Comments on: Are Man City in The Big Five Now?

By: BlueDevilBrad

BlueDevilBrad — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:10:16 +0000

According to James Tyler of The Unprofessional Foul (via Soccer By Ives) maybe it’s not even the Big Five… maybe we’re actually looking at a new Big Three (Man U, Man City, and Chelsea).
http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/09/epl-week-three.html

By: matt

matt — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:26 +0000

alot of it hinges on robihno actually playing well and staying there.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:55:09 +0000

I think really its a big 4 because of the Champions League. But I think Arsenal and Liverpool will be geniunely looking over thier shoulders over the next two or three seasons, because the big 4 could change now. Really a breath of fresh air potentially.

By: McTalian

McTalian — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:28:58 +0000

menat “locked into place”

By: McTalian

McTalian — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:28:16 +0000

I hope it is. The more parity the better.
In Italy and Spain there are legitmate contenders from outside the established cadre of top few teams for CL spot.
England, while providing fantastic title races among te big boys, has had a top four locked into replaced and slightly reshuffled amongst itself for a few years.
Maybe this will shake that up.

By: Django

Django — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:37:26 +0000

Sheesh, some sexy Arab doctor comes in waving the cash and all of a sudden everyone turns into a 47 year-old woman at a Kenny Loggins concert, getting hot flashes and talking about forever. I’d guess January will be most telling, but for now I will sit and chuckle about my wife calling him “Robin-ho”.

By: Citizen_Skin

Citizen_Skin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:14:53 +0000

I think you are all forgetting that Liverpool (and to a lesser extent Arsenal) are looking very vulnerable.
Even in the last few seasons teams like Everton and Villa have been knocking on Liverpools door.

All that combined with the fact that City have actually got a VERY good team now…

…I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a very different looking top 6 come the end of this season and that’s exactly what the Premiership needs.

By: jiggaloblue

jiggaloblue — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:47:05 +0000

we will not be in the CL for at least two maybe three seasons but if we do get there and the money stays we will stay for a very long time.

By: ZT

ZT — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:37:34 +0000

Chill a bit. It´s about results, and titles, and being on the Champions league. A club does not become a “big” club by splashing money specially not during one season. It took Chelsea seasons and seasons of spending recklessly for them to get any status in world football.

And there is no room for 5 big clubs in England, a big club has to be in the CL. Ocasionally maybe it can fall off it, Milan is still unarguably a big club, but in world football if you can not play in the CL, you are not important. In fact the Robinho transfer is ridiculous, he says he wants to be the best player in the world and can not achieve it in Real Madrid and he moves to Manchester City who if they are lucky will win the UEFA cup this year.. you got to wonder if he thought he was signing for another Manchester team!

By: jiggaloblue

jiggaloblue — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:32:40 +0000

just done my maths and that means in dollars we have trillionaire owners lol