Where do you think we'll finish this season and why?

[Phil1]

Fair enough, but there's a huge reliance on Kompany staying fit. Otherwise there's an alarming lack of cover, especially when the Champions League kicks-in.

I guess we'll have to wait and see about wherever Kompany can stay fit, though Mangala and MD weren't terrible together last season and with Denayer coming in and getting games (I'm confident he will) they'll be enough rotation available if needed.
I'm of the opinion that it's not too important either way because we will score shed loads this year, it'll be more of the type of football that we saw in the title winning seasons as opposed to what we saw last year.
The teams we're fighting it out for don't have our firepower, they also have their own deficiencies throughout the teams. Chelsea are probably the most solid out of everyone and that's who we will be going toe to toe with. They're only an injury away to Costa and Hazard from being deep in the shit though. Although you could argue that we'd be similar if Aguero and Silva were out I don't see that as much this season with the players coming in.

 

[@BluePhil8]

If Chelsea fail to sign a marque player and we sign De Bruyne we will win the league.

 

[Del_Bosque]

Third

Even with De Brunye

Central midfield options are awful and low bar Yaya and Fernandinho.

2 Senior strikers on the books, 1 with dodgey hamstrings the other has 1 goal in his City career

Manager who cannot organise a defence to save his life.

Worst set of full backs (bar Zab) in the top 4

 

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Third

Even with De Brunye

Central midfield options are awful and low bar Yaya and Fernandinho.

2 Senior strikers on the books, 1 with dodgey hamstrings the other has 1 goal in his City career

Manager who cannot organise a defence to save his life.

Worst set of full backs (bar Zab) in the top 4

Fuck Me

Worst Clarkie in the world or if not I hope you don't sit near me next season

 

[Del_Bosque]

Fuck Me

Worst Clarkie in the world or if not I hope you don't sit near me next season

I'm serious mate

De Brunye and Sterling are cracking players and will help us going forwards immensely

I just think elsewhere in the team needed additions this summer, mainly full back and a top CM, Lampard did so well last year because he was a forward thinking midfielder, we desperately need someone along those lines imo

Think we are light up top as well unless Sterling will be a striker at times.

Not a fan of the manager at all though so maybe that's what's making me pessimistic

 

[Cobwebcat]

If no more signings: 2nd someway behind Chelsea
If we get KDB: 2nd but very close

Depends what Chelsea and us do in the remainder of the window.

Interestingly Clubelo has us winning it by 0.1 of a point!! Scroll to the bottom: http://clubelo.com/ManCity

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Anything we do manage to achieve this season will be in spite of us having a tactically inept manager in charge and not because of his tactical genius.

I can't believe we haven't binned him after last season, I know why we didn't as we are waiting for Pep next summer.

But I fear we are just in for more of the same old same old high line defensive tactics, which will see us conceed goal after goal and drop points after points. We scored enough goals last season to have won the league we don't need to score more we need to stop them going in at the other end.

Hopefully he has learnt that we must play the same side week in week out, (no rotation except for injury, suspension and form, lets not forget Chelsea played the same back five every game whilst we chopped and changed virtually game by game and it showed), will he do that no chance and we'll have performances that reflect those changes week after week, just like last season.

My worry is just like the end of the Keagan era the players know he's going, we know he's going, he knows he's going and every single day that ticks by is another day that he will have less influence and will be undermined by the shadow that already hangs over him from Bayern.

I just hope the senior players grab our team by the scruff of the neck, put in the performances that they should have last season, and win the league because we have a squad capable of achieving that. If Hart, Silva Yaya, Vinnie, Nasri, Zab and Aguero are on blob for 38 league games we'll win the League and quite easily. If Yaya, Nasri, Zab, and Vinnie have similar seasons to last we'll finish second or third.

I reckon he's 334 days left and counting!!

Brilliant point, if he continues the constant rotation I cant see us winning the league or progress that far in the CL.

 

[Mcfcbing]

very worrying that we are 2 weeks away from our first game and we only have 9 senior players in our whole squad for todays game and thats including dzeko and caballero

 

[blue_paul]

Basically, not good enough without the ball to win the league, witness how well organised Chelsea are for instance.
The other glaringly obvious point is certain personnel aren't up to scratch, namely Mangala, Kolarov and Fernando.
The work rate and pressing of the front 6 hasn't been good enough and I saw a team in physical and mental decline last season, witness Arsenal at home and united away.
Kun really carried us at times with even Silva gone off the boil and Yaya, Zab and Kompany looking like shadows of their former selves.
The South Americans, coming back late could hamper our early season form too unfortunately.
De Bruyne is hugely over rated by the mob on here, he won't have the impact people think.
Bony is probably not good enough for this level either.
On the plus side, hopefully a top class central midfielder is added and we should have enough for top three.
Pogba is stupid money but I wouldn't mind seeing Veratti from PSG, cheaper and excellent when I've seen him.
I'm also very excited by some of the kids coming through and hopefully we see them get some game time.
Anyone who thinks we'll win the league is speaking from the heart I'm afraid, no objective analysis backs up that train of thought.
We'll still finish ahead of united though, I don't see thee hype with their signings.

 

[Mcfchamps]

Third

Even with De Brunye

Central midfield options are awful and low bar Yaya and Fernandinho.

2 Senior strikers on the books, 1 with dodgey hamstrings the other has 1 goal in his City career

Manager who cannot organise a defence to save his life.

Worst set of full backs (bar Zab) in the top 4

sniff sniff ...