"Spend" Goran Eriksson

[The Bonk]

I can't believe MON spent a combined 12 million on Reo-Coker & Harewood.

 

Seeing Harewood play in the friendly here in Toronto was shocking.  No where near worth what they paid for him, sorry Brummie.

 

 

[junkhead]

i know this is not the place, but a friend of mine fucked Valeri Bojinov's girlfriend Alicia a few years ago, when she wasn't a pop star and people could pay to have sex with her.. bet she's much more expensive now

http://www.avtora.com/uploads/images/content/news/2006/06/16/alicia_01.jpg

[Guest elbee909]

i know this is not the place, but a friend of mine fucked Valeri Bojinov's girlfriend Alicia a few years ago, when she wasn't a pop star and people could pay to have sex with her.. bet she's much more expensive now

http://www.avtora.com/uploads/images/content/news/2006/06/16/alicia_01.jpg

 

So that's why Sven's gone for Bojinov... won't take him long to wave his magic wand her way.

[Teasy]

First day at the training ground went into the gym and talked to the fitness staff, was told the whole gym was worth £15,000 and immediately gave them a budget of £500,000 to redo it.

 

Bought in the top medical facilities for the training ground.

 

Gave sven a bidget of 50million to work with for his first summer, to lay foundations and guaranteed 100mil for next summer as he said the whole club is now set for the path of the champions league. Thats all that is said now amongst all staff, champions league by 2009/2010.

 

He has also gave finances so the best of everything can be brought in.

 

All backroom staff now have a limitless budget to help bring in whatever they need to maximise each players performance. The money that is available to everyone is sensational

 

Jesus, they better make the Champions League or he'll bankrupt himself

 

Seriously though Man City don't exactly bring in big money and with his recent problems with assets being frozen in Thailand Forbes now claim he's no longer a billionaire (not even a pretendy dollar billionaire ).  If he's going to end up spending $600 million by next summer (total including buying the club, debt ect) then that's an absolutely massive chunk of cash for him (twice what he actually has now according to Forbes).  They really are going to need regular Champions League Football within in the next couple of seasons or he might bail out leaving them with the debt.

 

Then again if Sven does everthing right and they establish themselves in the top 3 it could set them up as a massive club.

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Then again if Sven does everthing right and they establish themselves in the top 3 it could set them up as a massive club.

 

 

there's your problem right there.

[Teasy]

Then again if Sven does everthing right and they establish themselves in the top 3 it could set them up as a massive club.

 

 

there's your problem right there.

 

It does seem unlikely yes..

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hes using the arry redknapp dragnet transfer technique

[Guest Texasmag]

Sven has not seen some of his signings play according to SSN. Just watched a video of them playing.

[Guest 22bnw]

Even if they make it into the Champions League they'll only ever reach the quarter finals...

[Dokko]

Sven has not seen some of his signings play according to SSN. Just watched a video of them playing.

 

Taking a risk then, although sometimes you must.

 

He must also trust his contacts.

 

 

[Guest 22bnw]

Was Luque actually any good when he played against us in the intertoto? I don't remember him at all.

 

The thought of signing players based on little evidence they are any good reminded me of this.

[Guest Dr Jeckl]

Just finished watching man city play valencia,for all that money that they've spent they seem poor,obviously need time to gel but where real shit.

Valencia where also quite poor but won 1-0.

[Parky]

First day at the training ground went into the gym and talked to the fitness staff, was told the whole gym was worth £15,000 and immediately gave them a budget of £500,000 to redo it.

 

Bought in the top medical facilities for the training ground.

 

Gave sven a bidget of 50million to work with for his first summer, to lay foundations and guaranteed 100mil for next summer as he said the whole club is now set for the path of the champions league. Thats all that is said now amongst all staff, champions league by 2009/2010.

 

He has also gave finances so the best of everything can be brought in.

 

All backroom staff now have a limitless budget to help bring in whatever they need to maximise each players performance. The money that is available to everyone is sensational

 

Jesus, they better make the Champions League or he'll bankrupt himself

 

Seriously though Man City don't exactly bring in big money and with his recent problems with assets being frozen in Thailand Forbes now claim he's no longer a billionaire (not even a pretendy dollar billionaire ).  If he's going to end up spending $600 million by next summer (total including buying the club, debt ect) then that's an absolutely massive chunk of cash for him (twice what he actually has now according to Forbes).  They really are going to need regular Champions League Football within in the next couple of seasons or he might bail out leaving them with the debt.

 

Then again if Sven does everthing right and they establish themselves in the top 3 it could set them up as a massive club.

 

 

It's a general rule with Forbes that whatever the declared billionaire total is, their real wealth x2 that.

[Teasy]

It's a general rule with Forbes that whatever the declared billionaire total is, their real wealth x2 that.

 

According to Forbes his current wealth is only $300 after having bank accounts totalling $1.6 billion seized by the Thai military.  Though they do mention the Thai government saying that they couldn't account for a total of $600 million that they know he has stashed somewhere.. so it looks like you could be right there

[Guest jamesmartinsmith]

Elano, just you wait to you see this guy play.

[Tooj]

Elano's price compared with Reo-Coker's. 

