saulman wrote:I've had a good time.
Ups, downs, inbetweens. New manager, old manager. Cup runs. Scum wins, scum defeats. Quality wins, astonishing defeats. Optimism, pesimism.
Typical City. Bring on next season, regardless of the finish.
kinkylola wrote:Don't think it will be a failure if we get 5th ... even 6th.
People will mock us for spending money on "nothing" but in truth they will all be scared shitless. We finished completely out of Europe last season and we still managed to attract great talent and we will continue to do so.
The reality is that people's perceptions of us are changing. Player's perceptions as well. We are known. It isn't the end of the world that we aren't in the Chumps league yet, our progress is plain for all to see. A player will respect that nearly as much as being in the qualifying rounds of the chumps league, and they will come. We will attract big players because we can pay big fees and big salaries, and we have no where to go but up.
The only failure would be if we do not continue our progress next season
saulman wrote:I've had a good time.
Ups, downs, inbetweens. New manager, old manager. Cup runs. Scum wins, scum defeats. Quality wins, astonishing defeats. Optimism, pesimism.
Typical City. Bring on next season, regardless of the finish.
saulman wrote:I've had a good time.
Ups, downs, inbetweens. New manager, old manager. Cup runs. Scum wins, scum defeats. Quality wins, astonishing defeats. Optimism, pesimism.
Typical City. Bring on next season, regardless of the finish.
LookMumI'mOnMCF.net wrote:Part of me would be slightly disappointed. With the calibre of players we have now we should be challenging for titles. 5th would be a failure.
Though of course remembering the past and looking forward to our future, it's hard to stay too disappointed for long.
yankmanc wrote:LookMumI'mOnMCF.net wrote:Part of me would be slightly disappointed. With the calibre of players we have now we should be challenging for titles. 5th would be a failure.
Though of course remembering the past and looking forward to our future, it's hard to stay too disappointed for long.
I hear this line of reasoning a lot and though I support our players I don't think it matches up with reality. Most of the big names that we've brought in have been second choice for top clubs (Tevez, Bridge, Toure, Vieira) or troubled/on their way out anyway (Adebayor). The couple of genuine starters that we poached from "smaller" clubs have had injury problems and/or hugely underperformed (Lescott, Santa Cruz). Our top performers were here last year and are not globally recognized worldbeaters by any stretch (Zabs, De Jong, Bellamy, Kompany). The only acquisition who has really fulfilled promise has had a couple of rough patches as well (Barry).
Given all of this, I actually think our squad right now worth about 4-6 place. In that sense we've overachieved and we're lucky to be in the mix for 4th.
BUT, if we don't get 4th I won't help but be disappointed because of the WAY that we arrived there:
- Liverpool's laughable season which won't happen too often
- Untd's last second winner and continued title challenge
- Losing out on 4th to Spurs!
Our squad at the moment is the kind of squad you can assemble with a good homegrown base plus some money. Champions League would allow us to add some recognized world class players and THEN we would be on our way for challenging for the league.
crossan wrote:saulman wrote:I've had a good time.
Ups, downs, inbetweens. New manager, old manager. Cup runs. Scum wins, scum defeats. Quality wins, astonishing defeats. Optimism, pesimism.
Typical City. Bring on next season, regardless of the finish.
Great attitude there Saulman.............we are CITY forever no matter what.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:I said in the beginning of the season that I'd be happy/satisfied with 5th and good push for 4th. We are certainly giving whoever finishes 4th a run for their money so I'll be satisfied. I haven't seen any reasons to change the targets. No big money has been splashed or anything like that since.
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