Comments on: Can City’s players avoid the axe? http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/ Football News Fri, 25 May 2012 10:44:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101243 Ahmed Bilal Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:50:23 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101243 SWP will probably survive - he's got a good 6 months and even a whole season of regular football to establish himself. SWP will probably survive – he’s got a good 6 months and even a whole season of regular football to establish himself.

]]> By: BD Condell http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101152 BD Condell Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:56:18 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101152 What about Shaun Wright-Phillips? Talk about jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire! What about Shaun Wright-Phillips? Talk about jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire!

]]> By: BD Condell http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101146 BD Condell Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:09:38 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101146 Zulfadli, Agree totally, there will be more of this to come and where it all ends up, who knows? The scenario you paint is a very real possibility. Zulfadli, Agree totally, there will be more of this to come and where it all ends up, who knows?
The scenario you paint is a very real possibility.

]]> By: zulfadli http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101132 zulfadli Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:23 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101132 Seeing the takeover, I'm more worried about the future of football itself. Given the extreme popularity of the English league, I doubt that current EPL club-owners will hang on to their post when billionaire investors come knocking their doors. The league has become the platform of excellent investment, undoubtedly. I won't be too surprised if some random multi-billionaire hit the headline tomorrow by taking over clubs like Hull or Stoke, because investors know the flow too well, 'the English league promises profit', (mostly because of TV revenues, no other league in the world has bigger TV revenues than the English league). The issue is not the takeover, however, it's the sudden influx of world class players into the league. The Abu Dhabi United has promised the club that players with the caliber of Kaka, Messi, Torres, Villa etc will come, and future billionaire club-owners would do the same. In 2 or 3 years time, the EPL could be a battle between 3 or 4 'World Cup Dream Teams', which could be continued in the UEFA Champions League, where clubs from germany, italy, spain and france are no longer able to compete (due to star players all ply trade in England). And what the local players would have become? bench-warmers? and what's the competitive level gonna be like in La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and French liege after all their exciting players move to England?? Seeing the takeover, I’m more worried about the future of football itself. Given the extreme popularity of the English league, I doubt that current EPL club-owners will hang on to their post when billionaire investors come knocking their doors. The league has become the platform of excellent investment, undoubtedly. I won’t be too surprised if some random multi-billionaire hit the headline tomorrow by taking over clubs like Hull or Stoke, because investors know the flow too well, ‘the English league promises profit’, (mostly because of TV revenues, no other league in the world has bigger TV revenues than the English league). The issue is not the takeover, however, it’s the sudden influx of world class players into the league. The Abu Dhabi United has promised the club that players with the caliber of Kaka, Messi, Torres, Villa etc will come, and future billionaire club-owners would do the same. In 2 or 3 years time, the EPL could be a battle between 3 or 4 ‘World Cup Dream Teams’, which could be continued in the UEFA Champions League, where clubs from germany, italy, spain and france are no longer able to compete (due to star players all ply trade in England). And what the local players would have become? bench-warmers? and what’s the competitive level gonna be like in La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A and French liege after all their exciting players move to England??

]]> By: Louie D http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101082 Louie D Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:25:05 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101082 Looks like City hit the jackpot,literally.Now with the new owners talking about buying players like Ronaldo,Torres,Fabregas(hands off!!!!!)I do agree there's added pressure on the players,and Robinho might have gotten lucky by crying his way out of Real,because if he performs this season they'll build a team around him.City fans must be salivating at all the possibilities.I guess they now know what it feels to be a Chelsea fan,except that City has got a lot more cash to throw around. Looks like City hit the jackpot,literally.Now with the new owners talking about buying players like Ronaldo,Torres,Fabregas(hands off!!!!!)I do agree there’s added pressure on the players,and Robinho might have gotten lucky by crying his way out of Real,because if he performs this season they’ll build a team around him.City fans must be salivating at all the possibilities.I guess they now know what it feels to be a Chelsea fan,except that City has got a lot more cash to throw around.

