EPL Gameweek 26 Discussion

[kyhadley]

My concern as a City fan would be that FFP and the new English rules will come in to effect. While the English ones aren't super strict, there are definitely limits. And whoever was doing the buy for City last summer fucked up. Nastasic looks OK, as does Garcia, but they've shown they aren't title winners. Rodwell and Sinclair were a waste. Meanwhile, key performers have not shown up (Lescott, Barry, Clichy, Nasri amongst some others). All those shitty players are going to be tough to offload on the wages they are on

The good thing for them is that Chelsea continue to drop the ball and Arsenal can't get their shit straight. United though, continue to do more right than wrong and will do so while Fergie is there

That's all fair, but I don't see how them not winning the title really changes all that much in the way 1ke was intimating. I mean they're still probably going to end up second despite the poor additions and under-performing players.

[1ke]

You really are the worst. BIG TIME TROUBLE IF WE DON'T REPEAT AS CHAMPS?

Funniest thing I seen on Twitter today: "Southampton/City match being investigated by the Europol, Gareth Barry the man in question"

You retard. What don't you get? FFP is going to eat your team up. Even if its not real, its already scared them into trying to save money and buy shit players. Do you not understand what's at stake? Your team is built to win. They made rich players super rich to go to a location nobody wants to be to win. What happens if your of two years wins nothing? No title money, no cup money, manager fired, players out and the ones coming back in won't be as good. Do you realize how this works Rudi?

[kyhadley]

The difference between title money and second place money is marginal. As long as they have champions league then I don't see your doom and gloom City scenario happening.

[1ke]

Its not about just this year. Its the whole thing, players leaving managers coming and going, and its still Manchester. Consistency.

Oh and not to mention the salary cap they are about to introduce in England.

All im sayin, if they fail to win anything this season it could be a downward slope with FFP coming soon. We've already seen the garbage they've had to sign because they already spent too much. Once Real come calling for Aguero, Tevez retires because he misses he misses his cat, Toure gets bored they'll look at lesser players out of necessity.

[Bigpapa42]

The difference between title money and second place money is marginal. As long as they have champions league then I don't see your doom and gloom City scenario happening.

Last I checked, Manchester City's football-related incomes were not enough to even cover the club's wage bill. And that was even after incestuous sponsorship deal, I believe. Yes, they will have Champions League football next season but how much did it earn them this season? I still say there's no excuse for a side like City going at the Group Stage and that comes with a financial cost.

Were I a City supporter, I'd be pretty frustrated right now. Not because expecting back-to-back titles is particular reasonable but rather because winning the title this season a very realistic goal, regardless of what happened last year. This year's Man United isn't nearly as strong as some of their recent sides, yet they are well ahead on the table because they play at or above their potential as a side. City has not. All of the other top sides have been very inconsistent as well. Theoretically, getting dumped out of the Champions League early should give a side a better chance in the league... but performances like what they had yesterday should be completely unacceptable.

United up 1-0 on Everton.

[kyhadley]

I would also be frustrated as they are clearly underperforming and if the teams below them were more consistent then they might not be second...but they are. I just don't think City is going to be crashing out of the top four anytime soon because they didn't win the league this year.

[Bigpapa42]

No, it won't mean they drop out of top four status. The moment that the Sheik stops pouring money into the club, they do. They cannot afford to function for even a few weeks without that.

I'm watching through the match this morning. A few of the reports I read focused on the mistakes that resulted in two of the Southampton goals. Understandable but that's also rather disingenous. Southampton have been the better side throughout. They created some quality chances but didn't finish well through the match. Both the Hart mistake and the Barry own goal came off of nice builds. It was the City goal that came out of nowhere, on a quick counter attack. And Southampton probably should have been given a penalty just before the half - wasn't a tackle but it was definitely a barge. Looking at the stats, City had a bit of a posession advantage but they did little with it and I only recall the one good stop from Boruc midway through the second half. A pretty woeful match from City, even without those two mistakes.

Was pretty happy with Arsenal's win. Not that 1-0 is exactly fantastic, but that's the kind of match they so often throw away. Dominant first half but only one goal off of so many opportunities, then face some adversity in the second due to the Jenkinson red...

[DDRGuido]

I'm hoping Liverpool gets some revenge from the first week of this season. WBA pushed our shit in after that straight red.

[BigHouseUSA]

Whose decision was it to have Liverpool play on a Monday then a Thursday?

[DDRGuido]

A missed penalty and now a corner header for WBA. I was in class for most of the game but looking at the stats early, it looked like Liverpool dominated and are still going to lose.

[Chrispy]

Liverpool

[kyhadley]

Can't wait to see him do it in Blue next year (god willing).

[DDRGuido]

Whose decision was it to have Liverpool play on a Monday then a Thursday?

They play Zenit Thursday in Europa.

[DDRGuido]

Can't wait to see him do it in Blue next year (god willing).

nice video

[1ke]

Kagawa hat trick. Le Arse goes down in the derby and puts the nail in Arses CL hopes for this season.

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