are miles off that.
I remember all the Rags remarking on this all through the 90's and the first decade of the Noughties...like fuck i did, dirty bastards.I don't think we will see 100 points again but as long as our ownership remains intact we will always be competing for honours at the highest level. That is all I have ever wanted as a City fan. Football is boring when one team dominates all the time.