How will the the arabs affect Man City?

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

debaser wrote:
Hart>Buffon

Tweedle wrote:

debaser wrote:
Hart>Buffon

Hart is a decent player but I don't think he's top four material (same with Almunia)

He'll do for this season but I think they'll see a better keeper as a priority next summer, if money isn't an object.

Agree that the defence will probably need a bit of an overhaul too.

Tweedle wrote:Hart is a decent player but I don't think he's top four five material (same with Almunia)

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:u honestly believe they had a lot of say in robinho i doubt that v much, too quick imho don't forget they are only prosepctive owners at the moment, they do NOT currently own the club. as for the 2 players it does end a message but if you believe this is their play thing like roman's i seriously believe u are wrong, this is a business 1st and foremost. despite the relative success of chelsea under abra they still are seriously in the red regarding transfer activity, i'd be v surprised if over the longer term not some 1 day wonder when u need to get fans on board (IF they did have much to do with it) that spedning continues at unabated pace. they may have the sort of mone roman does but that doesn't mean it'll be thrown around like cnfetti a la chelsea over the longer term.

debaser wrote:

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

hmm. Looks like a prestige thing more than anything so far. They clearly wanted to make a big impression from the off, both to win over fans and 'announce' themselves to the footballing world. The way they went about bidding for multiple players (reportedly six) at ridiculous sums, suggests they are far more like Abramovich than just investors like the Glazers.

Super Madrid wrote:still dont quite understand who is it that owns Man City is it these arabs or Thaksin.

Super Madrid wrote:
hopefully this wont encourage Arsenal to go the same way because they might be the only club in a possible top 5 that isnt owned by foreigners(how ironic).still dont quite understand who is it that owns Man City is it these arabs or Thaksin.

debaser wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:still dont quite understand who is it that owns Man City is it these arabs or Thaksin.

the Arabs, I assume, although it's clearly all been rushed through so they could flash their money before the transfer window shut. The FA were probably just glad they didn't have to make a decision on Thaksin's 'fit and proper person' thing, so let it go through fast.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:this isn't an abramovich play thing they are business men first and foremost, they'll only spend what they believe they can recuperate from improved financial performance. anybody expecting chelsea like money down a big black hole imho is mistaken.

Sgoater1 wrote:As a family they are acutaly worth £555 billion ! The guy who is in charge is worth 28 billion on his own. He has said we have unlimited funds and money is no object. If we want Ronaldo then we can bid $240m if we want (a price he believes would land the twat) money is no problem cos we are going to be the richest club in the world.

f@ck me its crazy but still i dont want that twat Ronaldo at my club !

Tweedle wrote:Frank knows things that us mere mortals (and the press and the arabs themselves) don't know though goater.

He has sauces. Lots of sauces.

Bring back the sigs! wrote:

Tweedle wrote:Frank knows things that us mere mortals (and the press and the arabs themselves) don't know though goater.

He has sauces. Lots of sauces.

Does hummus class as a source? Or is it a dip?

Tweedle wrote:

Bring back the sigs! wrote:
Does hummus class as a source? Or is it a dip?

Dip.

they don't call in hummus sauce now do they.... its hummus dip.

Yef wrote:For people like Goater this is really amazing, and in some way I rather have these kind of teams at the top..yeah its bought succes..but so are Utd, Madrid, Barca, Inter etc. So it is actually fun to see these teams getting dicked..its like the bullied kid is taking revenge

Yeah it will attract lots of new fans..but for the hardcore fans they actually deserved this, I mean they went to their club while playing the 3th tier.

Cookie Monster wrote:still had 36,000+ crowds in div 3. Man utd wouldnt get that if they dropped out the top 4.

debaser wrote:

Super Madrid wrote:still dont quite understand who is it that owns Man City is it these arabs or Thaksin.

the Arabs, I assume, although it's clearly all been rushed through so they could flash their money before the transfer window shut. The FA were probably just glad they didn't have to make a decision on Thaksin's 'fit and proper person' thing, so let it go through fast.