Chelsea were the last team to buy the league and they­ brought in a lot of players new players over 2 seasons.­ Cech, Carvalho, Bridge, ferriera, geremi, Johnson,­ Makele, duff, Cole, Drogba and Robben. They even got­ rid of some under permformers after the first season­ such as mutu, crespo and veron. Compare that to Robinho­ SWP, Barry, Santa Cruz and Bellamy and Tevez. Some­ great players but wheres the defence?

City have to deliver now for the 1 st time in years!­ Beating Man United in their cup final is not good­ enough.lets see how long it is before they turn on­ Hughes.

man city wont break in the top 4 yet as long they got­ mark hughes in charge.

WHAT A LOAD OF JELOUSE @#$% YOU ARE

CTID

No. We are a top10 team atm...but it is mightily­ encouraging to see that the squad has been­ strengthened, with more to come i hope.
The only thing­ that keeps the Top4 in place is the amount spent on the­ squad over several seasons. When City continue to lure­ top quality players over a few seasons, then the­ chances of breaking into the Top4 will come. We can­ outspend almost every club bearing in mind that United­ have recieved about 200mil in the last months (50 mil­ for CL, 50mil TV rights, 35mil for the league, 60 mil­ for Cron...and the list goes on).
Liverpool and Arsenal­ can't keep up with the spending power of City and­ will eventually be overtaken. Its only a matter of­ time.

Man City should Get a Good Manager (Rikaard)will do,or­ @#$% Advocat

Could be, but only if they acquire a 'top four'­ manager!

rexy comment 77 wake up...u still dreaming.

if city keep building the way they are tho, and they­ keep hughes then breaking into top 4, breaking into a­ title race is only a matter of time.

lots of people think utd will slip this year, its a­ laugh really but we will see, losing ronaldo is a big­ loss, no hiding but we have more than just ronaldo.. I­ honestly think utd will come into this season fighting,­ no complacencey this year becasue everyone thinks we­ are down.... chelsea are ageing but i think they still­ have skill and liverpool may still lose key players but­ they are still the top 3 teams for me... arsenal for me­ are the weak link, they still may lose players as well­ and if they lose even one midfielder they are in­ trouble... and then city who I think will be with­ arsenal for most of the year.. city will have the squad­ but may need time to mesh, arsenal are meshed but dont­ have the squad, so forth spot will be a 2 horse­ race.... but then again ya never know do ya.

rocky is an injury awaiting to happen the only answer­ is hughes out, john

man city have the money, the manager and they might­ have the players but money needs to be spent wisely,­ the manager who has never managed a big club or big­ players needs to up his game and the players need to­ gel.

I dont think that is going to happen. They are­ trying to be the next chelsea which is way of as­ chelsea had a decent team to start of with and were in­ the champions league. I think results arent gona go man­ citys way and mark hughes is gona get sacked the­ players arent gona gel and city will finnish at best­ 7th.

as a player i would rather go to any other team­ than go to man city because people will be expecting­ too much from you at man city.

cruz is a good player­ but his not gona get 20 goals, as for robinho he is­ good but players got see what he can do and will deal­ with easy. teves would be crazy to join man city rather­ than chelsea were he will be very explosive.

No, no offence, but i do not think that Mark Hughes has­ the capability to take city to the top. They have so­ much money going on players that aren't worth it.­ Spend it on a wage for a decent manager! (Harry­ Redknapp would do best)

I'd like to see Man C do well. I have a feeling­ though that it's a bit soon for them yet. We shall­ see!

COYS.

Get real, you stupid ManUtd fans... Forget about the­ EPL... You have no chance next season.
You're not­ only losing CRon and Tevez but also Giggs and Scholes­ coz they are just way too old and slow...
You also have­ an 80y.o. keeper in Van Der Sar...
Then of course­ Neville is no longer useful while Hargreaves and Brown­ are injured 4ever...
And who's going to be your­ backup striker? that Macheda guy again?

As of right­ now, your line-up looks like this:
VDS
Da Silva, Vidic,­ Rio, Evra
Nani, Carrick, Fletcher, Anderson
Rooney,­ Berbatov
Bench: Giggs, Scholes, O'Shea, Park,­ Neville

You know what? Your midfield simply sucks and­ doesn't scare anyone.

Check this out:
Liverpool:­ Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Riera, Kuyt,­ Benayoun
Chelsea: Lampard, Essien, Obi, Ballack,­ Malouda, J.Cole
Arsenal: Fabregas, Nasri, Walcott,­ Diaby, Denilson, Rosicky
ManCity: Ireland, SWP, Barry,­ Elano, De Jong, Kompany, Petrov

NOW...
IF SAF can buy­ BOTH Ribery and Benzema.
AND IF both gel quickly.
AND­ IF Berbatov becomes a lot better.
AND IF this Brazilian­ Douglas guy is the really the next Ronaldinho.
AND IF­ Nani and Tosic grow up.
AND IF Hargreaves comes back­ strong and everyone else stays healthy.
AND IF you are­ lucky something happens to the other teams through­ injuries or transfers,

THEN maybe you have a chance to­ win EPL again.

Otherwise, concentrate on maintaining­ your top 4 position because as of right now it seems­ you are at best a 3rd-4th place team, and ManCity is­ already strong enough to challenge. Mind you that you­ can keep on talking about that 80mil but the truth is­ even at this point, ManCity still has definitely WAY­ MORE than 80mil to spend.

they're not a top four club yet but they could be­ in a few years. first, to attract the highest quality­ players they need to win something, and since city­ aren't even in europe the coming season, that will­ take some time IMO. the top 4 will not change next­ season.