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Success? Failure?
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Bluemoonbaldboy
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I agree with this first few months may not be the best but as the players get to know each other we will improve top 6 was the target and still is. A cup would be a lovely bonus.goat boy said:Here we go. There are too many players coming in, imo, for immediate "success". These guys are going to need to get to know one another, and how each other plays. Hughes and Bowen have to facilitate this, but with the greatest of respect to both, I'm not at all sure they'll be able to make them all gel instantly. I fear a 'worse than expected' season from start to finish and a continuation of Hughes Out threads. .
The outers won't give that initial period to allow the team to gel they seem to think it's instant well sorry it aint. I remember 88-89 first 4 games we got 2 points we got tanked at home by Oldham there where calls for Mel Machin to be given the boot. Next 4 games maximum 12 points where gained suddenly we where in the top 4 and yes be it very dramatic we clinched promotion in the last few minutes of the final game that year. IMO October onwards is when we will be able to tell and too be honest I think it's gonna be a great season.
Kaiser Soze
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JUST a small marker, who? in the prem has the balls to go out and TRY to sign the worlds best - succeed or fail? money or no money (Chelsea had NO balls) my point again - times are a changing! I have 2 lads, CITY from birth who WILL see success at my beloved club and it's only around the corner.Fowlers Penalty Miss said:frankisskint said:This only the begining - think on - forward thinking Is the way forward :)
Too right. Imagine next summer and we have qualified for the Champions League!
The mind boggles. Well, mine does anyway.
Flixton is blue
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Amen to that amigo,i also have two boys who will see us win againfrankisskint said:JUST a small marker, who? in the prem has the balls to go out and TRY to sign the worlds best - succeed or fail? money or no money (Chelsea had NO balls) my point again - times are a changing! I have 2 lads, CITY from birth who WILL see success at my beloved club and it's only around the corner.Fowlers Penalty Miss said:Too right. Imagine next summer and we have qualified for the Champions League!
The mind boggles. Well, mine does anyway.
KentBlue
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I can't believe some of you people are actually contemplating failure this season. It isn't going to happen.
I believe we will finish in the top 4 - probably at the expense of Chelsea (I'd rather it was the rags or the dippers, but I'm trying to be realistic here). And the reason I think it will be Chelsea is because they are going through a transitional period; new manager coming in, an ageing squad, etc. I don't think they're finished, but I just don't see them being as good as they have been previously.
I believe it is the beginning of the end for the rags, and I say that not because I detest them but because I truly feel they'll be running on empty for most of the season. They are now going to have to rely 100% on Shrek in much the same way that they relied on the LadyBoy, and he's not that sort of player. Plus his temperament will be his big downfall: suffocate him out of the game and he's a walking time bomb.
And despite all their protestations to the contrary, the rags know Berbatov is not their sort of player - he's not industrious; he won't won't create chances, he'll wait for chances to arise. And Owen is just not Prem quality any longer - and I'll argue that with anyone.
He was injured most of the time at Newcastle and they seldom created goal scoring opportunities. At the rags, if he gets chances, he's going to have to tough it out with some of the biggest, hardest defenders in world football today - a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Nope. I sincerely believe that we will be in the top 4 come May 2010. This time next year we will all be on here discussing our chances in the Champions League.
Of that I am 100% certain.
I believe we will finish in the top 4 - probably at the expense of Chelsea (I'd rather it was the rags or the dippers, but I'm trying to be realistic here). And the reason I think it will be Chelsea is because they are going through a transitional period; new manager coming in, an ageing squad, etc. I don't think they're finished, but I just don't see them being as good as they have been previously.
I believe it is the beginning of the end for the rags, and I say that not because I detest them but because I truly feel they'll be running on empty for most of the season. They are now going to have to rely 100% on Shrek in much the same way that they relied on the LadyBoy, and he's not that sort of player. Plus his temperament will be his big downfall: suffocate him out of the game and he's a walking time bomb.
