Money-City

For a few weeks now I was convinced "MercenaryCity" was going to be the de facto moniker for Manchester's other team, but after seeing Toure's press conference, I am not so sure. He accidentally called his new club "Money City" twice and didn't even really seem too bummed out, he just corrected himself and said Man City. He also said some interesting and/or odd stuff about how signing there is like making love to a woman and having her love you back. Strange.

And/but/so anyway this team is slowly going from billionaires' pet project destined to languish in mediocrity to possibly being a legitimate contender. With this signing City's defense looks pretty solid. He is a great defender and can also get forward from the centerback position which complements Zabaleta's ability to attack from the rightback spot. They are playing in front of a very capable goalkeeper in Given and a sturdy ball winner in Gareth Barry. It looks to me like MoneyCity have gone a long way to limiting their goals against.

Add to that the stable of lethal strikers they have assembled and the creativity of Stephen Ireland and the thought of seeing them in the Champs League is not so silly. It is still a believe it when I see it thing, but they are taking the right steps. The fact that an obscenely wealthy ownership committed to winning kept Hughes as manager after a less than stellar season and gave him this cash to spend says they believe in him and there is some kind of project they have agreed upon.

In other MoneyCity news Elano is off to Turkey which might be a bad move. There really isn't' room for him but I have thought Elano a very under appreciated player for years now. Watching him closely it is amazing how many little things he does well.