FrannyLee1968

https://www.transferleague.co.uk/premier-league-last-five-seasons/transfer-league-tables/premier-league-table-last-five-seasons ...and Ferguson spent how much achieving his feats?

Success always brings plastics along with it, just ask the New England Patriots. Plenty of them over here in Oz as well. Ask them when they first made a SB and most will tell you 2001. Just remember United were not a big club until after WWII and the Matt Busby years, and didn't really dominate until until Fergie came along. We had a golden period in the late 60' and 70's but then went into 30 years of wandering around in the desert. Remember there are still more City fans in the city of Manchester than United fans, even after Fergie's successes. Would I change what's happened the last 10 years? Of course not. Neither would MANY Villa fans if it happened to your club. When you've suffered long periods of pain, you don't refuse the pain relief when it comes.

Lets face it the Community Shield is a glorified practice match...always has been. Never understood all the fuss about it to be honest. The real games start with week one of the league season....always have.

ROFL!!!!!!!!

If you are referring to the european knockout league, he's won it more times than any other manager in England. Twice. If you are referring to winning the best league in world football, he's done that 3 times in 4 years in England (the Premier League being the world's best league for at least the last 5-6 years), and done it 3 times in 4 years with Barcelona when La Liga was still considered the best league in world football. Also won multiple titles with Bayern Munich in the Bundasliga. Name someone with a better record in three different countries.

"Revenue from the gate receipts and match programme sales is distributed to the 124 clubs who competed in the FA Cup from the first round onwards, for onward distribution to charities and projects of their choice, while the remainder is distributed to the FA's national charity partners." Maybe you should do some homework on how much money the City owners/CFG have put back into the City of Manchester and its community (including charities). I'll give you a hint, its far more than most clubs in this league....including United.

From a bonafide criminal and fraudster who has been jailed numerous times for hacking, fraud and deception, but is being paid from sources yet unknown to produce this information? We had the UEFA decision overturned in CAS which included this type of "evidence" being presented, and after another shot by whoever is behind this criminal/fraudster we will be cleared by the PL.

This is true, there's no inflation of income or direct funding from the owner, the club has been standing on its own two feet for 7-8 years. Income has ratcheted up to higher levels over this period. Its like the throw away line "how can City afford player X & Y", when they don't even look at the income level OR the player sales/sell on clause revenue. On another note the owner has invested heavily in the city of Manchester as well with affordable housing and the like, are the United owners doing anything like this? Not sure if Villa's owners invest in the Birmingham community or not.

True....... I'm just putting up what's out there. I'm not sure any of it is the right numbers.

Don't expect miracles in year 1, as alot of players coming to City have taken time to learn and prosper in Pep's system.

If Messi was to sign at City for a year (meaning we pass on Kane), I'm fine with that if the plan is to activate Haarland's release clause next year. Haarland's always been my preferred choice to replace Aguero anyway but only in 2022.

Agreed, makes no sense to me.

The main gripe (unbelievably) is why would they give Jack the #10 shirt when Messi's available? I mean really?

Did you guys see this?

1880 but I understand Villa were 6 years old back then

Understand believe me, there's many I won't follow (and block) on twitter because of that type of attitude. Real City fans know where we came from, the problems and ups and downs we encountered from the late 70's to 2008 and the like. In those years we lost good players to the better teams, so know how it feels. You never forget where you came from....unless you were never there.

..and just to say I joined here because the Jack Grealish situation locked the two teams together in a transfer saga and I was interested in what Villa fans thought of him

Well I don't frequent Bluemoon for a number of reasons, some already expanded on here. I've been a City fan since 1968 when I was 5 years old, not one of these bandwagon jumpers from the last 10 years. ..and I will post on other threads through the season, especially when we play each other, and I'll be the first City fan here to congratulate you if you win against us. I have a mate who I work with who is a Villa fan (another ex-pat englishman) so discuss your team often. I just wish you all the best for the season (except against us), hope its a good one for you guys.

Cheers

I never came here to troll, but fully expected some to take their frustrations out on opposition fans. Goes with territory on every sports message board. Look if this turns out to be the real situation then spend the 100 million well. I have no ill will towards Villa, and hope they have a good season. Good luck.

https://theathletic.com/news/jack-grealish-transfer-man-city-aston-villa/mNpZh59DIar2 Where will he fit in at City? Sources close to City manager Pep Guardiola indicate that Grealish will feature as a No 8, rather than as a left winger as he has done at Villa in recent seasons. It’s thought that Grealish prefers playing centrally and that he will be rotated with Ilkay Gundogan in City’s midfield. Grealish’s creativity is a huge upside and he will be expected to continue in the same vein as last season — the Villa man was second in the Premier League for both chances created and chances created from open play, despite making just 26 appearances. City expect Bernardo Silva to leave the club this summer and while the two are different types of players, Silva’s departure opens up a slot for Grealish in Guardiola’s rotation.