We did not spend 100m+ to come second place. You think winning is achieving 4th but believe me, Dalglish is thinking 1st is the only option.
I'm not going to believe you cause that is nonsense. How much have City had to pay year on year to climb one or two places? Well over 100 million. Liverpool do not have a divine right to win the league and Kenny is not an idiot. He will see top 4 as winning the first battle on the road to winning the war.
Big difference between us and Citeh.....Citeh have spent outlandish money to buy players, some of who are worth it and some who aren't. Many of the players they have purchased have gone for money and do not play a team game but play as individuals. If they had a decent manager who could control all the ego's they have, then they may have won the title already with their spending spree. They are similar in a way to Real who have lots of individual talent but don't often play as a team!
Kenny can get our players to play as a TEAM and that makes a huge difference to results at the end of the day.
As for the Downing signing, Kenny seems to building the team around Carroll and Downing will be a perfect fit for that structure. We've been longing for an out and out winger and now we have one in Downing. Bring in an LB and CB and we will definately challenge for top 3 I say.
Does that comment mean Fergie, Villa-Boas, Mancini, Wenger CAN'T get their player to play like a team? Nonsense.
The only reason Man City haven't won the Prem 'yet' is due to big player changes and settling in periods - the manager is more than half decent.......he won 3 Serie A league titles in a row at one point, far more recently than Kenny's last league title.
Wenger's team 'at the moment' is stronger than it was last year with the addition of Gervinho - no one has left yet apart from clichy.
Each year, the top clubs need to spend and add to the squad just to maintain their position and avoid other catching up. We're still a way off improving enough to make a serious title challenge. 4th WOULD be a big achievement - anyone expecting anything higher will probably end up disappointed.