And despite all their protestations to the contrary, the rags know Berbatov is not their sort of player - he's not industrious; he won't won't create chances, he'll wait for chances to arise. And Owen is just not Prem quality any longer - and I'll argue that with anyone.
He was injured most of the time at Newcastle and they seldom created goal scoring opportunities. At the rags, if he gets chances, he's going to have to tough it out with some of the biggest, hardest defenders in world football today - a catastrophe waiting to happen.
Nope. I sincerely believe that we will be in the top 4 come May 2010. This time next year we will all be on here discussing our chances in the Champions League.
Of that I am 100% certain.
squirtyflower
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Couldn't agree more masterwig but a cup might be nice too.masterwig said:5th would be a really good season. Top four would be an absolute triumph.
A failure would be outside the top six.
kippax neil
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Bluemoonbaldboy said:I agree with this first few months may not be the best but as the players get to know each other we will improve top 6 was the target and still is. A cup would be a lovely bonus.goat boy said:Here we go. There are too many players coming in, imo, for immediate "success". These guys are going to need to get to know one another, and how each other plays. Hughes and Bowen have to facilitate this, but with the greatest of respect to both, I'm not at all sure they'll be able to make them all gel instantly. I fear a 'worse than expected' season from start to finish and a continuation of Hughes Out threads. .
The outers won't give that initial period to allow the team to gel they seem to think it's instant well sorry it aint. I remember 88-89 first 4 games we got 2 points we got tanked at home by Oldham there where calls for Mel Machin to be given the boot. Next 4 games maximum 12 points where gained suddenly we where in the top 4 and yes be it very dramatic we clinched promotion in the last few minutes of the final game that year. IMO October onwards is when we will be able to tell and too be honest I think it's gonna be a great season.
Mr Al Muberak and our owner have been fair and reasonable enough to write off last season as a settling in period for Hughes. Even though we have added to the squad, most of the players will have had plenty of time to settle.
They have said top six is the target for this season and with the squad we are building it is easily achievable considering we should have qualified for Europe last season. As for the domestic cup competitions, we have just as good a chance as anybody of winning something.
The underlying message is top six or we part company and that is more than fair. Ancellotti at Chelsea will have similar demands put on him relatively speaking irrespective of who he brings in. Why should Hughes be treated any different?
For us there will be no 56-game season, no fixture build-up very few midweek games and a squad good enough and big enough to keep things nice and fresh.
There will be no excuses. But you can bet your life that if we are 7th,8th,9th come April/May there will still be people on here making excuses having a go at the 'Hughes outers' as they call them.
This club that we all love is being run better than I have ever known. They are ambitious but realistic at the same time and they have a totally different mindset regarding the future of Manchester City F.C.
Bring it on!! I say. I'm up for the ride and when times are tough it's time to get tough with the times.
There are still many of our fans I feel do not appear to have shifted up a few notches when it comes to ambition and mindset.
If they choose not to change, this club will leave them behind and they will be better off supporting Wigan or Bolton.
colinbellsboots
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i have 2 boys , season ticket holders, 14 17 im sure a few years ago they were havin douts about city ever beetinf the rags, then shawny went on a run down the wing , kept going , then whhhhack GOOOOOOOAAAAAL, that moment they truly believed what i had said for years,WE WILL BE BACK.....ITS FUCKIN BRILLIANT there as obsest with the club as much as i,they have had a few morsals, GILLINGHAM, BLACKBURN, and yet havnt tasted the glory, trust me it will happen, its upon us NOW.......MOVE OVER MAN U... the blue plane is about to take off and i hope it flys high for the rest of ETERNITY......BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONFlixton is blue said:Amen to that amigo,i also have two boys who will see us win againfrankisskint said:JUST a small marker, who? in the prem has the balls to go out and TRY to sign the worlds best - succeed or fail? money or no money (Chelsea had NO balls) my point again - times are a changing! I have 2 lads, CITY from birth who WILL see success at my beloved club and it's only around the corner.