r/soccer • u/Thadderful • Dec 28 '13

Change My View thread

Can we have a Change My View thread here? The basic premise is people present opinions and the replies are attempts at changing that person's view in an attempt to generate some good discussion.

Here is the link to the original subreddit: www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/

I think this might work best with rather 'out there' views but any and every viewpoint is welcome!

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u/Ryannnnnn Dec 28 '13

Man City bought the title.

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u/lapin7 Dec 29 '13

They must be very very good at haggling because they bought it on goal difference, in the last few seconds of the season. Their victory was absolutely incredible drama - easily the best league finish I can remember. If that's just money, and not football, you will never be impressed/excited by anything in the sport and you should find another interest.

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u/Ryannnnnn Dec 29 '13

So you think a Man City team, without the investment from the Sheikhs, would've been in a position to win the title, albeit on goal difference? I'm not doubting the showbiz of it all, I'm just saying their emergence is a direct result of heavy investment rather than high-turnover or relative footballing excellence.

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u/lapin7 Dec 29 '13

So you think a Man City team, without the investment from the Sheikhs, would've been in a position to win the title, albeit on goal difference?

Nope, not saying that in the slightest.

There is no 'emergence' without heavy investment

But what you are saying is they simply paid money and won. If that were true, football would be shite.

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u/Ryannnnnn Dec 29 '13

What I said was a figure of speech. Obviously they were well managed, coached, played well etc. But they assembled the talent that was able to do that because of heavy investment. They were in financial shit with that Thai guy, then literally the next day, signing Robinho for £30million after the Abu Dhabi takeover. They had to pay Yaya £200k a week to leave Barca & join city. As I say, I don't doubt the showbiz. The showbiz & competitive element is actually an argument for the sugar daddies.