Chippy_boy
Well-Known Member
Tin hat on ready, but look at the rags midfield for example:
Fletcher
Anderson
Giggs
Scholes
Gibson
Hewson
Possebon
Cleverley
Hargreaves
Ronaldo
Park
Tosic
Carrick
Nani
Conservatively they have 5 or 6 top class players plus lots of decent backup.
Compared to our midfield (which is probably in better shape than our defense and attacking options):
de Jong (decent)
Fernandes (weak)
Hamann (retired)
Johnson (pissed)
Elano (erratic)
Etuhu (injured)
Ireland (class)
Petrov (injured)
Wright-Phillips (class)
We have 2 top class players in Sweep and Superman. 3 or 4 if you include Elano (assuming he's staying) and de Jong (unproven). Plus very little backup.
I am no rag (City fan for 42 years) but it's not happy reading is it. We desperately need to strengthen in all areas imho and I am very surprised we haven't been more active in this window.
Fletcher
Anderson
Giggs
Scholes
Gibson
Hewson
Possebon
Cleverley
Hargreaves
Ronaldo
Park
Tosic
Carrick
Nani
Conservatively they have 5 or 6 top class players plus lots of decent backup.
Compared to our midfield (which is probably in better shape than our defense and attacking options):
de Jong (decent)
Fernandes (weak)
Hamann (retired)
Johnson (pissed)
Elano (erratic)
Etuhu (injured)
Ireland (class)
Petrov (injured)
Wright-Phillips (class)
We have 2 top class players in Sweep and Superman. 3 or 4 if you include Elano (assuming he's staying) and de Jong (unproven). Plus very little backup.
I am no rag (City fan for 42 years) but it's not happy reading is it. We desperately need to strengthen in all areas imho and I am very surprised we haven't been more active in this window.