Watching Manchester City Rise in Style - the season in perspective: EPL debate
Manchester City Football Club came in to being in 1880. They became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and later Manchester City in 1894. The team reached its zenith during the end of 60’s and early 70’s era, where they won the League Championship, the FA Cup, the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup. After the English Premier League was launched in 1994, Manchester City have never looked serious to stake a claim to the title – Well, not until now.
The takeover by Abu Dhabi United Group in 2008 saw the club injected with an outlay of £100 million in the following year. They were headed in the right direction.
2011 saw just that when Manchester City beat their across-the-town rivals Manchester United in the FA club semi-final. They went on to beat Stoke City in the final and embedded their name in the record book for all times to come. On player quality they are at par with their Red neighbours.
Their rise has always been on the cards ever since the oil backed rich owners took over and swiftly bought http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid. They have been charged with inflating the player price tags and raising the wages that are beyond normal. But is not that what this is all about? After all, the group is only maximizing the resources it has at its disposal.
The club has come under much criticism by the media. The managers in the opposition have also been no different. They have accused the buyers to push them out of negotiating position by offering highly lucrative prices for the players. This has been part of the reason for Manchester City’s sharp rise. The other half is their manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini.
Mancini focused on building a team for the future. The results showed only a season later. He had said that Man City need to change their mindset. It needed to be similar to that of Manchester United’s. United were let off the hook by the opposition throughout the Premier League. Yet they managed to turn out their performance every time it really mattered. Manchester City needed to turn defeats in to draws and draws in to wins just like Manchester United had done. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mancini-c23323 has been greatly successful in enforcing a similar mental strength.
Had City won the Premier League, they would have had only 19 players eligible for the League’s winner’s medals. Only 19 players had featured in 10 games or more. Even though that was due to the lack of bench strength, it meant consistency of the playing members for Man City.
When changes were made there seemed an element of risk. Some players, like Jo, showed that they cannot live up to the expectations just yet.
Mancini will look to have a stronger team of reserve players this time around. The manager has already visited the Middle East to discuss new buyouts with the owners. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 stepped out of the race to rope Sanchez in.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 Milan star Samuel Eto’o’s show of interest to play in the Premier League may also reignite the interest in Eto’o. They wanted to sign him couple of years ago.
This will give him the luxury to change and rotate players and still be confident of good results in the bigger games.
Good things have come to Manchester City and their fans. With ‘The Builder’ Mancini and the available finances greater times are soon to follow.
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