Man City Wins EPL!

[NDPhilly]

OMG what a comeback.

 

[Irish Fam]

Best finish in some time. More than deserved for City

 

[ACamp1900]

Just woke up. Rundown?

Just saw Newcastle couldn't pull it off. Sucks

 

[ShakeDown]

Just woke up. Rundown?

Just saw Newcastle couldn't pull it off. Sucks

ManCity was down 2-1 going into stoppage time, scored 2 goals in like 1.5min to get the W and win the EPL.

Also I may be wrong but I think that the other team was borderline relegation.

FYI I don't watch soccer, but that was pretty amazing.

 

[Cackalacky]

rather City win than ManU. Great year for New Castle btw. Not so great for Liverpool.

 

[NDinMich]

Anyone come across a video recap, please post. Was watching the end of the Arsenal WBA match and missed the end of the City game.

 

[NDinMich]

NEED to see what Barton did to get sent off too...missed that as well.

 

[NDPhilly]

NEED to see what Barton did to get sent off too...missed that as well.

He elbowed Tevez. I think in the head.

 

[NDinMich]

He elbowed Tevez. I think in the head.

Yeah, just saw it. Tevez punched Barton in the neck first but Barton did elbow him in return. Of course Tevez goes down like he was shot. Barton then kicks Aguero after getting the red!

 

[In Lou I Trust]

Damn!!! I stopped watching at 77 minutes because I figured it was over. SMH.

 

[NDPhilly]

It was 1-1 before the red card on Barton. 20 min later QPR scored to make it 2-1. Dzeko and Aguero scored in extra time to make it 3-2

 

[NDinMich]

Now I have to root for Chelsea to win the UCL final to keep Spurs out of next year's UCL...I feel dirty already.

 

[notredomer23]

I have watched probably 80% of the Man City games over the past three years and I am proud to say I probably saw the greatest finish possibly in premier league history. If they didn't win it would have been a crime that United would have won the title considering that City destroyed them once and beat them pretty handily the other time.

Thank you Kun Aguero and Eden Dzeko

 

[mgriff]

Hahahaha oh it's so gratifying to watch it snatched from ManU at the last. It was great. I was so upset before Aguero though.

 

[irishrecruiting]

Video: The calls of Sergio Aguero's Premiership winning goal for Manchester City | May

 

[nsisk157]

Unless you are a through and through City fan (prior to the take over), rooting for them is rooting for everything that is wrong with European club football today.

With that being said, come on Bayern and COYS

 

[mgriff]

Unless you are a through and through City fan (prior to the take over), rooting for them is rooting for everything that is wrong with European club football today.

With that being said, come on Bayern and COYS

Naw, Man City has a rich benefactor who wants to use his money to win. That's what happens in the real world. If you have money, you can do what you want with it. The real problem is the folks who buy clubs, saddle them with debt and then fleece them. Think Hicks and Gillett at Liverpool. You can't tell people how to spend their money. If they want to pony up £1 billion to buy a team, make them competitive, then that's what they are allowed to do with their money. That's what City did, the Sheik spent £1 Billion of his own money to get City the players and infrastructure to be the best, and it's worked. Roman at Chavski is another example. He may finally get his holy grail this year. I only have a problem when people ruin clubs; that's the problem, because of leveraged takeovers.

I get it, it's not fair to other teams, but if they were Man City then they'd be all for it. It's a double standard. The idea that FFP is going to all of a sudden make mid-table to low-table clubs competitive with the big boys is ludicrous, it's about marketing and expanding your fan base to get the revenue flowing in to be able to spend it under FFP. The mid to low level clubs still won't be able to compete because they can't spend what they don't have coming in. Not to mention loop holes as in sponsors and stadium naming rights. It's just not going to happen, you can't tell people how to spend their money. What UEFA needs to do is protect the long-term viability of a club so owners can't buy, fleece, and run. Liverpool, the most decorated club in England, almost went into administration because of those types of practices. So in that regard I support it, but in a capitalist society, which is primarily what Europe and UEFA operate under, you don't tell people how to infuse cash into their business.

If you're looking out for the club and making sure the owners are not debt financing, like Real and Barca, then I get it. They are operating in one of the most debt-ridden countries in Europe though, so it's just normal for them. But the minute UEFA thinks they are going to tell a major club they can't participate in the CL, you're going to see the dissolution of UEFA, because it won't just be one club that doesn't meet the standard, it will be a multitude of clubs, and they won't stand for it. So UEFA will cease to be profitable when the largest clubs in the world take their balls and leave.

