Bore draw or thriller tonight?

Hopefully scholes will make the difference to Man Utd


Come on Utd

 

I'll say what I always say C'MON YOU REDS!!

 

With a bit of luck, a nuclear bomb will remove both from our lives !!

But I would rather see a City win than a Utd win, make the end of the season more exciting for the Sky lot!

 

agreed

 

I just wish ManUre ill

I totally loathe them and all thats connected to them..they are the reason football is rotten..its that simple.

 

Re: I just wish ManUre ill

Not the whole reason, but one of the biggest reasons !
Liverpool are another.

 

That were like watching Barnsley Man Utd tried but lacked the quality of Man City and struggled to get a shot away. They need to strengthen over the summer or they will be left behind.

 

Hate to say it but City thoroughly deserved to win tonight. I wouldn't expect much in the way of spending for United, not with the Glaziers holding the purse strings.

 

Same utd that have spent a fortune recently?

 

Compared to Citeh - peanuts

 

That's not true is it really?

 

It is when you are talking about the last few seasons.

This is since the Premier League started in 1992 until 2011. Considering that Man City only started really spending 3 or 4 years ago

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[TD]#[/TD]
[TD]Nett Spend 92 - 2011[/TD]
[TD]Purchased Gross[/TD]
[TD]Sold[/TD]
[TD]Nett[/TD]
[TD]Per Season[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
[TD] [/TD]
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[TD][/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Chelsea[/TD]
[TD]£744,440,000[/TD]
[TD]£228,475,000[/TD]
[TD]£515,965,000[/TD]
[TD]£25,798,250[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Manchester City[/TD]
[TD]£649,180,000[/TD]
[TD]£175,553,000[/TD]
[TD]£473,627,000[/TD]
[TD]£23,681,350[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Liverpool[/TD]
[TD]£552,205,000[/TD]
[TD]£325,970,000[/TD]
[TD]£226,235,000[/TD]
[TD]£11,311,750[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Manchester United[/TD]
[TD]£483,150,000[/TD]
[TD]£305,840,000[/TD]
[TD]£177,310,000[/TD]
[TD]£8,865,500[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Tottenham[/TD]
[TD]£412,050,000[/TD]
[TD]£243,217,500[/TD]
[TD]£168,832,500[/TD]
[TD]£8,441,625[/TD]
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Yes it is, it is very true

2008/09 city spend £138,468m united spend £39,820 on players in
2009/10 city spend £129,624m united spend £ 24,112m
2010/11 city spend £160,556m united spend £25,784
2011/12 city spend £83,454m united spend £50,424

Over those four seasons United also had considerably more money coming in from transfers than City did.

 

This one is even more telling

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/league-tables/2006-2011.html

City's nett transfer spend is £83m a season, United's is £10m

 

Key is where the money came from - Man United have spent the past 25 years developing into the club they are. They didn't just throw f.ck loads of money at it over the past 4 years.

 

What about before Chelsea and City came into money and United where paying £29 million for Juan Veron and £19 million for Van Nistlerooy and £30 million for Rio over 10 years ago. United fans seem to forget about all that.

 

I've seen that one before. Some of the deficit left there between incoming and outgoing transfers is madness. Clubs like Manchester United and Liverpool have huge amounts coming in from gates, merchandise etc to balance the books but I bet that isn't the case with some of the others. TV money won't cover the whole lot.

 

Citeh won the lottery in the form of Sheikh whatshisname!

 

I haven't forgotten that. The point I'm trying o get across is that United make the money they spend whereas Citeh had it handed to them.

 

But even over the entirety of the Premier League, City have outstripped United's nett spend 3 to 1, and City weren't even in the Premier League for all of that time. That shows the level they've been spending at in the last 5 years to have outstripped United's spend for the last 20.

I'm not making judgement on the rights or wrongs of the matter - I'm just presenting some facts when you stated that Man Utd's spending wasn't peanuts compared to City over the last few years.