Man CIty v Liverpool Live Coverage
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Hart
Richards
K Toure
Kompany
Lescott
De Jong
Barry
Y Toure
Milner
Tevez
Johnson
Mascherano not in squad because he's getting sold to Barca!
KO 8pm UK
Man City v Liverpool Preview (video)
Liverpool will not be afraid of coming to City after watching them struggle in the first half at White Hart Lane, that’s certainly all the noises coming from LFC.
Ian Rush speaking to the official Liverpool site has not been impressed with City’s last two performances and believes that Liverpool will leave with all three points:
"I watched City's first game against Tottenham last week and Spurs could have been at least 3-0 up at half-time, but they came back into the game in the second half.
"I'm sure Mancini will be telling his team they have to start well against Liverpool with it being their first home game, but I just think this is a good time for us to play Manchester City.
"I can see them being hit and miss this season and after watching the Arsenal game we seemed well organised and we always seem to do well away at City.”
With all of the criticism aimed at City in the Sunday Rags today the City boys have all the incentive they need to go out and win this match. The only way to answer the critics and haters is by winning matches and getting a top 4 finish this season.
With draws home and away last season Mancini is ready for a battle when the sides meet: “Liverpool are a strong team. They did not sell any players from last season. We want to win, but I have a lot of respect for them and a lot of respect for Roy Hodgson. It should be a good match.”
Roy Hodgson in his pre-match conference (see video below) said that City should be expecting a top 3 finish, but that the pressure is on the home side and fellow ex-Inter manager Mancini after the backing he has received from the club owners.
Manchester City Team News:
Boateng (knee) and Kolarov (ankle) are not expected to be fit until the 29th August and will not feature, neither will Wayne Bridge (foot) who is out until mid September.
Mario Balotelli has a slight knee injury, he is confident of being ready for the game; "It wasn't the result of a tackle, nobody touched me, I simply over-extended the knee. It's a bit of a problem, but I'm sure it will go away fast and that I will be available against Liverpool."However pictures taken of Balotelli limping out of Bridgewater Hospital after a scan do not look promising and he may not make the squad. It would be dangerous to risk him.
James Milner looks certain to start after his impressive display for Villa last week. His work rate will be crucial to fill the void between City’s defensive midfielders and the attack.
Adam Johnson impressed in midweek and could be restored to the starting line-up.
Possible Starting: Hart, Lescott, Kompany, K Toure, M Richards, Y Toure, De Jong, Milner, Johnson, Tevez, Silva
Liverpool Team News:
Liverpool will be without Joe Cole who starts a three match suspension. Daniel Agger suffered concussion during the Arsenal game and is a major doubt. Stephen Gerrard will return to the team after he was rested for the midweek Europa tie. Mascherano could also be in contention after recovering from a calf injury.
Gerrard is likely to have a more attacking midfield role this time out, with Poulsen likely to make his debut with Mascherano in the centre of midfield.
Possible Starting: Reina, Aurelio, Carragher, Skrtel, Johnson, Poulsen, Mascherano, Kuyt, Jovanovic, Gerrard, Torres
Match Facts:
Last Season: Man City 0 Liverpool 0
Referee: P Dowd
KO: 8pm (Live on Sky)
Five of the last seven league meetings between these teams have ended in draws
Manchester City have not won at home to Liverpool since April 2005 when a last minute goal from Kiki Musampa secured a 1-0 victory
Liverpool's only win in their last nine away Premier League games was a 4-0 victory over Burnley in April
Joe Hart was the busiest goalkeeper in the top flight last week, making a save every 11.3 minutes on average
Man United spend £409 Million on Transfers
Alex Ferguson has made a number of statements over the past few years aimed at Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City regarding over spending on players. The United manager has given the impression that Manchester United has not spent money up to winning the league and beyond.
Ferguson PR statements ARE working, whilst watching a newspaper review of Ferguson's rant on City's 'Kamikaze' spending the Sky interviewer said "Fergie is frugal in the transfer market". The same frugal spending that has seen Fergie spend over £7 million on Bebe this year that he has never seen play, even on video?
Ferguson claimed in 2009 that Liverpool had spent more than United over the past five seasons. He said Liverpool were 'well ahead of us in spending in the last five years'. Benitez told Ferguson to 'check his figures', if he did he would see that the figures support the fact that United HAD spent more than Liverpool. See report from @DuckerTheTimes published in The Times.
Recently Ferguson said: 'Over the last two or three years we have seen very wealthy owners become part of football clubs and therefore go on kamikaze effort to spend their money.