]]> By: Ahmed Bilal http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101070 Ahmed Bilal Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:22:44 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101070 discussed it <a href="http://soccerlens.com/alan-curbishley-leaves-west-ham/11347/" rel="nofollow">here</a> discussed it here

]]> By: Manager http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101065 Manager Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:17:56 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101065 btw, Alan Curbs have been the first manager to be sacked(unless in the next 24hrs, someone denies that). wonder if SL will blog on the first Gaffer to be showed the door. btw, Alan Curbs have been the first manager to be sacked(unless in the next 24hrs, someone denies that).

wonder if SL will blog on the first Gaffer to be showed the door.

]]> By: Aayush http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101063 Aayush Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:01:29 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101063 There's a piece on Manutd.com about City willing to pay obscene amounts for Ronaldo, Messi and the like. The amount quoted for CR is a mind-bending 134M pounds! There should be a law against this. There’s a piece on Manutd.com about City willing to pay obscene amounts for Ronaldo, Messi and the like. The amount quoted for CR is a mind-bending 134M pounds! There should be a law against this.

]]> By: Dan http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101062 Dan Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:58:04 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101062 I've got a feeling that all of these foreign takeovers may, eventually be beneficial to some of the so-called smaller premiership clubs which seem to dally between the top two leagues (West Brom etc.), and eventually may have a positive filter down effect to the championship. I know this may seem counter intuitive at first, but players with established quality may see their futures lie outside of the "top" teams (ie, those which have encountered substantial investment, such as city) and could well sign for promising smaller teams even though they may or may not be in the premier league (such as sunderland, wolves). This could lead to an overall increase in quality in these teams, and as such could potentially stem or even reduce the evident gap between the premier league/championship. However, for this to work would require a greater investment in scouting networks, and a fairly constant influx of top quality players from outside of the domestic leagues, or else a tipping point may occur where the drain of talent by the effectively unlimited budget of clubs such as those run by Abramovich/ADUG will cause a break away of clubs with overwhelming power, as previously seen in Scotland with the Celtic/Rangers domination (although this has been broken down somewhat in the last few years, in part due to external investment from overseas). I’ve got a feeling that all of these foreign takeovers may, eventually be beneficial to some of the so-called smaller premiership clubs which seem to dally between the top two leagues (West Brom etc.), and eventually may have a positive filter down effect to the championship. I know this may seem counter intuitive at first, but players with established quality may see their futures lie outside of the “top” teams (ie, those which have encountered substantial investment, such as city) and could well sign for promising smaller teams even though they may or may not be in the premier league (such as sunderland, wolves). This could lead to an overall increase in quality in these teams, and as such could potentially stem or even reduce the evident gap between the premier league/championship. However, for this to work would require a greater investment in scouting networks, and a fairly constant influx of top quality players from outside of the domestic leagues, or else a tipping point may occur where the drain of talent by the effectively unlimited budget of clubs such as those run by Abramovich/ADUG will cause a break away of clubs with overwhelming power, as previously seen in Scotland with the Celtic/Rangers domination (although this has been broken down somewhat in the last few years, in part due to external investment from overseas).

]]> By: John http://soccerlens.com/can-citys-players-avoid-the-axe/11328/#comment-101056 John Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:54:45 +0000 http://soccerlens.com/?p=11328#comment-101056 There are certainly a lot of changes going on at City over the last few days. I'm sure some of the 'lesser' players will be more nervous about their future at the club than excited about its prospects. As you say come the next tranfer window they all may be replaced with a new Galacticos style set-up and the new owners said they could be looking at bringing 18n ew players in. I don't doubt them to be honest. As for Mark Hughes, he definitely needs some good results and fast. Their away win at the weekend over Sunderland was a good start though and I don't doubt his ability as a manager, I just doubt if he will be given a long enough term to prove himself. Time will tell. John http://www.onlinebettingsystemreviews.com There are certainly a lot of changes going on at City over the last few days.

I’m sure some of the ‘lesser’ players will be more nervous about their future at the club than excited about its prospects.

As you say come the next tranfer window they all may be replaced with a new Galacticos style set-up and the new owners said they could be looking at bringing 18n ew players in. I don’t doubt them to be honest.

As for Mark Hughes, he definitely needs some good results and fast. Their away win at the weekend over Sunderland was a good start though and I don’t doubt his ability as a manager, I just doubt if he will be given a long enough term to prove himself. Time will tell.

John
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