What's wrong with Manchester?

Where to begin?

This isn't actually about Man United as they are clearly the spawn of the devil and this is well documented.. (it even has it on the badge. They're not even subtle.)

With "the lighter side" side of Manchester paying us a visit on Sunday I thought I'd discuss Manchester City and why they are the cause of everything that is wrong with football today (part of it anyway). It's going to turn into a bit of rant but you probably guessed  that.

I used to live in Manchester, did for quite a while actually, so I have a slightly different perspective than some Liverpool fans. Watching our games in Manchester pubs is a slightly odd experience although it must be said there were usually a few (proper) red shirts knocking about.

Now the prospect of City winning the league is an interesting one.. partly because I do have a soft spot for City because they are one of the few teams that have more contempt for Man Utd than we do which it must be said is impressive in itself. Plus we have the added bonus of it pissing the scum fans to a degree that I can't imagine. It will be bad enough for them when we start winning the league again (positive mental attitude) but if City win it then they'll have half the city going mental in their faces...

Plus we'd have the added bonus of Man United not winning it.. because if we don't as long as it's someone irrelevant winning it then it just gives a bit more time to get our act together - although we are beginning to take the piss a bit now though. For the record - Chelsea (4 - same as Sheffield Wednesday), Man City (2 - same as Burnley) < Irrelevant. Arsenal are a least in double figures (13) but still a way off.

The main issue I have with City.. you will not be surprised to hear is money. It is nothing new I suppose.. but if and when City do win the league then however much effort they put it in, it will entirely be to the whim of some oil rich billionaire. Arsene Wenger was quoted along the lines of "footballing success should be built on sweat not oil". Now it's not often I agree with what Wenger has to say for himself, but in this instance he has a point.

Now Chelsea started this particular ball rolling, when Abramovich decided he wanted a new toy.. the story goes that he wanted Spurs originally, but he flew over Stamford Bridge on the way and changed his mind. This is probably nonsense, but it's feasible and it backs up my oil billionaire argument so I'm going to go with it.

The other problem I have is that we nearly bankrupted ourselves trying to keep up with these idiots.. would we have gone through the who Hicks / Gillett nightmare if we didn't have to keep up with teams who suddenly had more money than Fowler... sorry God. Although Robbie Fowler is apparently minted.

This is a simplistic argument.. but I'm in the middle of cooking my tea so it will do for now.