'It is amazing the amounts of money that are being banded about in the present game. Some people think it could be dangerous'
Okay, let's have a look at Fergies spending in the table below. The same spending that has ranked Manchester United as the Premier Leagues second highest spenders after Chelsea.
Manchester City has become the focus of intense criticism regarding their current spending. City though has still not eclipsed the £158 million spent by Chelsea 03-04 that has been conveniently forgotten. It also does not take into account the lavish spending that Liverpool, Manchester United and Spurs have undertaken since the premiership began with the same aim: success.
Whilst the press make Manchester City to be the villain, top managers in the league such as Ferguson and Redknapp have added fuel to the fire. Ferguson and Redknapp have both said during televised interviews that the spending is "ridiculous" and can "hurt the game". Please see detail of Alex Fergusons small club jibe at City here and the criticism of Redknapp here.
These managers seem to forget that their clubs have also spent lavishly, far more than City before the take over.
Manchester City though has done nothing wrong. They find themselves in a position that gives them the resources to buy players, a position that many clubs are envious of. With the new UEFA rules on "buying within means" being implemented in the 2012/13 season it is imperative that City buy their assets NOW.
UEFA are to implement new rules in the 2012/13 season that will prevent clubs from spending what they earn. Platini said; 'Living within your means is the basis of accounting but it hasn't been the basis of football for years now.'
Manchester City who now has NO debt will need to spend their resources NOW and next season in order to have young players that can be the foundation of a successful club in the future. This is explains the large spending being undertaken.
Clubs that will be hurt most from the new rules are those that have spent lavishly for years who have accumulated a large debt, such as Manchester United and Real Madrid who were £500 million in debt at the end of the 08/09 season (see BBC article on new UEFA rules).
The rules will also mean that clubs that do not have the same commercial success as United or Real such as Bolton, Stoke, Fulham or Tottenham will NEVER be able to compete at the top level. Some clubs will not be able to bridge the wealth gap to compete on a level footing. It will create a class divide in football. The poor class will not be getting welfare support and will never be able to bridge the divide.
Manchester United 1992 - 2010 Transfers In >100,000 | |||
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Player | Fee | Year | From |
Dublin, Dion | 1,000,000 | 1992 | Cambridge United |
Cantona, Eric | 1,200,000 | 1992 | Leeds United |
Keane, Roy | 3,750,000 | 1993 | Nottingham Forrest |
May, David | 1,400,000 | 1994 | Blackburn Rovers |
Tomlinson, Graeme | 100,000 | 1994 | Bradford City |
Cole, Andy | 6,000,000 | 1995 | Newcastle United |
Gillespie, Keith | 1,000,000 | 1995 | Newcastle United |
Van Der Gouw, Raimond | 500,000 | 1996 | Vitesse Arnhem |
Johnsen, Ronny | 1,200,000 | 1996 | Besiktas |
Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar | 1,500,000 | 1996 | Molde |
Poborsky, Karel | 3,500,000 | 1996 | Slavia Prague |
Cruyff, Jordi | 1,500,000 | 1996 | FC Barcelona |
Sherringham, Teddy | 3,500,000 | 1997 | Tottenham Hotspur |
Nevland, Erik | 1,500,000 | 1997 | Viking Stavanger |
Berg, Henning | 5,000,000 | 1997 | Blackburn Rovers |
Greening, Jonathan | 750,000 | 1998 | York City |
Stam, Jaap | 10,750,000 | 1998 | PSV Eindhoven |
Yorke, Dwight | 12,600,000 | 1998 | Aston Villa |
Fortune, Quentin | 1,500,000 | 1999 | Athletico Madrid |
Taibi, Massimo | 4,900,000 | 1999 | Venezia |
Silvestre, Mickael | 4,000,000 | 1999 | Inter Milan |
Barthez, Fabien | 7,800,000 | 2000 | Monaco |
Van Nistelrooy, Ruud | 19,000,000 | 2000 | PSV Eindhoven |
Veron, Juan | 28,100,000 | 2001 | Lazio |
Carroll, Roy | 2,500,000 | 2001 | Wigan Athletic |
Forlan, Diego | 7,500,000 | 2002 | Independiente |
Ferdinand, Rio | 29,100,000 | 2002 | Leeds United |
Ricardo | 1,500,000 | 2002 | Valladolid |
Bellion, David | 2,000,000 | 2003 | Sunderland |
