May 13th Final Matchday Madness Thread

Jelle1880 · 13-05-2012 4:40pm

Stefan Savic - EPL winner

theoneeyedman · 13-05-2012 4:49pm

Well done City, almost as dramatic a finish as this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t96cj5LtmLo

Can't help but think they won it in spite of mancini rather than because of him, but now tith the monkey off of their back and the resources behind them, I can see tem dominating for a few years.

DerekDGoldfish · 13-05-2012 4:49pm

Interesting end to the season A) I won €300 having backed Man City to win the league at the start of the season and

Arthur Matthews of Fr. Ted fame was sitting in front of me in the pub I was watching it in, I should have shouted "F**king hell" in an English accent when the winner went in, missed oportunity.

efb · 13-05-2012 5:00pm

I think Kylie sums up this last day of the season best!

Finical · 13-05-2012 5:09pm

Anyone know the song sky sports played showing the reel of clips of the season?

All I know is that it had "say my name" in it and it wasn't Destiny's Child. :pac:

antodeco · 13-05-2012 5:22pm

Depressed to hell. I'm hoping a season in the Championship will do us a world of good.

cgpg5 · 13-05-2012 5:24pm

antodeco wrote: »

Depressed to hell. I'm hoping a season in the Championship will do us a world of good.

Bolton? It was all lost last week unfortunately. Can't stand QPR but have to put my hands up and say fair play to them today.

wonderfullife · 13-05-2012 5:25pm

funny how plasmaguy had an awful lot to say all day and is now MIA!!!!

Xavi6 · 13-05-2012 5:26pm

Samich wrote: »

Just thinking, remember Mancini said Balotelli wouldn't play again this season after the Arsenal game? That's twice this season.

He didn't actually, he said that Balotelli probably wouldn't play again due to suspension over the Song challenge but none came about.

Keep trying to burst our bubble, it ain't happening though

Mr.Nice Guy · 13-05-2012 5:26pm

Hell of a day. Or for me, a day of hell. :pac:

Congrats to City supporters.

joseph brand · 13-05-2012 5:30pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

So are Ferguson and United done?:pac:

Time to 'pass the torch'.

Congrats to the City supporters. I'd say the finger nails are gone.

stealinhorses · 13-05-2012 5:37pm

antodeco · 13-05-2012 5:38pm

cgpg5 wrote: »

antodeco wrote: »

Depressed to hell. I'm hoping a season in the Championship will do us a world of good.

Bolton? It was all lost last week unfortunately. Can't stand QPR but have to put my hands up and say fair play to them today.

Yep. Agree completely. Well, we had a few games they messed up on, but that draw (or lost win) really took it out of our hands

Ardent · 13-05-2012 5:41pm

stealinhorses wrote: »

What about Silva and Nasri??

£27M for Dzeko? Eeek!!

syngindub · 13-05-2012 5:41pm

stealinhorses wrote: »

thought Giggs started?

invinciblePRSTV · 13-05-2012 5:45pm

stealinhorses wrote: »

Surely the obvious retort to that is the cost of the PL champions squad and loan players VS Man Utds squad?

Had to endure Villa @ Norwich today, what kept me going was the countdown to FT and with it, the end of several of the team and managements time disgracing Villa into the record books.

Turtyturd · 13-05-2012 5:45pm

joseph brand wrote: »

Time to 'pass the torch'.

Congrats to the City supporters. I'd say the finger nails are gone.

I was joking, but it should be considered, last season he won the league, had a decent cup run and a CL final....this season out of the cups early, out of the CL since Christmas and threw away the league.

City are going to push on from this and if he can't keep up he will only damage his reputation.

This could be his 'Simpsons Series 10' so to speak. :pac:

Than again they might win the league next season and it won't be an issue.

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 5:46pm

So did evans

stealinhorses · 13-05-2012 5:46pm

I don't really know, I just saw it on some other forum. It's just to show that the player's prices are comparable and you can't say City bought the title, because it takes something to make a team perform consistently in the league and Mancini brought that to City and it paid off for them today.

Delighted that Arsenal made third in the end, what a season it was for us as well

cooker3 · 13-05-2012 5:51pm

plasmaguy wrote: »

Season is never over until last kick of the ball on the final game.

A lesson City fans are learning now.

Ah well a lesson here to sneering fans everywhere who were celebrating pre match.

Well done Alex Ferguson.

Well, you got 1 thing right anyway.

kitakyushu · 13-05-2012 5:53pm

stealinhorses wrote: »

17m for Jones? Wow.

steelcityblues · 13-05-2012 5:56pm

Evra and Kompany are definitely the best bargains from that list.

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 6:00pm

steelcityblues wrote: »

Evra and Kompany are definitely the best bargains from that list.

The pricings on that list are suspect. A lot of those fees were undisclosed. also, what game is that from? It wasn't today or the derby. City appear to have 5 defenders as well.

Turtyturd · 13-05-2012 6:13pm

kitakyushu wrote: »

17m for Jones? Wow.

Shocking alright, Liverpool dodged another dud there, really think he has been found out as the season has gone on and even his boards fan club has died down. Hardly a Jones sig in sight.

OctavarIan · 13-05-2012 6:15pm

steelcityblues wrote: »

Evra and Kompany are definitely the best bargains from that list.

Eh, no. Hart would be the best bargain.

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 6:15pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Shocking alright, Liverpool dodged another dud there, really think he has been found out as the season has gone on and even his boards fan club has died down. Hardly a Jones sig in sight.

