It seems a bit of an empty achievement for a team to win the league just because they have outspent everyone by hundreds of millions of pounds...

Would be a greater achievement for the likes of us or even Arsenal to win the League because we only spend what we make.

Pretty impossible to compete yes Makes a joke of the game really if you take a step back and look at it for someone to have such a massive advantage.

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RRP...............................I agree, that is why it is at times totally unreasonable of us as fans to look too far in our expectations of success.

I would rather have a club run on a sound financial footing than spend millions we haven't got chasing a dream and possibly bankruptcy.

I also think that teams should be limited to the number of players they can loan out in a given season. This would prevent clubs from just buying anyone they think a rival might want just so the opposition have trouble improving their team.
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agree with that point, sure a few clubs are guilty of that,which should not happen.

i was thinking maybe an age limit on allowing players to go out on loan, ie youngsters to benefit from it but not a 25 yrd old brought so a rival couldn't get them and they are not good enough to be in your team.

might work, but someone will find a way round it like the rules coming in ie City and the sponsorship or utd and the training sponsorship, will be holes to expose whatever they try sadly.

Small club won the lottery! They won't be around forever, the novelty will fade. But yeah it is hard to compete with and with that expenditure, it is only a matter of time until they win the league.

I hate to draw parallels with a computer game, but its like bumping up your bank balance in Football Manager to £1bn and buying the best players from around the world. It renders the game not worth playing.

Could it be that the owner of City is playing his own real-life version of football manager?

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something should have been done after jack walker at blackburn. there's 'outspending' by making use of self generated income, as united did, and then there's just bringing the game into disrepute as city are doing.

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Not sure it is sustainable over a period of time though, as a one off it is certainly possible. Look at Spain where RM & Barca dominate and this is unlikely to change. Why? Because they are both immensely rich clubs who also control their own television rights and that gives them huge power.

Impossible to compete?

I think we have competed this season, we are on the same points with one game to go, I would call that competing.

Only recent spending puts City top of the spending league.

I would rather have a club run on a sound financial footing than spend millions we haven't got chasing a dream and possibly bankruptcy.

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Of course

We have the added asset of a fantastic chairman who knows what he is doing, but to bridge that gap between say 4th place and 2nd place is massive and would take millions of £'s

I don't see the FFP being enforced any time soon, it sounds like another summer of crazy spending and high wages are on the way (and probably another new manager for Chelsea).

The fact that we fought tooth and nail to stay in the title race and should probably have won it makes me worry less though... Money only gets you so far.

It is refreshing to be the underdog again, too....

but the price hikes are worrying and the smaller clubs going into administration is a real concern.

Manchester United have managed to compete with Chelsea sice 2003 and have won the league more times. They have competed with City this season and may be pipped to the post but they have competed.

Arsenal, Newcastle, Mancester United and Tottenham are all going to finish above Chelsea this season, if that isn't competing what is?

You are just bitter.

The premiership has not been as competitive as this season in years.

This is why the FFP rules are being implemented to stop clubs like City and Chelsea spend well beyond their means. Thing is, will Platini stick with it? Time will tell

The problem with the FFP is that you will still have the same problem just on a smaller scale. The clubs with the biggest grounds and fan base will have the greater success. That's why a lot of clubs are so desperate to move to larger grounds. All it will do is deflate the market. The same problems will occur but on a smaller scale. If Ronaldo is worth £80 million now, he'll be worth £20 miillion in a few years. He'll still be hard to reach for the clubs whose transfer budget will be slashed alarmingly. It's proportional down-scaling. I think this could harm the economy in the long run. The less you spend, the less the cogs turn, the less you make.

i dont like what city are doing.. mainly because but for this financial injection of city, then spurs would now be a consistent champions league club.... their spending came just as we were finally getting somehwere ourselves.

that said, its just the way it goes and i dont have anything particularly against city... their fans are on the whole good.

chelsea on the other hand... small little club who basically won the lottery, and cant even conduct themselves with much dignity despite being so wealthy.

"Thing is, will Platini stick with it?"

PSG

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However, how on earth do other clubs begin to compete when City can spend nearly a £billion in a few years to achieve success.

City haven't spent a Billion on players though, the majority of the money was spent on either actually buying the club or upgrading the infrastructure to increase revenue.

Musn't sit well with the Sky 4 who are collectively a Billion pounds in debt.

had ffp been implemented over a decade ago, leeds may now be in a much healthier state themselves.

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Man U screaming for FFP now that City are about to overtake them.

I think you'll find many owners and clubs including Abramovich that want them to be implemented, but you're just obsessed with United and seem to think they're the ones in the wrong. Go cry to the other clubs around the world who want it.

FFP = status quo, rich stay rich and get the pick of the crop.

Chronic, Chelsea small club that won the lottery, in the past 17 years at least we have been in the top three of revenue generating clubs in England and in the top ten in europe. Way ahead of your own club.

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