[Guest jamesmartinsmith]

Elano's price compared with Reo-Coker's. 

Exactly!

 

When I went to Brazil v Portugal at the Emirates Stadium I thought Elano was Kaka. He was easily one of the best players in the Copa America too.

[Tooj]

The hatred of Sven is ridiculous btw, you'd think he was the worst manager to have ever graced this planet. Given time Man City will be a team to be reckoned with, he's signed some cracking players.

 

Only thing that got my nose out of joint most when he was England manager over everything else was the fact that the team should have been built around Paul Scholes.

[Guest Knightrider]

If I was a Man City fan I'd be worried by the fact he's never seen any of his new signings live, with foreign buys you have to do your research and I can see a few of them flopping. Either way Sven's strategy is risky and if it doesn't come off, could devalue those players by quite a bit and see him under massive pressure due to his enormous spending spree. This is why I didn't want him because he's a chequebook manager who is very short-term. He is no Wenger so will be unable to create a fluid footballing team of foreigners like the Frenchman has, so will need some British steel in there, to be competitive as his side could be rolled over by a few of the more uncompromising sides in the division. I can see them having a very mixed bag of a season, although next season they could do well. BTW I think it's a good thing to have Sven managing in the Premiership, say what you will about him, he's an interesting character whose sides are always interesting, if not always exciting.

[mrmojorisin75]

eriksson blows my mind, i just don't get what people see in him

 

he chequebooked the title at lazio to all intents and purposes and that nearly drove the club under, however many years later they're still suffering from that period (albeit it's the chairman/owner to blame of course)

 

with england he was diabolically well paid to do what amounts to an average job overall (credit where it's due he qualified us no bother every tournament mind)

 

and now once again he's being paid handsomely to basically play a real-life game of football manager

 

let's be honest is sven doing anything that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of the game and a video recorder couldn't do? 

 

i'm not so sure.....

[Guest Knightrider]

The proof will be in the pudding, i.e. how City perform on the pitch. Tactically I think he's a poor manager and motivationally I don't think he's the best either. He'll make City hard to beat by being organised and he'll hope his individuals do the business for him, much like with England. Trouble is the Premiership is more about the team these days and not the individual like it was in the early 90s where anyone with a 25 goal striker could wreck havoc on the league. Today such a player won't even guarantee you a top half finish.

[Dinho lad]

If I was a Man City fan I'd be worried by the fact he's never seen any of his new signings live,

 

how do you know?

[Guest Knightrider]

If I was a Man City fan I'd be worried by the fact he's never seen any of his new signings live,

 

how do you know?

 

Quotes from Sven in the papers saying he's seen videos if his players and been told by friends about them, but never really sat down to watch them all live himself, much less research them.

[Dinho lad]

If I was a Man City fan I'd be worried by the fact he's never seen any of his new signings live,

 

how do you know?

 

Quotes from Sven in the papers saying he's seen videos if his players and been told by friends about them, but never really sat down to watch them all live himself, much less research them.

 

Oh ok. Dosen't sound good at all.

 

Although we know Elano is a canny player. I have a feeling Bianchi will probably be the new Grabbi. Geovanni was a hot prospect with Barcelona few years ago.  Boijnov has definitly got talent(made his serie A debut at 15 as well). Don't know too much about the swiss fella.

 

[Taylor Swift]

The proof will be in the pudding, i.e. how City perform on the pitch. Tactically I think he's a poor manager and motivationally I don't think he's the best either. He'll make City hard to beat by being organised and he'll hope his individuals do the business for him, much like with England. Trouble is the Premiership is more about the team these days and not the individual like it was in the early 90s where anyone with a 25 goal striker could wreck havoc on the league. Today such a player won't even guarantee you a top half finish.

 

Eh?

 

02/03 - VRoy scored 25, Henry had 24 and Beattie had 23. Manyoo won the title, Arsenal came second and Southampton finished 8th.

 

03/04 - Only player who scored more than 25 goals was Thierry Henry (30). Pretty sure he guaranteed Arsenal a top half finish. Well, actually, they won the title.

 

04/05 - Same shit. Henry scored 25, second was Andy Johnson with 21. No one else got more than 14. Arsenal came second. The only anomaly in all the cases is Johnson's Palace who got relegated even though he scored 21 goals.

 

05/06 - Henry scored 27, VRoy scored 21, no one else had more than 18. Pretty sure Henry really helped Arsenal in that season as well.

 

06/07 - Drogba finishes top scorer with a measley (relatively speaking) 21 goals, Chelsea come second.

 

If you have a striker who'll get you 20 league goals in a season, you're almost guaranteed a top half finish, let alone a striker who can get you 25, who'll, historically speaking, guarantee you a top 2 finish.

 

In regards to Sven, people still think too much of his time with England. Comparing clubs and countries is like comparing fruits and vegetables - the two things are just different, they cannot be compared. Sven's job as manager of City will mean he'll be in control of many more factors that will affect a player's performance than when he was manager of England. Bear in mind that. And also bear in mind his exemplary record as a club manager. City will be a force to be reckoned with, especially if Thaksin keeps the money flowing.