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Originally Posted by Damien
Manchester City weren't that bad. I thought people overplayed it because they simply associated Mancini, i.e Italians, with bad football. They weren't the most exciting team in the world but they were reasonable to watch and gave a decent game.
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people tend to focus too much on the money. I made the general point that wage expenditure tends to be mirrored in league table positions. And this is true (city did finish 2nd). Aston Villa the main current exception but they have dramatically dropped their wages(linked to their relegation scrap)
People come out with "x million should mean y and z". (It needs to be said, teams can hold out for premiums when they know city have cash - is that their fault?)
But it ignores deficiencies in city team:
-lack of proper defensive cover when kompany is injured (near-everpresent in 11/12, missed lots last season)
-lack of pace in midfield
-lack of width to stretch deep defence
-lack of competition in GK pos to keep hart on toes
-lack of creativity from deep/overreliance on silva
I prefer to look at the players. Joleon Lescott is not £24m worth of player, so it's ludicrous to spout that because we paid that much therefore we should win the title.