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Thursday, July 28, 2011

man city...........time to take them serious...........now?

With the aquisition of Sergio"Kun" Aguero,,the Epl suddenly has a new figurehead at the top.
Sure Man Utd are reigning champions,,and they have spent big money,,De Gea,Young,and Jones..but with the signing of Aguero,,City have really thrown down the gauntlet to them and the rest of the Epl.
Where as last year they threatened "our" place in the top 4,,we arent even considered their nearest rivals this season.
Is this good or bad for Arsenal?,well obviously its a bad thing considering the way we finished the 2010-11 season,,bad also because it means Chelsea and Man utd can now no longer rest on their laurels.
Can we compete with city,on or off the field?
I believe certianly we can compete on the pitch and i didnt see any sign of an inferiority complex in either game last season,,we matched them play for play at the emirates and they disapointed me with their negative attitude primarily away from home.
If they had of applied their game and sqaud to the business of attacking certain teams away from home its quite possible we could have bene looking at city as 2010-11 champions.
I am not decrying Uniteds win as champions but i do believe certain teams threw the league away from certain positions,,and rather like the parable of the "hare and the tortoise"united just plodded on regardless.
Arsenal for obvious reasons played a part in their own demise,,but its City i beleieve should have more reasons to regret,,,from their 1st game away to Spurs when they contrived to bore us to death with the 1st NIL-NIL of the season.,,made all the more annoying that in their next game they completely obliterated Liverpool 3-0.
This seemed to be a theme to the their season,,good performance /bad perfomance,,,they beat Chelsea and then we went and completley destroyed them 3-0 at their place.
Their perfomances against Manchester United summed up their season,,0-0 at middle-eastlands,and a perfomance at Old Trafford ,,lit up by the shreks overjead kick and that was their sum total against the big 4 last year,,
In Summary there will be no excuse for them this season,,no excuse for the manager,,no excuse for the players,,no excuse for the fans(classless morons at best).
I beleieve Man city will win the league this season,,,in theory that leaves 3 teams and liverpool desparately trying to play catch up.
My heart says we will finish in 3rd..............my head thinks something else ,,and it aint good
cya

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