RAG: Honestly City will implode at this rate.
They can't keep a squad full of stars happy, there will always be a player on the bench who is not happy to be there. Their reserves will all be international players, who are still 2nd or 3rd choice and their job will be nothing less than benchwarming.
The road to success is having a hierarchy, that is why United have been so successful. For example, look at United's current squad; at the top of that hierarchy is Scholes, Giggs, Neville, Rooney and Ferdinand (in no particular order), then at the bottom of the hierarchy we have the reserves, who fight to move up the ladder.
In the middle are players like Fabio, Rafael, Park, O'Shea etc. Players who are not guaranteed a place in the starting 11 week in week out but are almost certainly on the bench and get a good lot of appearances each season.
What'll happen at City is that there will be no middle ground. No squad players. All the players will consider themselves at the very top (unless they are part of the pre-money Man City and/or youth). You'll have your Toures and Silvas, but you will also have players like Stephen Ireland and Craig Bellamy, who used to be guaranteed a first team spot but are now grumbling in the wings. This in turn will lead to a clash of egos and discord.
Shay Given is that accident waiting to happen. He is an excellent goalkeeper yet now it looks like his no. 1 shirt will be in jeopardy. He has openly stated that he will not be a benchwarmer for City and already you have disharmony, a few days before the season is due to begin.
Disharmony will lead to unhappiness within the team and in the worst case scenario there will be arguments between the players, as well as between the players and their manager.
So Blue Duck (I know you will read this), don't harp on at us saying that Dunne was deadwood you cut loose - if you want a squad of superstars you are heading for trouble, mark my words.
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