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That was a shot you know. He has told several times that it was a shot and that he practices that in training

You may be right but very very unlikely that City just gave up or anything. anyway, Mancini and Fergie was box-office material. Moyes and Pellegrini will be too formal i think

Ok, what about City players 'not turning up', isn't that another assumptoon? Whatever the case, it was a trophy to win. I don't think they'd throw it away.

Good call. Rumours are gathering pace now http://www.talksport.co.uk/sports-news/football/premier-league/transfer-rumours/130514/chelsea-claimed-be-closing-cavani-197542

Lot's of ifs and assumptions in that though. You just don't want to credit Wigan!

Forever the skeptic.

They were promoted in 2005 and they never pushed towards top half of the table inspite of 7 seasons in the Premier League. Martinez came in 09, that's 4 years now and he's finished 16th 16th 15th and will finish 14th or lower this season. His league record is pretty ordinary for large parts of the season

That is a very biased point of view, City were in good form heading into the FA Cup final. Wigan played a very good game. You have to credit Martinez for that. But I get your point. Martinez is hyped up even though his work at Wigan is strictly ordinary. You could say keeping them 17th every year should count as an acievement but why does everyone focus on 'late-season form' and ignore the first 2/3rds of the season?

Choulo is a bit like that. When everyone's finding faults with Benitez, he's looking for positives. When everyone and their milkman thinks that Mourinho is coming to Chelsea, he is thinking Man City

You have me convinced and you haven't even touched upon the London is greater than Manchester debate

Stingray Skipper Rmpr Spike lol can't choose.

Criticism of Pellegrini is that he hasn't won trophies in Europe but his work at Villarreal and Malaga must be noted. He is a good 'coach' as in he's a good tactician etc but I am not sure of his managerial ability i.e handling City squad, media, probably mind games with Moyes or Mourinho

I remember your prediction that Man City would go on to rule England in the next few years. You would have been proved right had it not been for Mancini screwing up in the Transfer Window.

@CHOULO19, spot on I think I was misunderstood by some ppl here. I did not think of the gender while posting that. I was thinking of something Manpe posted somewhere about your kindness and empathy to total strangers on the internet @DDA, Read the above

You might want to rephrase that. But yeah, his passing set him apart but until age caught up, all the other aspects of his game were good, except for tackling ofcourse

Welcome to the forum. Agree with that but that's the price you have to pay for talent now. The transfer price is not really a true reflection of the players' ability but rather a reflection of how much his price is driven up by competition

I don't even remember this!

The media are pushing Chelsea vs Arsenal as a big London rivalry now but I hate Spuds more tbh

He has adapted to a Right-Back role at Madrid which is good because Ivanovic looks comfortable at CB and Azpilicueta can get some rest with Essien playing few games

I genuinely thought we strengthened our bench last year. But a combination of daft sales - Meireles and Essien, injuries - Marin and Romeu and poor form of few others meant that only 12-13 players were the core of the team

Yeah and Jose is not a done deal.

A week ago, Xabi Alonso looked likely. Now, all the Real Madrid links have gone dead

Ferguson Moyes vs Mourinho Hiddink vs Mancini Pellegrini This will be the biggest letdown ever