Djemba-Djemba, Eric | 3,500,000 | 2003 | Nantes |
Howard, Tim | 2,200,000 | 2003 | New Jersy Metrostars |
Klebersen | 5,930,000 | 2003 | Athletico Paranaense |
Ronaldo, Cristiano | 12,240,000 | 2003 | Sporting Lisbon |
Saha, Louis | 12,820,000 | 2004 | Fulham |
Smith, Alan | 7,000,000 | 2004 | Leeds United |
Heinze, Gabriel | 6,900,000 | 2004 | Paris St Germain |
Rooney, Wayne | 20,000,000 | 2004 | Everton |
Dong | 500,000 | 2004 | Dalian Shide |
Van Der Sar, Edwin | 2,000,000 | 2005 | Fulham |
Park, Ji-Sung | 4,000,000 | 2005 | PSV Eindhoven |
Foster, Ben | 1,000,000 | 2005 | Stoke |
Vidic, Nemanja | 7,000,000 | 2006 | Spartak M. |
Evra, Patrice | 5,500,000 | 2006 | Monaco |
Carrick, Michael | 18,600,000 | 2006 | Tottenham |
Hargreaves, Owen | 17,000,000 | 2007 | B Munich |
Anderson | 17,000,000 | 2007 | Porto |
Kuszczak, Tomasz | 2,000,000 | 2007 | West Brom |
Nani | 15,000,000 | 2007 | Sporting Lisbon |
Berbatov, Dimitar | 30,750,000 | 2008 | Tottenham |
Tosic, Zoran | 10,000,000 | 2009 | P. Belgrade |
de Laet, Ritchie | 100,000 | 2009 | Stoke |
Valencia | 16,000,000 | 2009 | Wigan |
Obertan, Gabriel | 3,000,000 | 2009 | Bordeaux |
Smalling, Chris | 10,000,000 | 2010 | Fulham |
Bebe | 7,400,000 | 2010 | Vitória de Guimarães |
Hernandez, Javier | 7,000,000 | 2010 | Guadalajara |
Total Spend | 409,090,000 |
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Timisoara v Man City Live Coverage
http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=84242&part=sports
There is live commentary. This can be sourced through the official site and through BBC GMR: bbc manchester here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/playlive/bbc_radio_manchester/
If you have an iPhone you can listen to the match from anywhere by using the FStream app. Download the app go to favourites, click edit (top left) click new feed and then put in the following link:
http://bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/bbcmanchester.asx
Starting Line Up for City:
Hart
Zabaleta
K Toure
Kompany
Lescott
Y Toure
De Jong
Barry
Tevez
Adebayor
Silva
KO 8pm UK
Man City’s 25 Man Premiership Squad
Here is an analysis of #MCFC squad below from the MCFC website to find the 25 player squad for the Premiership.
I don't understand the problem some people seem to have regarding City and compliance with the new 25 man squad rules. I've read that we need to sell lots of players, there's going to be lots of juggling etc…
However it seems to fall into place quite nicely with some unfortunate, but obvious casualties.
I'll explain the rules again and then the table below.
The New Premier League 25 Squad Rules:
Each Premiership team must submit a 25 man squad on the 1st of September, 24 hours after transfer deadline.
The 25 must consist of a minimum of 8 home grown players (home grown is a player that has been affiliated with the FA or Wales FA for at least 3 years prior to their 21st birthday)
There can be an unlimited amount of Under-21 players to supplement the 25 man squad.
Under 21 is under 21 as at 01/01/2010 or be born after 01/01/1989 for this season.
The Manchester City Squad as at 18/08/2010 Table:
The Table below shows current squad number and details from mcfc.co.uk. Including Name (Player), Position (Pos), Date Of Birth (DoB).
The first action taken was to establish who is under 21 (U21). If the player is born after 01/01/1989 then they have a "Y" in U21 Column.
If the player is U21 then they are highlighted light green, (These are supplementary and do not have to be named in the 25 squad).
Home Grown (HG) players have a 1 in the HG column, non-home grown players have a '0'. Home Grown are highlighted yellow. These don't have to include under 21s as they won't be in 25 man squad.
I've also highlighted players in dark green if they are highly likely to be in the final squad i.e. key players/new players.
Onuoha, Bellamy, Caicedo and Nielsen are on loan for the season. M Johnson will be not be fit for inclusion. These players are shaded out and will not be part of the 25 man squad.
The 25 column is where I have guessed at which players will be in the 25: '1' is in the squad.
I've selected senior home grown players, key players, new players. Below the table
I've got analysis of the data.
