I'm actually inclined to agree
Ferguson has plenty of experience in getting his teams to bounce back, City can't play this well all season.

Nonetheless. If an oil crisis of some kind causes Sheikh Mansour to pull out, no new owner can be found, the wage bill sends the club into administration, all assets are stripped and players offloaded in a fire sale and the club falls to the foot of League Two... City fans will STILL be harping on about this result in thirty years' time.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:09, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

Totally.
My thing with City is not the money (Madrid are a beautiful demonstration of the fact that it can't buy you what you crave) but that I don't actually think Mancini is any good as a manager - a Tesco Value Mourinho - and that they self-evidently play as series of (admittedly hugely talented) individuals, and Gareth Barry. That people are slightly glossing over the fact that City have yet to play Chelsea, Liverpool or Arsenal. From which Man U have 7 points out of 9 and +8 GD. So, y'know, reserve judgement and that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:16, Reply)

and this is more acceptable than computer games?

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:22, Reply)

at least it involves going outside and getting exercise.
but, no, it isn't really. any more than any other interest is acceptable if others don't share
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Very good points all
City have started brilliantly but the key word there is "started". I actually think Mancini is a decent manager but is perhaps City's Ranieri. Luckily for them Steve McClaren and Sven Goran Eriksson are both available for hire now.

Must single out for praise your point about them not being a team per se - even I could get goals out of Balotelli, Aguero, Dzeko and Silva when they're playing like this.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:24, Reply)

Silva is on unbelievable form.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:26, Reply)

Poor bastard could walk into any international team in the world
Except the one of his birth. I'd be researching/inventing my Brazilian ancestry if I were him.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Tue 25 Oct 2011, 9:28, Reply)