Whos to blame ?

[Ollie 4,400]

lol yeah, i heard they have £800m to spend on players

[warnie_666 1,081]

lol yeah, i heard they have £800m to spend on players

Now you will hear all sorts of rubbish about Manc City.

[.Cee 50]

We definately only need 1 player. But we DO need that 1 player:

Cech, Cudicini, Hilario

Bosingwa, Belletti, Terry, Carvalho, Alex, Ivanovic, Cole, Bridge (Ferreira???)

Mikel, Essien, Lampard, Ballack, Deco

Cole, Malouda, Kalou (Sinclair)

Drogba, Anelka, Di Santo

23 players not including Sinclair and including the keepers. We definately need another forward option.

Add Paim to that list, too?

[chrismada9 1,948]

And said they want 18 new players at cost of £30 million each.

That is being stupidly optimistic!! Man City serving up a reality dream team in three years

If that happens, I will purposly piss in a beer glass and drink it

[.Cee 50]

That is being stupidly optimistic!! Man City serving up a reality dream team in three years

If that happens, I will purposly piss in a beer glass and drink it

Well, why not if the new owners can pay?

[chrismada9 1,948]

Well, why not if the new owners can pay?

Yeah, signing a shitload of superstars for gawd knows how much money, expecting them to play their best for the club and as a result, win them a few titles... wait no sorry... "buy" them a few titles...

Remember what they said to us when Abramovich first bought Chelsea? Many said that whoever we signed, would they gel together? Would they cope with the English game? A lot of players didn't because of those reasons, they had never even played along with the players before, not to mention that the kind of game they would be expecting was going to be different.

As I have said many times, too much money in football makes it seem like mockery and an auction.

[Elliott 7]

But we made big transfers and we did win the league. Twice.

Saying City will never win the league under current circumstances is just wrong. In a few years time, they have a very real chance. And as everyone is saying, I doubt Robinho had much of a choice. He certainly wasn't going to be playing for Real Madrid, and when Manchester City came along, Real found the perfect way to piss both Chelsea and Robinho off.

[.Cee 50]

Yeah, signing a shitload of superstars for gawd knows how much money, expecting them to play their best for the club and as a result, win them a few titles... wait no sorry... "buy" them a few titles...

Remember what they said to us when Abramovich first bought Chelsea? Many said that whoever we signed, would they gel together? Would they cope with the English game? A lot of players didn't because of those reasons, they had never even played along with the players before, not to mention that the kind of game they would be expecting was going to be different.

As I have said many times, too much money in football makes it seem like mockery and an auction.

We signed a lot of good players and a world class manager and it worked for us. Why not for them?

[warnie_666 1,081]

But we made big transfers and we did win the league. Twice.

Care to name those Big transfers apart from Sheva and SWP.?

[Elliott 7]

Care to name those Big transfers apart from Sheva and SWP.?

Carvalho, Drogba, Essien, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Mutu, Duff, Robben

All big players or very close to being big at the time. All were highly regarded. Okay they weren't all huge superstars (although Carvalho was voted the best defender in Europe the season we signed him IIRC, and Ballack is a very obvious exception too), but they were still huge signings.

[.Cee 50]

Carvalho, Drogba, Essien, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Mutu, Duff, Robben

All big players or very close to being big at the time. All were highly regarded. Okay they weren't all huge superstars (although Carvalho was voted the best defender in Europe the season we signed him IIRC, and Ballack is a very obvious exception too), but they were still huge signings.

Makalele, Crespo, Veron?

[Elliott 7]

Yes yes and yes, those too.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Carvalho, Drogba, Essien, Ashley Cole, Ballack, Mutu, Duff, Robben

All big players or very close to being big at the time. All were highly regarded. Okay they weren't all huge superstars (although Carvalho was voted the best defender in Europe the season we signed him IIRC, and Ballack is a very obvious exception too), but they were still huge signings.

When you talk about players like Cech, Robben Joe Cole, Duff, etc etc...they were young budding talents. Not Big Transfers or Star Players.

Now when we won the league for two years: We had no star players, all young budding talents except for Makalele and Crespo. The moment we bought big names Like Sheva and Ballack we lost the league.

As far as I am concerned in 5 years of Roman's Rule we have spent OVER THE TOP Money for only 4 players:

4th year of Roman's RuleSheva(30m)

3rd year of Roman's RuleSWP(21m)

2nd year of Roman's RuleDrogba(24m)

3rd year of Roman's RuleEssien(24.5m)

Unlike Manc City who have been going bezerk right from Day 1.

[.Cee 50]

When you talk about players like Cech, Robben Joe Cole, Duff, etc etc...they were young budding talents. Not Big Transfers or Star Players.

Now when we won the league for two years: We had no star players, all young budding talents except for Makalele and Crespo. The moment we bought big names Like Sheva and Ballack we lost the league.

As far as I am concerned in 5 years of Roman's Rule we have spent OVER THE TOP Money for only 4 players:

4th year of Roman's RuleSheva(30m)

3rd year of Roman's RuleSWP(21m)

2nd year of Roman's RuleDrogba(24m)

3rd year of Roman's RuleEssien(24.5m)

Unlike Manc City who have been going bezerk right from Day 1.

I'll wait until they DO actually sign several huge superstars players before passing judgement. Even if they do, who cares? It's their owners money. We complained of fans of others clubs slagging us because they're jealous. Why are we doing a similar thing to City?

[Elliott 7]

No, they were big signings, they were big players with big futures. They weren't nobodies.

They had all proved themselves to be very able players at their respective clubs. Carvalho won the Champions League no less with Porto, along with Ferreira.

The way you are defining this, the only big players about are Ronaldo, Messi and Kaká. Robinho is no bigger a player than Robben was, for instance. Berbatov is a good player but not a top forward. These were the only two solid connections made with Man City, and neither of them are huge players, just the calibre of players we signed 5 to 3 years ago.