19 years old, first season at a big club and you're calling him a dud. Jesus wept, talk about knee jerk.

steelcityblues · 13-05-2012 6:17pm

OctavarIan wrote: »

Eh, no. Hart would be the best bargain.

Didn't they have to pay a fair amount to get him back from Birmingham?

Davidson2k9 · 13-05-2012 6:19pm

Look at how many games City won and drew by getting late minute goals and penalties. WOW

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 6:21pm

Davidson2k9 wrote: »

Look at how many games City won and drew by getting late minute goals and penalties. WOW

That's where the money spent is worth it. If you can bring on Tevez, Balotelli, Dzeko, Nasri etc it turns those draws and losses into wins and draws.

Jelle1880 · 13-05-2012 6:22pm

gnfnrhead · 13-05-2012 6:23pm

Ardent wrote: »

What about Silva and Nasri??

£27M for Dzeko? Eeek!!

You can only start 11 players.

That's probably close enough to what each team would consider their starting 11.

kitakyushu · 13-05-2012 6:23pm

Davidson2k9 wrote: »

Look at how many games City won and drew by getting late minute goals and penalties. WOW

Three of their 6 v United in the 6-1 were in 90th min and injury time. That has to be some sort of record?

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 6:27pm

gnfnrhead wrote: »

You can only start 11 players.

That's probably close enough to what each team would consider their starting 11.

No it isn't. No way would city play with 5 defenders. Richards is shoe-horned in there as he cost nothing. The reality is that Silva would be in there and De Jong has fallen out of favour recently. Maybe Nasri instead? Tevez would have to be a starter too.

For United, Rafael for Jones, Evans for Smalling and Welbeck for Hernandez, based on games played this year. Oh, and Vidic when fit. maybe him instead of Rio next year. Ferdinand will play fewer games with Vidic fit.

Davidson2k9 · 13-05-2012 6:34pm

That would have been an utterly embarrassing defeat to QPR if they lost after having 81% possession, 25 shots and 19 corners. :eek:

PhlegmyMoses · 13-05-2012 6:42pm

It's tough to pick, though, based on minutes. Jones has played in a multitude of positions, not necessarily right back. Rafael would be the first choice right back there. Scholes and Carrick are first choice midfielders. Welbeck would surely play more often than Hernandez? And Vida is first name on the team sheet when fit. Fletcher would also get huge game time when fit.

Availability relative to minutes played maybe? Not sure. It is nitpicking as those players play a lot of minutes but it's a squad game. Fergie hasn't played the same team consecutively in a long time. So picking a starting 11 and saying they cost X amount seems pointless.

Edit: I was replying to a post that seems to have gone missing.

Mgoraf · 13-05-2012 6:45pm

stealinhorses wrote: »

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Are you really comparing the two here? City have spent the best part of a billion on transfers and wages in the last few years. This wasn’t profit they were spending, it was outside investment and as a club they have made staggering losses. When you look at the price list of the 2 starting 11’s side by side in a vacuum, then yes it looks like Utd have spent just as much as City have. However Utd have run themselves as a business and their transfer fees and wages come from profits earned through club business (winning titles, outgoing player fees, sponsorship, gate receipts etc). Utd invested heavily (but nowhere near City’s extent) in the late 80’s/early 90’s, there’s no denying that. But since then they have operated as a model business, regularly posting record profits season after season. Along with Arsenal they are the best run club in the league.
Outside investment isn’t illegal and I don’t begrudge the investment City have had nor the success they are currently enjoying but to say that the two clubs are just as guilty of buying the league is absolutely ridiculous.

colly_06 · 13-05-2012 6:46pm

Mancini: United can still win title

13-05-2012 6:49pm

colly_06 wrote: »

Mancini: United can still win title

lol :pac:

He trolled like fuck the last month.

cgpg5 · 13-05-2012 6:50pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

lol :pac:

He trolled like fuck the last month.

"It's feneeshed"!!!

cgpg5 · 13-05-2012 6:52pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

lol :pac:

He trolled like fuck the last month.

Also, saying Sunderland are a pushover or words to that effect after only getting a point off them this year! Was funny when people (like MON) took it seriously!

PTO · 13-05-2012 7:21pm

plasmaguy wrote: »

Season is never over until last kick of the ball on the final game.

A lesson City fans are learning now.

Ah well a lesson here to sneering fans everywhere who were celebrating pre match.

Well done Alex Ferguson.

Take your own advice!!

Masked Man · 13-05-2012 7:21pm

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Soups123 · 13-05-2012 7:35pm

plasmaguy wrote: »

Season is never over until last kick of the ball on the final game.

A lesson City fans are learning now.

Ah well a lesson here to sneering fans everywhere who were celebrating pre match.

Well done Alex Ferguson.

This as to be nominated for the 'back firing' post of the year, if only you'd have listened to your own advicebad you typed.

What a day

jacool · 13-05-2012 8:11pm

Mgoraf wrote: »

Are you really comparing the two here?. . . . .
Outside investment isn’t illegal and I don’t begrudge the investment City have had nor the success they are currently enjoying but to say that the two clubs are just as guilty of buying the league is absolutely ridiculous.

So you are implying that only one of the 2 Manchester clubs bought the league!

Flukey · 13-05-2012 8:16pm

Any Man U fans that think City were jammy, only have to look back to the European Cup final of 1999. The last 2 minutes of that should only have ever been shown on Crimeline!