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5 Reasons Why Man City Will Never Win The League84
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Reason 1
No Experience
City have never been in a position where they have the capability to win the League, so they lack confidence going into the final 10 or so games, whereas in Manchester United they are competing against a team who have collected 4 of the last 5 Premier League titles, reached the Champions League Final for 3 of the last 5 seasons, winning 1, and who have a combined total of more than 70 Premier League titles in their squad.
City cannot compare; only Tevez, Hargreaves, Kolo Toure and Clichy are former winners, and the first two were with Man Utd when they won it!
This lack of experience could prove the difference not just this season, but in the next few years, particularly at the tail end of the season, when the Blue half of Manchester starts to crumble under the pressure while their rivals have the experience to see them through.
Reason 2
No Stability
City's main two rivals to the title, Man United and Arsenal, have managers with a combined 42 years experience and 15 Premier League titles, compared to Roberto Mancini's 3 years and no titles.
United also have players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, who bring both stability and experience to the team. City don't have anything similar, because they constantly chop and change their squad, and are always bringing in new players which just disrupts the squad.
Another card for Mario
Reason 3
Lack Of Discipline
Several times during the 2011-12 season, we have seen Manchester City's poor discipline shine through when things are not going their way, the most notably being the Carlos Tevez incident when he refused to come off the bench to play against Bayern Munich in September, along with several red cards for Mario Balotelli.
All this does is show the other teams in the league that if you get at them they will be riled and start to play worse or even end up getting sent off.
Reason 4
Lack Of Desire
You could question whether City's high-paid players have the same desire to win the league; perhaps they're only interested in the money which they get whatever happens, and so when it comes down to it, teams like United and Arsenal will have the extra desire to push for the little bit extra needed to win the title.
Tevez refusing to come on as a sub
Reason 5
No Team Spirit
Due to the fact that Manchester City's team has been assembled for large amounts of money over a very short period of time, they may not have the team spirit needed to pull together when it's needed.
This has been shown already in the 2011-12 season, again in Carlos Tevez's case where he wasn't willing to come on as a substitute for the team, or against Arsenal, when Mario Balotelli lay injured on the floor and his team-mates walked straight past him.
It is this spirit that has allowed Manchester United to win the title time and time again: even when on paper, their team is not as strong as their rivals, they manage to pull together and come out on top in May.
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Reason 1
No Experience
City have never been in a position where they have the capability to win the League, so they lack confidence going into the final 10 or so games, whereas in Manchester United they are competing against a team who have collected 4 of the last 5 Premier League titles, reached the Champions League Final for 3 of the last 5 seasons, winning 1, and who have a combined total of more than 70 Premier League titles in their squad.
City cannot compare; only Tevez, Hargreaves, Kolo Toure and Clichy are former winners, and the first two were with Man Utd when they won it!
This lack of experience could prove the difference not just this season, but in the next few years, particularly at the tail end of the season, when the Blue half of Manchester starts to crumble under the pressure while their rivals have the experience to see them through.
Reason 2
No Stability
City's main two rivals to the title, Man United and Arsenal, have managers with a combined 42 years experience and 15 Premier League titles, compared to Roberto Mancini's 3 years and no titles.
United also have players like Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes, who bring both stability and experience to the team. City don't have anything similar, because they constantly chop and change their squad, and are always bringing in new players which just disrupts the squad.
Another card for Mario
Reason 3
Lack Of Discipline
Several times during the 2011-12 season, we have seen Manchester City's poor discipline shine through when things are not going their way, the most notably being the Carlos Tevez incident when he refused to come off the bench to play against Bayern Munich in September, along with several red cards for Mario Balotelli.
All this does is show the other teams in the league that if you get at them they will be riled and start to play worse or even end up getting sent off.
Reason 4
Lack Of Desire
You could question whether City's high-paid players have the same desire to win the league; perhaps they're only interested in the money which they get whatever happens, and so when it comes down to it, teams like United and Arsenal will have the extra desire to push for the little bit extra needed to win the title.
Tevez refusing to come on as a sub
Reason 5
No Team Spirit
Due to the fact that Manchester City's team has been assembled for large amounts of money over a very short period of time, they may not have the team spirit needed to pull together when it's needed.
This has been shown already in the 2011-12 season, again in Carlos Tevez's case where he wasn't willing to come on as a substitute for the team, or against Arsenal, when Mario Balotelli lay injured on the floor and his team-mates walked straight past him.
