The cost of our starting line-up compared to United's.

Pretty Sure Vinnie Kompany only cost us just over £6million so may want to knock off another £2million from our total

Other than that though a good thread to show the comparison and should but wont shut up the rags
 
MCFC BOB said:
For ammo.

Hart - £600,000
Richards - Free
Kompany - £8m
Lescott - £22m
Clichy - £7m
de Jong - £17m
Yaya - £24m
Barry - £12m
Silva - £24m
Johnson - £7m
Dzeko - £27m

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De Gea - £19m
Smalling - £10m
Ferdinand - £28m
Vidic - £7m
Fabio - Free
Young - £18m
Cleverly - Free
Anderson - 30m Euros according to Porto, which equals out to around £26m.
Nani - 25.5m Euros, which equals out to around £22m
Wayne Rooney - £26m
Welbeck - Free

Yeah but none of that matters because we're buying the league and their bringing their wonderful youngsters through.

Facts MUST be ignored when talking about City now.
 
MCFC BOB said:
Carver said:
more lazy than useless said:
I get that to:

City = 148,250

Utd = 156,000 + whatever Fabio cost.

But don't forget that Rooney, and even more so Ferdinand, were signed a long time ago. Index linked to show the cost at today's prices their price tag would be much higher.


I took the op to mean it was for ammo when it's a 'look at all the money you've spent and where you are versus the pitiful amounts we've spent' argument- you're trying to buy your way to success etc etc. Think he was showing that it's swings and roundabouts. Add the subs on and you've got the nucleus of most teams either of us are going to put out, possibly with the exception of Tevez and Kolo Toure for us, but you've got to have some limit in any argument and I think Bob's saying a reply to their moaning about buying success is to say take the first game of the season, you paid more for your starting 11 than we did?

Is that the crux of it Bob or am I reading it wrong?
You're right.

I wasn't trying to prove that our first 11 cost less than United's, I was trying to prove that we've spent a similar amount of money.

Read it in a paper yesterday that u**s starting 11 on Sunday cost £5.8M MORE than our starting 11 on Monday. Shut the bastards up at work anyway. 1 of the lads said "so what, you`re still ruining football" ... Since the takeover it`s been pointless talking to them really (not that you got much sense before).
 
MCFC BOB said:
Carver said:
more lazy than useless said:
I get that to:

City = 148,250

Utd = 156,000 + whatever Fabio cost.

But don't forget that Rooney, and even more so Ferdinand, were signed a long time ago. Index linked to show the cost at today's prices their price tag would be much higher.
I took the op to mean it was for ammo when it's a 'look at all the money you've spent and where you are versus the pitiful amounts we've spent' argument- you're trying to buy your way to success etc etc. Think he was showing that it's swings and roundabouts. Add the subs on and you've got the nucleus of most teams either of us are going to put out, possibly with the exception of Tevez and Kolo Toure for us, but you've got to have some limit in any argument and I think Bob's saying a reply to their moaning about buying success is to say take the first game of the season, you paid more for your starting 11 than we did?

Is that the crux of it Bob or am I reading it wrong?
You're right.

I wasn't trying to prove that our first 11 cost less than United's, I was trying to prove that we've spent a similar amount of money.
Irrespective of what the OP was trying to 'prove', the point made by more lazy than useless is valid and vitally important. What matter are the costs in real terms.

This is a crucial theme of the book by Tomkins, Riley and Fulcher, Pay As You Play: The True Price of Success in the Premier League Era:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0955925339/ref=oss_product

It is still unread on my shelf! But I am pretty sure that it will provide the best response to criticisms of City spending by United fans.
 

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