No. | Player | Pos | DOB | HG | U21 | 25 |
26 | Gonzalez, David | GK | 20/07/1982 | 0 | N | |
1 | Given, Shay | GK | 20/04/1976 | 1 | N | 1 |
25 | Hart, Joe | GK | 19/04/1987 | 1 | N | 1 |
37 | Nielsen, Gunnar | GK | 07/10/1986 | 0 | N | |
12 | Taylor, Stuart | GK | 28/11/1980 | 1 | N | 1 |
13 | Kolarov, Alexsandar | DEF | 11/10/1985 | 0 | N | 1 |
38 | Boyata, Dedryck | DEF | 28/11/1990 | Y | ||
22 | Cunningham, Greg | DEF | 31/01/1991 | Y | ||
36 | Vidal, Javan | DEF | 10/05/1989 | Y | ||
17 | Boateng, Jerome | DEF | 03/09/1988 | 0 | N | 1 |
19 | Lescott, Joleon | DEF | 16/08/1982 | 1 | N | 1 |
3 | Bridge, Wayne | DEF | 05/08/1980 | 1 | N | 1 |
30 | Logan, Shaleum | DEF | 29/01/1988 | N | 1 | |
4 | Onuoha, Nedum | DEF | 12/11/1986 | N | ||
2 | Richards, Micah | DEF | 24/06/1988 | 1 | N | 1 |
28 | Toure, Kolo | DEF | 19/05/1981 | 0 | N | 1 |
5 | Zabaleta, Pablo | DEF | 16/01/1985 | 0 | N | 1 |
50 | Ibrahim, Abdisalam | MID | 01/05/1991 | Y | ||
11 | Johnson, Adam | MID | 14/07/1987 | 1 | N | 1 |
21 | Silva, David | MID | 08/01/1986 | 0 | N | 1 |
18 | Barry, Gareth | MID | 23/02/1981 | 1 | N | 1 |
7 | Milner, James | MID | 04/01/1986 | 1 | N | 1 |
24 | Vieira, Patrick | MID | 23/06/1976 | 0 | N | 1 |
42 | Toure, YaYa | MID | 13/05/1983 | 0 | N | 1 |
34 | De Jong, Nigel | MID | 30/11/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
29 | Etuhu, Kelvin | MID | 30/05/1988 | 1 | N | |
6 | Johnson, Michael | MID | 24/02/1988 | N | ||
33 | Kompany, Vincent | MID | 10/04/1986 | 0 | N | 1 |
40 | Weiss, Vladimir | MID | 30/11/1989 | Y | ||
8 | Wright-Phillips, Shaun | MID | 25/10/1981 | 1 | N | 1 |
9 | Adebayor, Emmanuel | ATT | 24/02/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
39 | Bellamy, Craig | ATT | 13/07/1979 | N | ||
45 | Balotelli, Mario | ATT | 12/08/1990 | Y | ||
20 | Caicedo, Felipe | ATT | 05/09/1988 | N | ||
Jo | ATT | 20/03/1987 | 0 | N | 1 | |
52 | Nimely, Alex | ATT | 11/05/1991 | Y | ||
10 | Robinho | ATT | 25/01/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
14 | Santa-Cruz, Roque | ATT | 16/08/1981 | 0 | N | 1 |
32 | Tevez, Carlos | ATT | 05/02/1984 | 0 | N | 1 |
Totals | 11 | 25 | ||||
Goalkeepers: Given, Hart, Taylor
Defenders: Kolarov, Boateng, Lescott, Bridge, Logan, Richards, Toure, Zabletta
Midfielders: Johnson (A), Silva, Barry, Milner, Vieira, Toure (Y), De Jong, Kompany, SWP
Attackers: Adebayor, Balotelli, Jo, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Tevez
That's 25 players, with 10 home grown players.
Obviously there could be some shuffling with the fringe players, for example Etutu for Jo.
Therefore we could loan out Etutu and release Gonzalez. Simples.
Of course there are rumours circulating regarding some of the players.
Cruz has been linked with West Ham and Fulham. Weiss has been linked with Celtic and Newcastle. There could even be a swap deal with Robinho if he is not prepared to repair his City career.
Given is also a worry, as he may not stay to fight for his place. If he doesn't then City have been linked with Stokes young keeper Begovic who is classified as home grown. Chelsea have already had a £4 million bid rejected for him however.
Conclusion:
There is no problem with Manchester City easily submitting a 25 man squad, with lots of youth to supplement it. There's still even room for more players, but we must offload to buy.
It seems simple… have I missed something.
If not I'm going to do an analysis on the other Prem Teams and see where they stand in comparison.