***EDIT***
Just as an aside, I like the Bundesliga model, where they discourage rich benefactors and have the fans own 51% of the clubs. So maybe UEFA should look to that in order to build a better model, because FFP as is will solve nothing in my estimation. I get that people are upset with sugar daddies, but that's life, look at Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and every other major corporation. And despite all of the Bundesliga's advancement with a FFP format, Bayern Munich still dominates that league. It's about fans and revenue, and if you don't have the global fanbase like Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barca, Bayern Munich, Milan, and Juventus, then you will not be able to compete with them financially, they simply have far too many resources and revenue streams.

 

[rock_knutne]

I like Man U, was crushed when City scored twice in the last two minutes. Oh well, you can't win every year but City will not last, it takes more than a Sugar Daddy to be consistent, see Chelsea.

 

[notredomer23]

delete

 

[irishrecruiting]

I like Man U, was crushed when City scored twice in the last two minutes. Oh well, you can't win every year but City will not last, it takes more than a Sugar Daddy to be consistent, see Chelsea.

^ This. It takes a clever manager and very good players and depth to win the EPL. It takes an incredibly clever and tactical manager, smart/very good players who play a certain style and having depth to contend for the EPL each season (see Jose Mourinho).

Chelsea finished 6th, and won't be in the Champions League next year unless they win it on Saturday. The Mourinho years were incredible, the Scolari/Grant years...ehh...Ancelotti did well in his first season and then AVB was a fail.

 

[irishrecruiting]

Oh, and money definitely helps. (Roman Abramovich)

 

[rock_knutne]

^ This. It takes a clever manager and very good players and depth to win the EPL. It takes an incredibly clever and tactical manager, smart/very good players who play a certain style and having depth to contend for the EPL each season (see Jose Mourinho).

Chelsea finished 6th, and won't be in the Champions League next year unless they win it on Saturday. The Mourinho years were incredible, the Scolari/Grant years...ehh...Ancelotti did well in his first season and then AVB was a fail.

Being Italian and a huge fan of the Azzurri and Serie A (Forza Juve), I think Mancini is inconsistent as a manager, he showed that at Inter who have money to burn and IMO, he showed it again at City. You never know, he may turn the corner with this title and go on to impress for years............jury's out.

 

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

I'm just thrilled to see Man U not win. Next year will be all Arsenal tbh.

 

[STLDomer]

Oh, and money definitely helps. (Roman Abramovich)

Man Us starting squad is paid more than Man Citys

 

[TerryTate]

Love you TT but:

We'll let you have one.

 

[Grahambo]

We'll let you have one.

I had about 87 heart attacks in the 5 minute stoppage time yesterday.

 

[mgriff]

City can start talking when they get their own big ears to keep in the cabinet.

 

[Grahambo]

City can start talking when they get their own big ears to keep in the cabinet.

Hey now..let me enjoy this! First title since '68. Pretty sure dshans was forced to retire at that point.

 

[mgriff]

Man Us starting squad is paid more than Man Citys

Not a chance man. Where are you getting that info? Tevez is on £250k a week and Yaya is on £220k a week. They are about even in the wage bill department, but City have spent faaaaaaaar more in the transfer market, to the tune of £1 billion pounds to get that title. The major difference is that ManU spends %50 of their revenue on their squad, whereas City's wage bill is larger than their revenue. I'm not disagreeing with the spending, Sheik can do what he wants, but ManU has the revenue to have a wage bill like that. You also have to take into account the transfer market, because you have to pay top wages to get top players anymore. City has inflated the wage and transfer markets, but that's life.

Quote from the Forbes article. "Ironically, City had passed Chelsea with the top wage bill in the Premier League in 2010/11 after only three seasons of ownership by the Sheikh."

Table from the Daily Mail article.

Manchester City
Year Revenue Wages % spent
2006 £61.8m £34.3m 56
2007 £56.9m £26.4m 64
2008 £82.3m £54.2m 66
2009 £87m £82.6m 95
2010 £125.1m £133.3m 107
Manchester United
Year Revenue Wages % spent
2006 £173.2m £96.1m 55
2007 £210.1m £92.3m 44
2008 £256.2m £121.1m 47
2009 £278.5m £123.1m 44
2010 £286.4m £131.7 46

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Manchester United chief David Gill urges UEFA to get tough with Man City | Mail Online

Manchester City: The Ultimate Triumph of the Wealthy Benefactor Model - Forbes

 

[ACamp1900]

This is where I always disconnect with Europe... who the hell cares if someone spends more... it's their freakin money, let them sink or swim... this fair play stuff is garbage, if Portsmouth can't stay afloat and others want to join them let them...

It's Man City's preogative... and Man U is still hypocrites... like they don't win from an almost purely financial advantage to begin with...