It is this spirit that has allowed Manchester United to win the title time and time again: even when on paper, their team is not as strong as their rivals, they manage to pull together and come out on top in May.
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/23/chris-smalling-manchester-city-united-crumble" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... ed-crumble</a>
This has got to be one of the best. A new member of the squad talking like he's been at the swamp for years.
Knob!
This has got to be one of the best. A new member of the squad talking like he's been at the swamp for years.
Knob!
MCFC BOB
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This.The cookie monster said:99% of bluemoon thought we had blown the league after the arsenal match...........so stick that link in aswell :)
I'm happy to eat a humblepie that tastes as sweet as the past few days have done. This season could change the mentality of the entire club.
Vienna_70 said:http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/23/chris-smalling-manchester-city-united-crumble
This has got to be one of the best. A new member of the squad talking like he's been at the swamp for years.
Knob!
yet he is the one eating crumble pie. I wonder how he felt watching vinnys header go in
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argyle said:Anything from Ashley Young. There for half a season and started mouthing off about "utd and our (even though he was never part of it) history"
Here are some headlines of him sprouting off.
- Ashley Young: QPR could spoil Manchester City's title party
- ASHLEY YOUNG: COUNTING ON MARK HUGHES TO EXACT REVENGE ON MANCHESTER CITY
- Ashley Young: Man United are ready to pounce on 2ND PLACE.
- United's title winning experience is key to beating City, says Young
- Young: We can sense City fear as Manchester derby looms ever closer..which is why we fooked off to cardiff to calm our nerves.fat lot of good that did us tho, esp me, i was fooking dropped by the boss who didn,t trust me..said i was too small time for a match of that magnitude
- Losing Premier League crown to Man City on goal difference would be agony, says Young.
- Young aiming to make up for near misses by finally landing silverware with United.
edited for accuracy.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Manchester-City-still-lack-depth-needed-to-win-title-says-Manchester-United-captain-Nemanja-Vidic-article886737.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Ma ... 86737.html</a>
johnbmcr
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the guardian have been publishing pretty fair and in depth coverage went odd last year after Gary Cook left and then this
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/11/manchester-united-manchester-city-title" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... city-title</a>
cancelled my Kindle subs to them as a result now reading the Watchtower its free delivered to my door by two very nice ladies not got a sports section yet but its only a matter of time<br /><br />-- Thu May 17, 2012 11:18 am --<br /><br />
brilliant vidic has stoped speaking and now communicates by smiling and other facial gestures? who in the mirror is proofing this crap
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/may/11/manchester-united-manchester-city-title" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012 ... city-title</a>
cancelled my Kindle subs to them as a result now reading the Watchtower its free delivered to my door by two very nice ladies not got a sports section yet but its only a matter of time<br /><br />-- Thu May 17, 2012 11:18 am --<br /><br />
nehe11 said:http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Manchester-City-still-lack-depth-needed-to-win-title-says-Manchester-United-captain-Nemanja-Vidic-article886737.html
brilliant vidic has stoped speaking and now communicates by smiling and other facial gestures? who in the mirror is proofing this crap
Impeccable One
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Lots of material so far, but still need more if the compilation movie is going to be any good.
Come on guys, you must remember some more classic quotes from those who thought we wouldn't do it ! ?
If you can find an online article, post the link, and I'll grab the content for posterity.
Come on guys, you must remember some more classic quotes from those who thought we wouldn't do it ! ?
If you can find an online article, post the link, and I'll grab the content for posterity.
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.footytube.com/video/manchester-united-will-win-the-premier-league-this-season-112059" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.footytube.com/video/manchest ... son-112059</a>
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3738505/Steven-Howard-on-the-Community-Shield-Hail-a-great-result-for-football-and-bravery.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... avery.html</a>
THIS was a result to make football itself stand up and cheer.
And not just because the Bad Guys got a punch on the nose from the Good Guys.
This was also a victory for the vibrancy of youth. And for the way teams and clubs should be built.
(this was read shortly before i banned the sun from all viewing)
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<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/3738505/Steven-Howard-on-the-Community-Shield-Hail-a-great-result-for-football-and-bravery.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... avery.html</a>
THIS was a result to make football itself stand up and cheer.
And not just because the Bad Guys got a punch on the nose from the Good Guys.
This was also a victory for the vibrancy of youth. And for the way teams and clubs should be built.
(this was read shortly before i banned the sun from all viewing)